Empire 8

FisherDynasty · February 01, 2008, 06:42:25 PM

I hear ya Gobombers, anyteam that hosts will be the favorite. Naz is an awful road team so they should be concerned no matter where they go. Fisher has only lost 1 or 2 conf. home games in about 4 or 5 years, yes the talent is down, but they are still undefeated at home this season, i know they havnt played everyone and probably will drop one to naz or ithaca if not both, but hey they are undefeated, with good wins over Stevens by double digits and murdering Utica who contends with everyother team.

magicman · February 01, 2008, 07:46:11 PM

Some important games around the state tonight,in all 3 leagues.

SUNYAC

Brockport @ Fredonia Golden Eagles 79-67

Plattsburgh @ Oneonta Cards must stay focused win 84-75

Potsdam @ New Paltz Battle for a playoff spot. Bears 81-77

Geneso@ Buff. St. Battle for 3rd in the West. Geneseo 74-70

Empire 8

St John Fisher @ Elmira SJF wins 1st road game 74-61

Nazareth @ Stevens Revenge time & 1st place too Naz 78-76

Hartwick @ Utica Must win for Utica 64-55

Liberty League

St. Lawrence @ Hamilton Both teams on a roll but Hamilton at home 69-67

Huge game in Rochester with Washington U. in town. Winner gets leg up in conference and National rankungs. UR wins this battle 76-70

sjfcards · February 01, 2008, 08:50:35 PM

Looks like Kornaker took care of the letdown against weaker teams, Fisher up 20 at the half 33-13...

Any word on the big game down in New Jersey? Naz and Stevens may be the most important game all year.

jasper · February 01, 2008, 09:20:33 PM

Baltz is back for Fisher. He has 14 and Fisher leads by 30. Must be Fisher got the lead out tonight after that awful performance against Alfred

jasper · February 01, 2008, 09:26:50 PM

Make that 43

Caz Bombers · February 01, 2008, 09:30:35 PM

8 minutes left and Naz is up by 1. Stevens' hold on first place may be about to slip tonight, stay tuned.

EDIT: 3:30 left, Naz up 3, scoring-wise it's R. McAdam and Canori vs. Gray and Passalacqua in a 2 on 2 tonight.

Duckman · February 01, 2008, 10:00:46 PM

Stevens wins by 3 with clutch free throw shooting. I believe no one lead by more than 7 the entire game. It was a good one!

Caz Bombers · February 01, 2008, 10:02:16 PM

You're never going to believe this, it's crazy, but...Naz failed to close out a big game on the road.

Naz gets whistled for two crucial foul calls in the final minute, the first one tied the game and the second put Stevens up 2 with 11 seconds left. Down 3 with one second left Naz had a chance coming out of the timeout but looks like a long three wouldn't fall. Ducks win 76-73 and take a first big step towards putting the E8 tournament in Hoboken.

Virgil Gray with 25 for Stevens, Passalacqua adds 17. 22 and 15 for Ryan McAdam. Big stat was Stevens, normally a 54 percent free throw shooting team going 17-21 at the line (81 percent).

FROMAFAR · February 02, 2008, 12:33:01 AM

I saw the NAZ Stevens game. It was one of the most entertaining games I've seen this year. It had more turns than I 90. I am pretty much convinced Virgil Grey may be the POY. He just took over when the Ducks needed it the most. Cory McAdam is good but when the game was tight he made some questionable decisions with the ball. Grey was guarding him and turned him over ( I know he turns it over allot) which started a fast break which ended with Passalaqua at the line for 2 ( 90% shooter made both). I don't remember all the details but Stevens seemed to want it more, and Naz seems to FOG out when games are close. Canori held to 4 pts. in second half. Sundays game very important for the outcome of the league. If Stevens can hold home court, it's going to tough for Fisher to get that 1 seed. Ithaca needs to win some tough games to get the 1 seed. No matter what this is the most exiting season I have sen in a long while in this Conference........Still up in the air....

gobombers15 · February 02, 2008, 11:39:01 AM

Second time that Naz has blown a late lead against Stevens this year. I'm guessing Naz wants another crack at them in the E8 Tourney.

