Empire 8

sjfcpk18 · November 09, 2005, 08:34:47 PM

Fisher's Bball team will provide a lot of excitement for Rochestarians this year. I can't wait to hear the first "I Believe" chant of the year, and watch Coach K lead his team to another Empire 8 crown. Teams will continue to have match-up problems throughout the year, think how far they may go if everyone stays healty. Good Luck boys.

Jukebox Hero · November 12, 2005, 02:40:04 AM

Gobombers, Bennett's on the roster now....not sure when you looked at it last. Fisher just updated their athletics website either yesterday or today...it looks great!

lileyes · November 13, 2005, 09:06:31 AM

Here's the E8 Coaches Poll..... http://empire8.com/111105-1.html ..... a little different than GoBombers predictions....

gobombers15 · November 14, 2005, 04:30:41 PM

Quote from: lileyes on November 13, 2005, 09:06:31 AM
Here's the E8 Coaches Poll..... http://empire8.com/111105-1.html ..... a little different than GoBombers predictions....

The only prominent difference is they have Utica finishing second whereas I have them sixth(even so, I figured they'd pretty much be the same as RIT so the 5-6 slot was interchangable). The coaches apparently see something in Utica that I didn't. I was of the thinking that when a team loses its best inside player and one of the best in the conference, that makes a team worse. The coaches disagree. We will find out when the season rolls around.

Jukebox, I looked at it early last week sometime. The school probably updated it for the winter sports late last week. No worries. I sure hope JoshReed returns this year and it wouldn't be bad if another school gets some fans in here; usually, it's just Ithaca/Fish/RIT fans in here.

John McGraw · November 17, 2005, 11:12:26 AM

Alfred may have to do some catching up in the second half of the season if they want to finish second in the conference. Quintin Bryant isn't going to suit up until January because he only has one semester of eligibility left. And, according to the U of R notes for the Resler Tournament this weekend at the Palestra, Dillion Stein will be out for the first few games as well with an injury.

All those things considered, the Saxons will have to hang tough through the first couple months of the season then really turn it up in January against the conference.

gobombers15 · November 18, 2005, 04:51:42 PM

John, I was unaware of that about Bryant and Stein. However, that doesn't affect my prognostications too much. Alfred's second semester begins January 15th; only two of Alfred's conference games are played before that date(@Utica, @Hartwick). Stein should be back before those games and I think he, alone, is good enough to get at least a split out of those games. Going 1-1 with a loss at Utica(a game they may lose with all their players) wouldn't be the end of their season. Alfred will be ok.

Jukebox Hero · November 19, 2005, 05:46:26 PM

Fisher's already 0-1.....so much for another undefeated season and that #7 ranking.

Caz Bombers · November 21, 2005, 12:49:21 AM

GB15, what's with the hateration on Coach Theus? This aggression will not stand, man.

Soooo....Alfred lost by 37 to UR and 20 to Tufts. After getting rolled by Plattsburgh, Hartwick actually won (!!), beating last year's CUNYAC co-regular season champs Lehman by 2. Naz beat Pitt-Bradford by 20 and lost to Buff State by 10.

Fisher rebounded from the loss to B-W to whip Del Val by 25 (too bad for the league that DVC is as bad in hoops as they are good in football.)

Utica beat a non-D3 St. Josephs' Vermont by 26, then beat cross-town rival SUNYIT by 13.

Oh, yeah, IC lost by 23 to Hampden-Sydney and by 4 to Roanoke. At least those aren't regional games.

Games to keep an eye out for this week: Utica at Oneonta tomorrow, Hobart at Fisher on Tuesday. Naz gets a home game that night against the UR machine, just keep it within 20, fellas.

dewcrew88 · November 22, 2005, 12:37:38 PM

How about the Utica men's basketball team at 3-0 after a win over SUNY Oneonta?

Having a good season this year so far despite the loss of Tim Troy.

lileyes · November 22, 2005, 04:18:41 PM

I think Utica will suprise people...Cichon didn't play in the win over Oneonta either!

gobombers15 · November 22, 2005, 08:36:06 PM

I may be wrong about Utica, after all. However, we all know that except for Fisher, every E8 team's season comes down to the E8 tourney. Gotta get there then hope to upset Fisher(which Ithaca almost pulled off last year). It's as simple as that.

dewcrew88 · November 23, 2005, 02:09:24 PM

Quote from: lileyes on November 22, 2005, 04:18:41 PM
I think Utica will suprise people...Cichon didn't play in the win over Oneonta either!

Why didn't Justin play against Oneonta? Injured? Something worse?

Caz Bombers · November 23, 2005, 02:09:56 PM

Well, Fisher beat Hobart by 25, which to me says more about the Pumpkinheads (for basketball would that make them Pumpkinshirts?) than it does about the Cards. Hobart also lost by double-digits to Keuka and needed overtime to subdue mighty Hilbert.

Congrats to Utica's Justin Cichon for being named to the d3hoops.com Team of the Week. 39 points against SUNYIT, maybe building towards a E8 Player of the Year candidacy.

lileyes · November 23, 2005, 05:23:15 PM

Justin's not hurt, it should only be a one game thing....I heard he got real sick and couldnt make it because of it.

gobombers15 · November 23, 2005, 10:15:25 PM

Cichon's good but something crazy is going to have to happen for O'Brien or Nick Bennett not to win it. And this is an Ithaca guy saying this.