Empire 8

[JQV]

Enjoying this string on the UC / Hamilton Game, but feeling a little sorry for UCgrad.  Unfortunate that being at the game is a disadvantage.  Hamilton won, UC lost, all of that is simple.   But if you sat at the game (as I did) and watched UC miss more than a dozen uncontested lapups and offensive rebound chippies, you might feel there is some hope for the season.

As the father of one of the UC freshman bigs (Whyte) who "needs to develop" I'm ok with waiting to see what happens next.

+k for saying who you are and not trying to pump up your son. A lot of fathers have made that mistake on the football board.

[reelentless]

Thanks Jose, but my motives are selfish.   I intend to take all the credit when my son starts dropping 15 ppg in and I've got to identify myself to make that work.

Question, why doesn't SUNYIT get more credit on the SUNYAC board?  The score doesn't show it, but I saw the UC v IT game and with both teams playing well, it was an even game until near the end.  Reaves (hopefully he's healthy) is a lights out shooter.  That league better be careful, SUNYIT is not a great defensive team yet, but how many teams can score the 80 points it's going to take to beat them? 

[sjfcards]

Fisher takes care of business tonight beating Mo-vill...Kind of tough to get all excited after what went on in football today...but still, a win, and they can get some more kinks out before they play U of R...Any thoughts on the Fisher/UR game?

[coach no name]

Fisher by 20 over an athletic morrisville team.  Waterloos homeboy dan mueller shot decent on his way to a 12 point 6 assist night.  Big game outta justin beigel with 30 points as he was to big and too strong for the morrisville big men.  Big game off the bench from Mark Bearden putting up 8 points in only 9 minutes of play.  Dan mcsweeny also added 12.  Looking forward to fishers home game vs U of R thursday.  Fisher can show the empire 8 that the bport loss was a fluke and they are the best team in rochester by beating U of R.

[notjoshreed]

Hey Coach No Name
Fisher could  but they wont, they have a ways to go to prove they are the best team  on East Avenue let alone all of Rochester, and will be lucky to break even with U of R and Naz.  BTW Who did you coach, Coach No Name, the cubs?

[gobombers15]

Ithaca over Hobart today at Ben Light, 69-58. It's only Hobart but a win is a win is a win, I suppose. Sean Leahy returns from his one game absence to score 22 points and grab 6 rebs; he was an efficient 6-12 from the field and 7-7 from the line. Looks like it might be a nice race between him and younger McAdam from Naz for ROY. Burton has another solid game, scoring 13 pts and dropping 5 dimes. Brian Joe scored 15 pts, albeit on 6-18 from the field and just 2-10 from distance.

[jdex]

Reelentless, you wonder why folks are a tad tentative to give IT rock-solid props? Check out Saturday night's results: Oswego 85, SUNYIT 57! We saw IT beat Cortland in OT on Friday. Down big at the half, then Reaves took over. He dominates. At Oswego, down big at half. Just 10 pts from Reaves for the game. Indeed, a solid IT cast, but tend to become invisible on occasion. Laboard's outstanding. But stat-wise he didn't have much of a game at Oswego. Gilkes was dominant, but struggled at Cortland. IT's just a tough sell game in, game out. Still, should be at or near the top in SUNYAC

[JQV]

Thanks Jose, but my motives are selfish.   I intend to take all the credit when my son starts dropping 15 ppg in and I've got to identify myself to make that work.

Question, why doesn't SUNYIT get more credit on the SUNYAC board?  The score doesn't show it, but I saw the UC v IT game and with both teams playing well, it was an even game until near the end.  Reaves (hopefully he's healthy) is a lights out shooter.  That league better be careful, SUNYIT is not a great defensive team yet, but how many teams can score the 80 points it's going to take to beat them? 

S'ok, nothing wrong with giving your kid a ton of credit.  Check out Bob Napoleone's posts on the E8 Football Board.  He gives the Bomber defense tons of love, as a father should.  Just so long as you aren't like win_mag, who criticized football posters for criticizing James Reille of SJF, kept making random statements about how he was still a good person, only to find out he was Reille's dad.  I actually felt bad for his kid. 

Fisher can show the empire 8 that the bport loss was a fluke and they are the best team in rochester by beating U of R.

Isn't Brockport in Rochester?  If Fisher beats U of R, wouldn't they have claim to that crown until they play U of R?

