Empire 8

[fisheralum91]

Hey mad-
Don't you get tired of talking like Stuart Scott?

[dewcrew88]

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It's time for another edition of Trivia Thursday! Here's your host, budcrew08!

Welcome to Trivia Thursday, the game show admired by D3 hoops fans all over the world!

Here's today's trivia question:

What is Hartwick's Empire 8 conference record in the last 4 seasons (including the start of this one)?

A. 28-16
B. 22-22
C. 14-30
D. 10-34
E. 5-39















If you guessed E. you are ABSOLUTELY CORRECT!!! *bells and whistles go off*
If you guessed A or B, you are either delusional or Mad Hawk, although I'm not sure there's much of a difference.


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That's all the time we have today! Thanks for playing along with TRIVIA THURSDAY!
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[bamm]

MadHawk, Budcrew, I'd like to thank you both for the massive amount of whitespace you both have been using in your messages, the scroll-button on my mouse just wasn't getting it's proper amount of exercise.

As for the games this weekend, it will take a hurculean effort by Naz or RIT to defeat Fisher at home.  Fisher has consecutive win streaks of 5 over both teams, although it's been 3 full seasons since Naz beat them (Fisher took 4 games from RIT last year alone).  For the Tigers to win they'll have to have a great shooting night, something they have been unable to do at Fisher.

Look for Alfred to take care of Naz on Friday night.  Ithaca will squeak by Hartwick as well.  Utica/Ithaca will probably be a better game at the Bulb, and I'll take Utica by 8-10.

That leaves us with the game we've been waiting for all season... The Mighty Hartwick Hawks looking for their signature win against those feisty Elmira Soaring Eagles.  Should be riveting.

[fisheralum91]

Elmira - Hartwick
Wow it doesn't get any better than that!

Sorta like a Monday night game between the Arizona Cards and the Detroit Lions!

[dewcrew88]

MadHawk, Budcrew, I'd like to thank you both for the massive amount of whitespace you both have been using in your messages, the scroll-button on my mouse just wasn't getting it's proper amount of exercise.

As for the games this weekend, it will take a hurculean effort by Naz or RIT to defeat Fisher at home.  Fisher has consecutive win streaks of 5 over both teams, although it's been 3 full seasons since Naz beat them (Fisher took 4 games from RIT last year alone).  For the Tigers to win they'll have to have a great shooting night, something they have been unable to do at Fisher.

Look for Alfred to take care of Naz on Friday night.  Ithaca will squeak by Hartwick as well.  Utica/Ithaca will probably be a better game at the Bulb, and I'll take Utica by 8-10.

That leaves us with the game we've been waiting for all season... The Mighty Hartwick Hawks looking for their signature win against those feisty Elmira Soaring Eagles.  Should be riveting.

Bamm, that was part of my goof on Mad Hawk's post.

[gobombers15]

Fisheralum, New Orleans is now "chocolate city" according to Mayor Nagin. I'm surprised you didn't pick up on that one, it's been all over the news lately. A democrat hasn't worked this hard to blow his campaign since...John Kerry.

In continuing my quest to pick the score of a game perfectly, here are my predictions for this weekend (home team in CAPS):

Friday
FISHER over Rit, 82-65.
ALFRED over Naz, 80-69.
Ithaca over HARTWICK, 66-52.
UTICA over Elmira, 81-57.

Saturday
FISHER over Naz, 84-62
Rit over ALFRED, 67-65 *upset special
Elmira over HARTWICK, 69-68
UTICA over Ithaca, 70-63

I can't wait for Clear to come on here and talk junk only to realize I picked Utica to win, anyways. Fisher should handle its two opponents this weekend in the friendly confines of Varsity Gym. I'm fine with a split this weekend for the Bombers. The way I see it, if Ithaca gets 3 road wins in the conference, they're virtually guaranteed to make the E8 tourney. A win at Hartwick will  put them at 2-0 on the road in conference.

Right now, I think it's a battle between Naz/Alfred/RIT for the 4th seed in the tourney. Alfred is probably the favorite, but they always do something to screw things up for themselves. Alfred is very talented but I'm not sure if it's the fact that they're not well-coached or they don't play well together as a team that always ends up being their downfall. They'll really be behind the 8-ball if they don't sweep this weekend, being 1-3 with five more games against Fisher/Utica/Ithaca.

[dewcrew88]

Fisheralum, New Orleans is now "chocolate city" according to Mayor Nagin. I'm surprised you didn't pick up on that one, it's been all over the news lately. A democrat hasn't worked this hard to blow his campaign since...John Kerry.

