Empire 8

[sjfcards]

Fisher is really struggling with Brooklyn's pressure in the first half. At the half Fisher is down 1. Hopefully some adjustments are in the works for the second half. Not a great half, but not a horrible one either. Fisher needs Henderson to start taking and making some threes. They are way to dependent on the inside game right now.

[sjfcards]

Fisher opens the 2nd half on a bit of a spurt, and are up 4.

[sjfcards]

Fisher still struggling. Down 2 with a few to go. Not too comfortable with this.

[sjfcards]

Fisher pulled it out late by 4. Fisher tried to give the game away at the end, but had enough to win. They built a 4 point lead with a minute left. Fisher tried to go to the basket when they could have held the ball, turned it over. Got a stop, turned it over, and then fouled to top it off. But a win is a win, and Fisher is on to play the Judges. Fisher better clean some stuff up before tomorrow, but you have to be proud of the effort if you are a Fisher fan.

PHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

[magicman]

Here's my guesses on tonight's action involving New York teams.

Plattsburgh St. 82    SUNYIT  70
Medaille 76   Nazareth  72
St. John Fisher 73  Brooklyn 65
Brandeis 77  St. Lawrence  68
Oneonta 68  Franklin and Marshall  66

Hope I'm wrong on the St. Lawrence score.

Naz/Medaille is tough game to pick because of Medaille's weak schedule, but they do have an impressive win over John Carroll.

Oneonta with a tough game against D3Hoops #20th ranked Franklin and Marshall  and are the dogs here but the Red Dragons own a win over #10th ranked William Paterson and I think they can get it done here if they play to their potential.  

Time to go get my tickets for the games in Plattsburgh tonight. I'll come on after the games with a synopsis of them.    GO CARDS!!! Both teams of them.

Close guess with the Naz - 78-72, I believe, in OT Medaille pulled it out.  Naz was up 10 with a couple minutes left...collapsed...  McAdam with an awesome career. One of the best players in Naz history!

He had a couple tough plays down the stretch -- finished with 7 TOs and missed an open layup with about 13 seconds in overtime that would have cut the lead to two.  Naz had the game -- up 10 with 5 to go...

AUSaxons and bomber3,
Yeah, I was sitting with a bunch of Medaille fans and they couldn't beleive it when I showed them my sheet with the scores I had posted before I left for the game. Medaille player came to the line with just a couple seconds to go in OT with the score 76-72 and I told them I was going to yell at him to miss but of course he had to spoil it by swishing both of them. Same guy was 5x11 before he made the final pair. Medaille was horrible from the line only 14x27.  

Naz really did blow it. I didn't think there was any way Medaille could win after Stephens hit a bucket to make the score 60-49 with 5:27 to play. Medaille got a pair of free throws and then 3 straight buckets to close within 3 with 2:18 to play. Twice in the final 29 seconds Naz missed 1 of 2 free throws and then Medaille came down with 13 seconds left and almost failed to get off a shot but a pass into the corner to Medaille's  Keith Hack resulted in the basket that tied it up. The buzzer went off with the ball in the air; nothing but net. In the overtime Medaille jumped out to a quick 4 point lead and was never headed.

I was close on my Brandeis-SLU prediction as that score was 76-64.

Fisher score was lower than I thought it was going to be but at least I picked the right winner.

I knew I might get the Oneonta-Franklin and Marshall game wrong but went with the Red Dragons anyway. A little surprised at the 91-77 final score though.

Plattsburgh-SUNYIT was the big surprise and toughest loss to take of course. I expected Plattsburgh to take care of business tonight but they were too tight all night long. SUNYIT has a solid team and Diloo Brown was the best player tonight on any of the four teams I watched play. He scored 31 points on 11x21 fg, 6x11 3's and 3x4 ft. Tough to pick a winner between Medialle and SUNYIT.  
 

[FISHERMAN]

I agree with sjfcards.......we got lucky. Or at least did not play very well. CUNY Brooklyn was a noble opponent but ultimately couldn't maintain an effective pressure defense against the cards. Fisher played like **** and I'm not confident we do well against Brandeis. Our senior leadership is non-existent at the moment. I'm sure I'm overreacting though. I'm pumped for tommorrow.


VIVA LA CARDS!!!!!!!

[WNYHoops]

I wrote on this board a few weeks back how good I thought both Medaille and SUNY IT were ... even though they play in lesser conferences. Fact is both the AMCC and NEAC have a few teams at the top of their leagues who could, and would, be very competitive and compete for championships in any league in the state. They proved it last night. Medaille is a true system team who is smart, well-coached and disciplined in their approach. SUNYIT is super athletic with two great players in Brown and Goleimbowski. They took down the winners of the Empire 8 and SUNYAC so please don't discount these "lesser" leagues and programs in the future. I read people bashing them for a weak conference and discounting them all the time on these boards. Fact is many schools from the LL, Empire 8 and SUNYAC won't schedule schools like Medaille, SUNYIT, Pitt Brad, Wells and Penn State Behrend because they know how difficult it is to play them. Hats off to the little guy for taking down the big dogs. That is what March Madness is all about!!

