HWS has their Athletic Day of Donors and raises over $ 1.3 MM with over 3600 donors for all men's and women sports. This is 30% more $$ and 50% more donors than last year. These events are great for the sports teams as they supplement the college athletic budget.

I now realize based on the tiebreaker, Hobart never had a chance to make the tournament this last weekend given that they had fewer wins above them in the standings than either Ithaca or Skidmore, so beating Vassar on Friday felt good, but meant nothing for the tournament. Oh well, that eight game losing streak was a killer. I do think they will be better next year as Bergeron , although a solid performer and captain, is our only starter we lose. Everyone needs to get better and be more consistent as I really thought this team was at least a LL playoff team. Good luck to everyone in the LL playoffs. Although RPI has the defense, I think Union should prevail with one of those last second shots in the final.

Quote from: Caz Bombers on February 21, 2026, 10:48:01 AMIthaca has to beat Vassar to get in, Hobart couldn't lose to Bard even if they suited up the soccer team instead.

I almost always say good luck, but for the Bombers tonight, I'd rather say .....may the best team win.BTW, the Bard soccer team is very athletic, I'll take our chances with basketball team as planned.

Quote from: stlawus on February 20, 2026, 10:22:38 PMRPI clinches the #1 seed by virtue of tie breaking results against Vassar.  Since RPI split with Union you compare results from the top down, and RPI swept Vassar while Union split. A Union loss tomorrow and a Vassar win results in Vassar finishing in 2nd. 

SLU puts up another atrocious shooting performance that puts their home playoff game in even more jeopardy.  A loss tomorrow and Skidmore win will send them on the road to Skidmore.  Under no circumstances should you be shooting 1-22 from three at home.  If they were mostly contested that is one thing, but SLU rebuilt Rome with the amount of open bricks they laid. Two games against RPI SLU has overcame 2nd half double digit deficits to tie or take the lead while losing in the end.  SLU tied it with 3 minutes left and went into masonry mode immediately after.

Hobart has life, as a win tomorrow and Ithaca loss results in Hobart getting the 6th seed by virtue of tiebreaking results against Vassar.

Alex Moesch scores the winner with 1.8 seconds remaining and Fitzgerald carries Vassar on his back all night until he misses the last shot giving Hobart a chance to make the tournament.Hoping Hobart can beat the Raptors and the Brewers snatch a road win in Ithaca. I'm thinking the Bombers will be playing a mad Brewers team that does not want to go into post season with 2 losses this weekend.

Quote from: UfanBill on February 16, 2026, 12:02:55 PMNot sure if this is official as it's from an X post but Union has announced their 2026 football schedule. They will be fulfilling the home and home commitments started last year so non conference opponents have not changed. Susquehanna will be visiting on September 5th, Cortland on the 12th and the Garnet are at Morrisville on Sept. 19th...Liberty League play begins on Sept 26th hosting Buffalo St. Trips to St. Lawrence and Hobart are followed by an Oct.17th bye week. Ithaca visits Schenectady on Oct. 24th then a road trip to play Hilbert on Halloween. The last home game is Rochester on Nov 7th and the Shoes will be contested at RPI on November 14th.

Same for Hobart starting with Alfred, Brockport and Utica followed by the LL schedule starting with RPI in Troy. Only a little over six months 

Looks like the tournament is set for 4 of 6 teams, with the final matchups TBD. Ithaca and Skidmore are tied and play each other for #5 or #6  slot. BUT, Hobart can make the sixth slot if they win both of their games (Vassar, Bard , both in Geneva), and either Skidmore or Ithaca lose both of their games this weekend. A long shot for the Statesmen, but at least they are playing for a chance this weekend. The eight game losing streak ended with a win over Clarkson Saturday, amazing we even still have a chance.

This weekend is the last chance for Hobart to have any chance to make the LL tournament. SLU tonight in Bristol .Hope the Statesmen can break the 7 game losing streak and start a 7 game win streak. You gotta believe!GOBART!

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Quote from: stlawus on February 11, 2026, 05:18:02 PMWhy am I not surprised to see Frank Rossi be quite literally the only person defending Flo Sports on social media.

Not sure if you are aware of this but Frank in addition to his role with "In the D3fb Huddle" podcasts with James Baker, Frank also refs flag football and serves as Mayor of Ballston Spa, NY. I believe he can handle himself quite well since he's also an attorney. I respect and admire the guy.   

Pretty much everyone is against the Flo Sports model and putting d3 sports behind a paywall.  So far he's the only voice of "authority" I've seen that non ironically defends it. It has nothing to do with his credentials.

