Students anticipate Selection Sunday

The Eastern Eagles are waiting for their seeding, location and opponent and
still have to wait until 3 p.m. Sunday to find out. Meanwhile, the players
aren't the only ones awaiting the draw. Many students are contemplating
travelling to witness the Eagles' first NCAA tournament game, but this all
depends on where they play.

"If they play in Seattle, I'm going for sure," said senior Troy Handwerk.
"I've been waiting all four years for this and for them to be able to make
the tournament is awesome."

"I don't really have the money to go anywhere but Seattle and that's
assuming I can get one of the only 350 tickets available," said freshman
Michael Mosback. "If they stay close by that would be perfect."

Unfortunately the Eagles will probably play a top-10 team and will likely be
at least 20-point underdogs. But after three close, but not quite seasons,
not many students at Eastern really care.

"We're dancing no matter what, that's all that matters," said junior Brandon
Hair. "We aren't supposed to win and that's when upsets happen."

The Eagles hope to get as high as a 14 seed, but that would be as high of a
seed as they would get with only a 17-12 record coming out of a weaker
conference.