Empire 8

[bamm]

Yes

[gobombers15]

E8 scores from holiday tournaments:

Elmira defeats Washington and Jefferson, 84-78. The Soaring Eagles go 1-2 in their trip to Phoenix.

Naz defeats winless Thomas More in OT, 89-83. Joe Canori scores 34 and Ryan MacAdam pours in 28 to lead the Golden Flyers to a 3rd place finish in the Otterbein Tourney.

Alfred falls in the consolation game of the Case Western tourney, 91-86, to the hosts. Dillon Stein scores 21, Quentin Bryant chips in 20. Alfred had four players in double digits.

[hawks1323]

After 1 1/2 seasons of Empire8 posting excellence as Respect_The_Hawks, I am changing my posting name to Mad Hawk. This change is effective immediately.

I am here to educate and entertain this board on Empire 8 and Hartwick basketball.

While Hartwick Basketball has struggled the past several seasons this seasons marks the beginning of a revolution and dynasty for the Hawks.

No one, I mean no one respects the Hawks outside the Hartwick community. Maybe teams will have to learn scouting reports and coaches will have to coach (that will be strange phenomenon for many teams). NO MORE GIVE AWAY GAMES!

Finally I am not here to make friends, but rather push a message and do some unofficial guerrilla marketing for Hawk Basketball.

As for the 2006 E8 upcoming season, BRING IT ON

[clearconceit]

Get a grip pal.  Your team will be a little better, but the last tiime I checked you are 1-27 in league play the last 2 years.  Please tone it down. I mean Oneonta HS would have beaten you guys the last 2 years.

[ricco1]

Mad Hawk, Try to remember these to dates Jan6 and Jan.7. Lets see what your team can do.

[hawks1323]

Booya, clearconceit! Thanks for your for post!

1. Thank you for coming to the Holiday Inn Tournament in December

2. I hate to burst your fragile bubble but the Hawks are lot better then what you witnessed on Sunday, December 11th against Fitchburg State. You witnessed one of the worst games of this season. Keep in mind that the game was the fourth game of the week for the Hawks (Vassar on Tuesday, Bard on Thursday, Oneonta thriller on Saturday). I bet you didn't realize that! Any serious fan would have!

3. You can say what you want about how bad Hartwick, however, the jury is still out whether or not Utica is for real or not! I guess time will tell!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

[hawks1323]

Mad Hawk, Try to remember these to dates Jan6 and Jan.7. Lets see what your team can do.

Booya, ricco1!

According to my handy pocket calendar:

January 6th: Alfred@Hartwick, 8pm
January 8th: Fisher@Hartwick, 4pm

I am looking forward to next weekend, the hawks are underdogs. However, the ironic thing here is these two games are winable games. A 1-1, let alone 2-0,  weekend would send a message to other E8 teams and allow me to have a field day on this board!

BRING IT ON

[bamm]

Hartwick will lose both of those games by a combined 40 points.

[gobombers15]

Hartwick will lose both of those games by a combined 40 points.

Boo yah, Bamm, Boo yah!!

Mad Hawk, what are you trying to prove to us other than you enjoy quoting both Stuart Scott and a movie about rival cheerleading groups? I appreciate the fact you've turned into a satire of yourself, but if you expect us to take you seriously, you have to stop saying things like the game against Fisher is "winnable" for Hartwick.

You should consider it a huge moral victory if Hartwick loses either of those games by less than 10 points. Hartwick has Cortland at home Tuesday night so there's another loss. I hope you enjoy your 0-3 week. No excuses now, buddy.

[hawks1323]

Booyah, GoBombers15, Booyah! Happy New Year

Let me remind you that your pride and joy, the Ithaca Bombers, are 2-5 heading into the E8 season. Hartwick is 6-4, that is right 6 and 4! A win is a win, I don't care whether or not it is against a good team or a bad team.

Looking ahead to this weekend. Alfred and Fisher will not doubt be tough games for the Hawks, however, by no means will it be a cake walk for either Alfred or Fisher. I can assure you that the Hawks will be ready for battle this weekend and they just may pull out a win (God forbid)! Aside from talent, which I think is fairly even, the two games will come down to who wants to play harder and walk out of a Binder Gym a winner. I will concede however that both Alfred and Fisher have the edge on personnel experience. Time will tell!

