No Sharlow, huh?

Sharlow?!?!  Unanimously?!?!?

I guess I don't have a vote for a reason.

I like Hobart and SLU to win this weekend, and Hobart to win the championship.  Union are frauds, and Skidmore lives and dies by the three.

Hobart has three guys that would start for any team in the conference in Pebole, Bruce, and Llewellyn, and Thompson is no slouch either.

They could easily be 10-4, but the rook' missed a layup at the buzzer when they played RPI and they ultimately lost in OT.

It's up now

TIM RUPP NAILS A 3 AT THE BUZZER TO BEAT HAMILTON AND SECURE A 7-7 MARK FOR RPI IN LEAGUE PLAY!!!!

Here's my list:
COY - Luke Flockerzi, Skidmore
ROY - Stefan Thompson, Hobart
POY - Joey Lokitis, Union

RPI smacked Vassar real hard

Playoff scenarios, anyone?

Well Union is officially a bunch of a-holes.  They kicked two RPI fans out today for rooting for RPI.  Unbelievable.

I'd give you the game analysis, but I was one of the guilty fans.

RPI loses at Skidmore 92-80 after Skidmore shots 55% from 3 PT.  The refs were horrible both ways, calling 21 fouls on both teams.  They must have bet the over a la Tim Donaghy.  An especially egregious call at the end of the first half when Skidmore clearly carried the ball out of bounds with 1.2 seconds remaining.  One of the zebras swallowed his whistle and time expired.  Griff was justifiably upset.

Game was close at half, but only because RPI had the big advantage in FTs in the first (17 versus 4).

Skidmore's entire offense is drive and kick to Lowry or Altimar.  They won't take it in the paint against RPI's Danny Martin (who should win ROY).

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Where were the rowdy Engineer fans for their home game against Union when they lost by 14?

We were there... it was real loud.  Union had a bunch of people there too.  The refs threatened to hit RPI with a technical if the people with noisemakers kept using them.  Also, the refs complained to Griff multiple times about the 20-30 fans sitting in the stands directly behind the Union bench, because apparently you can't yell at another team in Division 3.  During this past weekend's games, the fun police came out and cordoned off the first three rows of bleachers behind both benches.  Makes me wish I went to a D1 school where enthusiasm was allowed.

The Union mothers are such babies... they kept screaming to "shut them up" and "that's unsportsmanlike," when the most that was being said was "you suck."  They should watch the game on TV if they can't handle that.

We ran into Union on one of their good days, and we played as poorly as we have all season.  It's gonna be a much different game Saturday.  RPI will win big.

RPI beats St. Lawrence today in ECAV and climbs back into the playoff discussion after a sweep of the North Country teams.   They were propelled by an all-around team effort; they have no go-to guy and depend on someone getting hot at the right time.  Griff has them playing good team defense, and they crash the offensive boards very well.  Look for them to split next weekend, probably dropping the Skidmore game, but winning at Union in front of hundreds of rowdy Engineer fans who made the short ride down Route 7.

Robison Gym is closed.... RPI plays in ECAV now

Rensselaer Redhawks (Troy, NY)       
Unranked
Liberty League Tournament Champions (Third place in regular season)         
15-12 Overall; 7-7 LL; Home 6-4; Away 7-6; Neutral 2-2
Head Coach - Michael Griffin (24th season)

Key Wins         
Home versus St. Lawrence (78-72), versus Hamilton in LL Seminfinal (64-55), at St. Lawrence (LL Championship) (72-65)

Key Losses
Home versus Southern Vermont (73-75), at Skidmore (62-63)

Record Against NCAA Tourney Teams - (2-2), 2 wins versus St. Lawrence, 1 loss at St. Lawrence and at Middlebury

Starters         
23 Rory Perner     G    6'1"   Sr  2.1 PPG       15 STL
52 Mike Brion       G/F  6'4"  So  7.6 PPG       31.0 3PT%
12 Tim Rupp         G/F  6'3"  Jr   10.7 PPG     5.4 RPG       80 FT%
54 Sam Simmons  F     6'4"  Sr  18.1 PPG     8.2 RPG      32 BLK
45 Ricky Philatre  F/C  6'8"  Jr   5.7 PPG       7.1 RPG      32 BLK

Key Reserves
5 DJ Blakemore    G    6'1"  So   7.4 PPG      45.2 FG%
15 Eric Anderson G    6'1"   Jr    50.0 FG%   54.8 3PT%
24 Jeremy Colon  F    6'5"   Jr    45.5 FG%

Statistics         
Points/Game:       RPI (69.8)              Opponent (65.4)
Rebounds/Game:  RPI (40.4)              Opponent (33.9)
FG%:                    RPI (44.1)              Opponent (39.0)
3PT%:                  RPI (34.0)
FT%:                    RPI (68.5)

Notes         
RPI is in the tournament for the first time since 1996.  They are lead by senior forward Sam Simmons, who earned Liberty League Player of the Year Honors after an outstanding season.