Empire 8

clearconceit · January 21, 2006, 01:05:10 PM

As predicted we pummeled Elmira. Ithaca's next! Looking forward to establishing who is the 2nd place team today. I figure we win by 15-20 pts.

Guys take it easy on MadHawk, to his credit while he did cry about the refs he didn't say that Ithaca wasn't the better team etc. I think that is progress for him.
Plus can you imagine how nervous he is today? I mean if they lose today he may never come back to this board.
After watching Elmira yesterday they are really bad. The Hawks are favored today.

Later

bamm · January 21, 2006, 01:45:18 PM

Anyone at the game have any idea what the reason for the technical called on RIT was? It occured after RIT forward Fran Snyder was fouled on a drive and was headed to the line. Immediately after the foul the buzzer blew a few times erratically, the refs huddled up, and the next thing I saw was Sean O'Brien shooting free throws. The noise in the crowd made it impossible to hear the PA announcer where I was at. Anyone?

UCgrad45 · January 21, 2006, 05:39:38 PM

If I understand right, the Utica game will not be played at Utica College today. There is a power outage on campus. It will be played at Suny IT.

A "home" game at Suny IT for UC is almost like Naz playing a "home" game at Fisher.

I am unable to attend the game today because I had surgery. Sounds like I may not be able to get it on the radio either.

superman57 · January 21, 2006, 05:57:48 PM

First off Bamm I was at the game too and couldn't figure out who it was called on. Next congrats to Naz for sneaking one out 62-60. Fisher did not play well. But the game winning basket was scored with no time remaining. I hope that the league will look at the tape and discipline the referee who made the call. Fisher had the chance to win, but McSweeny could not hit two foulshots with 8 seconds left. So on that note congrats to Naz on an amazing game.

gobombers15 · January 21, 2006, 06:29:23 PM

Wow, what got into Naz this weekend? Beating Alfred on the road by 15 and upsetting Fisher in Varsity Gym. Looks like we know who will be the fourth team in the E8 Tourney.

Hartwick wins!! The Hawks beat Elmira at home today, 65-54. It's Hartwick's second win in the last three years.

lileyes · January 21, 2006, 06:41:32 PM

Utica beat Ithaca by 13 I believe it ended up being. The change of location makes stats unavailable but UC definitely won by double digits.

tigerfan2 · January 21, 2006, 06:49:22 PM

RIT over Alfred 79-76 in OT according to the Empire 8 site. No box score at either school's site right now.

Naz over SJF...wow. Naz has some talented players, but I never would have guessed that would happen, at least at SJF.

superman57 · January 21, 2006, 06:50:24 PM

first off I was looking at the tape and it did not go in. second off read an entire post before you start getting all glorious, the first thing I said was Naz deserved to win that game, so get a grip

Cards23 · January 21, 2006, 06:53:41 PM

I have been following the posts and decided to answer a few of your questions for you.

About the technical fould at Fisher vs RIT. It was given to RIT because there was no #23 in the official scorebook. They had him in as #40 along with RIT's book. Thye forgot to change his number in the book with there home and away jerseys.

I was at the Fisher vs Naz game as well and I believe that the officials got the call right and counted the basket. Congrats to Naz on a good win. Thye played a good game and Fisher didn't really show up and play. If you would have told me before the game that Caswell Smith would play only five minutes (injury) and that Bennett would hold Canori to only four points. I would have almost gaurenteed a Fisher win but Naz played good defense and Fisher turned the ball over to many times. Good weekend for Naz. Fisher should be able to rebound and beat Alfred on Tuesday.

gobombers15 · January 21, 2006, 07:04:23 PM

Quote from: lileyes on January 21, 2006, 06:41:32 PM
Utica beat Ithaca by 13 I believe it ended up being. The change of location makes stats unavailable but UC definitely won by double digits.

That's fine. Ithaca will probably beat them by the same amount in Ithaca, just like they do every year. The Bombers always lose at Utica then handle them in Ithaca. Good win for Utica, though.

As to Clear's statement about "we'll find out who the real 2nd place team is today," who gave you the right to unilaterally decide it would be today's game that decided that. What about the Utica/Ithaca game at The Bulb in February. Maybe that's the game to determine 2nd place.

Like I said before, today's Ithaca/Utica game is only important in determing who would likely wear the home unis at the E8 tourney when Ithaca plays Utica. I'm just happy that game will be in Rochester, because we all know how the Pioneers play in The Land of Garbage Plates.

fisheralum03 · January 21, 2006, 07:18:49 PM

first off, let me congratulate Nazareth on the win. I thought there was no chance in the world that they would win with Canori being put in a straight jacket by the Defense by Nick Bennett and Caswell Smith hurting his ankle. Don't know if it was cramps or an ankle injury. The key to the game was free throw shooting and Fisher couldn't put Naz away when they had the chance. As to whether the final shot was good, it doesn't matter now. There is still a LONG LONG way to go in the EMPIRE 8 season and both teams play one more time on the final game of the season. It was a great game. Some of the post game reaction by the Naz players was very disconcerning. They were giving the finger to the Fisher Fans and throwing their jerseys. I did go to Fisher but those things should not happen at a basketball and everyone else here would agree with me on that.

superman57 · January 21, 2006, 08:45:43 PM

I do have to agree with you on the after game celebration. There is always a line and this one time Naz did not know how to win elequently. I was sitting next to a girl who went to high school with the kid who was giving everybody the middle finger, She was really upset about it. During the whole game there were a few naz fans who were giving the fisher student section different types of obscence gestures. Now on that note the Fisher student section has never and will never be a nice place to sit. But they do have respect and a tight leash, as in when a bull**** chant started the AD was right there telling us to cut it out. I really wish people in all sorts of sports new how to win. This was a great game to watch, right down to the very end, but we need to know how to celebrate and how to not.

UCgrad45 · January 21, 2006, 11:19:10 PM

I guess the Utica game was played at Mohawk Valley CC. The womens game was played at SUNY IT.

Another crazy weekend of conference play in the books.

bamm · January 21, 2006, 11:29:10 PM

GB15 - Be careful about the "we all know who the 4th team will be" conclusion. RIT has only lost to Ithaca and Fisher, and although it was out of conference schedule, they beat Naz. Alfred has dug their hole pretty deep at this point (losses at home to Naz and RIT), so I'm thinking the winner of the RIT/Naz series is that 4 seed. First game is at RIT on Tuesday.

I'm not quite ready to anoint Ithaca the 3 seed yet, either. They've gotten off to a solid start, but their real test comes during a 5 game stretch in February ( @Naz, @RIT, @Alfred, @Fisher, Utica ). They'll need a couple wins out of that group to grab the 3 seed, I think.

As to the Naz/Fisher game -- wow. Last night I had a conversation with Tigerfan2 and we both agreed that Naz had a great shot at beating Fisher next year, but neither of us ever considered the possibility that there would be an upset this season.

And as to the "rude gesturing"... shouldn't that be cause for celebration? Relative to the bench-clearing brawls, I mean?

A few of the kids in the Fisher student section are annoying enough that they deserve to be harassed after the Cards go down anyway.

bearseh · January 22, 2006, 03:05:10 AM

Quote from: bamm on January 21, 2006, 11:29:10 PM

A few of the kids in the Fisher student section are annoying enough that they deserve to be harassed after the Cards go down anyway.

Indeed. Only time last year I heard fans loudly boo the opponent coming out for pre-game were the Fisher fans in Amherst. That being said, the harrassment should never come from players.