1.Nazareth basketball led by best scoring backcourt in western New York Jalen savage and Luke Insley averaging combine 45 points a game and sharper shooter tyler putney and lockdown defender and streaky scorer Solomon and the glue guy post player Liam hopwood and freshmen sensation Marritt Holley this Nazareth teams still has a lot of work to do to avenge there loss in the empire 8 title game last year still has very tough games ahead .
2.University of Rochester very long athletic really dicplined basketball team led by logan judzinski they have a chance to compete in the gaulet of the USA conference
3.Oswego very athletic explosive tough scrappy they have struggled as of late but once they play coach Leone type basketball they will be a tough out in Sunyac
4.rit led by great backcourt chase dickens Matt caggiano and Brock Bowen they will be a tough out in the liberty league
5.st John fisher led by the big cozy Conner Willam’s and point guard max schiender and sharp shooting wing Cole Thompson and a great freshman class of max makulski jack james and many more they will be dangerous in the empire 8
6.utica led by Damien call and that explosive backcourt and tough defensively they are poised to repeat as defending empire 8 champs after a split weekend this week lost to Nazareth Friday and then woke up against fisher .
7.brockport dangerous athletic team led by Tony Arnold malachi Beckett jahki Lucas will be a tough out the rest of the season .