I wasn't saying that they're not going to get the ball down low at all, I'm just saying that the Lake Erie defense is going to make it a lot more difficult. Williams and Richardson always bring theyre A++ game.

Yet more proof that the AMCC refs are horrible. The semi game against Hilbert was poorly officiated. Vander-Sluis was pushing off the entire game. None of the refs were calling it. It seems like the AMCC refs don't know what over the back is either because all four teams were doing it all night.

The first time he played at Lake Erie he only scored 13 and grabbed 2 rebounds and that was late in the game. Lake Erie also held him to 7 points and 10 rebounds earlier in the season.

Lake Erie doesn't need to double. Harris, Hunt, Campbell, and Stewart are excellent one on one defenders down low. With the way that Wittenberg runs their offense, they will be lucky to even get the ball down low for scoring oppurtunities.

Wow! I cant believe that people think that I'm Mike Rustifo. No way. He's a great person and I'm glad to see that he and Crawford (I'm not him either) still support the team. I m not Nate Malensek either. Its nice to know that people remember him though. You guys aren't even close.

I think that Lake Erie does have incredible fans. I'm not talking about a numbers game here. I'm talking about NOISE and support. I don't want to knowck the fan base of any AMCC team but Lake Erie has top tier fans.

I would have to agree that Lake Erie and University of Pitt-Greensburg are the new forces in the AMCC. Hilbert is on their way up. I think that Medaille is going to be a sleeper team.

I was very surprised that Hunt got COY. I was expecting Rob deGranpre from Hilbert. He took a 10-15 (8-10) program and took them to the semifinals of the conference tournament the following season.

I had my money on Cooper for POY. I almost fell to the floor when they gave it to Buczynski. No disrespect but he just didn't seem to deserve it like Cooper did. Most people wanted Richardson also. Rumor has it that the AMCC will not give POY to a transfer and both of them were.

Lake Erie has yet to prove themselves??? They beat Edinboro. They beat Bethany. They have also played well in non conference losses.

To cantbestopped: I wasn't attempting to call you out on the fact that you were German. I believe you totally. I was just asking you how you felt about Kamillo, thats all. I just remember him lighting Lake Erie up on more than one occasion. Whatever happened to him anyhow?

So you are German cantbestopped? I want to know how you feel about Kamillo Rosenthal's play in the AMCC. Is that how you became a fan of this league? I'm just interested that's all.

When I used the term going to war, I just meant defending the team. I would never try to take anything from the US troops or ANY troops that are out fighting the good fight right now. I have family out there for goodness' sake. I apologize, that is a slang term that I picked up in the area that I come from that just means "to defend".

If you think that I'm a player, who do you think I am. I've never said. I seriously did study some German culture and literature, whether I was educated incorrectly could be a completely different story. If you must know, I translated all by myself, no dictionary needed.

I love that just because I seem to bethe only person going to war for my team, I have to be a player. I won't say who I am but if anyone knows, its gotta be a shocker. Anyone thats played at Lake Erie knows me and remembers me. Check the facts before calling me an idiot that has a lack of knowledge of the game. All the only erroneous references that I have really made were me mispelling Wittenberg and saying that Lake Erie lost to a D2 school this season which they didnt. Edinboro lost to Lake Erie.

I'll give it to hoopsphanatic, Lake Erie did lose to LaRoche, but as I stated earlier, it was a controversial game. Yes, Lake Erie did get blown out by Behrend, but it was the last game of the season and the team had already locked up first place. It wasn't like they blew off that game off but it wasn't a huge game for them. I don't believe that anyone has made Lake Erie out to be a powerhouse, though they have been a dominant force in the AMCC for the past two seasons.

Richardson chose Lake Erie because of the school, not the basketball program. Just because he wasn't able to recieve an athletic scholarship doesn't mean that he wasn't able to recieve any scholarship for coming to the school. Lake Erie gives all of its students a scholarship  upon enrollment. The school also makes several other scholarships available. The coach at the time made Richardson feel wanted and that was what was important to him. Everything isn't always about basketball.

It is very true that Lake Erie has not played in fron of many crowds the size of 3,000. Even though they don't have tons of experience playing in fron of large crowds, they do have some. They have played to large crowds at Capital and Bethany. Lake Erie probably has the rowdiest fans in most of D3 basketball. The AMCC commissioner regularly recieves complaints about the Storm fans(listen for them this Friday they will be the one screaming WHERE MY DOGS AT? WOO! WHERE MY DOGS AT? WOO! WHAT TIME IS IT? GAME TIME! WHAT TIME IS IT? GAME TIME!).

Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 01, 2006, 03:02:10 AM
The Germans spell it "Wittenberg", too, same as the university in Springfield, OH.

