Empire 8

[ricco1]

Fisher fans are the best. The gym is small but you couldn't ask for a better advantage. Their loud,intiminating and scare the hell out of the other  teams.GO FISHER

[David Collinge]

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

They're going to clear the gym after the Wooster/JCU game Friday, so yes, we'll all leave after the game.  There's a separate ticket required for the BPort/Fisher game, and those will not be pre-sold here in Ohio.

Fans of the winning team will of course stay for the Saturday game, and so will some of the fans of the losing team; we're really into D3 basketball in Ohio! 

[Pat Coleman]

Fanbase is not one of the hosting criteria.

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

You might want to add this as well:

Fanbase is one of the criteria, although it is a low priority and may never actually come into play:

Site Selection
The Championships Committee has prioritized the following site-selection criteria for all championships:
1. Quality and availability of the facility and other necessary accommodations;
2. Geographical location (which may include such factors as rotation of sites, weather, accessibility and transportation costs);
3. Seeding; and
4. Attendance history and revenue potential, which shall be considered necessary to assure fiscal responsibility.

That's cool and all but ask Illinois Wesleyan whether its massive fan base helped it host the sectional in 2003. Ask Hope whether it helped it get a home game or even a split session last week.

I mean, the book also says the committee can reshuffle pairings at the Final Four but that's never happened either.

[sjfcards]

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

Agreed Superman...not to mention that it is a good thing for all of the upstate teams that a NY team is hosting a regional. While I am sure that this not the first time it has happened, it gives a little credibility to the teams/leagues in the upstate area. Think of what it could do for the respect of the region if Fisher or Brockport could beat Wooster or John Carroll and get into the final four. Somebody besides U of R in the Final four could do a lot of good for all the teams in the area.

Fisher can be/is a fun place to watch a game if the crowd is into the game. When the students are there and loud as they tend to be it is a lot of fun. At least it is from the persctive of an old Fisher student and current Fisher Fan. I think they will do a better job than people are giving them credit for. Either way it is good for the E8 and all of upstate.

[ksc218]

Fisher can be/is a fun place to watch a game if the crowd is into the game. When the students are there and loud as they tend to be it is a lot of fun. At least it is from the persctive of an old Fisher student and current Fisher Fan. I think they will do a better job than people are giving them credit for. Either way it is good for the E8 and all of upstate.

not to mention from the perspective of the refs. most of our players seem to be buddy buddy with the refs and we never yell at them outside of saying "i respectfully disagree with your decision mr official" and usually they'll talk to us if we make the right comments and they're in the right mood.

[bamm]

Fisher can be/is a fun place to watch a game if the crowd is into the game. When the students are there and loud as they tend to be it is a lot of fun. At least it is from the persctive of an old Fisher student and current Fisher Fan. I think they will do a better job than people are giving them credit for. Either way it is good for the E8 and all of upstate.

not to mention from the perspective of the refs. most of our players seem to be buddy buddy with the refs and we never yell at them outside of saying "i respectfully disagree with your decision mr official" and usually they'll talk to us if we make the right comments and they're in the right mood.

At first I thought this was a tongue-in-cheek joke, but then I thought about it, and yeah... I don't remember the Fisher players whining at all this season.  Complete reversal from some of the recent versions of the Cards (Jeff Sidney was completely obnoxious).

[sjfcards]

Fisher can be/is a fun place to watch a game if the crowd is into the game. When the students are there and loud as they tend to be it is a lot of fun. At least it is from the persctive of an old Fisher student and current Fisher Fan. I think they will do a better job than people are giving them credit for. Either way it is good for the E8 and all of upstate.

not to mention from the perspective of the refs. most of our players seem to be buddy buddy with the refs and we never yell at them outside of saying "i respectfully disagree with your decision mr official" and usually they'll talk to us if we make the right comments and they're in the right mood.

At first I thought this was a tongue-in-cheek joke, but then I thought about it, and yeah... I don't remember the Fisher players whining at all this season.  Complete reversal from some of the recent versions of the Cards (Jeff Sidney was completely obnoxious).

Not much need to complain too much...the coach takes care of that for them...a little joke, I think we all know I am a big Kornaker fan.

[superman57]

I know that while I was there last year the refs would have discussions with the crazies everyonce in a while...  I am intrested to see where they place each teams contigent of fans... for the students of wooster and JCU I hope they put you on the floor...but if it's just parents then prepared to be bored...the floor seats in the varsity gym are litterly on the floor therefore you pack a lot of people in their standing, you can't sit when they pack it, but it is a really fun place to watch a game from

[ksc218]

what they will do is put jc and wooster on opposing top level seating as well as fisher and brockport. then they will put put wooster and jc on the left or right of the floor and again the same for fisher and brockport

[diehardfan]

I mean, the book also says the committee can reshuffle pairings at the Final Four but that's never happened either.

Woah! Neato! You learn something new every day....

[division3hoops]

I imagine that whoever wins between Wooster and JCU, some of their fans will probably want to stick around and watch the Fisher/Brockport game. 
I will definitely stick around to watch it, unless of course Wooster happens to fall to John Carroll. 
So that's what...14 dollars for an evening of basketball??

[JQV]

14 dollars for an evening of basketball??

It is pretty hard to beat that.  I have been offered a few sets of ACC Tourney tickets this week since the tournament is in Tampa.  Over a grand per seat for the week.  I would probably pay it, if I had it, but you can't beat those two games in Rochester for $14.

[woosterbooster]

The parking lots are a quarter mile from the gym?

[gobombers15]

The parking lots are a quarter mile from the gym?

Nothing wrong with a brisk walk. Think of it as a preemptive burning of the calories you're going to eat later that evening when you have a Garbage Plate at Tahou's...

[keystonelight]

The parking lots are a quarter mile from the gym?

Nothing wrong with a brisk walk. Think of it as a preemptive burning of the calories you're going to eat later that evening when you have a Garbage Plate at Tahou's...

haha... now gf15...you and i both know a 1/4 mile walk won't even scratch the surface of making up for eating a garbage plate... but don't let that hold you back people who have never had one... its one of the best things i've ever eaten