Empire 8

[bjgiants6]

Okay Everyone, I'm ready to talk about the Sweet 16 games Friday night. I don't have a ticket for the 1st game, but I'm going at 5, to see if I can get one. What a treat seeing two great games Friday night. Someone on here said that NCAA games at Fisher are always memorable coming down to the last basket. I hope that happens tom. night. I like John Carroll and St. John Fisher to meet in the elite 8.

[bjgiants6]

I hope Brockport's size doesn't give Fisher problems. bports thinks the backcourt is to Brockports advantage. McSweeney, Smalt, and Beigel better not get in foul trouble.

[keystonelight]

I think the second game later in the season is a better measuring tool for brockport and fisher... Fisher lost the first game of the season to brockport before they were really cohesive as a team with the freshmen coming in and getting so much time.

Now that they are used to playing witheachother at the Chase they won by 4.

I'm taking fisher in a close one by 3+

[keystonelight]

also since everyone is talking about how many brockport has won and their streak... lets consider fisher


they have won 12 of their last 13 and should have beaten RIT, the last 10 seconds of that game were depressing and should have beat alfred.

[bjgiants6]

keystonelight, even beating Brockport during the Chase Tournament still doesn't mean a lot because it was back in January. It's March now. Both teams have improved.

[ksc218]

so you at least concede the first fisher/brock game is irrelevant then?

[keystonelight]

i think he has to if thats his viewpoint on the 2nd game.

[Amherst95]

Holy crap . . . after learning what a garbage plate is I almost wish we had gone up there last year.

Almost. 

[fisheralum91]

amherst- you have no idea-
it is an unreal eating experience!!

[bamm]

also since everyone is talking about how many brockport has won and their streak... lets consider fisher

they have won 12 of their last 13 and should have beaten RIT, the last 10 seconds of that game were depressing and should have beat alfred.

Why should they have beaten RIT?  I remember the Tigers outhustling and outplaying them for most of that game, and they took the lead with about 10 minutes left and never gave it back.

[keystonelight]

yeah...fisher did not play well the 2nd half of that game but pulled back within 1 point with like 40 seconds left. A team is bound to get lucky when you play them 4 times in a season.

[keystonelight]

and i am in no way saying that rit is a bad team because they arent, they are a good club, but fisher is a better basketball team this year and shouldn't have lost that game.

[FisherDynasty]

The better team doesnt always win the game, RIT always besides the 05 season comes closer and closer each game until they win, last year Fisher snuck out of it by winning close at the end of the season.  Lets not get into an arguement about them losing to a solid rit team the 3rd time they played.  Im starting to get a little antsy for the game tonight, will the fisher of the past few games show up or will be the mediocre looking lack of offense and inexperiences fisher team midway through the season?

[gobombers15]

D&C article about tonight's Fisher/Port game. If you read between the lines of some of the comments from both sides, you get the idea these two teams don't like each other very much.

http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070309/SPORTS09/703090370/1007/SPORTS

[bamm]

Definitely some interesting quotes in that article, including Whitmore employing some simple mind games.  My favorite though, from McSweeney -- "Brockport is establishing themselves as another area power. You know the personnel. Some you like, some you don't."

Yeah Dan, Brockport is brand new to the basketball scene here.