Empire 8

[FisherDynasty]

Predictions for this wkend:

Fisher vs Bport = +5

Wooster Vs. JCU = +9


Fisher Vs Wooster = +7


Should be a great wkend, I hope Fisher can get by Bport to play a power like Wooster.   If JCU beats wooster, I like Fishers chances at a final 4 if they get by port.

[fisheralum91]

i feel your pain super!
too bad-
but go alma mater!

[Pat Coleman]

And with all that said, it's pretty cool to have an Empire 8 team hosting a regional.

Regionals were last week, these are sectionals.

[fisheralum91]

oh.
It's great to have fisher in the sectionals then!

[ScotsFan]

I found this qoute over on the SUNYAC board and I thought my response might be worth including here on the E8 board as well:

I hear all these stories about how SJF fills the gym during the season, and this is NCAA playoffs.  One would assume they could fill it now.   

That seems to be all they are is 'stories'.  Judging from their attendance figures, Fisher is averaging less than 600 per game.  You'd think, seeing as 'this is the NCAA playoffs' you'd see better turnout???  Nope!  Listed attendance over both NCAA home games for Fisher over the weekend:  650 for both games?!  That's barely 50% capacity!  Compare that to Wooster's attendance over the weekend:  3,038 Friday night and 3,207 Saturday night and they averaged over 2,000 per game at home throughout the regular season. 

The bottom line is that the NCAA really dropped the ball on this one!  Rewarding a team to host a sectional that can't even sell out a puny little 1200 seat gym in the NCAA tournament?!  Now, we as fans of the other schools involved in this sectional are rewarded with the possibility of not even having the opportunity to watch a game live because the games are being played in such a puny little gym and there might not be enough tickets to go around?!   Fisher needs to do the smart thing and clear the gym between sessions on Friday night!  They wanted the host, now they need to take responsibility and do the right thing even if it involves a little more work on their part!!!

[FisherDynasty]

ScotsFan i wouldnt worry about the gym being sold out, im sure there will be hundreds not getting into either game on friday and saturday.  The majority of the reason why the reg seasons dont get sold out is because the other e8 schools dont bring any fans in.  Last weekend fishers students were on break and neither team fisher played brought anyone and the gym was still full.  If you are smart you will get there early for the games this wkend and when you do play fisher get there over an hour early.  As Wooster, JCU and bport will all bring fans, its going to be a shame to watch all the people get rejected at the door.

[JQV]

I found this qoute over on the SUNYAC board and I thought my response might be worth including here on the E8 board as well:

I hear all these stories about how SJF fills the gym during the season, and this is NCAA playoffs.  One would assume they could fill it now.   

That seems to be all they are is 'stories'.  Judging from their attendance figures, Fisher is averaging less than 600 per game.  You'd think, seeing as 'this is the NCAA playoffs' you'd see better turnout???  Nope!  Listed attendance over both NCAA home games for Fisher over the weekend:  650 for both games?!  That's barely 50% capacity!  Compare that to Wooster's attendance over the weekend:  3,038 Friday night and 3,207 Saturday night and they averaged over 2,000 per game at home throughout the regular season. 

The bottom line is that the NCAA really dropped the ball on this one!  Rewarding a team to host a sectional that can't even sell out a puny little 1200 seat gym in the NCAA tournament?!  Now, we as fans of the other schools involved in this sectional are rewarded with the possibility of not even having the opportunity to watch a game live because the games are being played in such a puny little gym and there might not be enough tickets to go around?!   Fisher needs to do the smart thing and clear the gym between sessions on Friday night!  They wanted the host, now they need to take responsibility and do the right thing even if it involves a little more work on their part!!!

Someone has an exclamation point key that sticks.

Most Tired Act on D3 Message Board:  Complaining about not getting to host.

[gobombers15]

first off GB15 and Bamm, as much as it will pain you, you guys should be cheering for fisher, if fisher even makes the final four, they will be the only team to make the football and basketball final four and that will be huge for the E8 and considering RIT was the last team to beat fisher, and ithaca took them to 4 ot's your teams should be hoping for a fisher final 4

Ummm, did you read anything I wrote before that. Check a few posts back where I said I'd root for Fisher for conference reasons. That said, any and all complaining about not being able to host and years past should cease after Fisher being able to host this year.

[Pat Coleman]

Fanbase is not one of the hosting criteria.

[gobombers15]

Pat, can you give us any insight on why Fisher was selected over Brockport? Brockport has a gym that is 2x the size of Fisher's (revenue) so it would seem to me that, all else being equal (which it was), Brockport should have received the nod. I'm not necessarily disagreeing, just seeing if you can offer any explanation.

[JQV]

first off GB15 and Bamm, as much as it will pain you, you guys should be cheering for fisher, if fisher even makes the final four, they will be the only team to make the football and basketball final four and that will be huge for the E8 and considering RIT was the last team to beat fisher, and ithaca took them to 4 ot's your teams should be hoping for a fisher final 4

To be honest, I don't buy into this mindset at all.  I am not a fan whose favorite teams are my team, and whoever is playing my team's rival, but I still am not rooting for anyone but IC.  I just really don't care what happens to teams that sruvive after the Bombers are done.  I think most fans are that way.  I also really don't buy into the whole argument that other teams in the conference winning make our team look better.  Just me.

[JQV]

Fanbase is not one of the hosting criteria.

This is a classic PC smackdown.  Has to go on your top ten list.

[FisherDynasty]

GB15, I know the question was directed to Pat but I think it is because Fisher was the 1 seed in the East, Bport was the 2.  Wooster was the 2 in the GL region, therefore, Fisher is hosting, similarly to the reason why amherst hosted 2 yrs ago.

[fisheralum91]

sheesh,
can we move on from the hosting crud and get on to the matchups please!!

[David Collinge]

If you are smart you will get there early for the games this wkend and when you do play fisher get there over an hour early.  As Wooster, JCU and bport will all bring fans, its going to be a shame to watch all the people get rejected at the door.

That's the fourth or fifth time I've seen this advice.  Do you mean to suggest that there will be tickets available at the door?  I am confident that Wooster will sell its allotment (200 for a single session, perhaps 600 if there is a split session) in presale, and quite probably will sell any additional tickets that may come our way by virtue of other schools failing to sell their allotment.  I guess I expect Brockport to sell their allotment (200 for single session, or 400 for split session).  JCU might not sell out, but their returned tickets would go 1/3 to Wooster, who'd sell them, and 1/3 to Port, who I presume would also sell them.  That just leaves Fisher.  Is there any chance they won't sell their allotment (600 if single session, 800 if split session) in presale?