Empire 8

[hawks1323]

9 Freshmen
1 Sophmore
3 Juniors (2 of whom are transfers)
2 Seniors (1 transfer)

3 Returners
12 New Players

Starters
Youngest Starting 5 in the E8 (No prior seasons of experience)
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Booyah

Tonight is Battle of the Beaks...Part II

Fisher won the first battle. It is possible the Hawks could take the second

The Hawks will take their 1 game winning streak to the campus of St. John Fisher tonight. While Fisher is a tough team, they are by no means unbeatable (Case in point Nazareth). Who beat Naz last weekend? The Hawks!!!!! Enough said

Tomorrow the Hawks will have a very winnable game against the Saxtons. Enough Said

Remember it's college basketball Baby! Upsets DO happen!

[dewcrew88]

9 Freshmen
1 Sophmore
3 Juniors (2 of whom are transfers)
2 Seniors (1 transfer)

3 Returners
12 New Players

Starters
Youngest Starting 5 in the E8 (No prior seasons of experience)
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Booyah

Tonight is Battle of the Beaks...Part II

Fisher won the first battle. It is possible the Hawks could take the second

The Hawks will take their 1 game winning streak to the campus of St. John Fisher tonight. While Fisher is a tough team, they are by no means unbeatable (Case in point Nazareth). Who beat Naz last weekend? The Hawks!!!!! Enough said

Tomorrow the Hawks will have a very winnable game against the Saxtons. Enough Said

Remember it's college basketball Baby! Upsets DO happen!

I hope Hartwick loses both games by 30.

[gobombers15]

They will lose both games and then we'll laugh at MadHawk. Didn't you all love some of the "big upsets" at the D1 level he cited as evidence for why Hartwick could pull upsets. For instance, WVU beating Villanova. I mean, WVU wasn't ranked in the pre-season top 10 were they? What, they were? My bad. Or how about Texas "pulling an upset." Texas was ranked #2 preseason, how is any game they win an "upset." Or Marquette beating UConn when that was UConn's PG's first game back during the season and Marquette shot something like 60% from 3's.

The big difference between all those teams and Hartwick is that those D1 teams have very talented players. There is no Mike Gansey or Daniel Gibson or Steve Novak on Hartwick, believe it or not. All those guys on the teams MadHawk mentioned are competent-to-excellent D1 players. Hartwick has two above-average players and a bunch of hacks. How does Hartwick have a chance to beat Fisher? Give me one plausible situation that does not entail Fisher starters getting into an accident on 490 that would allow Hartwick to stay within 20 points tonight. I'm serious, I want to hear it.

Cocozziello is gonna get locked up Bennett and that game is going to be over by half. Though if you look at some of his games, he seems to be a great garbage time scorer, so he's got that going for him...which is nice.

Fisher by 25 tonight, Alfred by 10'ish tomorrow. You're still a 7th place team, MadHawk, know your role.

[dewcrew88]

They will lose both games and then we'll laugh at MadHawk. Didn't you all love some of the "big upsets" at the D1 level he cited as evidence for why Hartwick could pull upsets. For instance, WVU beating Villanova. I mean, WVU wasn't ranked in the pre-season top 10 were they? What, they were? My bad. Or how about Texas "pulling an upset." Texas was ranked #2 preseason, how is any game they win an "upset." Or Marquette beating UConn when that was UConn's PG's first game back during the season and Marquette shot something like 60% from 3's.

The big difference between all those teams and Hartwick is that those D1 teams have very talented players. There is no Mike Gansey or Daniel Gibson or Steve Novak on Hartwick, believe it or not. All those guys on the teams MadHawk mentioned are competent-to-excellent D1 players. Hartwick has two above-average players and a bunch of hacks. How does Hartwick have a chance to beat Fisher? Give me one plausible situation that does not entail Fisher starters getting into an accident on 490 that would allow Hartwick to stay within 20 points tonight. I'm serious, I want to hear it.

Cocozziello is gonna get locked up Bennett and that game is going to be over by half. Though if you look at some of his games, he seems to be a great garbage time scorer, so he's got that going for him...which is nice.

Fisher by 25 tonight, Alfred by 10'ish tomorrow. You're still a 7th place team, MadHawk, know your role.

Good rant, but you only came up with Mike Gansey for WVU? How could you forget Kevin Pittsnogle???
The only guy playing whose name is now a verb: "You've just been Pittsnogled!"

[bamm]

Give me one plausible situation that does not entail Fisher starters getting into an accident on 490 that would allow Hartwick to stay within 20 points tonight. I'm serious, I want to hear it.

Actually, I'm not even sure that would help.  I'm pretty confident that Auman, Gillette and the rest of Fisher's second team could handle Hartwick.

