WBB: Empire 8

WICB Sports · January 21, 2008, 04:17:50 PM

Both the women's and men's Bombers basketball games at Elmira Tuesday evening will be broadcast online. The women's game can be heard at 6 p.m. on 92 WICB, available online at www.wicb.org. Following the women's game, the men's game will be broadcast on VIC Radio at www.vicradio.org, with tip-off at 8 p.m.

sotier · January 22, 2008, 10:51:40 PM

Elmira-Ithaca.........ahhhhhhhhhh no comment lil mite?

Elmira played well...Ithaca looked baaaaad.Maybe this was real, maybe not. How did you see it?

patroonbball · January 26, 2008, 09:15:52 PM

Talking about the rats leaving a sinking ship. I can see why D.Thompson left Hartwick this year. They are bad. Of course, her poor recruiting the last 4 years is the blame and not the poor coach who got left this mess. I can see why Daphne went to the other side of town.

WICB Sports · January 28, 2008, 06:22:46 PM

Radio coverage of Tuesday's Empire 8 basketball games at the Ben Light Gymnasium begins at 5:40 p.m. with Bombers Shootaround on vicradio.org. At 6 p.m., Josh Canu and Zach Tomanelli have the call of the women's contest between Ithaca and RIT.

At 7:40 p.m., Bombers Shootaround begins before the men's game on 91.7 FM and www.wicb.org. Robert Schroeder and Michael Polak have the call of the game at 8 p.m. on WICB.

WICB Sports · February 04, 2008, 03:28:42 PM

Coverage of Bombers basketball begins Tuesday at 5:40 p.m. Eastern time with Bombers Shootaround on 92 WICB (www.wicb.org). Coverage of the women's contest between the Bombers and Oneonta tips off at 6 p.m., with Michael Polak and Matt McLaughlin with the call.

At 7:40 p.m., pregame coverage of the men's game begins on vicradio.org. At 8 p.m., Nate March and Andrew Sidney have the call from the Ben Light Gymnasium on vicradio.org.

FROMAFAR · February 08, 2008, 08:50:57 AM

Het gang... I follw the E 8 men, but can anyone rationalize why Stevens is not Ranked. I don't see many E 8 women games, but their record and stats look pretty impressive. Their point guard has some great stats as well. I could be way off base, and believe me I have no connection with them. Just an E 8 guy and noticed this....

JQV · February 08, 2008, 09:35:51 AM

Quote from: FROMAFAR on February 08, 2008, 08:50:57 AM
Het gang... I follw the E 8 men, but can anyone rationalize why Stevens is not Ranked. I don't see many E 8 women games, but their record and stats look pretty impressive. Their point guard has some great stats as well. I could be way off base, and believe me I have no connection with them. Just an E 8 guy and noticed this....

Without looking at anything else, I would guess they are not ranked because they are in the E8. Unfortunately, it has been a few years since the conference has been very relevant on the national scene. Since teams don't play out of region that often they are often downgraded unfairly for being in a generally weak conference (Stevens WBBall) or upgraded unfairly for being in a generally strong conference (Hartwick Football).

FROMAFAR · February 08, 2008, 11:20:38 AM

Thanks Viper, I get it.....

picabo · February 10, 2008, 09:33:42 AM

Quote from: lileyes on February 14, 2007, 05:42:48 PM
Yea I would say Kerri Brown should be in consideration as best E8 player. I would also throw in Tiffany Hurley.

Sounds like Elmira/Ithaca was a great game! Shoudl be an interesting women's E8 tourny.

With all due respect, you've obviously not been following Hartwick/Empire 8/Empire Athletic Association for very long.

Tiffany Hurley??? I wouldn't call her the best E8 player. I wouldn't even call her the best Hartwick player. Top 5, yes. Best player in recent Hartwick history (ie. since 1990) and best E8 player is Katie Stanton, '97. She was the EAA Rookie of the Year. She was the Player of the Year her senior year. She was a 2-time ECAC all-star. Her senior year, Hartwick won the EAA, NYSWCAA, and hosted a first-round NCAA game (their 3rd straight appearance).

picabo · February 10, 2008, 09:40:37 AM

Quote from: bigchief on January 14, 2007, 09:40:05 AM
Quote from: sotier on January 14, 2007, 08:30:14 AM
The message after week one of league play is ,"Empire 8 is a On Any Given Night League". Until someone matures(SJF),becomes more consistant(EC)(RIT),properly uses their strength(UC),or finds their coaching method(HC),anyone can win.
"Finds their coaching method(HC)?" Their head coach has been there since 1992. Did they loose their method along the way or did they not have one? The seniors on this team should be at the top of their game. If anything, they played better as freshmen.

