D3hoops.com's weekly honor roll celebrates its 26th season, honoring the best players at each position for the past week. It's the D3hoops.com Team of the Week, presented by Scoutware.
GENEVA, N.Y. – The Ithaca College men’s basketball team trailed Hobart College by five points with under a minute left in regulation, but Logan Wendell scored IC’s final seven points of the contest to send the Bombers to a 75-74 victory at Bristol Gym on Saturday evening. The Bombers, who capped off a perfect 3-0 week to improve to 7-4 on the season, have now won four straight contests against Hobart after the Statesmen won 13 in a row from 2013 to 2020.
With 3.8 seconds left in regulation and the game tied at 57-57, IC inbounded the ball near its own bench. Zach Warech was the inbounder and he found Luka Radovich for a potential game-winning 3-pointer, but his side was off target. Wendell raced in for the rebound and ... watch the rest.
ITHACA, N.Y. – The Ithaca College men’s basketball team opened the New Year with a crazy finish inside Ben Light Gymnasium as the Bombers defeated Hamilton College, 59-57, on a circus-shot buzzer-beater by Logan Wendell. Ithaca improves to 5-4 on the season, while Hamilton falls to 8-5.
Zach Spiker '00 and Dane Fischer '02 are no strangers to being together in a gym. The pair of former Bombers established a life-long friendship during the 1999-2000 Ithaca Men's Basketball season when Fischer was a sophomore and Spiker was a student assistant coach. Now, two decades later, the two former Bombers meet annually as head coaches at the NCAA Division I level.
ITHACA, N.Y. – Long-time Ithaca College men’s basketball head coach Jim Mullins has announced that he will retire after 23 seasons at the helm of the program, effective in June. Mullins, the program’s all-time winningest coach with 353 victories has been a member of the Ithaca staff since 1992.
ITHACA, N.Y. – D3hoops.com and the National Association of Basketball Coaches released their All-Region and All-Districts awards on March 17 and two members of the Ithaca College men's basketball team, seniors Sebastian Alderete and Riley Thompson, were recognized.
Gutted. That's how many teams, student-athletes, and coaches are feeling. Last Thursday we got a hint that COVID-19 was making an impact on the NCAA Tournaments. Now we won't even crown champions. Catch up on Hoopsville tonight On Demand or listen to the podcast as we try and react to one of the strangest finishes to a season ... ever.
Eight players are on the ballot for the fan vote for the 2020 Reese’s® Division III College All-Star Game, and you can only vote on D3hoops.com! Voting closes at noon ET on Thursday.
SWARTHMORE, Pa. – The Ithaca College men’s basketball team gave the No. 1 team in Division III, Swarthmore College, all it could handle in a NCAA Second Round matchup inside Tarble Pavilion on Saturday night, but the Bombers wound up on the wrong end of an 86-78 decision. The loss snaps Ithaca’s 12-game winning streak and finishes off the Bombers season with a 24-6 record. Swarthmore (28-1) move onto the Sweet 16 next weekend.
SWARTHMORE, Pa. – The Ithaca College men’s basketball posted a thrilling, comeback overtime victory over Babson College, 94-88, in a NCAA First Round matchup inside Tarble Pavilion at Swarthmore College on Friday evening. With the victory, Ithaca improves its winning streak to 12 straight and is now 24-5 on the season. It is also the Bombers’ first NCAA victory since 2012-13.
ITHACA, N.Y. - The Ithaca College men's basketball team (23-5) will be making its first appearance in the NCAA Division III Championship in seven years, and the Bombers will face off against Babson College (20-6) in the opening round at 5 p.m. on Friday evening, March 6. Ithaca is set to travel to No. 1 Swarthmore College (26-1) in Swarthmore, Pa. and the host Garnet will take on Brooklyn College in the first round.
ITHACA, N.Y. - The Ithaca College men's basketball team (23-5) will be making its first appearance in the NCAA Division III Championship in seven years, and the Bombers will face off against No. 25 Babson College (20-6) in the opening round. Ithaca is set to travel to No. 1 Swarthmore College (26-1) in Swarthmore, Pa. and the host Garnet will take on Brooklyn College in the first round.
TROY, N.Y. – The Ithaca College men’s basketball secured its first conference championship since 2013 as the Bombers defeated top-seeded Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 80-69, in overtime of the Liberty League championship game at the ECAV Center on Sunday afternoon. With the victory, which extends the winning streak to 13 games, Ithaca improves to 23-5 on the season and will earn the Liberty League’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The Bombers will find out tomorrow at 12:30 p.m. who and where they will play next weekend.
TROY, N.Y. – The Ithaca College men’s basketball secured its first conference championship since 2013 as the Bombers defeated top-seeded Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 80-69, in overtime of the Liberty League championship game at the ECAV Center on Sunday afternoon. With the victory, which extends the winning streak to 11 games, Ithaca improves to 23-5 on the season and will earn the Liberty League’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The Bombers will find out tomorrow at 12:30 p.m. who and where they will play next weekend.
