Murphy and EMU is Shocking

ROMULUS — All Uncle Mel can say is, “I am in shock!” First of all, the unseasonable weather in the month of January is a incredible way to start the year of 2012. Then there is the fact, that Eastern Michigan University baseball season is officially started with practice starting last Friday afternoon under the bubble-dome but that is another story for later. The biggest head spinning thing that has the city of Ypsilanti taking a double look at the newspaper sport section and then staring at the column is the fact that, Eastern Michigan University men’s basketball team is sitting alone in first place in the Mid-American Conference West Division. First year Eagle basketball coach Rob Murphy promised on the day that he took over the program that he was going to change the atmosphere inside the Convocation Center. “Trust me!” Murphy said at the conclusion of his first meeting with the press after his introduction as the men’s basketball coach at EMU. There have been many basketba...