2008–09 Eastern Michigan Eagles men's basketball team

The 2008–09 Eastern Michigan Eagles men's basketball team represented Eastern Michigan University during the 2008–09 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by 4th year head coach Charles E. Ramsey, played their home games at the Eastern Michigan University Convocation Center and were members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 8–24, 6–10 in MAC play. They team finished 4th in the MAC West. They were knocked out in the 1st round of the MAC Tournament by Central Michigan.

2008–09 Eastern Michigan Eagles men's basketball
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Division	West Division
Record	8–24 (6–10 MAC)
Head coach	Charles E. Ramsey (4 season)
Assistant coaches	Derrick McDowell Carl Thomas Andrew Moore
Home arena	Convocation Center

2008–09 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
East
Bowling Green	11	–	5		.688			19	–	14		.576
Buffalo	11	–	5		.688			21	–	12		.636
Miami	10	–	6		.625			17	–	13		.567
Akron †	10	–	6		.625			23	–	13		.639
Kent State	10	–	6		.625			19	–	15		.559
Ohio	7	–	9		.438			15	–	17		.469
West
Ball State	7	–	9		.438			14	–	17		.452
Central Michigan	7	–	9		.438			12	–	19		.387
Western Michigan	7	–	9		.438			10	–	21		.323
Eastern Michigan	6	–	10		.375			8	–	24		.250
Northern Illinois	5	–	11		.313			10	–	20		.333
Toledo	5	–	11		.313			7	–	25		.219
† Conference tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

The team captains were Tyler Jones, Wendale Farrow.

Number	Name	Position	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	HS/Previous
3	Carlos Medlock	Guard	6–0	186	Senior	Detroit, Michigan	Murray Wright
4	Daniel Barnes	Guard	6–2	175	Freshman	Chicago, Illinois	Oak Park
5	Tyler Jones	Guard	6–2	210	Senior	Belleville, Michigan	Belleville
10	Branden Harrison	Forward	6–8	170	Freshman	Houston, Texas	Milby
12	L.J. Frazier	Guard	5–10	160	Redshirt Freshman	Ypsilanti, Michigan	Ypsilanti
13	Antonio Green	Guard	6–3	192	Freshman	Inkster, Michigan	Robichaud
15	Will Cooper	Wing	6–6	180	Sophomore	Detroit, Michigan	Pershing
20	Zane Gay	Guard	6–5	201	Senior	Olivet, Michigan	Olivet
21	Wendale Farrow	Wing	6–10	210	Senior	Sacramento, California	American River J.C.
22	Merlynd Ameti	Guard	6–0	175	Sophomore	Detroit, Michigan	Annapolis
25	Justin Dobbins	Forward	6–8	240	Junior	Cleveland, Ohio	Glenville
32	Alex Hamo	Guard	6–2	185	Sophomore	Flint, Michigan	Cincinnati
33	Brandon Bowdry	Forward	6–6	229	Sophomore	St. Louis, Missouri	Taylor (Mich.) Truman
34	Kyle Dodd	Center	6–11	210	Junior	Rockwood, Ontario	John F. Ross Collegiate and Vocational Institute
54	Kamil Janton	Center	6–10	230	Freshman	Tarnow, Poland	Bartlett

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Coaching staff

Name	Position	College	Graduating year
Charles Ramsey	Head coach	Eastern Michigan University	1992
Derrick McDowell	Associate Coach	Stetson University	1983
Carl Thomas	Assistant coach	Eastern Michigan University	2000
Andrew Moore	Assistant coach	Muskingum College	1992
Chris Highfield	Director of Basketball Operations	University of Michigan	2000
Craig LeVasseur	Graduate Assistant	University of Michigan	2005

