Empire 8

[bamm]

It wasn't exactly a barnburner, but I wouldn't call it "easy" either.  It was a five point game with four minutes left.  RIT overtook them early in the second half for a couple of minutes as well.  Fran Snyder played well in his last game at home, drawing fouls consistently against Nick Bennett (who fouled out). 

These two will play again in a week.

[tigerfan2]

RIT actually had a lead in the early stages of the 2nd half but then, as per usual, gave it away and Fisher pulled away.

O'Brien, McGee and Biegel had big games for SJF. Snyder had a good game for RIT in his final home game. Bennett couldn't really stay with him as Snyder drew a couple early fouls and then a couple more in the second half. Fisher had to switch Bennett off of Snyder at one point, not that it really mattered in the end.

I'm guessing it will be more of the same next weekend.

[superman57]

I was at the game, RIT will get run out of town if they can't stop the inside out side play.  McGee and O'brien were nailing them from out side and Biegel killed RIT inside.  The fact the Snyder only had 17 points without bennet in the game for most of it. says to me that Snyder had an off game and that they need him to turn it up inorder to stand a chance to win next week

[clearconceit]

My only hope is that we get to play Ithaca next week so I can have the satisfaction of beating up on them for the 3rd time.  GB15 you crack me up.  You talk smack about your team and you are a pathetic 12-12.  Are you kidding me?  12-12! 
First you are a coward for not taking responsibility for your stupid posts.  You stated if Hartwick had 4 wins you'd never post again.  Too bad for the rest of us as they got to 4 wins and you are still posting.  Be a man of honor and leave.
Second you are a bully for talking crap about beating up on Hartwick (who by the way couldn't beat anyone without Cocozziello - and he didn't play today obviously) like that is a big deal.

GET A CLUE.  I supose it will be groundbreaking next Tuesday when you kill Elmira?  Your team stinks - check your record versus teams with winning records.  It is PATHETIC!!!  Where are your QUALITY WINS?   

Go back to law school and learn about LIFE dude.  GET A CLUE.

MADHAWK - Nice weekend, you got the split you needed but unfortunately he is a dispicable fan that won't honor his word.  Don't worry though as they will be 1 and done next week and we won't have to listen to him celebrate great wins versus LOSING TEAMS.

Look forward to Tuesday Madhawk.  I just hope we rest everyone and that no one gets hurt.

Oh I forget I should be like GB...... Yeah we killed Elmira today - it was never a game whooooohooooooo it was 25 before you know it blah blah blah.  Are you that bad that you are celebrating beating a team with 10 wins?

SAD!  Dude, very SAD!

Oh and one more thing, I wasn't at the game yesterday so eat that too.

[bamm]

Superman -- Fisher is better than RIT.  I didn't expect anything other than a Cardinal victory.  That being said, the Tigers played a decent game.  Especially Snyder.  The only reason Snyder scored "most" of his points while Bennett was out of the game was because Snyder drew fouls on Bennett while Bennett was in the game.  Before the 16 minute mark of the first half Snyder had 5 points and Bennett had two fouls.  Bennett never played another minute in the first half.  It continued in the second half.  Did he even see more than 8 or 9 minutes of playing time?

Look, I like Bennett.  He plays hard and he's a good defender.  Snyder just had the better of him today, despite the fact that Fisher won the game (which they should have).  RIT is a perimeter team, but Fisher is a better peremiter team (and they have a nice inside presence with McSweeney and Beigel).  It's a bad matchup for the Tigers.

Tim Bacon had a really nice game against McSweeney, by the way, who really needed help against him.

[notjoshreed]

Bamm you are right, Bennet got into foul trouble early and often today and played just 10 minutes.  Fisher had a great perimiter game especially in the second half shooting a blistering 73% from the floor in the second half.  It was a good game with good energy from RIT especially in the first half.   Fisher finished strong with 20+ points for Biegel, Obrien and Mcgee.  I also think Smalt is coming along nicely late in the season and gave Fisher some quality minutes.

[fisheralum91]

You know - Clear with the wind and snow I expected to hear your smack but I didn't expect you to side with Madhawk.
God- get out of the dorm and go to Champs or some other place and get some fresh air!  I think your mind is getting fried being stuck inside!

[clearconceit]

Look Madhawk says dumb things I agree, but he isn't attacking other people.  So he loves his school's team - I get that.  And the fact is they are improved and 3 or 4 freshman that may end but all league guys down the road.  So more power to him.
GB just makes stupid personal remarks about me and Utica.  The fact remains he said the most stupid thing on the board a few months ago about Hartwick neber getting to 4 wins.... that is his fault.  He should lie in the bed that he made.

Those are the facts.
And the other fact is Ithaca stinks.  They are a 500 team period!!!!!!

[fisheralum91]

Clear-
No doubt that Hawk loves his team--literally!
It's kinda creepy.
Enjoy the sun and below zero windchill!

[Jukebox Hero]

Snyder just had the better of him today, despite the fact that Fisher won the game (which they should have).

Bennett had a horrible weekend, after getting lit up by Canori Friday night, then Snyder basically being a PITA yesterday. He's the top defender on Fisher and one of the best (if not the best) in the E8, he'll get over it, hopefully before the tourney

[superman57]

Clear have you been sniffing the glue again.  Madhawk doesn't deserve to post, at least GB15 makes some senisible posts.  Madhawk just posts about how great a bad team is.  The only teams they have beaten are teams that they should beat.  GB15 said in the begining of the year  that they could win 4 games because both Naz and Elmira are beatable other than that no big wins for Wick.  He makes this board a worse place for being here.  Even you sometimes makes a good post.  But to defend hawk is a stupid thing and I thought that a Utica education taught you more than to defend a moron.

