Crossover Madness

The middle phase of the MAC schedule is cross over time, when East plays West. This is where things start to become clearer. The East is considerably stronger than the West, and this is typically a time when we see if those jackrabbits who have run to the front of the Western pack are players or pretenders. And, the East teams realize they need a nice run to be competitive. It was in the cross-over games that BG's regular season championship team began to take form....perhaps it might happen again.First, the Chips. They come to the Stroh at 7-11 on a 3-game losing streak. They have played, to date, a pretty easy schedule. RPI wise, their best win is @EMU, which is pretty hard to believe. They also lost @Tennessee State and are the only D1team anywhere on earth to lose to #337 NIU.Looking at conference games only, and remembering who that includes, CMU is 6th in the conference in offensive efficiency at a straight up 1 point per possession. They lead the MAC in 3FG and 3...