Yes, RPI blew it, yes Ithaca shooting to start won it. I'm just surprised SLU and Hobart teams didn't play more consistently this year and get into the LL championship. All that said, good luck to Ithaca, you earned your opportunity in the tournament....just keep making those threes.

Schedules are out. Just over six months to opening for Hobart against Alfred on 9/5 followed by games against Brockport and Utica,all tough games to prepare for opener against the Bombers in Ithaca.

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Quote from: Bartman on February 26, 2025, 07:46:20 AMGood luck to the remaining LL teams. I think RPI will have their hands full with SLU's Seniors and Union might have another miracle finish in Ithaca.
 


Bracket doesn't reseed so it's Union at RPI and SLU at IC.

Ooops, well these will be two very competitive games. Good luck to all.

Quote from: UfanBill on February 25, 2025, 09:21:53 PMYet another incredibly close, exciting game for the Garnet Chargers. It was remarkably similarly to Saturday's game. Hobart got off to a strong start while Union struggled with it's shooting.The Statesmen were up 35=30 at the half. Quickly after halftime the Garnet took the lead but from there it was lead change after lead change to the end of regulation.Fittingly the game went into overtime tied at 72. Again each team had the lead in OT right to the last seconds when the impossible happened as Union's Matthew Garside hit a buzzer beating 3 for the win! The third time he's done that this season.

Bartman your Statesmen played great but this seems like destiny.

Destiny for the Kiddie Chargers, for sure. A great game played well by both teams. If you told me Hobart would have a higher FG percentage than Union, with almost equal stats in Rebounds and turnovers, I would have bet anything that Hobart would win. But those threes and Icewater Garside were the difference. A very tough loss for the four Senior starters led by Aidan Rodgers, The Meshanic brothers and Pat Healy. Thanks to the Meshanic family that gave us three great Statesman basketball players (older brother Jackson was special) , and were key to two NCAA appearances and a Liberty League title. The Hobart future is bright because Coach Thompson wisely developed the underclassmen this season that will help Hobart contend again in 2025-26.
    Good luck to the remaining LL teams. I think RPI will have their hands full with SLU's Seniors and Union might have another miracle finish in Ithaca.
   

Quote from: UfanBill on February 22, 2025, 07:47:10 PMIt was senior day for Union at the Viniar Center today. Well at least for the four graduating seniors in the Garnet Chargers women's program. They celebrated with a resounding 77-44 victory over William Smith. The men took to the court later and orchestrated yet another close game victory over Hobart, 76-69, to wrap up 4th place in the LL and a home game Tuesday...against Hobart. The Statesmen opened the game strong and built a 7 point halftime lead while Union struggled with their shooting hitting only 33.3% and even missing 3 of 6 free throws. 

The second half was another story as Union caught fire shooting 58.6%, 5 of 9 from the arc and all 9 of their free throws. Hobart kept up and had their last lead 53-51 with 8:32 left before the Garnet slowly forged ahead. It was still a 3 point game at the 23 second mark until a spectacular putback tip in and four of those FTs sealed the deal.  No senior celebration ensued...because this sophomore dominated Union squad that's so fun to watch, has NO seniors.     

UFAN, congrats on the win and earning the home court for the playoff game. At least Union doesn't shoot that damn cannon/or indoor equivalent after every basket. I think the reigning Champions, with their backs against the wall,  will be a tough out Tuesday for the Kiddie Chargers. Good luck. 

Hobart plays their way into the LL tournament. With a win tonight over Union they can earn a home game but the Hobart defense  will have to defend the 3-point line as evidenced by the crazy three point shoot-out by Union and RIT. RIT had a chance to tie or win with 10 seconds left but couldn't get a shot off. My money is on SLU beating RPI tonight but the score could be like 52-50 with those defenses. I believe any of the six teams can win the Championship, it should be fun.

Quote from: d3d3d3 on February 15, 2025, 05:57:01 PMYou would think it would be just about impossible to sweep Hobart and miss the LL playoffs, but Bard just might.

Hobart has no consistency this season . I'm not optimistic that they can put two , yet alone three good games together. Last night quite a few players were playing with the flu as the Meshanicks had an off game that could have been their last home game. Hopefully they can get two road wins next weekend and secure one more home game .

Congrats to SLU on the win over Ithaca , maybe the Saint Seniors are ready to make a run?Hobart Seniors take care of business against Skidmore after Aiden Rogers is presented with his 1000th career point basketball.Although Hobart pulled away at the end, Skidmore fought well and has some decent talent for a last place team.Three games remain before the LL playoffs and it is looking like RPI and Vassar are in a good position, but there is still room for some end of season jockeying . 

Quote from: XREDDRAGON77 on February 13, 2025, 09:31:23 PMAnd the Dragons have a new Head Coach! We went with an IC alumni! Looks like a solid guy that's been pretty successful! Love that he was a wrestler in his HS days! Hope Coach Blu can keep the Dragons rolling!

Good luck to Cortland's new HC Blumenauer . Big shoes to fill but he looks like a great choice for Cortland and NYS D3 Football.

Hobart pulls one out in Canton as the team goes to 8-6 in the LL tied with Union who swept the weekend with a long range buzzer beater against Vassar . Union is the hottest team at the point in the season, but it looks like RPI and Ithaca have the edge to gain byes for the playoffs, with 4 games left in the regular season. Anyone can win the tournament as no team has really risen above, but those byes followed by home games could be very valuable.

Hobart couldn't shoot last night against Clarkson and loses a key game by 4 points , 30% and 10% from 3PT and under 50% from the line. They should have lost by 20 Points . Rogers back in starting lineup, but not his fault, nobody could shoot. A loss to SLU tonight puts them on life support to make the LL tourney.These guys won the LL last year, I'm in disbelief. Beating SLU is a must tonight.

Monty Nedd(First Year) gets the start against RIT and scores a career high 26 to lead the Statesmen over RIT. After the horrendous start against the Bombers on Friday,something needed to change and Monty(fastest player in the LL) provided the spark. While Aiden Rogers(SR) is a great teammate and player, the energy that Monty produces should be featured the rest of the season and could be a factor producing a needed win streak . 

Hobart starts cold again(17-0, yikes) and claws back but falls short(63-60) and splits the season series with the Bombers. It looks like RPI and Ithaca will battle for regular season title at this point. The LL tournament will be very competitive, though....if you're in it you could win it. 

Hobart traveling down to Ithaca for a big game. Will the Bombers protect home court or will the Statesmen sweep the regular season? League leading RPI should stay on top with away  wins against RIT and Skidmore. Everyone is running out of time to catch the Engineers to host , but you never know in the LL this year.

Well earned win by SLU at Hobart. The Statesmen looked like absolute crap in the first 10 minutes. While SLU is always a defensive challenge, that start was self imposed. Hobart has started slow in most games but this was really bad. They finally scraped and clawed to tie the game , but a combination of killer threes by SLU and strong defense won this for the Saints. I think Hunter Meshanic did a great job of defending Dudzinski, so with a better start in Canton, the Statesmen might return the favor and even the series.
 Great to see Ithaca get beaten by RPI to keep the standings compressed.