[the bird man]

Umm, Clear...should you really be talking to anybody about "quality wins". Outside of one game against a Hamilton team that did not have three of its better players (I believe they were starters) who have you beat.

The way I see it, against teams that could be considered "quality" (Hamilton, Fisher, Union(maybe), Oswego) you are 1-4.

I wouldn't go knockin Ithaca for not having quality wins. Show me Utica's marquee win against a solid team other than Hamilton. Wins against teams like SUNY IT, RIT, and Hobart don't really give you the right to go baggin on GB15, or anyone for that matter.

Have fun in ECAC's man...

[gobombers15]

Wow, further proof that I own Clear, I apparently really got under his skin. I'll respond to Clear's posts one at a time:

My only hope is that we get to play Ithaca next week so I can have the satisfaction of beating up on them for the 3rd time. GB15 you crack me up.

Wait, "we get to play Ithaca." How many points have you scored in either game against the Bombers? How did you "beat up" on Ithaca in this second game? Do you think we don't have access to box scores, Clear? If you look at the stats, Ithaca led for more than 60% of that game. Utica made one run that put them over the top. I'm sure Ithaca would MUCH RATHER be playing Utica in the 1st round than Fisher. Am I wrong about that too, Clear? And you talk about Ithaca only beating 'Wick because Cocozziello was out, what about Utica beating Ithaca without Burton on Friday night? You conveniently left that out of your gifted analysis.

So if you do beat Ithaca in the E8 tournament and then, inevitably, get steamrolled by Fisher for a third time this year, what are you going to do then? Idiot.

GB15 you crack me up. You talk smack about your team and you are a pathetic 12-12. Are you kidding me? 12-12!

Alright, tough guy, you show me one place where I talk about how "great" Ithaca is. C'mon, show me one quote. I'll give you 24 hours to prove that I've made one comment about how "great" Ithaca is, after that, I will post FIVE quotes that I've made that talk about how slightly above average the Bombers are and that there only goal was to make the E8 tournament. It's unfortunate everyone else in here actually knows my take about my own team.

Sorry if we play quality teams outside the E8. I mean, I know SUNYIT is awesome and everything, being in the middle of the pack in the SUNYAC's, but why don't the Pioneers step up and go to Virginia for some early-season tournaments? Because they can't hack it, that's why.

First you are a coward for not taking responsibility for your stupid posts. You stated if Hartwick had 4 wins you'd never post again. Too bad for the rest of us as they got to 4 wins and you are still posting. Be a man of honor and leave.
Second you are a bully for talking crap about beating up on Hartwick (who by the way couldn't beat anyone without Cocozziello - and he didn't play today obviously) like that is a big deal.

Actually, moron, they played most of the Elmira game without Cocozziello and won that. Another stupid, and incorrect comment, by Clear. I love how you say "too bad for the rest of us" that I won't leave. I'd say 95% of the posters in this room would much rather have you off these boards than me. Unlike you, I don't beat my chest when my squad is winning games and then run and hide like a little girl when my team is getting beat (aka whenever they play a good team). Nor do I run my mouth 1/10th as much as you do about how good my team is.

And how did I make Ithaca beating Hartwick sound great. In fact, this is my first post since that game even ended. C'mon, even if Wick had Cocozziello it wouldn't have been close. Ithaca was also missing Burton in that game. Ithaca's starters got taken out with 8 minutes to go when they were up 26 points. I don't think ANY player in the E8 would have made a difference in that game if they were playing for Hartwick, including your boyfriend, Ray Bryant.

GET A CLUE. I supose it will be groundbreaking next Tuesday when you kill Elmira? Your team stinks - check your record versus teams with winning records. It is PATHETIC!!! Where are your QUALITY WINS?

Go back to law school and learn about LIFE dude. GET A CLUE.

First, see Superman's post about Utica playing against winning teams. Hey, don't feel inadequate just because your marquee win was against a team missing its top three players and you get trounced pretty much each time you play a decent time. It's ok, Clear, you can vent to us. Tell us how much it bothers you. We're here for ya, bud.

And let's evaluate who has a life. You live in Utica, NY. I live in a city where 80% of it's population was drunk by 5pm on both Saturday and Sunday this wee because it's almost Mardi Gras, it's 70 degrees pretty much every day, and a city whose claim to fame is something more than once being the AHL affiliate of the New Jersey Devils. Life 10, Clear 0.

Oh I forget I should be like GB...... Yeah we killed Elmira today - it was never a game whooooohooooooo it was 25 before you know it blah blah blah. Are you that bad that you are celebrating beating a team with 10 wins?

SAD! Dude, very SAD!

Uhhhhh, Clear, don't you realize we're making fun of you when we say that stuff? You know, how you always come in here and talk about how your 10-point wins over teams "weren't as close as they looked" despite the box score saying Utica was only up 4 points with 5 minutes remaining. I think you're the one who needs to get a clue.

I really cannot wait until next Sunday night when Clear comes in here and gives the fake "good game Fisher, we were as talented as you but we couldn't get it done" post. What you should say is "Fisher, you own us, we were as never as good as you this year and I know you were never scared of us like I continually said during the season; I was just trying to convince myself we could beat you when I knew it would never happen." I'm pumped.

[the bird man]

Here here GB15...how about instead of having gb15 leave we take a vote to kick clear out of here...

[tigerfan2]

Wow...just wow.

Clear, you just got owned, or as Col would say...

GB15 = B2K

Clear = served