Empire 8

[fisheralum91]

oh- cmon!
That is crazy- if you have made plans to hop on a plane or vacation lined up- it is tough to breeak them because of a game.  Let alone the issue of the dorms being closed. You would have had to get special permission to stay long before now!

[superman57]

but again 80% of fisher lives in the rochester, buffalo, syracuse area and if you don't live in the area, then you have a friend in the area that would be more than willing to have you at their house...I would say probably 90%+ of the fisher students live within 1:30 of the fisher campus...I did that back and forth to amherst last year...Pony up and get to the games...if I didn't have to work I would be there in a heart beat

[JQV]

I'm not trying to make a big deal about this, but here's my take:

Fisher is having a great year, better than people have expected. Its the Fishers students that are accountable. If they want to leave and go home then fine. I'm sure some students are friends with some of the players on the team. I just would think that the students would come out and support a team that is having a fantastic season.

What is this assumption based on?

People are falling all over themselves to escape central NY this time of year.  I am a D3 fan just like you guys but lets not pretend its D1.  No one was planning their spring break around supporting Fisher at the NCAA tourney...

[fisheralum91]

i tend to agree with jose- if you have time off and have booked vacation time- i wouldnt lose sleep that i went to florida and missed a game!

[bamm]

Upstate ECAC's announced:

1 - Vassar
2 - Oswego
3 - SUNYIT
4 - Ithaca
5 - RPI
6 - Clarkson
7 - RIT
8 - Hilbert

Utica, apparently, turned down an invitation.

[fisheralum91]

Ouch- turned down an invite....
Not good.
Post season experience-any post season experience is a good thing.

[superman57]

I think it is poor sportsman ship to not accept the bid...the seniors deserve one last hoorah...Utica would have clearly been the #1 seed and would ave had home games...to sit at home and pout because you choked at the end of the season is wrong

[fisheralum91]

agreed

[pg04]

yes fisher is on spring break, but to that, lets remember 80% of Fisher students live in the Rochester, Buffalo, Syracuse area

I don't think that'll matter... Your crowd is going to be dramatically reduced because of Planned vacations as described before and even most students won't want to drive that one hour back to Fisher just to see them play a first/second round game... that's just typical apathy of a college student. 

[pg04]

Ah.
Rochester game should be crazy then!

Don't sleep on Plattsburgh.  I think they can beat U of R and Fisher... don't assume you will be playing U of R...

[fisheralum91]

ok, ok.
I understand.
Heck- im not looking past the 1st round.
Would be a very interesting matchup though.

[pg04]

I suppose I should have said you shouldn't look past Wentworth either, but I really really don't think that game will be a problem...but I guess you never know in these tournaments!

[FisherDynasty]

Predictions for this wkend:
1st Round:

Fisher +11

UofR +7

St. Lawrence +4

Bport +2

Wooster  +7

Centre + 4

John Carrol +6

2nd round:

Fisher vsUofR  - Fisher +1

Bport Vs St. Lawrence - Bport +2

Wooster vs Centre - Wooster+5

lake Erie vs John Carrol - Lake Eirre +4

[pg04]

This bracket certainly is a very good opportunity for a NY team to get to the elite 8.  The committee did a good job of making the bracket incredibly weak....

They even screwed up who really should get the bye.  In my opinion, Wooster really should have been given the bye... They are ranked 3rd while Lake Erie isn't even ranked!!  In the end I see in the Elite 8 matchup Wooster vs. (Insert NY team here) 

[superman57]

I think they gave Lake Erie the bye because there gym holds about 750 people so trying to fit 4 teams in there would be impossible