Empire 8

notjoshreed · March 11, 2006, 09:48:50 AM

After a second trip to Amherst in two years I realize how political the D3 site selection committee is. I have no qualms in Fisher going to Amherst this year. What an advantage this give the home team.
There is now way that last year three New York teams should have had to leave NY state for last years sweet 16. A belated shame on you to last years site selection committee

cuse2003champs · March 11, 2006, 10:55:31 AM

I will be in Amherst to hopefully watch fisher win, then a bar to hopefully watch cuse win, if anyone who was their could give me some advice on if i shoudl take 87 at all along with where to sit, when to get their for tix, and what bar to go to afterwards for cuse would be much appreciated, great yr for the empire 8 and college basketball

superman57 · March 11, 2006, 11:59:12 AM

Cuse, yes go 87 to exit 21, if your a student you'll see us, hopefully Bob Ward will get us our under the basket seats again, if not the Fisher Section was right behind the Fisher Bench.

Now onto the game, I have to say Bob Ward deserves a round of applause, he made right sure that the students were behaved and happy, he got us the under the basket seats and then when an elderly gentlemen started to make a little bit of trouble with us at the end of the game he was there real qucik, nothing happend we just started to talk with guy.

The refs in the first half made me want to vomit, they were horrible, fisher had 7 fouls before Utica had 2, had Utica was playing particulary rough.

It should be a very loud game tonight

and now my last rant. Move these games to a neutral site!!!!! First and second round games in home gym's fine but there is no reason that a game this important should be in a home gymnasium, if fans are dedicated they will travel. See the 2003 east regional at the Pepsi Arena, I was there and that entire upper ring was all Orange. Let these teams fight it out in a neutral gym in the middle of the two schools, I say for example some place like the Glens Falls Civic Center where they hold the high school state championships

fisheralum91 · March 11, 2006, 12:04:56 PM

Congrats SJF!
Keep it going!
Great season UC- no reason to hang your head.

On to the elite 8!

superman57 · March 11, 2006, 12:46:47 PM

LET's GO FISHER
come on if there are any E8 fans in the area of Amherst get to that GYM and cheer on Fisher as much as you may hate fisher imagine what it would do for all of our recruiting and the E8 if Fisher goes to salem

notjoshreed · March 11, 2006, 01:24:24 PM

Good post superman, Bob Ward was on top of things again last night and kept everyone in check.

You are 100% correct about these games being held at a neutral site. The Pepsie arena in Albany would have been a great choice but I am sure there are many others that would allow the teams to play to their potential.

Refs were bad. I saw bennet go flying to the floor with one of many illegal screens with no calls. In the second half Biegel set a perfectly legal screen that the ref called as a foul. You would have thought they were out to get Fisher last night and in fact took us out of our game in the first half. I would expect more of the refs at that level

Go fisher tonight

billwolf · March 11, 2006, 05:06:57 PM

Quote from: notjoshreed on March 11, 2006, 09:48:50 AM
After a second trip to Amherst in two years I realize how political the D3 site selection committee is. I have no qualms in Fisher going to Amherst this year. What an advantage this give the home team.
There is now way that last year three New York teams should have had to leave NY state for last years sweet 16. A belated shame on you to last years site selection committee

billwolf · March 11, 2006, 05:10:01 PM

Quote from: notjoshreed on March 11, 2006, 09:48:50 AM
After a second trip to Amherst in two years I realize how political the D3 site selection committee is. I have no qualms in Fisher going to Amherst this year. What an advantage this give the home team.
There is now way that last year three New York teams should have had to leave NY state for last years sweet 16. A belated shame on you to last years site selection committee

Okay...help me out. With Fisher in the final 8 why should they play Amherst in A's home arena? I'm a rookie. Shouldn't the final 8 and beyond be played on neutral ground? Who makes these decisions. I believe it's time for a change.

billwolf · March 11, 2006, 05:11:52 PM

Quote from: notjoshreed on March 11, 2006, 09:48:50 AM
After a second trip to Amherst in two years I realize how political the D3 site selection committee is. I have no qualms in Fisher going to Amherst this year. What an advantage this give the home team.
There is now way that last year three New York teams should have had to leave NY state for last years sweet 16. A belated shame on you to last years site selection committee

Okay...help me out. With Fisher in the final 8 why should they play Amherst in A's home arena? I'm a rookie. Shouldn't the final 8 and beyond be played on neutral ground? Who makes these decisions. I believe it's time for a change.

notjoshreed · March 11, 2006, 07:49:38 PM

Ouch Fisher behind 44 to 27 at half with Amherst hitting many threes and fisher hitting only one of nine or 10
Does not bode well for the empire 8

fisheralum03 · March 11, 2006, 07:57:03 PM

Amherst has hit there threes and fisher hasn't. That is not the only difference in the game trust me.

notjoshreed · March 11, 2006, 08:27:13 PM

sad to hear, Mcgee out, Obrien out, now Bennett game over with 2 minutes left .
More later, end of an era at fisher

notjoshreed · March 11, 2006, 08:31:17 PM

93- 70 ouch

fisheralum03 · March 11, 2006, 08:32:16 PM

I would like to congratulate Fisher on a fabulous season. They have NOTHING to feel ashamed about. They ran into a team that shot lights out. Congrats to Nick Bennett, Sean O'Brien, Pete Gillette, Raymie Auman and Mike Mcgee on Incredible careers at Fisher.

reggieball22 · March 11, 2006, 09:48:14 PM

blah blah blah Empire 8 goes down again this conference will never have another Elite team perhaps can make an Elite 8 field courtesy of a subpar bracket and a couple of home games but here is the fact........They E8 will ALWAYS have to win in Massachussetts if they want to prove themselves and its something our rep just isnt able to do (not only have they lost in the same rednick town back to back years they have blown the fook out).....PLAIN AND SIMPLE.....this conferecnce perhaps may have some bragging rights over the Yac and the LL but other than that we are just small peas in a much bigger pod and will never feel the Craig Jones RIT prominence of early 90s again