The 2020–21 Eastern Washington Eagles men's basketball team represented

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in the Big Sky Conference during the

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. Led by fourth-year head coach

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, the Eagles played their home games on campus at

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. In the regular season, EWU was 13–7 overall (12–3, Big Sky, 2nd) and was seeded second in the conference tournament, which they won. Seeded fourteenth in the West regional of the NCAA tournament, they met twelfth-

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Kansas in the round of 64. The Eagles scored the first nine points and led by eight at the half, but were overcome by the Jayhawks in the last ten minutes and lost by nine points; their season ended with an overall record of .

Previous season

The

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finished the 2019–20 season 23–8 (16–4 in Big Sky, first). The top seed in the Big Sky tournament, Eastern was scheduled to take on the #9 seed

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in the quarterfinals, but the tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Roster

Schedule and results

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References

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Eastern Washington Eagles men's basketball The Eastern Washington Eagles men's basketball team represents Eastern Washington University in Cheney, Washington, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Big Sky Conference, of which it has been a member since 1987. Key st ...

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