Empire 8

[bjgiants6]

FisherDynasty, also Fisher was able to beat Plattsburghs full court press towards the end of the game something U of R couldn't do, reason U of R lost. I'm sure Brockport might do the same as well.

[fisheralum91]

finally some game chatter!

[FisherDynasty]

If I were Bport I would press the whole game, which im almost positive they will do.  They are not going to give mueller or baltz any breathing room.  However, that opens up for some single coverage post possessions and lanes for driving as bport will be over playing, Fisher will need to get a lot of easy baskets to win.

[David Collinge]

Scotsfan, In almost all my posts in reply to wooster fans outraged at the hosting site, ive stated that i definatly feel your pain, it really stinks.  You should be allowed to complain as im sure We would which we have. 

I'll go you one better; I'm a little taken aback at the amount of self-flagellation I've read from presumed Fisher posters over the inadequacy of their facilities. 

I'm also somewhat surprised at the growing consensus that Wooster is a prohibitive favorite in this sectional.  Of course I agree with that assessment, given that I am an alumnus and longtime fan of Wooster, but I'll point out three mitigating factors:
* John Carroll has been a tournament nemesis for Wooster.  They are a very good team from a very good conference whose teams seem to play as if they have something to prove when pitted against NCAC teams.
* Brockport, from reports, plays an aggressive, physical style (so does JCU.)  Wooster relies largely on a finesse, quick-passing offensive style, and plays a very aggressive man-to-man defense.  Rugged physical teams are the worst possible matchup for the Scots' style, as they can slow down and disrupt the offense, and referees anxious to retain control of a physical game can take the Scots right out of their defensive gameplan.  Although it must be noted that, if it comes down to free throw shooting, that Wooster is #12 nationally in that department.
* Fisher is at home, and although I know nothing about them, their record of recent success clearly establishes that they are well-coached and run a good program.  This is especially true if this is a "rebuilding year" for the Cardinals as I have read. 
Wooster is a very good team that is playing its best ball of the season right now, and they probably should be considered the team to beat.  But this looks to me to be a close sectional, and one which any of the four teams could win.

[bjgiants6]

I agree. Pat Coleman predicts that John Carroll will come out of this region and represent one of the 4 teams in the Final Four. Interesting.

[fisheralum91]

Also agree.
Wooster is the odds on favorite, but with so many scenerios that could play out- i wouldnt be shocked to see any one of these four to come out.

[FisherDynasty]

Agreed David, I think any of the 4 can Win.  I think you should be routing for Fisher against brockport if Wooster is a team of finesse, because bport plays so hectic it is very hard to play your normal game against them.  They are probably the most athletic and quickest team left in the tourny and they utilize that to the greatest extent.  If you have ever seen lincoln play they play similarly to them but this year bport actually plays very good defense on top of making the game hectic. They have tons of good shooters and play very physical.  Although Fisher's bigs are somewhat bruisers and Fisher plays good defense, I think that game would be much more of a disciplined well played game, which would probably favor Wooster a little bit.  I think Fisher will take care of bport at home, so hopefully we'll see a Wooster vs Fisher match up in the elite 8.

[diehardfan]

Hey guys, I just thought I'd pop in to let you know about a little project we did. A group of around 40 posters banded together and created a Unofficial Guide to the 2006-2007 NCAA Tourney, that contains a team-by-team breakdown of the teams in the tournament. This is especially cool given the fact that the official NCAA guide gives you very little insight into the teams, and nearly all of the previews in the Unofficial Guide were made by fans of the team.

The website is: http://wheatonhoops.googlepages.com/ncaatourney and on that website you can find browsable information, as well as a 19 page printable PDF document. This was updated as of this morning.

While I doubt that we'll ever get any posters to submit information for the 11 teams that did not submit previews, it does include previews from 48 of the 59 teams in the tournament, and all of the teams in the Sweet Sixteen. I hope you check it out and enjoy the content!

If there are any corrections or content additions you would like to me, please submit them to me by PM. Thanks!

[fisheralum91]

diehard- that is very interesting!
Thank you!