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
November 14, 2008* 12:00 pm		Marygrove Education Day	W 119–48	1–0	26 – Bowdry	14 – Bowdry	7 – Green	Convocation Center (2156) Ypsilanti,MI
November 17, 2008* 7:00 pm, ESPN2		at No. 10 Purdue NIT Season Tip-Off	L 58–87	1–1	16 – Dobbins	10 – Farris	3 – Dobbins, Frazier	Mackey Arena (13356) West Lafayette, IN
November 18, 2008* 4:00 pm		vs. Georgia NIT Season Tip-Off	L 60–61	1–2	22 – Dobbins	8 – Bowdry	9 – Frazier	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, IN
November 22, 2008* 7:00 pm		at Detroit	L 47–62	1–3	14 – Frazier	8 – Bowdry, Farris	2 – Farris, Frazier	Calihan Hall (2638) Detroit, MI
November 24, 2008* 8:00 pm		St. John's NIT Season Tip-Off	L 61–73	1–4	13 – Bowdry, Dobbins	6 – Gay	2 – Bowdry, Dobbins, Farrow	Carnesecca Arena (893) Queens, NY
November 24, 2008* 5:45 pm		vs. Cornell NIT Season Tip-Off	L 54–67	1–5	11 – Bowdry, Frazier	8 – Gay	3 – Frazier, Gay	Carnesecca Arena  Queens, NY
November 29, 2008* 1:00 pm		at Brown	L 51–53	1–6	13 – Ferris	5 – Bowdry	6 – Frazier	Pizzitola Sports Center (633) Providence, RI
December 08, 2008* 7:00 pm		Wayne State	W 67–47	2–6	19 – Bowdry	7 – Bowdry, Harrison	7 – Frazier	Convocation Center (590) Ypsilanti, MI
December 13, 2008* 4:00 pm		at Michigan	L 60–91	2–7	16 – Bowdry	8 – Dobbins	2 – Copper, Gay, Jones	Crisler Center (9768) Ann Arbor, MI
December 20, 2008* 4:00 pm		St. Bonaventure George Gervin Day	L 78–86	2–8	21 – Bowdry	7 – Bowdry	4 – Frazier	Convocation Center (803) Ypsilanti, MI
December 22, 2008* 7:00 pm		Oakland	L 53–66	2–9	17 – Bowdry	8 – Dobbins	8 – Dobbins	Convocation Center (389) Ypsilanti, MI
December 28, 2008* 2:00 pm, Big Ten Network		at Illinois	L 53–62	2–10	14 – Dobbins	5 – Bowdry, Ferris	5 – Bowdry	Assembly Hall (16288) Champaign, IL
January 03, 2009* 2:00 pm		at Chicago State	L 61–79	2–11	23 – Bowdry	10 – Bowdry	5 – Farris	Emil and Patricia Jones Convocation Center (538) Chicago, IL
January 07, 2009* 7:00 pm		Temple	L 45–67	2–12	16 – Bowdry	7 – Dobbins	4 – Frazier	Convocation Center (493) Ypsilanti, MI
January 10, 2009 4:00 pm, Ball State Sports Network		Ball State	L 42–46	2–13 (0–1)	16 – Bowdry	6 – Dobbins	2 – Dobbins, Jones	Convocation Center (843) Ypsilanti, MI
January 13, 2009 7:00 pm		Central Michigan Michigan MAC Trophy	W 84–77 2OT	3–13 (1–1)	22 – Bowdry, Jones	14 – Bowdry	4 – Frazier	Convocation Center (865) Ypsilanti, MI
January 17, 2009 7:00 pm		at Toledo	L 57–69	3–14 (1–2)	14 – Bowdry	6 – Bowdry	3 – Cooper	Savage Arena (6084) Toledo, OH
January 20, 2009 7:00 pm		at Northern Illinois	L 52–72	3–15 (1–3)	16 – Bowdry	9 – Bowdry	1 – Copper, Farris, Frazier, Gay, Jones	Convocation Center (1293) DeKalb, IL
January 24, 2009 4:00 pm		Western Michigan Michigan MAC Trophy	L 45–53	3–16 (1–4)	12 – Bowdry	9 – Bowdry	3 – Jones	Convocation Center (1663) Ypsilanti, MI
January 27, 2009 7:00 pm		at Kent State	L 46–58	3–17 (1–5)	19 – Dobbins	6 – Copper	3 – Jones	Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (2447) Kent, OH
January 31, 2009 2:00 pm		Miami (OH)	L 51–66	3–18 (1–6)	16 – Bowdry	7 – Dobbins	3 – Bowdry, Jones	Convocation Center (1285) Ypsilanti, MI
February 03, 2009 7:00 pm		Akron	L 41–78	3–19 (1–7)	12 – Bowdry	10 – Dobbins	2 – Frazier, Green	Convocation Center (313) Ypsilanti, MI
February 07, 2009 5:00pm		at Ohio	L 45–57	3–20 (1–8)	11 – Bowdry, Dobbins	8 – Bowdry	3 – Gay	Convocation Center (5735) Athens, OH
February 12, 2009 7:00 pm		Buffalo	L 49–58	3–21 (1–9)	11 – Bowdry	9 – Bowdry	4 – Bowdry	Convocation Center (467) Ypsilanti, MI
February 15, 2009 7:00 pm, Buckeye Cable Sports Network		at Bowling Green	L 57–65	4–21 (2–9)	17 – Gay	12 – Bowdry	4 – Bowdry	Anderson Arena (2120) Bowling Green, OH
February 18, 2009 7:00 pm		at Western Michigan Michigan MAC Trophy	L 38–46	4–22 (2–10)	13 – Bowdry	12 – Dobbins	3 – Jones	University Arena (3122) Kalamazoo, MI
February 21, 2009* 4:00 pm		Georgia State ESPN Bracket Buster	L 58–63	4–23 (2–10)	13 – Green	7 – Green	3 – Bowdry, Dobbins, Frazier	Convocation Center (583) Ypsilanti, MI
February 25, 2009 7:00pm		Toledo	W 58–49	5–23 (3–10)	17 – Bowdry	6 – Bowdry	4 – Gay	Convocation Center (446) Ypsilanti, MI
February 28, 2009 7:00pm		at Central Michigan Michigan MAC Trophy	L 55–60	6–23 (4–10)	12 – Bowdry, Gay	5 – Bowdry, Gay	2 – Bowdry, Dobbins, Gay	Daniel P. Rose Center (1309) Mount Pleasant, MI
March 4, 2009 7:00pm		Northern Illinois Senior Day	L 55–61	7–23 (5–10)	20 – Dobbins	12 – Bowdry	6 – Gay	Convocation Center (724) Ypsilanti, MI
March 8, 2009 2:00pm, Ball State Sports Network		at Ball State	W 55–53	8–23 (6–10)	13 – Bowdry	11 – Bowdry	4 – Bowdry, Dobbins	John E. Worthen Arena (3687) Muncie, IN
March 10, 2009 12:00pm		vs. Central Michigan MAC Tournament	L 49–62	8–24	13 – Bowdry	6 – Bowdry	2 – Bowdry, Gay, Green, Frazier	Quicken Loans Arena  Cleveland, OH
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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Awards

All-MAC Second Team

Brandon Bowdry