Eagles finally becoming team Hayford thought they would

When's the last time Eastern Washington showed up in a list ahead of basketball powers like Michigan, Duke, Indiana and Kansas?

Try never.

There has not been much the Eagles have done wrong lately in winning six consecutive Big Sky Conference games and nine of their last 11.

So the status, according to Synergy Sports Technology who rank the Eagles as the nation's most efficient scoring team is not surprising.

"Trust me, this got out to everyone we're recruiting because the names that are in that top-10, top-20 (are impressive)," head coach Jim Hayford said of his team being the nation's leader...