[Cards7580]

The St. John Fisher College Cardinals will host the NCAA Division III Championship Sectional semifinals and finals this Friday, March 9 and Saturday, March 10.  On Friday night the College of Wooster Fighting Scots (27-3) will take on the John Carroll Blue Streaks (21-9) at 6 p.m. and the Cardinals (24-5) will face off against the SUNY Brockport Golden Eagles (24-5) at 8 p.m.  The winner of each game will play Saturday night at 7 p.m..

Tickets are general admission at the following prices:
$7 for adults
$4 for senior citizens/students with ID/children
Children under 2 are free

Presale tickets will be available Tuesday, March 6 from 12 p.m. – 3 p.m. and Wednesday, March 7 from 12 p.m. – 3 p.m. in the Athletic Department main office in the Student Life Center.  Presale tickets are for Friday night only, and separate tickets must be purchased for the 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. games. Tickets for Saturday's games will go on sale Saturday night at 6 p.m.    phone nbr:  585-385-8312 Coach McCabe (facility booker)  or  585-385-5223

[keystonelight]

what provisions have they made to make sure that the ohio teams fans get tickets?

[David Collinge]

The NCAA requires that tickets be allocated to each participating team.  In a normal four-team one-session scenario, the home team gets half of the tickets, and each of the other three get one-third.  Since this is going to be a split session, with separate tickets for each game Friday, it's not clear to me what the distribution will be.  It's up to Brockport and the Ohio teams to decide what they want to do about their ticket allocations.

Here's what Wooster is doing, FYI:

NCAA Div. III Tournament Ticket Information: There will be a split session of Friday's games at St. John Fisher in Rochester, N.Y. Wooster has been allotted 450 tickets and they will be on sale at the Physical Education Center Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., and Thursday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Here's what JCU is doing:

A limited number of tickets allotted to John Carroll for Friday night's game against Wooster will be sold at John Carroll beginning on Wednesday, March 7, from 12p - 7p and on Thursday, March 8, from 10a - 12a (or until sold out) at the DeCarlo Varsity Center entrance. Tickets are $7 for adults, $4 for senior citizens/students with ID/children. Children under 2 are free

Please note that Friday's games are being treated as a split session, meaning soon after the John Carroll-Wooster game has concluded, the gym will be cleared so that ticket holders for the second game between St. John Fisher and Brockport State can be seated.

The JCU vs. Wooster game will not be televised -- but will be carried on three separate /audio broadcasts

Those three broadcasts are JCU's student station, WQKT/Wooster, and D3hoops.com.

[ksc218]

do you wooster and jc fans plan on leaving after your session?


Anyway it should be a good matchup friday in both games. But i'm going to have to pick jc and fisher to come out of friday.

[b4the3isme]

pg04 - I met no disrespect to the SUNYAC with my post. In fact on 2/28 I said that Platts might spoil the UR-SJF party everyone suspected was going to happen.  The games played out as they would be expected too. The ECAC played out exactly according to seed in fact.  That being said I think SJF vs B-port will be a great game with B-port winning in a squeaker.  Think Wooster will be the opponent after beating J Carrol by 7-10pts.  My bracket has Wooster losing to UW-Stevens in the Championship game so though my heart will wish for a different outcome, my head leads me in another direction.  I also think that the NESAC is down this season and if Amherst comes out of the other bracket they will be more vunerable than they have been in the past.

[superman57]

first off you will never here me complain about Fisher's ammenities, the fact is while the gym is small it is a very fun place to play and if the crowd is active it is an increidble place to watch a game...secondly parking is not an issue, I wll help out Ohio fans later in the week, probably wednesday....with resturants and the school map and places where you should look to park...the fact of the matter is that the fisher campus is VERY VERY Small, and the parking lots are no more than a quater mile or so from the gym and that is if they have you parking out in the park n ride or the A Lot...


and again look at other schools that host Amherst has a very small gym with hard wood bleachers and very little parking....so does wooster deserve to host maybe they do, maybe they don't who knows, we really never know what the NCAA is smoking, so instead of everyone bashing fisher I say lets enjoy being in the sweet 16 and make this the best damn sectional in the country...

and by the way yes you should get there early, but that was the same last year with Amherst, we had proably 50 fisher fans sitting outside of their gym waiting for tickets on saturday afternoon