[fisheralum91]

All I can say is that when I went to Fisher, the only thing that steamrolled both the soccer AND football team was a nasty case of food poisioning.  That sucked!  We were violently sick for 2 days!

[fisheralum91]

You don't get out much do ya hawk?

Too bad- some great bars there in O-town.

You will lose big tonight my little weird dorm gnome!

[Pat Coleman]

There's no need for the big blank space in your post, Mad Hawk.

[fisheralum91]

Oooooooo,
Hawk now you dunnit!

[AUPepBand]

Poor coaching is Alfred's MO.

A few years back they had the most talented team in the league (Downey, Docteur, Stortini, etc.) and couldn't get it done. They did have some injuries but they never seemed to put a great season together. Pretty depressing for Alfred fans, probably a blessing for the rest of the league.

As a lifelong Saxon fan, I can't argue with you here. AU kids play hard. And they're talented. But seldom do I see, if any at all, tactical changes. No real strategy. I don't think I've seen AU in a zone defense in years, but then, I'm not a D3 basketball coach so I really don't know anything.

[superman57]

Hey hawk so you can listen to the sure demise of the Hartwick empire www.teamline.cc type in St. John Fisher

[gobombers15]

MadHawk Accepts Position as Iraqi Minister of Information
Early this afternoon, the government of Iraq announced that MadHawk has been named to the post of Iraqi Minister of Information. MadHawk assumes the position left vacant by the capture of Muhammad Saeed al-Sahaaf shortly after the United States' invasion of the country.

Al-Sahaaf, remembered fondly by Americans for his "rah rah" attitude and his heavily propagondized messages to the Iraqi people, has left large shoes to fill. "He was a really an icon to me when I was growing up," says MadHawk, his successor, "no matter what the truth was, he taught me to just 'deny, deny, deny and hope some people eventually start believing you.' "

Members of the Iraqi committee in charge of electing a new Minister of Information feel the country has found the perfect man for the job. "MadHawk's firm disregard for facts and his ability to make new and innovative excuses really set him apart from the competition," agreed new Iraqi President, Jalal Tabani. The President, while not explicitly admitting such, did not deny MadHawk's lack of education was a great asset, as well.

Critics of the move even admit MadHawk's prowess for unrealistic and false statements are unparalleled at this moment in history. However, there is much work to be done in this war-ravaged country. MadHawk's first order of business is to convince the Iraqi people that despite reports to the contrary, Iraqi's are really much better basketball players than Americans.

Such a bleak prospectus does not phase what some are already deeming the "Minister of Misinformation." Accepting the job immediately, MadHawk quipped, "I once convinced some guys on a post board that my alma mater was not a terrible basketball team when, in reality, it was one of the worst assemblages of talent that American College Basketball has ever seen."

The road to success for MadHawk is a long one, though, and is sure to be filled with its share of roadblocks--or should I say Iraqi checkpoints. In one of his first acts after taking the job, the MadHawk was nearly assassinated while attempting to convince an Iraqi boarder guard that contrary to popular belief, the sun really rises in the West.

Nobody knows how this will turn out. One thing can be assured, though, MadHawk will certainly never speak a word of truth; "I made a vow when I was in college to never let the truth get in the way of my message and that's not gonna change anytime soon!"

[bamm]

Most interesting games tonight (these are always the games that don't involve Hartwick or Elmira):

Ithaca v. Naz -- Nazareth really needs this one.  If Canori and Groot shoot the ball well they have a shot.  Ithaca could really tighten their grip on a playoff spot with a win.

Utica v. Alfred -- The Saxons are desperate for a win and this one would be huge. 

GB15 -- that post is fantastic.  Suzy must be proud.

[gobombers15]

Thanks, Bamm.

In a nailbiter, Fisher beats Hartwick by 24. My spread was almost perfect.

[gobombers15]

Bad news for Bomber fans. Ithaca gets knocked off at Naz, 95-88. Earlier today, I thought to myself "the only way Ithaca loses this game tonight is if they try to get into a shootout." Needless to say, Ithaca got into a shootout. This hurts them a lot in their attempt to avoid Fisher in the 1st round of the E8 tourney. Also, with a victory over Naz tonight the Bombers would have swept the season series and made it nearly impossible for Naz to overtake them. Now Naz is 4-4 and Ithaca is 5-3 with games left @RIT, @Fisher, @Alfred, and vs Utica. Bad loss for Ithaca.

Now we get to hear "Hartwick beat Naz, Naz beat Ithaca, therefore Hartwick will beat Ithaca." Well, we saw how well that line of logic worked tonight in the 'Wick/Fisher game. Ithaca is going to steamroll the Hawks next weekend.