Empire 8

[UCgrad45]

"Utica is gong to rock Fisher"
Um, I'm glad you are looking forward to the game but let's get realistic, if anything the game will be tight and the winner gets what?
A game up in the division?
Whoopee. 

I don't know about "rocking" anyone, but this weekends games are huge in determining where the conference tournament is played. Having a tournament outside of Rochester makes Fisher that much more vulnerable. Both teams understand how huge this weekend is, as does Alfred.

[thebear]

Tim Bacon is from Massena, big strong post player. 

His late uncle, Tim Bristol, was a reserve on Potsdam's undefeated '86 championship team.

Think he's with his class, possibly 1 year behind.

Hope this helps

[UCgrad45]

Tim Bacon is from Massena, big strong post player. 

His late uncle, Tim Bristol, was a reserve on Potsdam's undefeated '86 championship team.

Think he's with his class, possibly 1 year behind.

Hope this helps

That's him. Thanks!

[clearconceit]

Tomorrows games are huge!  After we beat Fisher we will be one up ad that is invaluable.  Fisher is going down and the best player in the league is our boy.... and it is not Cichon (although he is good too).

Anyone notice that Hartwick has Betancourt again?  He killed us last season inboth games.  I think at Hartwick he had like 40 pts.  Didn't see him in the boxscore before. 

And what ever happened to Mad Hawk???  Must have clipped his wings or HMMMMMM BOOOOOOOYAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH  he is eating crow!

[gobombers15]

Greetings from the Big Easy. It is uglier here than I thought, and I thought it was going to be bad. When Rush Limbaugh says "New Orleans is fine," don't believe him. I'm mooching off someone's wireless right now but my apt has no electric, no gas and when I opened the refrigerator I nearly passed out.

Hartwick getting Bettancourt back is huge. Mad Hawk said he was no longer with the team. Again, like everything else he says, he was wrong. This may bump them up to 3 or 4 wins in the conference and not just 1 or 2.

I hope everyone enjoys their weekend of E8 basketball. I'd pay large sums of money to be in the cozy confines of The Bulb, watching Ithaca blow it in the 2nd half to RIT like they always do, than to be here scrubbing mold off my fridge for 4 hours/day. I'd be willing to bet that 3rd world countries can't be much worse than some of the areas here. Count your blessings, I guess.

Go Bombers...big weekend, get Mullins to have somewhere to go this weekend so we can actually win these games.

[fisheralum91]

Ok,
UC fans get a grip!
We will see how good you are this weekend, and if I have to eat some crow I will, but please, you haven't been anything since the 80's and now you all come out of the woodwork?
Enjoy the talent you have but for god sakes you are not the next "Williams"!
Nor is Fisher btw!

[bamm]

I'll take:

Friday
Fisher over Utica (sorry Pioneers, you're gonna have to make me a believer)
RIT over Ithaca
Alfred over Hartwick
Naz over Elmira

Saturday
Utica over Alfred
RIT over Elmira
Ithaca over Naz
Fisher over Hartwick

[clearconceit]

Utica rolls SJF
Uticas Rolls Alfred

2-0

Best coach
Best Player

This is the year

Upset Special Hartwick over SJF  (Just Kidding) but boy would I love that.

[fisheralum91]

ClearC,
Now define "rolls".
You have said in the past "UC is going to rock Fisher", now it is roll, what is next in that fantastic sophmoric vocabulary to describe the game- oh wait I know how about smoke, rout, or trounce.
C'mon hope for a good game and let that be that.
Oh, btw a mention of UC in the Utica OD today-oh, that's right it was the hockey team.  Woops

[hawks1323]

Booyah Folks!

With the conference season upon us, I slept like a baby last night. Unlike last year at this time, I went to bed last night and woke up this morning extremely confident that the Hawks will be competitive in the Empire 8 this season.

In the previous too seasons the Hawks have NOT been able to compete in the conference from a talent and experience perspective. Well, ladies and gentleman the Hawks are significantly more athletic and talented this season. Yes, the lack of collegiate  basketball experience is an issue. However, this will not be an issue a year or two from now. Compared to the previous two teams Coach Culpo has coached at Hartwick, this season's team makes them look like a jv high school  team.

The Hawks came in last in the pre-season poll and nobody in the conference respects the Hawks. Well, folks I guess the stage is set for some upsets by the Hawks. When they happen this board will not know what has hit it.

Just like Utica has to prove to the conference they are the team to beat, the Hawks will have to prove they are a competitive team. Since first, second, and third seed in the tournament will be extremely tough to get, the Hawks will be gunning for fourth place or a ECAC bid.

As I said earlier in the season Greg Bettancourt is NO longer on the team. If you don't believe me check out the official roster at http://www.hartwick.edu/x15932.xml. While you are there you will also notice that Matt Simoneschi is no longer on the roster. Rumor is he is taking the semester off.

Hartwick Men's Basketball:
Why not us, Why not now

[bamm]

I have no doubt that when you go slide into bed at night Hartwick Basketball is the only thing on your mind.

[fisheralum91]

Did you pass out on your dorm room in your bunk bed?

Why not you?

Um -ya still suck!

[ricco1]

Link for tonights Fisher-Utica game on radio.www.utica.edu/athletics/broadcast.cfm or go to Utica mensbasketball web site.

[dewcrew88]

Link for tonights Fisher-Utica game on radio.www.utica.edu/athletics/broadcast.cfm or go to Utica mensbasketball web site.

You can also go to starsradionetwork.com, I'm sure they have a link for the basketball game.

[fisheralum91]

It figures that the game is in my backyard and I'm going out of town!
Enjoy the game Budcrew- maybe I'll stop at Cavallo's before I get out of Dodge!