WBB: Empire 8

WICB Sports · November 27, 2007, 01:03:53 PM

WICB's coverage (www.wicb.org) of Bombers women's basketball begins at 5:40 p.m. Friday with Bombers Shootaround before Lee Small and Pete Sachs have the call of the game against Utica from Ben Light Gymnasium at 6 p.m.

Coverage continues Saturday, with Bombers Shootaround at 1:40 p.m. At 2 p.m., the Bombers battle Hartwick, with Mike Polak and Tom Wrede behind the mikes.

On Sunday, tune in to Sports Talk from 6-7 p.m. as Michael Polak, Pete Sachs and Derek Callahan recap the men's and women's basketball teams' games over the weekend with the key players live in studio.

On Tuesday, Dec. 4, the Bombers host arch rival #24 Cortland State. Coverage begins at 5:40 p.m. with Bombers Shootaround on WICB, followed by tip-off at 6 p.m. Dan Cassavaugh and Pete Sachs have the call.

sotier · November 28, 2007, 11:16:14 AM

Elmira looking very offensively disorganized.The coach needs to get some degree of stability and ball controle.Defensively they were outrebounded nearly 2-1 against Rochester (not unexpected),they did however force 20+ turnovers.The problem is they turn it right back. Its tough to have a controlled offense with a frantic defensive style.If you choose that defense you better be aggresive to the hoop.Conference games start Friday,we will see if the scheme and personel come together or is it time to adjust.

Caz Bombers · November 28, 2007, 06:26:07 PM

UR blew Ithaca out of the gym the other night too. You'll have that when you play the Jackets any year.

sotier · December 02, 2007, 11:21:21 AM

Confused,struggling,and most of all disappointing.Thats Elmira so far this season.They seem to have regressed the last few games.And for those who remember that full court nightmare press from last year,don't loose any sleep that dog has no bite.On a positive side the freshman forward and centers look to be a good find for Coach D (gotta like Rupell-this will be a star in the E8 before she is done). The elmira coach put just about every combo of players on the court in this weekends games.He is searching,perhaps to hard,as no consistance is evident.As Ithaca showed us all last year against Elmira,athletes may win you games but skill and execution win you championships.

sotier · December 03, 2007, 12:45:02 PM

Utica side of the EC- Utica matchup. They impressed me with their team ball.With a dominate player like Ava Thomas last year it becomes easy to rely on that player too much. This years squad seems much more balanced.They hit the open shots,Cristanti and Croll never seemed to miss, and shared the ball well.They need to work a little harder on the rebounding, although that was not bad. Overall looking improved over last year.

WICB Sports · December 04, 2007, 02:41:48 PM

Radio coverage of tonight's Ithaca-Cortland basketball games starts at 6 p.m. on 92 WICB (www.wicb.org) as the Ithaca women's team takes on the 24th-ranked Red Dragons.

On VIC Radio (www.vicradio.org), coverage of the men's game starts with Bombers Shootaround at 7:40 p.m. followed by tip-off of the men's game at 8 p.m.

sotier · December 06, 2007, 12:10:26 PM

Any Alfred fans or player out there... tell me about Stevens. You played them already...what did you think. Does Elmira have a chance this friday?

JQV · December 06, 2007, 01:22:51 PM

Quote from: sotier on December 06, 2007, 12:10:26 PM
Any Alfred fans or player out there... tell me about Stevens. You played them already...what did you think. Does Elmira have a chance this friday?

Go over to the men's board and ask randombball fan about Stevens. I am going to guess that he knows something about their squad.

Caz Bombers · December 06, 2007, 05:05:58 PM

And perhaps AUPepBand has some Lady Sax stories as well. Maybe there was once a Legendary Alexandra Yunevich.

sotier · December 08, 2007, 03:44:54 PM

EXperiment,and search!! When will it end for Elmira? At some point you need to have some faith in your players.The EC coach seems to have none.You no longer have D.Troutman and Coackely to run the"press and run" style.SO ADJUST ALREADY. You have talent,use it properly. Stevens did not scare.They were not dauntingly good.But EC was outcoached.Stevens players were patient, and sharing with the ball.EC was in a hurry to whip up"notice the word shoot was not used" a three, when their best success was moving it inside.The only player who was hitting the three was givin the bench most of the second half. Heres a though RUN HER A PLAY. A group of bench players come in with some spark and decrease the lead to 14, only to be sat down for the remainder.Show some faith!!BUT EC sticks with the press zone defense, and the same offense each time down the floor. Lets see some variation. Coach D showed us all last year and years passed that he can coach,but this year he has become the worst thing a coach and team can be... PREDICTABLE.

Caz Bombers · December 08, 2007, 05:21:17 PM

That gimmick-ball system Elmira dreamed up can only work for so long, especially if as Sotier says the best personnel has graduated. It's like a pitcher with a funky delivery who looks unhittable his first tour around the league but then the hitters see the video and figure it out.

Question is, is it even possible for EC to adjust on the fly? Those kids have been drilled, I assume, since they showed up on campus to play basketball like rabid squirrels on a sugar rush. Can they learn another system in the middle of the season?

sotier · December 11, 2007, 09:19:31 AM

CAZ,I did not mean to mislead.D.Troutman did graduate (now an assistant), Coackely is injured with an expected return early 08.Heres a question. How much talent difference is there between D2 and D3??

JQV · December 11, 2007, 09:28:39 AM

Quote from: sotier on December 11, 2007, 09:19:31 AMHeres a question. How much talent difference is there between D2 and D3??

Depends on which sport and which D2 / D3 conference.

In football, I'd say the talent difference is pretty huge.

In women's hoop, I'd bet the top D3 programs are very competive with the bottom 1/3rd of D2. But, when you start looking at D2 conferences like the Sunshine State Conference or the Peachbelt Conference, or the Conference in California, the difference gets much bigger.

sotier · January 13, 2008, 10:05:05 AM

Elmira finally looking to get it. Saturdays game they combined a defense that pressured when opportunity allowed with a crisper more organized offense.They passed the ball in a more timely manner, and seemed to maintain their offensive spacing the best of the season.They went to the basket with more consistancy. The spacing and crisp passing led to Troutman getting some clean looks,and she got on track with some three pointers.Add in that Coackely returned for the first time this year,and perhaps the down slide is being turned around.All that being said,it was against a two win team.We will see if this is a turn around against the next on the schedual,a good Oneonta team.

WICB Sports · January 17, 2008, 03:07:43 PM

WICB's coverage of Bombers basketball this weekend begins with Friday night's women's Empire 8 contest between Ithaca College and Nazareth College, with coverage beginning at 6 p.m. Then at 8 p.m., WICB will have the men's contest between the Bombers and the Golden Flyers.

On Saturday, WICB's coverage begins at 2 p.m. as the Bombers' women's team travels to RIT. Coverage continues at 4 p.m. as the Bombers' men's team takes on the RIT men's team.

WICB is available online at www.wicb.org and can be heard locally in the Ithaca area at 91.7 FM.