Empire 8

[superman57]

RIT leads over utica by 3 with like 3 minutes left

[superman57]

Early predictions for this week:

FRIDAY

Alfred over Elmira, 69-56
Fisher over Ithaca, 73-68
RIT over Hartwick, 71-62
Utica over Naz, 83-69

Saturday

Ithaca over Alfred, 67-57
Fisher over Elmira, 71-49
Hartwick over Naz, 80-78 (OT)
Utica over RIT, 74-67

FRIDAY

Alfred over Elmira, 78-56
Fisher over Ithaca, 87-68
RIT over Hartwick, 71-50
Utica over Naz, 83-69

Saturday

Alfred over Ithaca, 66-64
Fisher over Elmira, 88-49
Naz over Hartwick, 66-58)
RIT over Utica, 65-62

So I think there are a couple of people on here who need to eat some yummy crow...my score is almost dead on...

[superman57]

rit 66-61...I predicted 65-62...not half bad If I say so my self

[gobombers15]

What about your awesome Alfred pick? That game was close for about, oh, 5 minutes.

[sjfcards]

any news on the Fisher/Elmira score...

Way to go RIT now lose two games next weekend and we are all set.

[gobombers15]

any news on the Fisher/Elmira score...

Way to go RIT now lose two games next weekend and we are all set.

86-60, Fisher. Wishful thinking about RIT; they still have a home game against Elmira.

[sjfcards]

Yeah I know...I don't expect that one to fall our way...

If Fisher beats UC next weekend it looks like tie for the league championship...and UC would get to host.
Fisher basically has to hope that UC drops two games next weekend..I don't see that happening.

[Caz Bombers]

Fisher officially in the E8 tournament...Naz and Hartwick officially out.  Ithaca can lock up a place by beating Elmira Tuesday night.  RIT can get the last spot by sweeping IC and EC, splitting and having Alfred lose to either Hartwick or Utica, or Alfred losing twice.  I'd say door #2 is most likely.

[gobombers15]

Yeah I know...I don't expect that one to fall our way...

If Fisher beats UC next weekend it looks like tie for the league championship...and UC would get to host.
Fisher basically has to hope that UC drops two games next weekend..I don't see that happening.

That Alfred loss is going to be what costs Fisher in the end. I watched the game today on the internet and, at least four times, I wondered to myself how Alfred beat Fisher. I found myself coming up with Superfan scenarios like "maybe Fisher's bus crashed on the way to the game and a bunch of mini-Kornakers had to play Alfred."

[Caz Bombers]

Yeah I know...I don't expect that one to fall our way...

If Fisher beats UC next weekend it looks like tie for the league championship...and UC would get to host.
Fisher basically has to hope that UC drops two games next weekend..I don't see that happening.

That Alfred loss is going to be what costs Fisher in the end. I watched the game today on the internet and, at least four times, I wondered to myself how Alfred beat Fisher. I found myself coming up with Superfan scenarios like "maybe Fisher's bus crashed on the way to the game and a bunch of mini-Kornakers had to play Alfred."

Alfred's win was somehow attributable to the Legendary Alex Yunevich.  It's the only explanation that makes sense.

[superman57]

the one mini kornaker can really shoot and would school all the other kids

[superman57]

I was very wrong with the alfred-ithaca pick...but I trully did think that alfred would play halfway decent I guess I was wrong

[gobombers15]

I was very wrong with the alfred-ithaca pick...but I trully did think that alfred would play halfway decent I guess I was wrong

Yeah. Ithaca was definitely the better team, by far. However, Stein didn't help matters by picking up his 1st and 2nd fouls a minute apart with 13 mins left in the first half. Then, to compound the problem, he picked up his 3rd and 4th fouls in the second half within 10 seconds of each other around the 14 minute mark. When he was in the game, you could definitely tell the offense went through him. When he was on the bench, Alfred's offense was anemic.

[AUPepBand]

Yeah I know...I don't expect that one to fall our way...

If Fisher beats UC next weekend it looks like tie for the league championship...and UC would get to host.
Fisher basically has to hope that UC drops two games next weekend..I don't see that happening.

That Alfred loss is going to be what costs Fisher in the end. I watched the game today on the internet and, at least four times, I wondered to myself how Alfred beat Fisher. I found myself coming up with Superfan scenarios like "maybe Fisher's bus crashed on the way to the game and a bunch of mini-Kornakers had to play Alfred."

Alfred's win was somehow attributable to the Legendary Alex Yunevich.  It's the only explanation that makes sense.

"Tis true. The legendary Coach Alex Yunevich was a defensive genius. And Alfred's defense (It took the Cards 8 1/2 minutes to get their first point, and holding them to 51 points) was the key.  Very perceptive on your part, Caz Bombers...Pep is impressed.

[gobombers15]

Wow, Joe Canori went 7/8 from 3-point land yesterday. Did Mike McGee ever do that?

(Fisher fans, note the tongue-in-cheek sarcasm. I really don't want a 500-word diatribe about how McGee is more valuable than Canori or how Canori would never start on Fisher)