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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 >>
Kevin Broderick, a Nazareth alumnus and head coach at SUNY Oswego for the past 13 seasons, has been named head men’s basketball coach at Nazareth College. Broderick, a 1989 graduate, replaces Mike Daley, who stepped down last month after compiling a 318-284 record in 23 seasons. ...Read More >>
D3hoops.com announced its all-region teams Wednesday, and named Bomber senior Sean Burton the East Region Player of the Year and a first-team selection. He was a second-team all-region player during the 2007-08 season. Fellow senior Jeff Bostic was also recognized, he was named to the East Region second-team for the second-straight year. Head coach Jim Mullins, who led Ithaca to a school-record 24 wins, was named the regional Coach of the Year. ...Read More >>
The post-season honors keep rolling in for senior center Mark Carson of the RIT men's basketball team. On Thursday, Carson became RIT's first All-American since Craig Jones and Aaron Morrison in 1997, as he was named a NABC (National Association of Basketball Coaches) third team All-American. In addition, he was named to both the NABC and d3hoops.com East Region first teams. ...Read More >>
Empire 8 Rookie of the Year Mark Blazek scored 19 points, hitting five of eight field goals and all seven of his free throw attempts, to lead Hartwick College to a 69-60 win over host St. John Fisher College in the title game of the ECAC Upstate Championship. Senior Jan Cocozziello finished his stellar career with 16 points, seven rebounds, and six assists for the Hawks. ...Read More >>
Mike Daley, the longest tenured coach in the history of the Nazareth College athletic department, is retiring as head coach of the men’s basketball team. Daley recently completed his 23rd season as the Golden Flyers’ head coach, during which time he has compiled an overall record of 318-284. He coached his final game Sunday at Ithaca in the Empire 8 Conference championship game as the Golden Flyers lost to RIT, 76-71 in overtime. His last win was an 82-76 upset of top-seeded and eighth-ranked Ithaca on Saturday. Nazareth finished 13-14 overall in 2008-09. ...Read More >>
Tournament Most Valuable Player Mark Carson scored 27 points on 11-of-13 shooting and grabbed 13 rebounds to lead second-seeded Rochester Institute of Technology to a 76-71 overtime victory over fourth-seeded Nazareth College in the title game of the Empire 8 Men's Basketball Championship. It marks the first conference tournament championship for the Tigers and their first Empire 8 title since 2000. Nate Korinchak added 15 points, seven rebounds, and four assists for the Tigers. ...Read More >>
Junior point guard Corey McAdam scored 29 points and senior forward Ryan McAdam added 23 as fourth-seeded Nazareth College, which lost twice to top-seeded Ithaca College by a combined 59 points, defeated the host Bombers 82-76 to move into Sunday's Empire 8 Men's Basketball Championship final. Jeff DeHimer scored 17 points on 8-of-8 shooting and grabbed nine rebounds. The Golden Flyers won last year's tournament as the third seed. The Bombers lost at home in the semifinals for the second straight year. ...Read More >>
First-team all-conference selection Mark Carson scored 14 points, grabbed 13 rebounds, and handed out five assists as third-seeded Rochester Institute of Technology escaped with a 65-62 victory over third-seeded Utica College in the first semifinal of the Empire 8 Men's Basketball Championship at Ithaca. The win was the 400th career victory for RIT head coach Bob McVean. ...Read More >>
Top-seeded Ithaca College hosts the 2009 Empire 8 Men's Basketball Championship tournament with the semifinals on Saturday and the title game on Sunday. The tournament winner earns the Empire 8 title and an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Championship. ...Read More >>
Senior guard Sean Burton of Ithaca College was chosen as the Empire 8 Men’s Basketball Player of the Year for the second year in a row as the conference named its all-conference team. It marked the third consecutive time he was named to the all-conference first team. ...Read More >> |
Date: Feb. 26-27, 2010 |
