Empire 8

[fisheralum91]

Caz,
great quote on the bottom of your posts!

Reed did have a propensity for butchering the language, but still this may be an imporved model!

[fisheralum91]

Yet I now can't spell!!
How is geneseo?

[bamm]

Let's play pickem with GB15's post:

(picks in parens)

Friday

Potsdam at Alfred  (Potsdam)
St.Lawrence at Ithaca  (Ithaca)
York(NY) at RIT (RIT)
St.John Fisher at Geneseo  (Fisher)

Saturday

St.Lawrence at Alfred  (Alfred)
Potsdam at Ithaca (Potsdam)
Oswego/Wilkes at RIT (RIT)
Oneonta St at Hartwick  (Hartwick!)
Naz at SUNY-Old Westbury (Naz)
SUNYIT at Utica (Utica)

[gobombers15]

Yet I now can't spell!!
How is geneseo?

Of the games they played against teams from around here, Geneseo is 1-3 but the losses have all been close games. G-State lost by 7 @Oswego, by 3 at home in OT vs SUNYIT and by 5 @Alfred. Their one win in those four games was a 17-point whupping @Plattsburgh St. They look like they'll be just below a middle-of-the-road SUNYAC team, probably battling for a #7 or #8 seed in the SUNYAC tourney.

The Blue Knights have three players who average in double-figures, led by former Fairport product Steve McDonnell(14.5 ppg). Tarik Kitson and Greg Spears each average a shade over 10ppg.

If I were predicting this game, I'd say Fisher wins by 11-14 points. It would be a lot worse if the game were at SJF.

[fisheralum91]

Thanks GB!
Man Roch got lucky- we got hammered by this snow in Utica today!
Go Fish!

[col]

BAMM  I think we gotta stick with St. Lawrence at Alfred.  They're good and have a former Blue Devil averaging 16 a game.

[fisheralum91]

Former Blue devil?

[gobombers15]

Without looking at the roster, and knowing col and bamm are from the same area, I'm gonna guess that may mean there's a player from their former high school that plays for SLU. In addition, they're from the North Country so that's just an educated guess.

Don't worry, not a former Dukie. Though I'd welcome the opportunity to throw debris at him if he were.

[fisheralum91]

Gotcha,
What hs?
Anyway have fun while we dig out!

[hawks1323]

Hey GoBombers15- How is the Pocahontas BobbleHead camp out going? It must be pretty cold and snowy up there in the birth place of recycling (Ithaca).  Just in case you didn't see Hartwick took last night's game against Bard. Yes, that is right Hartwick is 4-2. What is Ithaca's? 0-4. The point of the season is to get numbers on the left side. Ithaca is the weakest link...Season Cancel. I hope the bombers get a pitty win tonight.

More later. I am on the way back from Florida.

[gobombers15]

Hey GoBombers15- How is the Pocahontas BobbleHead camp out going? It must be pretty cold and snowy up there in the birth place of recycling (Ithaca). Just in case you didn't see Hartwick took last night's game against Bard. Yes, that is right Hartwick is 4-2. What is Ithaca's? 0-4. The point of the season is to get numbers on the left side. Ithaca is the weakest link...Season Cancel. I hope the bombers get a pitty win tonight.

More later. I am on the way back from Florida.

You're not very creative, RTH.

1)You took the "recycling" reference from me when I said Ithacans are too worried about recycling to realize there's a basketball team. Since you're undoubtedly very dense, I'll explain that for you. Ithaca--both the school and town--are very liberal, environmentally conscious places. On any given day you could walk right into the middle of a group protesting the materials used for the Smoothie containers. True story, that happened.

2)You took the Pocahontas reference, as well. I wondered aloud who Paul Smith's best player was and decided it must be Pocahontas. Pocahontas bobblehead night? What the hell does that mean?

Start bringing some creative smack or don't even bother. Over/Under on the amount of seconds RTH's call would last on the Jim Rome Show: 2.5. It would surely start with, "Well, folks, the Har--"(BUZZER)

[bamm]

Yes, Col.  Totally slipped my mind.  

New Prediction -- SLU over Alfred.  Gotta know where my allegiance lies.

fisheralum -  Ogdensburg Blue Devils, roughly 20 miles from the SLU campus  

[thebear]

Col & BAMM, this just in:

SLU is who I pick, based on their tough game against U of R.  They are big, with three great shooters, including your former Blue Devil.

Remember all Blue Devil hoopers at the core still have Potsdam roots thanks to the Jedi master of North Country hoops, Bill Merna.

P.S.  I think D-III hoops has a misprint.  Geneseo got wasted by Plattsburgh.  According to Geneseo, the score was Plattsburgh 71 Geneseo 54, and that was without Gibbs-Smith. 

Geneseo is big inside, with three OK big men, so they may expose Fisher's inside weakness, particularly if Minton has talked to Dobbs lately.  Fisher's guard pairing of O'Brien and Auman is a choice Division III backcourt.

Plattsburgh will be a handful as the season progresses.  Their three quality newbies, a D-I transfer (Morgan State), a D-II transfer (Post U. of CT) and a prize freshman from Xavierian in NYC are all seeing lots of PT, and learning how to step up.

When Gibbs-Smith, who may be the most talented one-on-one offensive player in the Region gets back to 100%, the Cardinals could surprise a lot of teams, particularly on the second night of those SUNYAC North Country swings.

If the weather holds there will be a few pilgrims making the Trek from Potsdam to Ithaca tomorrow afternoon to observe Dobbs' return to the bulb and a last matchup with the players he helped to recruit. 

[clearconceit]

Hey RTH all I have to say is Saturday is revelation Saturday for you.  If they don't win I don't think you can keep eggin bomber on.  Looking forward to that score.
In the meantime IT versus Utica.  love that rivalry!!!!

[gobombers15]

Ithaca leading at half over SLU, 30-29.