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The Ithaca men's basketball team posted a 78-71 win over Brockport (17-12) to capture the program's third ECAC Championship. Junior Phil Barera led the Ithaca effort with 23 points and 11 rebounds, his 15th double-double of the season. Freshman Andrei Oztemel was named the tournament's Most Valauble Player. ...Read More >>
Empire 8 Men's Basketball Player of the Year Corey McAdam was named a finalist for the prestigious Jostens Trophy. The Jostens Trophy is a national award created by the Rotary Club of Salem, Va., to honor the most outstanding men's and women's Division III basketball players of the year. The award takes into account three vital parts: basketball ability, academic prowess and community service. The trophy models the Rotary International motto of "Service above Self" by recognizing those who truly fit the ideal of the well-rounded Division III student-athlete. ...Jostens Trophy Information >>
The St. John Fisher College men’s basketball team will host Brooklyn College on Friday in the first round of the NCAA Division III Championship. Brandeis University and St. Lawrence University will also play at Fisher’s Bobby Wanzer Court on Friday as well. The two winners from Friday night will advance to the second round and will play at Fisher on Saturday with the winner of that game advancing to the “Sweet 16”. ...Read More >>
Empire 8 Player of the Year Corey McAdam scored 22 of his 26 points in the second half, including two free throws with seven seconds remaining, as third-seeded Nazareth College defeated top-seeded host St. John Fisher College 65-64 in the Empire 8 Men's Basketball Championship final. The Golden Flyers, who trailed by as many as 12 points in the second half, earned their second conference title in the past three years and an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Championship. McAdam scored 53 points in two games to earn tournament Most Valuable Player honors. Michael Wopperer paced the Cardinals with 18 points. ...Read More >>
Empire 8 Men's Basketball Player of the Year Corey McAdam scored 27 points, including 21 in the second half and overtime, to lead third-seeded Nazareth College to a 75-72 overtime win over second-seeded Ithaca College in the second semifinal of the Empire 8 Men's Basketball Championship. The Golden Flyers trailed by eight points with seven minutes remaining in regulation and trailed 69-66 in the extra session before finishing the game on a 9-3 run. ...Read More >>
Matt Newman scored 20 points and Jordan Gettings added 18 as top-seeded St. John Fisher College defeated fourth-seeded Stevens Institute of Technology 71-61 in the first semifinal of the Empire 8 Men's Basketball Championship hosted by the Cardinals. Simon Smith led the Ducks with 13 points and 11 rebounds. ...Read More >>
Senior guard Corey McAdam of Nazareth College was chosen as the Empire 8 Men’s Basketball Player of the Year as the conference named its 2010 Men’s Basketball All-Conference Team. It marked the third consecutive time he was named to the all-conference first team. ...Read More >>
St. John Fisher College, which won 15 of 16 conference games, will host the Empire 8 Men's Basketball Championship on Friday and Saturday. The top-seeded Cardinals play fourth-seeded Stevens in Friday's first semifinal at 6 p.m. The teams split road wins during the season with the Ducks handing the Cardinals their only conference loss. Second-seded Ithaca College faces third-seeded Nazareth College in the second semifinal at 8 p.m. on Friday. The teams split home wins during the regular season. The semifinal winners will meet at 5 p.m. on Saturday to determine the conference champion and automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Championship.
Sophomore guard Mark Blazek of the Hartwick College men's basketball team has been named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District I First Team by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Blazek is one of only five men's basketball players who were selected to the first team in the College Division, which is comprised of NCAA Division II and III and NAIA programs in New England, New York and Canada. With his all-district selection, Blazek now will be placed on the national ballot for Academic All-America consideration. ...Read More >>
The nationally-ranked St. John Fisher College men’s basketball team used a 16-0 run midway through the first half and cruised to an 80-53 win over visiting Alfred University. With the win, Fisher, ranked 25th nationally and first in the NCAA Division III East Region, improves to 19-4 overall, but more importantly 13-1 in the Empire 8, clinching the Cardinals a share of first place in the Empire 8 standings and earning the right to host the Conference Championship on February 26th and 27th. ...Read More >>
Sophomore Jordan Marcus tied a 40-year-old program record with 45 points to lead the men's basketball team to a 108-93 win over Hobart in the season-opener for both teams Monday night. Freshman Sean Rossi picked up a double-double in his first career game with 16 points and 12 assists. He set a new Ithaca freshman record for assists....Read More >>
St. John Fisher College, which won five consecutive conference titles from 2003-2007, was selected to finish first in the Empire 8 Men’s Basketball Preseason Coaches Poll. The Cardinals, who received seven first-place votes in the poll, advanced to the conference title game for the sixth consecutive time in 2008 before missing the tournament in 2009. ...Read More >>
Hartwick College is pleased to announce Todd McGuinness has been hired as head men’s basketball coach. A former assistant men’s basketball coach for Hartwick from 2002-2004, McGuinness spent the last three seasons as the assistant men’s basketball coach at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH. ...Read More >>
At the annual Collegiate Basketball Officials Association (CBOA) awards dinner, Stevens Institute of Technology Head Men's Basketball Coach Bobby Hurley was presented the 2008-09 Schoenfeld Award for the Metro/New Jersey Region. The award is presented to the college or university, which in the judgment of the CBOA membership, best exemplifies "the highest degree of sportsmanship, character, and ethics among their players, coaches and spectators." ...Read More >> |
Date: Feb. 26-27, 2010 |
