Empire 8

fisheralum91 · March 13, 2006, 07:36:31 AM

Congrats to Fisher!
Great season!
To the seniors-thank you and good luck!
Wow- ran into a buzz saw in MA!
Good luck Amherst in the final 4!

And good riddance to Reggie on this board!

auerbach · March 13, 2006, 10:11:52 AM

The Amherst buzz saw thanks you!

fisheralum91 · March 13, 2006, 10:35:55 AM

Just keep winning.
At least SJF would be able to say that they lost to the eventual NCAA champs!

auerbach · March 13, 2006, 01:20:55 PM

it was a great year for your team , keep your head up

assassin · March 13, 2006, 03:19:40 PM

Congrats to the E8 on it's best season as a whole in quite some time!!

lileyes · March 13, 2006, 03:54:52 PM

Word on the street is that there will be an additional team to the Empire 8 next season. A NJ team at that, which will make for some pretty long road trips!

bamm · March 13, 2006, 04:18:12 PM

What??!? What NJ team? And where did you hear that?

auerbach · March 13, 2006, 04:21:06 PM

rutgers

lileyes · March 13, 2006, 04:44:39 PM

I have an inside source with the E8...or shall I say E9?? It should be announced tomorrow that there will be some new Ducks in the conference!!

hoopandtheharm · March 14, 2006, 07:43:22 AM

I guess it was true, Stevens to join Empire 8!

http://www.empire8.com/031406-1.html

Stevens has decent hoops but their soccer and lacrosse programs are great!

fisheralum91 · March 14, 2006, 08:25:29 AM

What in the holy hell is a NJ team doing in the EMPIRE 8?
Upstate NY!
Regional.
Now you are talking about tavel woes, and taking the very premise of the E8 and trashing it.
That my friends is a huge load of crap.
The E8 ruling bdy should be ashamed.

hoopandtheharm · March 14, 2006, 08:39:22 AM

That was my initial reaction too but slow down and think about. Every single team in E8 and any conference plays mutliple out of state games, Naz played Old westbury, Pitt bradford.... This will just be a conference game and that is more important than some out of region game that has no impact on tourney selection. I don;t think it imapcts budgets at all considering this. Plus it is actually a normal trip for Hartwick and Utica and not so bad for Ithaca, Elmira. Stevens has an incredible academic profile, almost a 1300 average SAT! Great athletic programs. I think it's a step up. They may not have the best hoops teams, they are improving, but this gives them many other great conference sports.

But maybe you'd prefer a Keuka or Cazenovia since they're in state! 950 SAT's and sub-par athletic programs. There is no comparison - peel away a layer or two and its a good move

fisheralum91 · March 14, 2006, 08:55:32 AM

Hoop and harm- I get what you are selling - but understand that this will affect all sports except football.
All mens and womens programs.
Yes they travel to non conference games-but that is the treat- nonconference!
Test yourself outside the norm.
This has much bigger implications than just travel.
No I don't want to sell out and grab onto Caz or someone of that caliber, but really what gives that this college is that desperate to join a conference so far out of their own region? Is it that or is the governing body of the E8 looking to pad the numbers?

dewcrew88 · March 14, 2006, 09:40:29 AM

Quote from: fisheralum91 on March 14, 2006, 08:55:32 AM
Hoop and harm- I get what you are selling - but understand that this will affect all sports except football.
All mens and womens programs.
Yes they travel to non conference games-but that is the treat- nonconference!
Test yourself outside the norm.
This has much bigger implications than just travel.
No I don't want to sell out and grab onto Caz or someone of that caliber, but really what gives that this college is that desperate to join a conference so far out of their own region? Is it that or is the governing body of the E8 looking to pad the numbers?

i think part of it is that the E8 will get an AQ in field hockey in 2008. I also think it is a good move on the e8's part because it will give them a chance to really test themselves in many different sports. I think it will be a really good thing for all the schools in the E8... too bad they don't have football.

fisheralum91 · March 14, 2006, 09:48:17 AM

Hey Budcrew!
Do you really think this is a good thing?
Man, I am a really tough sell on this one!
I'm not so blind that I can't see the plusses, but boy does it ever change the fabric of the E8.
When I played at Fisher the road trips to the non conference games were a blast, and you could test your metal, but they were taxing- getting enough sleep-study time etc. Now throw a conference team that is 6+hours away from Utica-7.5 for Roch-
That is a long bus ride!

Empire 8

assassin