TROY, N.Y. – The Ithaca College men’s basketball team will play for the Liberty League title tomorrow afternoon as the Bombers defeated No. 2 Hobart College, 80-72, in a semifinal matchup at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on Saturday, February 29. The title showdown will mark the first time in seven years in which the men’s basketball program has played for an automatic berth to the NCAA Division III Championship.
ITHACA, N.Y. - Following the Ithaca College men’s basketball team’s Liberty League quarterfinal win over St. Lawrence, 64-54, on Tuesday, February 25, the Bombers (21-5) will travel to Troy N.Y. to continue competing in the Liberty League Championship. Ithaca will play against the No. 2 Hobart Statesmen (21-4) at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, February 29 at ECAV Arena on the campus of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
ITHACA, N.Y. – The Ithaca College men’s basketball team found itself in a defensive battle against St. Lawrence University all evening in a Liberty League quarterfinal matchup inside Ben Light Gymnasium on Tuesday, but the Bombers managed to come away with a 64-54 victory to keep their season alive. Ithaca, which will meet Hobart in the semifinals, is now 21-5 on the season.
CORTLAND, N.Y. – The Ithaca College men’s basketball team found themselves in a back-and-forth showdown on Tuesday evening at SUNY Cortland, as the Bombers came away with a 77-74 victory inside Corey Gymnasium to improve to 2-1 on the season. Over the course of 40 minutes, IC and Cortland traded leads 10 times and were tied on five other occasions.
DAYTONA, Fla. – The Ithaca College men’s basketball team turned a nine-point halftime deficit into an 18-point victory, 95-77, over Ursinus College on the campus of Embry-Riddle as part of the Land of Magic Tournament in Daytona, Fla. on Sunday afternoon, December 30. Ithaca, which is now 5-4 on the season, scored 61 second half points and shot 67.6% (23-of-34) from the field over the final 20 minutes.
ITHACA, N.Y. – The Ithaca College men’s basketball team posted a convincing, wire-to-wire upset victory over No. 13 the University of Rochester, 85-70, in a non-league matchup inside Ben Light Gymnasium on Tuesday evening, December 11. Ithaca, which is now 4-3 on the season, dealt Rochester (9-1) its first loss of the year. It is the second time in as many years that the Bombers have defeated a nationally ranked Yellowjacket club (No. 15 last season), as IC topped UR, 71-68, last winter.
ITHACA, N.Y. – Senior Peter Ezema notched his 29th career double-double with 17 points and 14 rebounds to propel the Ithaca College men’s basketball team past Wells College, 82-73, in a non-conference matchup inside Ben Light Gymnasium. Ithaca is now 3-3 on the season, while Wells drops to 1-5 on the year. The Bombers are now 7-1 all-time against the Express.
ITHACA, N.Y. – The Ithaca College men’s basketball trailed by as many as 13 points, and 10 at halftime, but mounted a valiant second half comeback that came up just short as the Bombers fell to visit Bard College, 83-81, in a Liberty League contest inside Ben Light Gymnasium. IC is now 2-3 on the year and 1-1 in the Liberty League, while Bard improves to 4-3 and 2-0.
ITHACA, N.Y. – The Ithaca College men’s basketball team jumped out to an 11-0 lead over the opening 2:10 of its Liberty League matchup with Vassar College inside Ben Light Gymnasium and never looked back, as the Bombers cruised to an 87-68 victory. Ithaca is now 1-0 in the Liberty League and 2-2 overall, while Vassar drops to 2-3 overall and 0-1 in conference play.
GETTYSBURG, Pa. – The Ithaca College men’s basketball team earned its first victory of the early 2018-19 season as the Bombers took down Albright College, 80-78, with a second half comeback at the Gettysburg Tip-Off Tournament on Saturday afternoon. IC is now 1-1 on the season, while Albright drops to 1-3.
Ithaca senior guard Marc Chasin had a unique opportunity to represent his country at the Maccabiah Games in Israel this last summer. He came home with a gold medal, a deeper appreciation for his faith and a lot of memories. Andrew Lovell has the story in Around the East.
A major snow storm wiped out games along the east coast, but it didn't stop Ithaca and Hartwick from playing one of the best games of the season. Elsewhere Trinity (Conn.) grabbed first place with a little help and La Verne did the same on its own. That and more in the men's wrap.
The Liberty League has been looking for new members to help it keep its AQ in football. They found one in Ithaca that will join the conference in all sports, including basketball. Read about the move here.
Team of the Week
January 09, 2023D3hoops.com's weekly honor roll celebrates its 26th season, honoring the best players at each position for the past week. It's the D3hoops.com Team of the Week, presented by Scoutware.
