They have appeared in four NCAA Division I tournaments and have a 3–4 record, tied for third best among Michigan colleges.

In his 10 ½ seasons as EMU head coach, he led Eastern to its most successful decade as an NCAA Division I school, finishing as the winningest head coach in EMU history with a 185–132 record.

He also coached the 1994–95 team to EMU's first-ever National Invitation Tournament (NIT).

[2] Following the departure of Ben Braun to California, Eastern Michigan hired Milton Barnes, he would spend four season as a head coach, earning 63 victories in those years.

After a 68–118 record in six years at the helm, EMU would fire Ramsey after the 2010–11 basketball season.

Prior to EMU, Murphy spent seven years as an assistant coach at Syracuse under Jim Boeheim.

In 2021, he left the team to join the Motor City Cruise of the NBA G League as president and general manager.

Coach Ben Braun led Eastern Michigan to their first three NCAA Division I tournament appearances during his 11-year tenure.

One of the great highlights in team history came after EMU's first round victory over Duke in 1996, when the Blue Devils' Head Coach Mike Krzyzewski stated, "Eastern Michigan is very well coached, much deeper than we are and, today, much quicker than we were.

EMU reached the Final Four of the 1972 NCAA College Division National Championship, led by All-American George Gervin, an NBA Hall of Famer selected as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History.

Da'Shonte Riley – Salt Lake City Stars Karrington Ward – Oklahoma City Blue Raven Lee – Santa Cruz Warriors Emoni Bates – Cleveland Cavaliers Marlow McClain (1979-80) Marlow McClain (1979-80) Kelvin Blakely (1979-80) [14] James Thompson IV (2016-17) Fred Cofield (1983-84) *As of April 17, 2024 [14]