Empire 8

clearconceit · February 10, 2007, 12:23:53 AM

Well - that is 4-0 so far. Nothing to have me changing my mind. We absolutely dominated a weak Nazareth team tonight. They are not in our league at this point.
Looking forward to sweeping RIT tommorrow. God this feels great!!!!!!!!
By the way I checked out the RIT boxscore and saw the Cocozziello scored 31 PTS. he is still my player of the year!

Alfred over Elmira by 5
Fisher over Ithaca by 20
Hartwick over RIT by 5
Us over Naz by 30

Saturday,
Fisher over Elmira by 37
Alfred over Ithaca by 3
Hartwick over Nazareth by 13
Us over RIT by 15

That's the way I see it! And well UM we are number 1!

superman57 · February 10, 2007, 12:32:47 AM

ok you beat naz by 20...I predicted that Utica would win...I think that RIT is gonna be a tough game tommorrow...wow I still can't get over that Ithaca-Fisher game...if anyone knows how I can get this game on dvd or if there is anyway to get a copy of this game please let me know.... wow Ithaca this game is game of the year if not possibly game of the e8 conference...

superman57 · February 10, 2007, 12:37:20 AM

Pat...where does 4 overtimes rank in longest dIII games

Pat Coleman · February 10, 2007, 12:46:51 AM

Quote from: Superman57 on February 10, 2007, 12:37:20 AM
Pat...where does 4 overtimes rank in longest dIII games

The record is five -- there's been one this year and I want to say five or six all-time to go that long.

http://www.d3hoops.com/news.php?date=2006-11-29

superman57 · February 10, 2007, 12:54:56 AM

thanks....

gobombers15 · February 10, 2007, 07:51:10 AM

Superman, keep your eye on that stretch internet link that I posted yesterday. It's possible that they will archive the game.

sjfcards · February 10, 2007, 11:23:49 AM

The Fisher/Ithaca game is the game of the year so far...without question. Unbelievable how great that game was. I went to both the Fisher/UC game (double OT) and the Fisher IC game, and the Fisher IC game was a much better game. The game was a much better played game. And, teams made big shots, rather than having teams miss shots to keep the game tied, like the UC/Fisher game.

I honestly hope that game did not wear Ithaca out for today's game against Alfred. I would worry about Fisher but they are playing Elmira. IC played to well last night to lose a game because they are just tired, and lose a spot in the tourny because of it. As a Fisher fan I know it sounds crazy, but after last night, it would just not be right.

gobombers15 · February 10, 2007, 11:45:12 AM

Quote from: sjfcards on February 10, 2007, 11:23:49 AM
The Fisher/Ithaca game is the game of the year so far...without question. Unbelievable how great that game was. I went to both the Fisher/UC game (double OT) and the Fisher IC game, and the Fisher IC game was a much better game. The game was a much better played game. And, teams made big shots, rather than having teams miss shots to keep the game tied, like the UC/Fisher game.

I honestly hope that game did not wear Ithaca out for today's game against Alfred. I would worry about Fisher but they are playing Elmira. IC played to well last night to lose a game because they are just tired, and lose a spot in the tourny because of it. As a Fisher fan I know it sounds crazy, but after last night, it would just not be right.

Agreed. IC will have to get more out of guys like Stahn and Scanlon who played far fewer minutes in last night's game. Can't really expect Burton/Bostic to carry them after they both played 55+ minutes last night. Never know, though, they are 19 and 20 years old...they can recover quickly. I hope the team all got about 12 hours of sleep last night. We'll see what happens today.

gobombers15 · February 10, 2007, 12:54:03 PM

Just took a look at the RIT/Hartwick box score. Wow, pretty embarrassing loss for the Tigers. RIT led 35-16 with 6 mins left in the first half before allowing the Hawks to close on an 18-4 spurt that left them down only three at half. Also, what a joke RIT's FT shooting has become: 10-25 from the line. C'mon guys, you're college athletes. That's embarrassing. 99% of middle school teams shoot better than that from the line.

In reality, assuming RIT loses at Utica today, their season probably comes down to Friday night's game against Ithaca. If they lose today, their conference record will be 6-6. I will give them the game against Elmira, so now they're 7-6. If they lose the game to the Bombers, they're sitting there at 7-7. Even if Alfred loses today at Ithaca, they will be 6-6; they have Hartwick at home next weekend and I assume that they should be able to take care of them, considering they handled Hartwick in Oneonta (that's not a guarantee, but that's what it would suggest). Alfred will own the tiebreaker because of RIT's losses to Hartwick.

That said, that scenario could be shot to hell if Hartwick beats Naz today and passes them in the standings. In which case, RIT would then hold the tiebreaker by virtue of their season sweep over the Flyers, while the Saxons split with Naz. This should come down to the final day of the season.

UCgrad45 · February 10, 2007, 04:30:32 PM

Utica down 4 with about 7 minutes left in the half.

UCgrad45 · February 10, 2007, 04:37:07 PM

I just realized that Bryant has a chance to score 1,000 points in just two seasons.

UCgrad45 · February 10, 2007, 04:44:42 PM

Utica gets a steal but misses 3 shots in the last 7 seconds. They trail by 2 at half.

superman57 · February 10, 2007, 04:49:18 PM

Go RIT

gobombers15 · February 10, 2007, 04:59:38 PM

Quote from: UCgrad45 on February 10, 2007, 04:37:07 PM
I just realized that Bryant has a chance to score 1,000 points in just two seasons.

As he should. Star players can often get to 2,000 if they start all four seasons. Given Bryant's ability when he entered the conference last year, I would have been surprised if he didn't.

In other news, the Bombers start strong against Alfred, taking a 48-31 lead into the locker room. Not showing the effects of last night's game...yet.

gobombers15 · February 10, 2007, 05:02:31 PM

I watched some of the first half and, sorry AUPB, Alfred is terrible. When Stein went out, they had nothing. A bunch of shaggy kids with bad shots. How in the world did they beat Fisher?