I'm gonna have to echo that one. Here's a little blurb from her bio:

In 1999 Thompson was named WBCA District II Coach of the Year, Women's Division III Coach of the Year by the Basketball Coaches Association of New York, NYSWCAA Coach of the Year, and Empire Athletic Association Co-Coach of the Year after leading Hartwick to an NCAA Tournament appearance and a 17-10 record. In 2004 she was named Empire 8 Coach of the Year for a third time after leading the Hawks to a 15-12 record. That year Hartwick reached the Empire 8 Conference Tournament and the Eastern College Athletic Conference Tournament.

I'd say she "found her coaching method" a long time ago.

picabo · February 10, 2008, 09:55:44 AM

Quote from: bigchief on August 23, 2007, 08:05:21 PM
Wick is supposed to have a good recruiting class. Coach Powell, interim head coach, was the one who brought them in. She'd also recruited the four seniors from last year's team.
A better question is how did Thompson get the SUCO job? Especially after last year's poor record. The four seniors from last year's team came into the year with much promise. Some of her tactics left many shaking their heads. Better luck to you folks at SUCO.

I don't even know where to begin with this.

"Some of her tactics left many shaking their heads". What are talking about?!? Coach Thompson is the best coach in the history of the program. I'd say her "tactics" work quite well. To the "many shaking their heads" ... lemme guess .... you have a daughter that played and you don't feel like Coach Thompson worshipped her enough.

"A better question is how did Thompson get the SUCO job?" See my earlier post that listed some of her coaching honors.

picabo · February 10, 2008, 10:05:16 AM

Quote from: patroonbball on August 30, 2007, 09:22:34 PM
It does make you wonder what SUCO saw to hire her.This past season was suppose to be THE season for Hartwick. 9-14 probably meant she saw the handwriting on the wall at 'wick. Plus, her recruiting left lots to be desired. Plenty of kids promised things that were never backed up.

What handwriting would that be? The SUCO job opened up, she applied, SUCO recognized how talented she is and hired her. The End.

Her recruiting left lots to be desired? Have you ever recruited for Hartwick? What makes you think you're qualified to judge the recruiting efforts? Hartwick is one of the most expensive schools in the country. There have been many good players who would have attended Hartwick but they couldn't afford it. You gonna blame that one on Coach Thompson?

Plenty of kids promised things that were never backed up? Do you mean the players made promises they didn't back up or are you implying Coach Thompson promised things she didn't back up? If the latter, I [sarcasm] love [/sarcasm] the innuendo without any facts. You should be in politics.

picabo · February 10, 2008, 10:15:24 AM

Quote from: patroonbball on January 26, 2008, 09:15:52 PM
Talking about the rats leaving a sinking ship. I can see why D.Thompson left Hartwick this year. They are bad. Of course, her poor recruiting the last 4 years is the blame and not the poor coach who got left this mess. I can see why Daphne went to the other side of town.

Lemme guess .... you're another one of those bitter parents.

Read some of my earlier posts if you want some actual facts about Coach Thompson.

WICB Sports · February 11, 2008, 02:55:21 PM

Coverage of Tuesday's Ithaca-Elmira Empire 8 contests begins with Bombers Shootaround at 5:40 p.m. Eastern time on 91.7 FM in Ithaca and online at www.wicb.org. Tip-off of the women's game is at 6 p.m. on WICB.

At 7:40 p.m. Eastern, coverage of the men's game begins with Bombers Shootaround on VIC Radio (www.vicradio.org). Tip-off is at 8 p.m. on VIC Radio.

WICB Sports · February 14, 2008, 04:24:49 PM

Radio coverage of the Bombers' weekend Empire 8 roadtrip begins Friday at 5:40 p.m. Eastern time with Bombers Shootaround before the women's contest at Alfred on 92 WICB (www.wicb.org). At 6 p.m., Matt McLaughlin and David Portney have the call from Alfred.

At 7:40 p.m., coverage of the Bombers' men's game against Alfred begins with Bombers Shootaround on vicradio.org. At 8 p.m., Josh Canu and Dan Armata have the call.

On Saturday, coverage of the Bombers' women's contest at St. John Fisher starts at 1:40 p.m. with Bombers Shootaround on vicradio.org. Tip-off is at 2 p.m.; Nate March and Mike Hibbard have the call.

And at 3:40 p.m., Bombers Shootaround begins on 92 WICB (www.wicb.org) before the Bombers' men's game against Fisher. At 4 p.m., Mike Polak and Mike Hibbard have the call from Pittsford, NY.