Caz Bombers · February 02, 2008, 12:18:53 PM

Quote from: gobombers15 on February 02, 2008, 11:39:01 AM
Second time that Naz has blown a late lead against Stevens this year. I'm guessing Naz wants another crack at them in the E8 Tourney.

So they can do it a third time...Onion Sports agrees: http://www.theonion.com/content/news/giants_we_almost_beat_the_patriots

e8bballfan · February 03, 2008, 04:54:41 PM

A couple thoughts (a day or two late) after watching the stevens-naz game online...

- is it pathetic that i drank alone while watching this? keep your answers to yourselves...

-as mentioned earlier, Stevens, despite their horrendous FT% on the season, won that game from the line. 17-21 (81%), that's impressive. Meanwhile, Naz went 67% and missed a lot of big ones down the stretch.

-Virgil Gray made quite the case for conference POY going for 25, including a lot of big buckets and free throws.

-Corey McAdam didn't do much to help his case for POY going for 6pts, 11 assts, 6rbs, and shooting 2-11 from the field and 4 to's. However, Ryan McAdam, made a good case for all-conference honors going for 22 and 15. I bet had he played that first time against Stevens, Naz wouldve won.

-Both teams shot poorly from behind the 3pt line, both at 28%. The difference, Passalacqua 4-9, Canori 2-9 , including one forced 3 in the last minute with the defender all up on him. He was defended well all game by Baker.

-Tim Williams has to stay out of foul trouble, he's tough, but he only played 25 mins the other night. You can't do much from the bench, so my advice to him would be stya on the floor.

-Looks like conference tourney will most likely be back in Jersey in a few weeks. Now what will the match-ups be? That's the tough call.

....prediction on RIT-Stevens...RIT by 4, just think they can get it. any word?

PS- random question? What's up with the arm cover sleeves things that AI wears? Beigel reps one, as does Passalcqua, what's the point?

JQV · February 04, 2008, 08:59:58 AM

Quote from: e8bballfan on February 03, 2008, 04:54:41 PMPS- random question? What's up with the arm cover sleeves things that AI wears? Beigel reps one, as does Passalcqua, what's the point?

AI started wearing it to hold a donut on his elbow when he had bursitis. There is just no good way to wrap that so he started wearing that thing and he just liked it (ala Rip's mask).

I am fairly certain that less than 1% of the other 908245098254098 players that wear it have bursitis.

FROMAFAR · February 04, 2008, 11:28:11 AM

Here we go.........Stevens plays Hartwick next Sunday, at Hartwick. If they can stay awake, keep all 5 starters out of foul trouble, and overcome the homecourt issue, they should be ok. They don't play another leaugue game until the following Sunday at Utica. Then another week before their finally at Ithaca. The shape of the playoffs should really take effect between now and those last 2 games. By no means will it be settled, but who the main competition for 1st. place ( Ithaca, SJF or NAZ), should be clear. Naz has it tough since they lost twice to Stevens so they cannot tie them. We're going to find out more about Fisher and Ithaca in these next few days. I saw the RIT Stevens game yesterday. Once again Stevens did not play well until there was an urgency. Looks like they slept through the first half and then played their game in second half. Scary if they ever play a full game. I'm going to get bold for a change. I think NAZ finishes tied for 1st. wih Stevens.

WICB Sports · February 04, 2008, 03:28:00 PM

Coverage of Bombers basketball begins Tuesday at 5:40 p.m. Eastern time with Bombers Shootaround on 92 WICB (www.wicb.org). Coverage of the women's contest between the Bombers and Oneonta tips off at 6 p.m., with Michael Polak and Matt McLaughlin with the call.

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