Ithaca over Hobart today at Ben Light, 69-58. It's only Hobart but a win is a win is a win, I suppose. Sean Leahy returns from his one game absence to score 22 points and grab 6 rebs; he was an efficient 6-12 from the field and 7-7 from the line. Looks like it might be a nice race between him and younger McAdam from Naz for ROY. Burton has another solid game, scoring 13 pts and dropping 5 dimes. Brian Joe scored 15 pts, albeit on 6-18 from the field and just 2-10 from distance.

Just had a second to look at the Bomber box score.  Looks like Leahy carried us.  Odd that three Bomber starters couldn't get to double figures.  Also, Stahn only played 10 minutes while Clemente only played 6.  Anyone know what is going on there?  Other than their numbers seem to indicate they aren't playing very well.

[maxpower]

Thanks Jose, but my motives are selfish.   I intend to take all the credit when my son starts dropping 15 ppg in and I've got to identify myself to make that work.

Question, why doesn't SUNYIT get more credit on the SUNYAC board?  The score doesn't show it, but I saw the UC v IT game and with both teams playing well, it was an even game until near the end.  Reaves (hopefully he's healthy) is a lights out shooter.  That league better be careful, SUNYIT is not a great defensive team yet, but how many teams can score the 80 points it's going to take to beat them? 

S'ok, nothing wrong with giving your kid a ton of credit.  Check out Bob Napoleone's posts on the E8 Football Board.  He gives the Bomber defense tons of love, as a father should.  Just so long as you aren't like win_mag, who criticized football posters for criticizing James Reille of SJF, kept making random statements about how he was still a good person, only to find out he was Reille's dad.  I actually felt bad for his kid. 

Fisher can show the empire 8 that the bport loss was a fluke and they are the best team in rochester by beating U of R.

Isn't Brockport in Rochester?  If Fisher beats U of R, wouldn't they have claim to that crown until they play U of R?

Ithaca over Hobart today at Ben Light, 69-58. It's only Hobart but a win is a win is a win, I suppose. Sean Leahy returns from his one game absence to score 22 points and grab 6 rebs; he was an efficient 6-12 from the field and 7-7 from the line. Looks like it might be a nice race between him and younger McAdam from Naz for ROY. Burton has another solid game, scoring 13 pts and dropping 5 dimes. Brian Joe scored 15 pts, albeit on 6-18 from the field and just 2-10 from distance.

Just had a second to look at the Bomber box score.  Looks like Leahy carried us.  Odd that three Bomber starters couldn't get to double figures.  Also, Stahn only played 10 minutes while Clemente only played 6.  Anyone know what is going on there?  Other than their numbers seem to indicate they aren't playing very well.

Brockport's more near Rochester than in it. UR, Fisher, and Naz are kind of the "Rochester" consensus teams what with the E8, Fisher-UR rivalry, and majority of local coverage.

[tigerfan2]

So is RIT "more near" Rochester or one of the consensus "Rochester" teams.

I'd say with the exception of Keuka you consider any of the other Chase teams a Rochester school.

And when Brockport (or Geneseo for that matter) is winning they get just as much coverage as a UR or SJF would get, just look at a couple years ago when they were one of the last undefeated teams in the country.
Granted they got killed by UR in the tourney but there was plenty of talk about them.

[JQV]

Good point about RIT.  It has to be considered a Rochester school Max.

It isn't called

Not so much in Rochester as Near Rochester Institute of Technology.

NSMIRANRIT (for those of you playing the home game).

[maxpower]

So is RIT "more near" Rochester or one of the consensus "Rochester" teams.

I'd say with the exception of Keuka you consider any of the other Chase teams a Rochester school.

And when Brockport (or Geneseo for that matter) is winning they get just as much coverage as a UR or SJF would get, just look at a couple years ago when they were one of the last undefeated teams in the country.
Granted they got killed by UR in the tourney but there was plenty of talk about them.

Forgot about RIT, they're in Rochester no doubt.

I still don't agree about Brockport. The college gets no love from the D & C. THe high school gets a lot of ink, though.

[Caz Bombers]

THIS WEEK IN THE EMPIRE 8

Monday - Green Mountain at Hartwick: 'Wick to win big.  C'mon Hawks, play somebody already.

