MBB: Coast 2 Coast Athletic Conference

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

D-Mac—-  great show put on by you and the gang of Ryan and Gordon! Nicely done!

Thank you ... appreciate that.

[Swish3]

Congrats to Coach Russ Phillips and the Saxons on an historic memorable outstanding season. Seniors Dom LeMorta, Scotty Stopera, Sage Brown and Pat McLamore Jr. will well be remembered for their grit in achieving their goal of winning an Empire 8 championship and creating a culture of winning at Alfred.

Pep is so proud of the Saxons and their fabulous season-ending run to the title and the NCAA Tournament. This team, at 24-5, is second in AU history for wins in a season, with only the 1985-86 squad (25-3) exceeding their win total.

Congrats also to an outstanding CNU squad. Happy to see a CNU Pep Band in the stands! Rock on! The CNU announcers for the webcast were top notch...much appreciated. Many Saxons followers that Pep spoke with also mentioned the outstanding announcers. Kudos! Best of luck the rest of the way!

On Saxon Warriors!

Classy post, Pep...congrats to Alfred on a great season!

[CNU85]

Congrats to Coach Russ Phillips and the Saxons on an historic memorable outstanding season. Seniors Dom LeMorta, Scotty Stopera, Sage Brown and Pat McLamore Jr. will well be remembered for their grit in achieving their goal of winning an Empire 8 championship and creating a culture of winning at Alfred.

Pep is so proud of the Saxons and their fabulous season-ending run to the title and the NCAA Tournament. This team, at 24-5, is second in AU history for wins in a season, with only the 1985-86 squad (25-3) exceeding their win total.

Congrats also to an outstanding CNU squad. Happy to see a CNU Pep Band in the stands! Rock on! The CNU announcers for the webcast were top notch...much appreciated. Many Saxons followers that Pep spoke with also mentioned the outstanding announcers. Kudos! Best of luck the rest of the way!

On Saxon Warriors!

Thanks Pep! I watched the post game press conference and was impressed. Congrats to the seniors and the coach for setting a goal of E8 Championship and getting it done!.  As far as the CNU pep band...I sent a couple of pics to Ryan during their game day broadcast....the NCAA limits to the 25 you saw...and then the full pep band which probably numbers close to 100. The team and the pep band are a tight knit group. The team goes into the band after big games and the other night during warmups the band sang happy birthday to Marcus Carter.

And the announcers...what do you expect? The play by play guy is from Olean NY!! Not far from Alfred.

[AUPepBand]

Congrats to Coach Russ Phillips and the Saxons on an historic memorable outstanding season. Seniors Dom LeMorta, Scotty Stopera, Sage Brown and Pat McLamore Jr. will well be remembered for their grit in achieving their goal of winning an Empire 8 championship and creating a culture of winning at Alfred.

Pep is so proud of the Saxons and their fabulous season-ending run to the title and the NCAA Tournament. This team, at 24-5, is second in AU history for wins in a season, with only the 1985-86 squad (25-3) exceeding their win total.

Congrats also to an outstanding CNU squad. Happy to see a CNU Pep Band in the stands! Rock on! The CNU announcers for the webcast were top notch...much appreciated. Many Saxons followers that Pep spoke with also mentioned the outstanding announcers. Kudos! Best of luck the rest of the way!

On Saxon Warriors!

Thanks Pep! I watched the post game press conference and was impressed. Congrats to the seniors and the coach for setting a goal of E8 Championship and getting it done!.  As far as the CNU pep band...I sent a couple of pics to Ryan during their game day broadcast....the NCAA limits to the 25 you saw...and then the full pep band which probably numbers close to 100. The team and the pep band are a tight knit group. The team goes into the band after big games and the other night during warmups the band sang happy birthday to Marcus Carter.

And the announcers...what do you expect? The play by play guy is from Olean NY!! Not far from Alfred.

You could tell he was no stranger to Alfred....along with Bonas Coach Schmidt's boys Nick and Derek playing at Alfred. Hoping a third son, point guard Mike, whose Olean High School team is still undefeated, will wear the purple and gold as well.

On Saxon Warriors!

[CNU85]

Congrats to Coach Russ Phillips and the Saxons on an historic memorable outstanding season. Seniors Dom LeMorta, Scotty Stopera, Sage Brown and Pat McLamore Jr. will well be remembered for their grit in achieving their goal of winning an Empire 8 championship and creating a culture of winning at Alfred.

Pep is so proud of the Saxons and their fabulous season-ending run to the title and the NCAA Tournament. This team, at 24-5, is second in AU history for wins in a season, with only the 1985-86 squad (25-3) exceeding their win total.

