Empire 8

[sjfcards]

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).

I have to take a shot here...

Shouldnt RIT be re-named South Henrietta Institute of Technology...

[FisherDynasty]

Idk about the easiest schedule in the country, they played, springfield which was ranked in the top #25 at their place, newark NJ very good team, all the local area teams, and lebonan valley. No teams in the region, ever play hard schedules except U of R, and sometime Ithaca plays a decesnt non-conf schedule with weaks mixed in as well.  No matter which team ever comes out of this region their schedule is going to be considered weak since this region as a whole is considered one of the weakest if not the weakest.

[gobombers15]

Caz, I think we either swept them or split a home-and-home with them the year after we graduated...so winter 2004/2005.

[slickyquick]

Ok, they beat Springfield and Newark, NJ. I do believe Newark, NJ is a city not a college but that's just my state school education. Yes, they did play Lebanon Valley in the NCAA tourney, so that wouldn't count on their strength of schedule.

To say that most area teams don't have a good strength of schedule is not very true. Do you remember Brockport in '04 when they had an at large bid because they had the 6th toughest schedule in the country. As I do recall they even got a bye and beat a NESCAC school. Has Fisher ever beaten a NESCAC school in postseason play? I believe that would be a great measuring stick for an idea of good teams in the East and Northeast Region. I believe Brockport beat Trinity twice and beat Amherst once. They did get smacked by Williams when the Ephs lost to Stevens Point at the buzzer in the National Championship game.

Fisher's argument for that could be the year they went undefeated they would've played a NESCAC school if they would've hosted the Sweet 16 and Elite 8 games. One of the main reasons they didn't host is because of their strength of schedule or lack thereof.

A couple of years ago Fisher pulled out of the usual Brockport game because that is always a tough game for them and I think they replaced them with the perenial powerhouse Cazenovia. Not only did they pull out of the heated rivalry, they pulled out in August which for most of you that don't know about scheduling is extremely late.

[FisherDynasty]

Rutger-Newark sorry about that.  And yeah Bport did play a couple good teams in 04.  All in all, the majority of the teams up here just dont scheduled, dont ask me why, but they dont.  And I dont believe Fisher backed out of playing bport (It was bport I believe) they only took 1 year off and when fisher went 28-0 i believe bport was one of the teams they beat by 15, 13 the year before and Fisher beat Bport by more then 20 last year (In the Chase).  Either way it doesn't matter, bport hasnt been a contender for years.  Anyways, playing NESCAC schools should be sought out by more schools, that is why i included hamilton in a team that goes out and plays a few tough games. 

Since the undefeated team, Fisher has finally made its schedule tougher, last year playing almost all non-conf games on the road including balwin wallace and randolph macon.  And this year, they have Bport, Geneseo, Cortland, York PA, UofR and the Chyase to help prepare for later in the season. 

[jdex]

IC swept Cortland 62-54, 79-70 within three weeks at onset of 04-05 season

[fisheralum91]

god- can you guys stop the moaning?

everybody crying for respect - back off

[woot returns]

i saw the utica-hamilton game the other night. correct me if im wrong, but utica seems to be an incredibly well coached team. although there are only one or two starson the team, they all play extremely hard and are well-disciplined. their intensity almost makes up for their lack of natural talent. hamilton, meanwhile, has the talent but plays with no heart and is very poorly coached. everyone knows their role on the utica team.

[UCgrad45]

UC beats Skidmore 69-55.

[UCgrad45]

i saw the utica-hamilton game the other night. correct me if im wrong, but utica seems to be an incredibly well coached team. although there are only one or two starson the team, they all play extremely hard and are well-disciplined. their intensity almost makes up for their lack of natural talent. hamilton, meanwhile, has the talent but plays with no heart and is very poorly coached. everyone knows their role on the utica team.

I've played and coached sports on the college and high school level and I can honestly say that I have never been around a better coach and person than Coach Goodemote.

[AUPepBand]

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).

Had a classmate of mine from Alfred-Almond who went to RIT for photography (outstanding)...he contended that the school was actually located in South Henrietta, which would make it South Henrietta Institute of Technology (S.H.I.T.)

[AUPepBand]

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).

I have to take a shot here...

Shouldnt RIT be re-named South Henrietta Institute of Technology...

Oh my gosh.....go ahead and accuse me of plagiarism! Guilty as charged!

I'm lost on the hoops board...struggle to make the transition from AU football to AU basketball, for personal reasons.

[AUPepBand]

Result as reported on SUNYAC board:
Geneseo 67, Alfred 50
AU drops to 2-4 overall in non-conference play; Empire 8 Conference play begins in January.

[Caz Bombers]

Although I'm mostly a lurking reader on the football boards, welcome aboard AUPepBand, we need some Saxomaphone representation in hoops.

Bombers 67, Cortland 61 tonight at their place.  

Burton and Bostic with 12 each for IC, which won 43-35 on the glass.  Ithaca took the lead just over 4 minutes in and never trailed again although the lead was never double digits (it was also never one possession in the final 17 minutes).  Cortland shot just 36.5% from the field and a dreadful 47.4% from the stripe.

Utica beat Skidmore but Naz and Alfred went down to Oswego and Geneseo respectively.

[gobombers15]

Five Bombers (Burton, Joe, Stahn, Bostic, Leahy) in double-figures and almost a sixth (Brown with 8). Can't complain about that balance. IC will have to continue that to have success. Good win tonight.