Empire 8

[fisheralum91]

Also note my UC friend that you have to go to Roch on the road where you have played ooh so well in the past!

[fisheralum91]

It was madhawk!

[superman57]

Clear do you have plans to come up to lovely rochester super bowl weekend to see Fisher and Utica play

[UCgrad45]

Also note my UC friend that you have to go to Roch on the road where you have played ooh so well in the past!

This teams talent and attitude cannot even come close to being compared to teams of the past. I don't feel that Rochester is going to be that much of a problem for this group. They will likely get some "different" calls then they are used to, but they will react much better.

[dewcrew88]

Utica 77  Hobart 50

No contest. 

The run continues. 
We have the best cahcne to get an at large bid at this point amongst the teams in the ;eague because of our overall record.
SJF too many L's right now

I think Utica wins, but not by 27. Maybe the score will be UC 70-Hobart 58

[tigerfan2]

I understand that Utica is a good team this year and that they may handle playing on the road better than in the past, but until they prove it, I still have my doubts.

It's been well documented that Utica has struggled on the road, especially in Rochester. Until Utica performs in a truly hostile gym, I don't think you can make a judgement on them. Looking at their schedule to date, I don't see how you can really be sure that they will react differently than in the past. They have played 6 road games so far, 2 of which were at SUNY IT, and 1 at Caz. These are practically home games anyway. A 73-66 win @Hartwick and 78-69 win @ Oneonta are the only other 2 road wins for Utica, not exactly great competition on the road. The only tough road game, @ Union, Utica lost 81-72.

Props to Utica if they can come in and win in Rochester this weekend, but as GB15 said earlier, let's not put the cart before the horse here.

[clearconceit]

Not the same team people.  One BIG reason.... we  have the best player in Ray Bryant.  He is a dominating presence and will carry Utica to the title. 
Hey I like it this way, nobody respects us.  But time will tell.  And maybe after we kill Hobart by 20 or more people will start to realize just how much talent we have.

Good luck

Oh I will not be up for the Rochester trip sorry.

[John McGraw]

Cortland-IC webcast tonight

http://www.bcmonsters.com

[gobombers15]

Utica 77 Hobart 50

No contest.

The run continues.
We have the best cahcne to get an at large bid at this point amongst the teams in the ;eague because of our overall record.
SJF too many L's right now

I love when you're wrong, Clear. "Fisher has too many L's." Well, if you know anything about D3 sports, you know that only in-region losses count against you when it comes time for regional rankings, then the NCAA usually seeds by regional rankings. Fisher has one regional loss, Utica has two regional losses.

I'll spell it out real clear for ya here. Assume something crazy happened and somebody like Naz won the E8 tourney. Fisher would get the at-large bid over Utica because:

a)less in-region losses puts Fisher ahead in the regional rankings
b)tougher schedule
c)two of three losses came against teams ranked #8 and #18, both away from home
d)reputation...last year did a lot for that Fisher program
e)Utica is still not even receiving votes in the poll. And you think the committee is going to give them at-large consideration?
f)Finally, Fisher has scoreboard on them

So, Clear, tell me again who would get the at-large if neither team won the E8 tournament? I thought so.

And can we stop the talk about Ray Bryant? Good for Utica that they lucked into a good JUCO player that was being recruited by some smaller D1 schools (Siena, Canisius, Northeastern) and some D2 schools (Lemoyne). Not sure why he went to Utica, I guess he probably didn't want to be a scrub on some of those other squads.

[John McGraw]

HALF

Cortland 32 Ithaca 25

WICB is not broadcasting. They couldn't get their connection up.

[lileyes]

UC is up by 13 (34-21) on Hobart at the half.

Here is the link for the radio broadcast if anyone is interested in listening to the 2nd half...

http://www.starsradionetwork.com/streaming.html

[UCgrad45]

Utica smokes Hobart, 73-54. From what I hear, Hobart never had a chance.


Bombers, I think clears excitement about Bryant is understandable. The guy may be the best player in the conference. His points aren't off the wall because he is a team player and we have several averaging double figures.

[UCgrad45]

Cortland 62, Ithica 49.

[gobombers15]

Predictably, Ithaca gets bounced on the road at Cortland, 62-49. From the sounds of the game, Ithaca seemed a bit ambivalent about this one. The rivalry isn't close to that of the football teams. Mullins played guys in the 1st half that don't usually see time. I think he's taking the approach that the conference season is the only thing that matters, which would make this be the first time he was ever right.

Ithaca really needs Brian Joe back. He stretches the defense with his range and opens up opportunities for other players. Burton's gone into a slump since Joe has been out of the lineup. Ithaca is at its best when it goes small and with Joe out they put in Scanlon who likes the half-court game much better. We'll see how this develops. The Bombers picked a bad time to start regressing with Fisher and Alfred coming into the Bulb this weekend. Ithaca needs a split.

[bamm]

Naz - 68
RIT - 72

Kris Kowalcyzk goes four for four from the line in the final 21 seconds to put the Tigers ahead and seal the win.  Big night for Fran Snyder who I'm guessing had 15 for the Tigers as well.  Big plays from Colin Roy (tying the game at 68), who also did a good job on Canori (he put up points, but nearly all of them when Roy was not guarding him). 

Matt Groot has developed into a really nice player for Naz.  I'm guessing he had at least 20. 

With wins over Alfred and Naz consecutively, RIT is currently sitting at #4 in the conference.