Empire 8

[sjfcards]

Fisher making a comeback? That is good to hear. Hopefully they can come all the way back.

[triplethreat]

Cardinals down 10 with 230 left......eeekkk

[Cyclone0205]

Couple E8 Finals

Cortland 84 - Elmira 58

Stevens 82 - FDU Florham 48

[triplethreat]

Hobart 84 Fisher 80

[triplethreat]

Fisher drops season opener again this year to a below average Hobart squad.  Baltz doesnt shoot it that well but still manages to put in 24.  Beigel has a solid 16 and 11 but still just like usual cant stay out of foul trouble.  Guard play is very shaky as expected.  This could be a long year if the guards dont step up and someone doesnt step in to replace smalt until he gets healthy.  Grazioli owned Fisher all night.  We will see if Cards can bounce back against a solid Geneseo team who just beat NYU over the weekend.  A lot of question to this years Fisher squad?

[gobombers15]

E8's rough night continues. UR takes Naz with little trouble, 68-51. Box score coming later.

[with age comes?]

Saw Alfred getting handled pretty easily by a Hilbert squad.  Didn't stay to the end but Hilbert proabably won by 10-15 barring a miracle finish.  Alfred may be in for a long season because Hilbert other than Reinard was not the most impressive team I've seen.  Ithaca beat Albany Pharm by 50 points this weekend and Alfred was only marginally better than that team.  I must mention that the Ithaca coach was still pressing full court up by 40 in the middle of the second half.  I found that distasteful but I'm sure he had his reasons.  When Ithaca gets Bostic they will be pretty tough. 

[whatman]

The Smalt news would hurt...

if he were any good.

Pretty arrogant statement buddy.....

[whatman]

Fisher will be fine....They have lost the first game the last couple of years and have bounced back. I would rather lose Smalt at the beginning of the year rather than the end. I still don't get Kornacker. How can you start McKeever (aka Adrian Fenyn), play him the first 3 minutes of the second half and have him sit until about the 5 minute mark. Meanwhile at one point in the second half i looked at the scoreboard and their was 4 players (mainly freshman) with a goose egg for points on the floor while Fisher was down by 14. I don't get it?? Once they put the starters back in together they made a run but ran out of time. There is no way Cornett should be seeing the floor for 24 minutes. Offensively he is no threat and he is slow on defense. I witnessed a few times where the player he was guarding went by him for a lay-up. Thankfully it's the first game but the loss of Smalt has and will hurt Fisher until he comes back. 

[FisherDynasty]

The loss of Smalt is devestating as fisher has no depth at the big spots this year.  Also, if fisher has any shot at the league title Smalt needs to have a great season which he is capable of.  I had a feeling the hobart game would be close but thought fisher would take it being at home.  Its going to be a long year for the cardinals, every game is going to be a tough one.  They will have the capability to be the better teams in the region and also lose to the average ones as we saw last night.  It will be hard to judge fisher, similarilty to bport, until about 5 games into the 2nd semester with a healthy smalt, a  consistent rotation, and a little more game experience for the newbies.  Fisher is going to struggle against geneseo, especially playing away.  Fisher could very easily start the season off 0-2, even 0-4 before getting to D'Youville.  Although I think they will get RIT at home. 

UofR is the team to beat in the region as I predicted earlier in the year.  They are very mature and senior heavy.  This is there last shot to go deep in the ncaa tourny for a few years as well so expect a good year out of them.  As far as Nazareth, they will be dangerous to any team, but like i said before that game was over before it starting due to the quality of coaching.

Stevens looks to be better than predicted as St. Lawrence one of the top tier liberty league teams got smacked by middleberry who Stevens beat.  Through the first week of the Season Stevens looks to be the best team. 

[tigerfan2]

JAMAICA, NY – The RIT men's basketball team shot 57.4 percent from the field, en route to defeating York College 83-63 in the 2007-08 season opener.  Ten different players scored for RIT, who led by as many as 26 points.

Freshman guard Shane Foster (Woodland Hills, CA/Calabassas), playing in his first collegiate game, led the Tigers in scoring with 15 points.  He drained three of RIT's 12 3-pointers.

RIT's starting front court of forwards Kenny Gethers (Syracuse, NY/Bishop Grimes), Scott Young (Almond, NY/Hornell) and junior center Mark Carson (Voorheesville, NY/Voorheesville) combined to shoot 16-of-21 from the field with 40 points and 18 rebounds.  Gethers recorded 14 points, eight rebounds, three assists and three steals, while Young had 14 points and five boards.  He also was 4-for-5 from 3-point range.  Carson chipped in with 12 points and six rebounds.

The Tigers shot 56.7 percent from the field in first half to open up a 43-26 lead at the break.  RIT ended the first half on an 18-5 run.

Freshmen Shawn Roe (Corning, NY/Corning East), Nate Rizzo (Sherril, NY/V-V-S), and Nate Korinchak (Strongsville, OH/Strongsville) all scored for the Tigers in their collegiate debuts.  Korinchak started at point guard and dished out a team-best four assists.

Sophomore Adam Sweet (Weedsport, NY/Weedsport) poured in a career-best seven points, while adding three rebounds and two assists.


Michael Salamanca led York with 16 points and four assists.  The stout Tiger defense held York to just 36.2 percent shooting from the field.

RIT out-rebounded York 38-29.

[tigerfan2]

Colin Roy for RIT was also not in the box score. Still listed on the roster so I'm not sure if he's hurt or what.

[Tags]

The Smalt news would hurt...

if he were any good.

Pretty arrogant statement buddy.....

Ya, except I've watched him since he was a Jr. in High School. When you're that huge, and only do what he did against class D schools who's tallest guy is 6'1, you're not that good.

He's just a big body - 6 pts & 6 boards a game is a big loss? Double digit average in any category and I'd maybe buy into the huge loss thing... buddy.

[FisherDynasty]

6 and 6 boards? Yeah playing behind McSweeney, Isiah would be pulling closer to 13 and 10 this year.  When your other forward fouls as much as beigal does having the extra big body with senior experience and good skills is 'devestating' when big man depth is the major weakness to the team.  Yeah Isiaah underachieved in the past, but he has the talent and potential to dominate a game.  Did you see when he played John Onyereka for UofR in high school and dropped over 30 on him? I would say they were all 6'1.  If Isiahh played for any other school in the E8 the past 3 seasons he would his stats would have been much better than 6 and 6. 

[Tags]

6 and 6 boards? Yeah playing behind McSweeney, Isiah would be pulling closer to 13 and 10 this year.  When your other forward fouls as much as beigal does having the extra big body with senior experience and good skills is 'devestating' when big man depth is the major weakness to the team.  Yeah Isiaah underachieved in the past, but he has the talent and potential to dominate a game.  Did you see when he played John Onyereka for UofR in high school and dropped over 30 on him? I would say they were all 6'1.  If Isiahh played for any other school in the E8 the past 3 seasons he would his stats would have been much better than 6 and 6. 

He never dropped 30+ on West.

Hell he could barely drop 20+ on JT, Prattsburgh, et al.