Empire 8

bamm · January 12, 2006, 08:35:35 AM

Last night RIT was down by as many as 27 points!! It was 51-24 with a minute and a half left in the 1st. They tied the game up with 4 minutes left in the second half. They were down by 5 with a minute left and managed to force overtime when Rick Whitwood (freshman) hit a 3 with 4 seconds left.

Brockport does a nice job of keeping their composure in OT to somehow pull out the win.

gobombers15 · January 12, 2006, 10:14:00 AM

First off, can we put a moratorium on Hartwick talk until they, say, WIN A CONFERENCE GAME?!? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I doubt that other boards give the second worst team in the conference as much run as Hartwick gets here in the E8. Sure, Cococrisp is a good player but many teams have players just as good(see: O'Brien, Cichon, Bellis, Canori, etc) and much better supporting casts(see: every team besides Elmira). Let's just put a hold on the Hartwick talk for awhile until they do something worthy of talking about.

Utica fans, with the way some of you guys talk, why do the other teams even bother playing in the conference? From the sounds of it, teams shouldn't even show up to play Utica. It seems like you want the other teams to just concede 2nd place to you guys(has anyone ever heard of conceding 2nd place?). You guys are a fine team, but you still have to go out on the road and prove it; something the Pioneers haven't done over the last three years. And, yes, I'd be very surprised if Utica beats Ithaca in The Bulb. The Bombers will likely be a small favorite in that game.

Sounds like the 1st round of the Chase Tourney had some exciting games. Even the two lowest seeds(Geneseo, Naz) hung around for awhile with Fisher and UR. Doesn't look like there will be any conference matchups in the tourney unless RIT and Naz meet each other in the consolation bracket. Here's hoping for UR vs Fisher(finally). Brockport or Roberts will probably pull an upset and ruin it for everyone.

fisheralum91 · January 12, 2006, 10:51:37 AM

I think everyone in Roch wants to see the king of the hill game!

lileyes · January 12, 2006, 12:34:24 PM

Gobombers don't judge all Utica fans on the comments of Clearconciet. I am a Utica fan and I think some of the things he says are absurd.

gobombers15 · January 12, 2006, 01:39:15 PM

Lileyes, I know...hence, why I said some Utica fans.

fisheralum91 · January 12, 2006, 02:36:29 PM

Hey Lileyes,
Good coverage for UC finally in the OD.
I see that it took the Hamilton game for them to take notice!

clearconceit · January 13, 2006, 09:55:57 AM

We are coming to town my man. Good luck tonight. I think we win by 20 or more. As for the Bombers, enjoy your soft early schedule. We are better than you and there is no way you will be a small favorite when we collide. No shot baby.

We will get you by 10 - 20 too.

Peace

dewcrew88 · January 13, 2006, 11:24:03 AM

Quote from: clearconceit on January 13, 2006, 09:55:57 AM
We are coming to town my man. Good luck tonight. I think we win by 20 or more. As for the Bombers, enjoy your soft early schedule. We are better than you and there is no way you will be a small favorite when we collide. No shot baby.

We will get you by 10 - 20 too.

Peace

Clear,

I'll say that Utica wins by at least 12.. I'll even give Mad Hawk the benefit of the doubt because they are at Hartwick, and the Utica players might get a little tired before the game trying to walk around the campus to get to the gym up those obscene hills.

Good luck to both teams, here's to hoping there is a clean and well-played game with no injuries to any players.

clearconceit · January 13, 2006, 12:25:50 PM

Budcrew08 - great line. Yeah those hills are killers. Come to think of it maybe that's why they stink every year. they are too tired to play ball!

gobombers15 · January 13, 2006, 04:48:24 PM

Quote from: clearconceit on January 13, 2006, 09:55:57 AM
We are coming to town my man. Good luck tonight. I think we win by 20 or more. As for the Bombers, enjoy your soft early schedule. We are better than you and there is no way you will be a small favorite when we collide. No shot baby.

We will get you by 10 - 20 too.

Peace

Clear, I see you're trying your hardest to challenge Mad Hawk's record--once thought impossible to break--for moronic comments in a single week. Ithaca has no shot against Utica? Interesting comment, let's play a numbers game real quick.

1) 9, 15, 15

If you answered, "what is the amount of points Ithaca has pasted Utica by in Utica's last three trips to Ithaca?" you'd be correct!