In continuing my quest to pick the score of a game perfectly, here are my predictions for this weekend (home team in CAPS):

Friday
FISHER over Rit, 82-65.
ALFRED over Naz, 80-69.
Ithaca over HARTWICK, 66-52.
UTICA over Elmira, 81-57.

Saturday
FISHER over Naz, 84-62
Rit over ALFRED, 67-65 *upset special
Elmira over HARTWICK, 69-68
UTICA over Ithaca, 70-63

I can't wait for Clear to come on here and talk junk only to realize I picked Utica to win, anyways. Fisher should handle its two opponents this weekend in the friendly confines of Varsity Gym. I'm fine with a split this weekend for the Bombers. The way I see it, if Ithaca gets 3 road wins in the conference, they're virtually guaranteed to make the E8 tourney. A win at Hartwick will  put them at 2-0 on the road in conference.

Right now, I think it's a battle between Naz/Alfred/RIT for the 4th seed in the tourney. Alfred is probably the favorite, but they always do something to screw things up for themselves. Alfred is very talented but I'm not sure if it's the fact that they're not well-coached or they don't play well together as a team that always ends up being their downfall. They'll really be behind the 8-ball if they don't sweep this weekend, being 1-3 with five more games against Fisher/Utica/Ithaca.

I think that's a good pick on the Utica/Ithaca game, the score as well. It should be pretty close (say tied or within 2 with three minutes to go, but Utica pulls away a bit in the end.)

[bamm]

Budcrew --

Bamm, that was part of my goof on Mad Hawk's post.

I know.  Don't take me too seriously, and please continue with the rips on MadHawk.   

[fisheralum91]

GB15,
I knew about NO I was goofing around!
Good picks BTW!

[clearconceit]

Guys get a grip.  I am a passionate fane and hopeful too.  I think we are going to win 2 easy games this week.  We shall see.

GBomber you may be right, I don't remember exactly what you said, but if Hartwick did beat you guys it would be so exciting to see Mad Hawk go crazy and no matter what you say, I know it would be killing you.  Plus it would put them one win closer to the 5 mark that you have clearly put out there.

Good luck this weekend to everyone except those teams playing Utica.

Later

[tecmobowler]

Mayor Nagin is the worst politician I have ever seen. Brutal.

[fisheralum91]

"God must be angry with New Orleans"
HUH!
This is your mayor?

[UCgrad45]

Fisheralum, New Orleans is now "chocolate city" according to Mayor Nagin. I'm surprised you didn't pick up on that one, it's been all over the news lately. A democrat hasn't worked this hard to blow his campaign since...John Kerry.

In continuing my quest to pick the score of a game perfectly, here are my predictions for this weekend (home team in CAPS):

Friday
FISHER over Rit, 82-65.
ALFRED over Naz, 80-69.
Ithaca over HARTWICK, 66-52.
UTICA over Elmira, 81-57.

Saturday
FISHER over Naz, 84-62
Rit over ALFRED, 67-65 *upset special
Elmira over HARTWICK, 69-68
UTICA over Ithaca, 70-63

I can't wait for Clear to come on here and talk junk only to realize I picked Utica to win, anyways. Fisher should handle its two opponents this weekend in the friendly confines of Varsity Gym. I'm fine with a split this weekend for the Bombers. The way I see it, if Ithaca gets 3 road wins in the conference, they're virtually guaranteed to make the E8 tourney. A win at Hartwick will  put them at 2-0 on the road in conference.

Right now, I think it's a battle between Naz/Alfred/RIT for the 4th seed in the tourney. Alfred is probably the favorite, but they always do something to screw things up for themselves. Alfred is very talented but I'm not sure if it's the fact that they're not well-coached or they don't play well together as a team that always ends up being their downfall. They'll really be behind the 8-ball if they don't sweep this weekend, being 1-3 with five more games against Fisher/Utica/Ithaca.

I like most of your picks. However, I think Hartwick will beat Elmira by 9 in a low scoring affair. It should be another fun weekend of conference play.

[superman57]

big news for fisher's home court http://www.sjfc.edu/athletics/press_releases/MBK01-19-06.pdf

[gobombers15]

Mayor Nagin is the worst politician I have ever seen. Brutal.

I agree. He'll likely still win re-election because New Orleans is such a poor city. That, of course, is provided a large part of his constituency returns to New Orleans, as the poorer sections of the city really took it on the chin. But what do I know, I'm just one of those "white people from Uptown" as he refers to us as.

He admitted that during his now infamous "chocolate city" speech where he said Katrina was God's way of punishing the black population for fighting with each other, that he "sometimes forgets" that he's not talking to only the 50 or so people gathered at City Hall. He actually didn't realize that the cameras there would take this message to more people than just the ones there at the speech. He really is an idiot.