GoBombers, I would suggest that you mentally prepare yourself that someday the Hartwick Hawks will be a factor again in the Empire 8. It may or may not be this season, but it is on the horizon. The Hawks have 14 conference games to make a statement this season. Believe me you will be surprised at the end of the season. The Hawks have nearly tripled there winning percentage this season and will no doubt chalk up some conference wins.

You can be naive and write off the Hawks all you want, but that will bite you in the butt. Remember, I never said the Hawks will win the conference this season.

Happy New Year! I wish you the best in 2006! May Ithaca and Hartwick have a successful conference season!

[Pat Coleman]

A win is a win, I don't care whether or not it is against a good team or a bad team.

Thankfully, most people do.

[Coach C]

Mad Hawk -

Thanks goodness the rest of us give a darn.

C

[gobombers15]

Booyah, GoBombers15, Booyah! Happy New Year

Let me remind you that your pride and joy, the Ithaca Bombers, are 2-5 heading into the E8 season. Hartwick is 6-4, that is right 6 and 4! A win is a win, I don't care whether or not it is against a good team or a bad team.

Looking ahead to this weekend. Alfred and Fisher will not doubt be tough games for the Hawks, however, by no means will it be a cake walk for either Alfred or Fisher. I can assure you that the Hawks will be ready for battle this weekend and they just may pull out a win (God forbid)! Aside from talent, which I think is fairly even, the two games will come down to who wants to play harder and walk out of a Binder Gym a winner. I will concede however that both Alfred and Fisher have the edge on personnel experience. Time will tell!

GoBombers, I would suggest that you mentally prepare yourself that someday the Hartwick Hawks will be a factor again in the Empire 8. It may or may not be this season, but it is on the horizon. The Hawks have 14 conference games to make a statement this season. Believe me you will be surprised at the end of the season. The Hawks have nearly tripled there winning percentage this season and will no doubt chalk up some conference wins.

You can be naive and write off the Hawks all you want, but that will bite you in the butt. Remember, I never said the Hawks will win the conference this season.

Happy New Year! I wish you the best in 2006! May Ithaca and Hartwick have a successful conference season!

1)See, now your stupidity has prompted El Guru and other long-time posters to come in here and point out how stupid some of the things you say are.

2)I'm fine with Ithaca's 2-5 record. With the exception of the stinker they turned in against Hobart, they really don't have a "bad loss"(for what it's worth) on the season.

3)Playing against those quality teams and losing will be more beneficial for Ithaca than if they played the schedule Hartwick did. Ithaca's season comes down to being able to beat Fisher(and another opponent) in the E8 tourney. They might as well get used to playing teams that are as good as Fisher(H-SC, Roanoke, Mansfield, etc) and get used to that level of play than play the weak sisters of D3 like Hartwick has.

4)Hartwick is as talented as Fisher? Right, um, yeah, definitely. I'm sure the whole board agrees with you on that one.

5) Happy New Year to you, too.

Unfortunately, I won't be able to celebrate Hartwick's 0-3 week in its entirety as I am heading back to New Orleans on Tuesday. I will post some verbal slams towards Mad Hawk on Wednesday or Thursday from some motel room in Tennessee or Mississippi. However, we'll have to wait a couple weeks until my apartment has electricity and internet before we can fully delve into the causes of Hartwick's 0-for-the-conference-season start. Take care, everyone.

Go Bombers.

[clearconceit]

I can't wait until we play Hartwick.  We will kill you guys.  Booyahhhhhhh.
I hope they do win this weekend because if they do, I know Utica is going to run away with the title.

Unless Hartwick played really really reall really (add a BOOOOOYAHHHHHH) bad when I saw them, they are not ready for the big boys.

Go Pioneers!

[fisheralum91]

First,
GB15 I hope you had a safe flight.
Second,
Hawk man I really need a little more comedy- you used to be marginally funny.
Thrid,
Clear C- did I get it right UC will run through the E8?  A little overconfident I think.  The local paper doesn't give them props!