Empire 8

[FisherDynasty]

its sad that roberts weslyn gets 'smoked' by ucgrad's standards, year in and year out in the chase tournament.  I mean the school can give out something like 5 scholarships and they cant beat d3 teams? thats pretty sad.

[with age comes?]

Reel- like Q i too have never heard the expression and it is one that I will use going forward (assuming you don't have a patent- that Q or bombers might enforce). Haven't seen Rocha cha cha play yet but I'm betting they will handle NYU pretty handily.  NYU bigs are slow and methodical but from my previous years observation no match for U of R bigs.  I'm truly hoping for a U of R versus Geneseo match up in the championship game.  And Bamm- I too am glad for Colin.  He's a great kid and he deserves to have an ending like that vs what happened at the Lakers court in ECAC a few years ago. Strong potential for Tiger / SJF match up too I think? That will be interesting...

[magicman]

Could be a night when 2 undefeated streaks fall. I'll go against the tide and pick Brockport to upset UR in a barnburner. And Naz wins a tight one against Geneseo.But I hope I'm wrong on that one.

[gobombers15]

Fisher just barely slips by Keuka, 83-80. Big night for Beigel with 29pts and 11 rebs. Newman has 17pts and 5 assts, while Franklin chips in 12 off the bench. Raquan Banks scores 26 for Keuka in the losing effort. Keuka leads by 14 at the 10 minute mark but can't hold on. This would have been an embarrassing loss for the Cardinals.

[gordonmann]

And Naz wins a tight one against Geneseo.But I hope I'm wrong on that one.

You're right on both accounts.  Naz wins and it's a tight one, 70-68. 

[gobombers15]

I think a lot of people were predicting Naz to win, especially with Kitson expected to miss that game for Geneseo. As I mentioned, the top two seeds almost never play each other in the final of the Chase. Without looking, I would bet that since I was about 5 years old the top two teams haven't met more than two or three times in the final. That's just the type of tourney that the Chase is. A lot of drama, a lot of upsets. Look at all the great finishes we've had, already.

Bombers dominating Alfred at the half, 45-26. Looks like IC has that one in hand. Heading out for the night, have a good one all.

[magicman]

You're right on both accounts.  Naz wins and it's a tight one, 70-68. 

Sounds like it was a great game. Wish I could have been there

[bombersquadron]

Ithaca Wins 99-73 versus lowly Alfred squad. Alfred takes 2-0 lead Ithaca ties, takes a 4-0 lead and never looks back. Very balanced game for the Bombers lead by Louis Kail making his first career start and posting a double double with 21 and 11. Bostic follows suit with a double double as well.  Hopefully this game helped Ithaca right the ship and prepare them for a big upcoming week.

Naz wins by 2 a big win for the empire 8 as all empire 8 teams win today in the chase tourney.

[bamm]

Brockport hangs with the number one team in the land but can't pull it off.  Let's hope Naz gives UR a better game tomorrow than they did earlier this season.

[Caz Bombers]

What happened to Alfred this year?  They've never really been an E8 contender, but it's sad to see Team PepBand sink into the Elmira UberSuck Zone.  Seems like every year AU has that one key guy, from Downey to EJ Docteur to Dillon Stein but they're all gone and I guess the Saxons couldn't find another in that mode in this class.

[gobombers15]

In other Friday night E8 action, homstanding Stevens takes care of Hartwick, 64-43. Hawks trail by only six at half before Stevens pull away in the second. Cocopuffs has 13 in a losing effort for Hartwick. The Ducks were paced by Waleed Farid's 23.

Today's predictions:

RIT over Fisher, 81-77. Just picking the home team (game is at RIT) in a contest between evenly-matched squads.

Brockport over Geneseo, 79-71. Absence of Kitson hurts the Blue Knights a lot. Brockport's frenetic pace helps them pull away in the end.

ELMIRA over Clarkson, 64-57. Let's just move on before I realize what I just did.

UR over Nazareth, 74-59. No surprise that 'Port gave UR so much trouble with their style of play and wealth of individual talent, but too much firepower for UR in this one. Naz has no chance without Ryan McAdam. No shame in losing to the top team in the nation.

[gobombers15]

Any updates on the RIT/Fisher game? Fisher's LiveStats froze with RIT leading by eight, 49-41, with a shade over 12 minutes remaining.

[bamm]

RIT wins 73-66.  Carson dominated with 24/11 (8 for 10 from the field).  It could have been more, he was 8-19 from the free throw line.

Actually, that's not all that terrible for him.

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Bobby Whyte: 4pts, 5rebs, 2 TO's in 25 mins...stellar, especially considering both of Cortland's bigs had big nights. Ladies and gentlemen, Utica's savior.

Speaking of which, Isaiah Smalt comes through with a nice showing for Fisher in the tourney.

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Any of you guys watch the Keuka / Fisher game? How did Keuka look?