2)39, 41, 53

"What is the pathetic amount of points the vaunted Utica offense has scored in their last three visits to The Bulb?" Ding, ding, ding!!

3) 27, 32, 35

"What is the average temperature of Ithaca winters since 2002?" Oooooh, incorrect, it's actually Utica's shooting percentage the last three times they've visited Ithaca.

So remind me again why, if there were lines on D3 basketball, Ithaca wouldn't be a favorite against Utica at home? Oh, it must be the fact that Ithaca has trounced you three straight times there with teams that are all inferior to this year's Bombers team. Wait a second...

And as for your soft early schedule comment, I had to reread a couple times before I realized you were serious. I suppose if @Hampden-Sydney, @Roanoke, Potsdam, Cortland, @Cortland, @Plattsburgh isn't a tough schedule, then what does that make Utica's non-conference schedule consisting of such perennial giants as St.Joseph's of Vermont, Skidmore, Clarkson and Cazenovia? And don't give me the line about how SUNYIT is 3-0 in the SUNYAC because they're gonna get roughed up when they have to start playing the big boys in that conference. Sure, Hamilton and Union are tough games, but I'm not sure how anyone who knows anything about D3 ball can call Ithaca's early season schedule "soft."

I think you're doing a good job of losing a lot of respect for Utica's fanbase. I like some of those guys but it's hard not to have a bad taste in your mouth about Utica basketball after reading some of your posts. I guess what I'm saying is: keep running your mouth(anyone remember "we'll kill Fisher at home?"), keep eating crow whenever you get beat by a "lesser" team, show up in Rochester for the E8 tourney, watch your team play its one game, then go home and sit in the corner until next year.

gobombers15 · January 13, 2006, 06:49:28 PM

By the way, does anyone else seem to notice that Clear doesn't really post near the game times? I bet he's a scrub on the team. Hey, as long as you're the first one off the bench congratulating the guys coming off the floor, you're doing your job, right Clear?

bamm · January 13, 2006, 06:58:05 PM

I prefer to think he's one of those idiots that dressed like a Pioneer-themed clown at Fisher for the E8 tourney last year. That would explain his pre-game disappearance as well, as he needs some time to apply all that makeup.

clearconceit · January 14, 2006, 12:12:24 PM

Wow is all I can say.
1st of all I am not a player. But I did manage to get thrown out of the game. With about 6 minutes left I got the heave ho for yelling at the officials. Word of caution if you travel to Hartwick for a game - take it easy. I would never have been thrown out at Utica for what I did.

Anyway, I can onyl make 2 possible comments after watching 34 minutes of basketball.
Either we aren't as good as I thought, or Hartwick is pretty good.
If it is the latter, then GOBOMBERS may want to get alot of posts in between today and Friday because you verywell may lose and I believe you said you would never post again.

We were lucky to win the game.

Peace

PS Went to Reds Filling station to drink afterwards. Great spot!

UCgrad45 · January 14, 2006, 12:20:54 PM

You were sitting near Cichons dad! That was awesome when you got tossed. I thought it was a Hartwick fan. I have to admit I was surprised that anyone got tossed, the ref seemed to be thin skinned.

That must mean you only saw one of the two weak Technical foul calls of the night. Herring hot T'd up because he was arguing the proper ruling with an official, who later was told by the other official that Herring was correct. The other one was before the game started when Bryant "dunked" in warm ups. Unfortunately for Utica, the officials missed Hartwick doing it about 10 times. Because of that, Montana from Hartwick scored 1 point without seeing any playing time.

Utica came into that game with no urgency. They played the worst they have all season, and Hartwick gave them everything they had as if they were playing Duke. It still wasn't enough.

They have a young team that will upset somebody like they do every year. I just hope Utica learned not to sleep on anyone after last night.

Caz Bombers · January 14, 2006, 04:13:32 PM

Quote from: UCgrad45 on January 14, 2006, 12:20:54 PM
The other one was before the game started when Bryant "dunked" in warm ups. Unfortunately for Utica, the officials missed Hartwick doing it about 10 times. Because of that, Montana from Hartwick scored 1 point without seeing any playing time.

Whaaa?? The zebras called a T in warmups?? and gave Hartwick a point?? For dunking?? I didn't even know they could do that. That's preposterous, ludicrous and a bunch of other long words too. Makes you wonder how a guy gets to be a referee if all he wants to is to go on a hissy little power trip over nothing.