Eastern Michigan vs. Kentucky preview

   After the Cats came up just short in their comeback effort against the dirty birds of Louisville, Kentucky takes on Eastern Michigan Wednesday night. This will be Kentucky's last tune up before they open conference play with a road trip to Vanderbilt in eight days. So they will need to get all the kinks worked out that they can Wednesday night. 

   For those who don't know much about Eastern Michigan, here is a rundown on the history of the school that used to be known as "Michigan State Normal School", seriously. 

Est: 1849

Location:  Ypsilanti, Michigan 

Former school names:  Michigan State Normal School, Michigan State Normal College

Colors: Green/White

Nickname: Eagles, prior to 1991 they used to known as the "Hurons"

Mascot: Swoop

Conference: MAC

Record this season: 7-5

I'm not real sure what to make of their former names, it just makes me wonder why they had to point out that they were normal. 

  This should be a good chance for Kentucky to get things headed in the right direction as this shouldn't be much of contest. Here's a look at the numbers comparison. 

EMU.                UK

PPG: 59              78

RPG: 36             39

APG: 11             16

SPG: 8                 8

BPG: 6                8 

TPG: 14            13 

FG%: 40          48 

FT%: 67          63 

3P%: 29          36 


Kentucky shouldn't have any trouble at all with EMU. If they play the way they did in the second half against Louisville, Kentucky wins this game going away by 25+.


Until Wednesday night, Big Blue Corner wishes everyone a safe and happy New Year.