Here's the official website of the city of Wittenberg in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt, world-famous as the town where a monk named Martin Luther nailed the 95 Theses to the door of the cathedral on October 31, 1517 and thus launched the Protestant Reformation:

http://www.wittenberg.de/staticsite/staticsite.php?menuid=84&topmenu=84

I would like to say that I was not referring to the city of Wittenberg that was mentioned in a recent post. I used to study German culture and literature and I was mentioning a smaller city.

For all the haters out there, Richardson came to Lake Erie because of strong recruiting. He came to the school because he liked it. I stand by my statement that he could start for any D2 or NAIA team. I've never seen a guard that can defend him one on one, nor have I seen a team that can stop him from penetrating.

Lake Erie is going to do more than compete against Wittenberg, they are going to beat them. The Storm prey on offenses like Wittenberg's. The only reason that Witt leads the nation is scoring defense is the fact that while playing offense, they lull their opponents to sleep and Lake Erie will have none of that.

The Storm lost to Capital at the beginning of the season. It was only their second game.  You win some and you lose some. Foul trouble was the name of that game. Wittenberg beat Capital 3 days after Lake Erie played them and gave them a good run for their money.

Harris didn't suck for an entire season. He was illduring the first part of the season and that was all. He stepped it up when necessary but as a leader, he let other people take shots. He plays TEAM basketball. An individual can't win a championship. When Harris is on the floor he makes his teammates better HANDS DOWN. Also because he was such a force, he drew several double teams and decided to pass out of the double to an open teammate.

I dare anyone in D3 ball to challenge Harris in a game of straight up, back to the basket, no help defense hoops and then tell me why hes not unstoppable.

Honestly, this game is going to come down to the play of the guards. Its going to be a great game and I look forward to seeing it. The people in the post are going to dominate both ways and we all know this.

What about the Bethany game? No one from the AMCC but Lake Erie beat them. They gave it to them winning by 15 points. Bethany only had 4 losses and one of them was at the hands of Lake Erie.

I apologize for the mispelling of Wittenberg. I was using the German spelling of the word without checking against the school's actual name.

I would like to post edits to my last post as I wasn't looking as I was typing. The firsy is the word many in place of mant players in place of plaers and fouled in place of fould all in the second line. In the third line depth in place of septh.

I admit that the stats for Harris have dropped this season. One of the major reasons though is the fact that he was sick at the beginning of the season. Also there are many haters in the AMCC. I haven't seen too mant plaers get fould as hard as he does. Also, because of the septh of Lake Erie's bench, Harris isn't depended on as much and doesnt get the kind of quality minutes that he used to. Harris also rebounds a lot more than he gets credit for. The person that keeps stats for his team doesn't do that great of a job at it.

I never said that Witenberg wasn't a good defensive team. It will be nice to see their defense take on Lake Erie's high tempo high powered offense.

First of all, I have to say that I am NOT "head of the Richardson fan club". I know Reggie, and I respect his game. He is a solid player and HAS played on other levels of college basketball. Richardson played briefly for a D1 school and could've started for any D2 or NAIA team that he wanted to. Personally, I am a fan of Jajcen Harris and Rob Williams because of their leadership. Williams is a vocal and demonstrative leader on the floor and has fantastic decision making skills. Harris is an unstoppable force beneath the hoop and only takes high percentage shots.

As for Lake Erie losing by tons, where did you get that from? Before the Behrend game, Lake Erie's largest loss was by 13 and its been said that the Behrend game can't be used as a measuring stick because it meant nothing. Lake Erie lost big to a D2 school, they weren't expected to win. The other large loss came from Greensburg, the team that Lake Erie just defeated for the conference championship. Lake Erie played well against two top 20 ranked opponents losing both games by a total of only 7 points.

Yes, Lake Erie has been known to blow huge leads, but their bench is fairly unexperienced in this level of basketball. There are several freshman and other players that do not see much action. Lake Erie has also spent a large portion of the season without Howard Washington, team sharpshooter and ace defender, because of injury.

The Storm have never lost their composure. They play in the AMCC and everyone in the conference knows that we have some of the worst referees ever. AMCC refs have know to make terrible calls and often have to correct each other on the floor. During Lake Erie's one point loss at LaRoche players and fans stormed the floor after a desperation 3 pointer was made. There was still time on the clock and no timeout was called. Thats a technical foul. Lake Erie should have been given two free throws and possesion of the ball. The refs blew that call though just as they blow many others at Lake Erie games.

There is no doubt that Lake Erie is going to give Wittenburg a run for their money. With with Wittenburg's slow paced offense and Lake Erie's tenacious defense, its going to be a good game.

Don't count Lake Erie out. Reggie Richardon has played on every level of college basketball. Whenever he needs to take over a game, he does. The man can handle the ball like no other. Defense wins championships and Lake Erie is a defensive minded team. Lake Erie also also has one of the deepest benches in the ECAC and definitely the AMCC. Lake Erie canwin in any situation: Come from behind victories, grinding it out, or just beating up on their opponents; Lake Erie does it all.