D3 Sports should not be behind a paywall, it will only reduce the number of eyeballs the athletes deserve and would add a small amount to offset budgets. As far as Frank Rossi, he is entitled to his opinion and his very clownlike sartorial choice he made at the last Stagg Bowl

Quote from: UfanBill on February 07, 2026, 06:41:30 PMUnion 75 - Hobart 68 ... Union coach Chris Murphy, seemingly concerned about getting little offense from his bench, found a way to get the subs involved early. He started them, leaving his three best players Jack Plesser, Tanner Tedesco and Matthew Garside sitting for the first 3 minutes. Did it work? No...Hobart took advantage and went out to an early 10 point lead...In reality it was senior night and Murph started his four seniors. The Garnet scrambled back, took a lead but trailed the Statesmen 34-31 at the break. In the second half Hobart grudgingly allowed the Garnet Chargers to take control and put it away late...A day after scoring his career high 37 points Plesser had only 6. Foul plagued and frustrated he played only 17 total minutes before fouling out. Hobart seems to have the answer for Plesser, holding him to only 12 and 6 points in the two league meetings, both won by Union none the less. Tedesco 21, Dufort 19 and Garside's 11 got it done. For Hobart Monty Nedd had an impressive 26.

Congrats to Union on doing what has become familiar result for Hobart, get a lead and lose the lead and then lose the game. This Hobart team has not played to its potential since the break. A small miracle needs to happen in order to leapfrog Clarkson and/or Skidmore to secure the last spot in the LL tournament.They could be a dangerous #6 in the tournament, but they need to get there. Union, and RPI seem to be headed to crash in the finals, with Vassar a strong third. I really thought Hobart was going to be one of the top three , but we lost our bench coach  to a HC job, who seemed to have really added value at the end of close games the last few years.

Congrats to the top three, Union,Vassar and RPI. It looked like Hobart was going to break their 5 game losing streak with some healthy leads, good shooting , defense and rebounding, but after 30 minutes they let it slip away again, this time against RPI making it 6 consecutive losses. I hope the team shrink can talk to them before the Union game and they can play a full game. They are tied for the last spot for the tournament and have no chance for a home tournament game now. Hopefully they can pull off an upset tonight against a great Union team. If not, they'll likely need to win out, but at least they are finishing the season at home. Not giving up, but "it is what it is".

Quote from: ICAlum16 on February 03, 2026, 11:16:41 AMBreaking News - My sources have confirmed Ithaca OC Brandon Maguire will be announced as the new HC today

Good luck to Maguire as the new HC for the Bombers.

It's Oh Sh*t time for the Statesmen after losing to a surging Skidmore team. The Statesmen are looking on the outside of the LL tournament with last nights loss and are traveling to Union and RPI next weekend. They need to at least split the weekend as the rest of the league schedule for Ithaca and Skidmore looks favorable for those two teams sewing up slots #5,6 . The Statesmen do not have consistent play out of the PG position and they go cold at the worst times. I wish Coach Stefan Thompson '13 could suit up and give the team the PG skills, leadership and fire they seem to be lacking this season that he provided over a decade ago..

Some crazy games last night. How does SLU beat Vassar being outrebounded 44-24....disciplin and defense...only 5 turnovers and 11 steals while Vassar goes cold affected by the SLU defense. Skidmore beating RPI was unexpected and Union gets its ass kicked by Ithaca and then kicks their ass even harder in second half where they couldn't miss a shot. Hobart shows you can't sleep on RIT losing 81-80 as they are sliding backwards in January . A must win tonight against Skidmore just to stay in the tournament mix before a tough Union/RPI roadtrip next weekend. I'm not giving up on the Statesmen yet, they have talent but they gotta wake up before the season slips away.

Quote from: UfanBill on January 23, 2026, 09:36:49 PMUnion 90 - Hobart 72...The game started as a battle between Hobart's big man Dorian Paki and Union's Jack Plesser who had his hands full trying to stop Paki down low. Paki outmuscled Plesser getting him not only in foul trouble but also off his game offensively. Fortunately for the Garnet the other three of their big four came to the forefront and the teams went back and forth to a halftime 38-38 tie...Once again it seemed like Union head coach Chris Murphy had the halftime answer. The Garnet Chargers hit the second half floor and played nearly perfect basketball to run away from the Statesmen out scoring them 52-34 from there. Tanner Tedesco had 24, Matthew Garside 21, Christian Dufort 14 and Plesser who had only 2 late free throws in the first half contributed 10 more to finish with 12.  6'11" Scott Schmitt had 13 good minutes neutralizing Hobart down low...For Hobart Paki finished with an impressive 26 highlighted by at least four thunderous dunks. 

Congrats to the Dutchman Garnet Chargers for blowing out Hobart in the second half. While Hobart's Paki dominated underneath in the first half , but Monty Nedd came up lame in the fist half and although he returned he couldn't jump or move well and had to be removed. Union is well coached and plays extremely well as a team and demonstrated a clear gap between their effectiveness and Hobart's over a full game. This afternoon Hobart plays RPI and without a fast moving Nedd, it may be a struggle. Paki might have to score 40 points.We'll see.

Ithaca should be very good destination for a D3 Coach. However ,the recruiting clock is ticking. Hobart lost our DC to Gettysburg and he was a very good recruiter, so gaps in the staff can  be an issue at this time of the year. Especially losing your HC.
I think Drach at Union did a great job pulling things together this season. That said, I think Drach has his eye on the next level and 2025 only padded his resume .