[the golden flyer]

I wrote on this board a few weeks back how good I thought both Medaille and SUNY IT were ... even though they play in lesser conferences. Fact is both the AMCC and NEAC have a few teams at the top of their leagues who could, and would, be very competitive and compete for championships in any league in the state. They proved it last night. Medaille is a true system team who is smart, well-coached and disciplined in their approach. SUNYIT is super athletic with two great players in Brown and Goleimbowski. They took down the winners of the Empire 8 and SUNYAC so please don't discount these "lesser" leagues and programs in the future. I read people bashing them for a weak conference and discounting them all the time on these boards. Fact is many schools from the LL, Empire 8 and SUNYAC won't schedule schools like Medaille, SUNYIT, Pitt Brad, Wells and Penn State Behrend because they know how difficult it is to play them. Hats off to the little guy for taking down the big dogs. That is what March Madness is all about!!

WNYHoops, I was one of those guys I won't deny it. I must say, Medaille is better than I thought and I tip my cap to them. I did not see any of the SUNYIT vs. Plattsburgh game but a great win for SUNYIT to say the least on an opposing team's home court. Naz seemed to have the game all but wrapped up after Stephens bucket with 5 and change to play. After watching most of Naz games this year, this is the first game that they let slip away late in the game with a big lead. McAdam was able to carry his team on his back for the end of games throughout the year but unable to do so last night. I don't want to say I should have seen this coming, but with a team that has 1 senior and 1 junior(who hardly saw the floor this year) , inexperience and underclassmen mistakes were inevitable. And as for last night's game, Naz was unable to lock the game up with free throws down the stretch. But give credit to a gritty Medaille team for making big shots down the stretch and making their free throws in overtime. 

As a fan of Naz these last few years, it has been a pleasure to watch Corey McAdam play the game. A truly unselfish player and a class act for all 4 years. He is certainly one of the best players the E8 has seen and best of luck if he chooses to continue his basketball career professionally..

[Pat Coleman]

Fisher played like **** and I'm not confident we do well against Brandeis.

Sounds like you are "unnecessarily disrespecting" St. John Fisher ...

[sjfcards]

Fisher played like **** and I'm not confident we do well against Brandeis.

Sounds like you are "unnecessarily disrespecting" St. John Fisher ...

Phenomenal!!!

[with age came?]

Out of the 3 leagues I follow (E-8, LL, & YAC) only SJF is left in the dance? Thought NAZ-Medaille game would be close but totally surprised over Cards @ home losing to SUNYIT.  Just thought the Cards had too much depth.  From what Magic says seems like they got into too big a hole early.  Next year if they play to potential it could be an amazing year for the Cards. Hope SJF can pull the upset over Brandeis and keep me interested... Although a Medaille win would suit me fine also as  I have a buddy's son on the team to root for. Anyways go Fisher!!

[FISHERMAN]

Fisher played like **** and I'm not confident we do well against Brandeis.

Sounds like you are "unnecessarily disrespecting" St. John Fisher ...

Phenomenal!!!

I love it. I stand by everything I wrote but I appreciate being called out on the things I say, especially from different viewpoints. I would argue my quote above was slightly out of context but that is neither here nor there. I hope now people won't whine as much and lower my karma rating when I try to prove a point. Fisher is good and I have maintained that point consistently throughout the year. Let the haters hate while the players play. Looking forward to the game tonight!

VIVA LA CARDS!!!!

[sjfcards]

Well we are just about an hour away from the Fisher/Brandeis game tonight and I am officially watching the game at home tonight. The wife put the nix on a quick trip to Rochester tonight (I don't know what I have to do. I offered to buy her a Garbage plate!).

Anyway, I think Fisher will need perhaps their most complete game of the year tonight. I think a lot depends on how they shoot the ball from deep. Even after the way Fisher played last night, I think they have a chance at home. I hope anyway. LETS GO CARDS!!!!!!!!

[sjfcards]

Anyone else having trouble with the video feed from the Fisher game tonight? No audio last night, no video tonight...come on people.

[deiscanton]

Yes, St John Fisher is terrible with video feeds.  It is like they never did videocasting until last night.  I have to listen to WBRS's audio of the game to get the coverage.

C'mon Cardinal guys.  You can do better than that.  Camera not turned on--microphone not turned on-- please. 

Frustrating that I can't watch Brandeis take the lead on you guys.  Jeff Pickette is great on the commentary, though.