Tuesday - Ithaca at Cortland, Utica at Skidmore, Oswego at Nazareth, Alfred at Geneseo: UC should roll over the Thoroughbreds, but it's tough going for the 3 SUNY showdowns.  Can we please beat Cortland at a sport soon?  This is getting very irritating.  Max and/or Jose, when was the last time we beat Cortland in hoops?  Feels like it's been a while.

Wednesday - Elmira at Colgate: Sure, that's just what EC needs, to play a D1 team.  That's some hardcore scheduling, 'Gate.  That'll get your boys ready for Bucknell and Holy Cross all right.

Thursday - Bard at Hartwick (what did I just say?? You're on notice, Hartwick!); Cortland at Utica; UR at Fisher: We'll know more after Tuesday but I don't see why UC can't take down C-State at home.  Can Fisher beat the Jackets in their crackerjack box gym?

Friday - Ithaca at St. Lawrence, Hobart at RIT, Alfred at Potsdam; IC to lose, RIT to win, Alfred at least has a chance, which is something that couldn't be said about an AU-P'Dam matchup yet this decade.

Saturday - Ithaca at Potsdam, Hartwick at Oneonta, Utica at SUNYIT, Fredonia/Houghton at RIT, Geneseo at Fisher, Alfred at St. Lawrence: Utica-IT should be a close one, but I'm looking for everybody but AU to go home happy.  Even IC way up there in South Canada.

EDIT: Well I'll be darned, Oneonta is 3-0 in the SUNYAC.  Highly unusual.  Rougher for 'Wick than I thought.  Big rivalry game in front of all six d3 basketball fans in Oneonta.

[JQV]

THIS WEEK IN THE EMPIRE 8

Monday - Green Mountain at Hartwick: 'Wick to win big.  C'mon Hawks, play somebody already.

Tuesday - Ithaca at Cortland, Utica at Skidmore, Oswego at Nazareth, Alfred at Geneseo: UC should roll over the Thoroughbreds, but it's tough going for the 3 SUNY showdowns.  Can we please beat Cortland at a sport soon?  This is getting very irritating.  Max and/or Jose, when was the last time we beat Cortland in hoops?  Feels like it's been a while.

Wednesday - Elmira at Colgate: Sure, that's just what EC needs, to play a D1 team.  That's some hardcore scheduling, 'Gate.  That'll get your boys ready for Bucknell and Holy Cross all right.

Thursday - Bard at Hartwick (what did I just say?? You're on notice, Hartwick!); Cortland at Utica; UR at Fisher: We'll know more after Tuesday but I don't see why UC can't take down C-State at home.  Can Fisher beat the Jackets in their crackerjack box gym?

Friday - Ithaca at St. Lawrence, Hobart at RIT, Alfred at Potsdam; IC to lose, RIT to win, Alfred at least has a chance, which is something that couldn't be said about an AU-P'Dam matchup yet this decade.

Saturday - Ithaca at Potsdam, Hartwick at Oneonta, Utica at SUNYIT, Fredonia/Houghton at RIT, Geneseo at Fisher, Alfred at St. Lawrence: Utica-IT should be a close one, but I'm looking for everybody but AU to go home happy.  Even IC way up there in South Canada.

EDIT: Well I'll be darned, Oneonta is 3-0 in the SUNYAC.  Highly unusual.  Rougher for 'Wick than I thought.  Big rivalry game in front of all six d3 basketball fans in Oneonta.

Last I can remember off the top of my head is a win over them my freshman year in 1999-2000 but, I am certain it has happened since then.

Man, tough for the boys, that St. Lawrence-Potsdam weekend always sucked.

[slickyquick]

To Tigerfan2, to say that Brockport got a lot of pub in the papers and the news when they were undefeated is completely incorrect. I can specifically remember see headlines in the D & C that said "U of R Upset" while in the little side article it said Brockport beats whoever they beat.

While two years ago, Fisher was world beaters while they played possibly the weakest schedule in the country. Going undefeated is a great feat but they didn't play anyone and the D & C were all over them like flies on poop. It was definitely funny to see the tiny little article in the paper after Fisher got bullied by Potsdam. I think the article might have been next to the porno shop ad.

Brockport has never gotten the coverage in the Rochester area in part because of the writers at the D & C being Fisher grads. And as most of know Brockport and Fisher do not get along.