Empire 8

superman57 · February 22, 2007, 10:44:58 PM

but lil eyes this Utica team is not as consistent as last years team...I mean how do you lose 3 straight games when you needed to win to win the conference

FisherDynasty · February 22, 2007, 11:15:55 PM

Just wanted to see the reactions form that comment, thought id stir things up a little bit, which it seems I do a lot. No i think Utica could beat some NE teams, just no real national powers, probably not fisher either, but Fisher would have the better chance.

fisheralum91 · February 23, 2007, 08:10:41 AM

Honestly- the RIT game gives me the willeeeeeeees!
Home i know- yet still this one is poised to be the spoiler!

lileyes · February 23, 2007, 12:07:20 PM

Well, all that matters really is the post-season.

I think we should all hope...not just Utica fans...that Bryant is healthy and Utica plays the way that they can so the E8 can have the best representation they can.

fisheralum91 · February 23, 2007, 12:14:54 PM

well said!

gobombers15 · February 23, 2007, 02:51:20 PM

Predictions for tonight's games:

RIT 63
Fisher 69

I think this one will be fairly tight throughout. Fisher will open up the lead to 8 or 9 a couple of times but RIT will respond. I think when it gets to the five-minute mark, Fisher will be up about four points. The difference between this and their last meeting is Fisher will tighten the clamps on defense. Fisher wins another close one against the Tigers.

Ithaca 66
Utica 72

I almost wish this game was at Utica because Varsity Gym has just been a house of horrors for the Bombers. I think the last time the Ithaca men won in that building was 2001 or 2002. I think Utica will get off to a hot start an take a 7-10 point lead into the locker room. The Bombers will come out firing in the 2nd half and even take a small lead at some point. However, Ithaca's youth will show down the stretch and Utica will continue to get to the line with Bryant.

I could have had pretty good tickets to the Hornets/Sonics game tonight but I passed just to watch these games. I hope it's worth it.

bamm · February 23, 2007, 05:36:38 PM

as I sit in varsity gym waiting for this thing to get going, I realize a couple of things:

both teams have players who went to highschool in tuscon (zeinfeld and rosenthal - sounds like a law firm).

all you need to know about the unpredictability of this thing - rit beat the top three teams on the road but lost to them all at home

b4the3isme · February 23, 2007, 05:39:22 PM

Let's hope our Arizonia partner beats their Arizona partner and we bring it home!

sjfcards · February 23, 2007, 05:52:05 PM

Can't wait for the games today...should be some real good basketball..I hooked up the computer to the big screen for this so Fisher better not disapoint.

sjfcards · February 23, 2007, 08:05:32 PM

Quote from: gobombers15 on February 23, 2007, 02:51:20 PM
Predictions for tonight's games:

RIT 63
Fisher 69

I think this one will be fairly tight throughout. Fisher will open up the lead to 8 or 9 a couple of times but RIT will respond. I think when it gets to the five-minute mark, Fisher will be up about four points. The difference between this and their last meeting is Fisher will tighten the clamps on defense. Fisher wins another close one against the Tigers.

Almost dead on...as far as the game prediction...Fiser opened up a lead early, let it slip away, and turned the defense up down the stretch and hit some big shots to win.

Adrian Fenyn hit a big shot..and grabbed some huge rebounds down the stretch. Mueller hit a huge three...Playing RIT is never fun for Fisher because the two teams know each other so well...

Should be a good second game.

gobombers15 · February 23, 2007, 08:42:05 PM

IC opens on a 14-2 run. Success is short-lived as Utica is currently on a 32-5 run. Pioneers up 34-19. Mullins FINALLY calls his first timeout.

gobombers15 · February 23, 2007, 08:46:07 PM

Utica is actually hitting its 3's tonight. I think they've hit about five in a row at this point. 38-22, Pioneers lead at the half.

bamm · February 23, 2007, 08:49:29 PM

That really was a fun game. Very intense second half.

Fisher was really hitting shots early, running their sets. RIT was depending on offensive boards and "garbage" points in the paint from Gethers, Bacon, others, as Fisher was sticking on Zeinfeld and giving space to Colin Roy, who didn't start taking jumpers until the second half.

RIT struggled with their offensive sets. Bacon barely saw the ball in the first half.

Fisher, likewise, saw little production from the inside. RIT was collapsing on McSweeney and Beigel in a hurry when they caught the ball. They were forced to rely on Mueller and Baltz taking jumpers, and they delivered for a while.

At about the fifteen minute mark of the second half RIT really ratched up the defensive pressure. Colin Roy forced consecutive turnovers by freshman Matt Newman. The Tigers switched it up between man and a zone trap several times and really rattled Fisher's young guards -- so much so that Kornaker was forced to pull Newman for the remainder of the game.

This was when the Tigers transition offense took off and they took the lead. I think the Tigers held the lead for a good seven or eight minutes in the second half. Zeinfeld was lucky to avoid a technical after hitting a big three and talking some trash to Baltz (I think).

But when Fisher figured out how to handle the pressure, the Tigers had to go back to their half court sets. They were a little better in the second half than the first, but not good enough.

Big shots by Mueller and Baltz down the stretch for the Cards. And McVean got caught making offense/defense substitions in the last few minutes -- Mark Carson, unbelievably, was taking important free throws in the final minutes, and they ran one offensive possession without Bacon or Zeinfeld in the game -- and they had two timeouts left. This baffled me.

notjoshreed · February 23, 2007, 10:16:59 PM

Nice win fisher, keep it up!
Let me see, oh Fenyn had 9 points and a solid performance off the bench. Perhaps it would have been even better if his talent wasn't mismanaged all year by the Fisher Coaching staff.
What did you say superman? <<<<there is always more to a story....obviously Adrian did something to not get playing time...if he was good enough to play consistently then he would have>>>>>
He should have been playing consistently all year, nice to know the fisher staff has the smarts to pull him out now at least. He certainly ought to have fresh legs as some games he did not even get in and others he got the token 2 minutes. I still contend it's not a fair way to treat an athlete with such talent.

superman57 · February 23, 2007, 10:47:50 PM

ok first off take your lips of adrian's D***... Secondly...there was, is and always will be two sides to a storie...well work kept me from watching either game on the puter...so hopefully I will be able to get home in time tommorow to see fisher win the championship if not oh well