Eagles Make Fun and Impressive Showing in Third NCAA Appearance

The bluebloods of Kansas found out the Eagles were a handful.

The 14th-seeded Eastern Washington University Eagles led more than they trailed, but lost to third-seeded Kansas 93-84 in the first round of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament in Indianapolis Saturday (March 20) at Indiana Farmers Coliseum.

Read the full post-game summary and a season recap at GoEags.com.

Tanner Groves (35 PTS) & Jacob Groves (23 PTS) BALLED OUT against Kansas 👏@EWUMBB | #MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/P70F5pboso
— NCAA March Madness (@marchmadness) March 21, 2021

A tip of the cap to @EWUMBB on a terrific season. We sure are proud of our Eagles! 🦅 #GoEags #GoSpo pic.twitter.com/G21TzBnnZz
— Spokane Indians (@spokaneindians) March 20, 2021

America is learning how much fun this Eastern Washington team is.

Welcome to the Inland Northwest, where it's not just Gonzaga y'all.
— Brenna Greene (@BrennaGreene_) March 20, 2021

.@EWUMBB showed up today. Absolutely no reason to hang their heads. What a fun team. #GoEags pic.twitter.com/Gwog0NX5cn
— Keith Osso (@OssoKXLY) March 20, 2021

Fourteen years. Five states.

In all of my professional journalism experience, this was the funnest and kindest team I ever covered.

Thanks for letting me tell your stories, @EWUMBB. You made it easy. pic.twitter.com/EPNW3yNmj1
— Ryan Collingwood (@rwcollingwood) March 21, 2021

Despite the loss to Kansas, the Groves Brothers balled out for Eastern Washington 🔥

Tanner:

35 Pts
5 Reb
11-18 FG
5-11 3-PT FG

Jacob:

23 Pts
9 Reb
8-11 FG
4-5 3-PT FG pic.twitter.com/jjFdywl7jU
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) March 20, 2021

Eastern Washington fans just welcomed the men's basketball team home from the NCAA Tournament. pic.twitter.com/cvumdW7Rt8
— Karthik Venkataraman (@KarthikV_) March 21, 2021

Eagles Make Fun and Impressive Showing in Third NCAA Appearance

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