Congrats also to an outstanding CNU squad. Happy to see a CNU Pep Band in the stands! Rock on! The CNU announcers for the webcast were top notch...much appreciated. Many Saxons followers that Pep spoke with also mentioned the outstanding announcers. Kudos! Best of luck the rest of the way!

On Saxon Warriors!

Thanks Pep! I watched the post game press conference and was impressed. Congrats to the seniors and the coach for setting a goal of E8 Championship and getting it done!.  As far as the CNU pep band...I sent a couple of pics to Ryan during their game day broadcast....the NCAA limits to the 25 you saw...and then the full pep band which probably numbers close to 100. The team and the pep band are a tight knit group. The team goes into the band after big games and the other night during warmups the band sang happy birthday to Marcus Carter.

And the announcers...what do you expect? The play by play guy is from Olean NY!! Not far from Alfred.

You could tell he was no stranger to Alfred....along with Bonas Coach Schmidt's boys Nick and Derek playing at Alfred. Hoping a third son, point guard Mike, whose Olean High School team is still undefeated, will wear the purple and gold as well.

On Saxon Warriors!

His Father-in-law's last name is Sassone.....if that means anything to you guys in that part of the world.    And The Voice of The Captains...Francis Tommasino was recently inducted into the Olean High Hall of Fame

[ronk]

 Olean(St. Bonaventure- Stith brothers, Sam and Tom) was the site of the longest home winning streak in college basketball - over 100 games. I think they played at the local armory.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Pretty amazing win for CNU.  I've apologized on twitter, but I'll add it here, too.  Sorry for doubting.  That's one tough team.  Watching Marcus Carter literally drag a leg around the court for 40 minutes and still do what he can do is pretty inspiring.  All the best tomorrow.

[Goose_13]

Let's just say I'm going to listen to the first 10 minutes of tomorrow's game and turn it off and forget about it and come back to see the final score around 11 at night. Boy was I in for a surprise to see the final and the fact that CNU out scored Hamilton by 20 in the second half. Williams for sure will definitely be a tough test. Happy they got the home site team out of their and can battle in a neutral floor. Need to do a little research on Williams before tomorrow tip off. So glad the men pulled it off and what a heart breaker in Scranton on the women's side. Can't wait for tomorrow night!

[CNU85]

Pretty amazing win for CNU.  I've apologized on twitter, but I'll add it here, too.  Sorry for doubting.  That's one tough team.  Watching Marcus Carter literally drag a leg around the court for 40 minutes and still do what he can do is pretty inspiring.  All the best tomorrow.

Thanks Ryan.....I logged in this morning just to give you a hard time!! 🤣

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Pretty amazing win for CNU.  I've apologized on twitter, but I'll add it here, too.  Sorry for doubting.  That's one tough team.  Watching Marcus Carter literally drag a leg around the court for 40 minutes and still do what he can do is pretty inspiring.  All the best tomorrow.

Thanks Ryan.....I logged in this morning just to give you a hard time!! 🤣

I watched a lot of the game, the whole time just unable to compute how one team was beating the other.  That's hard work and coaching, right there.  Really impressive stuff.  A lot like what Williams did to beat Whitman.  I wonder which coach got less sleep last night?

[CNU85]

Pretty amazing win for CNU.  I've apologized on twitter, but I'll add it here, too.  Sorry for doubting.  That's one tough team.  Watching Marcus Carter literally drag a leg around the court for 40 minutes and still do what he can do is pretty inspiring.  All the best tomorrow.

Thanks Ryan.....I logged in this morning just to give you a hard time!! 🤣

I watched a lot of the game, the whole time just unable to compute how one team was beating the other.  That's hard work and coaching, right there.  Really impressive stuff.  A lot like what Williams did to beat Whitman.  I wonder which coach got less sleep last night?

I wondered the same. I looked at Williams roster last night. Time for a different game plan. 8 guys 6-7 or taller. I'm sure Coach K will put something competitive together. I like what he said post game last night on CNU radio broadcast......last night would be time for ice and getting the players minds to slow down enough to sleep. As you saw CNU plays hard. And thus they are banged up.....  tonight will be a gut check.

[MW_Eagles]

Congrats to CNU!  Williams is always a tough out.   

[CNU85]

Thanks MW. Hopefully we can make some more noise in Indiana!

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Sad news from Salisbury. Jack Ferguson, who was diagnosed with cancer seven months ago, died this morning. My thoughts are with the team.

[Swish3]

Wow, what a weekend!  Two wins over NESCAC teams, one being against Hamilton on their home court, the other against Williams, who had just knocked off one of the favorites to win it all...that's pretty damn impressive!

GO CAPS!