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A Walk Through History: Prelude to a Championship

March 31, 2026

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A Walk Through History: 1995-96 Men's Basketball Team

Eastern Michigan’s 1995-96 Men’s Mid-American Conference basketball championship team — the team that became the first in over 40 years to defeat Duke in the first round of the NCAA tournament — would not occur in today’s landscape of NIL and the Transfer Portal.

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