Iona should sign up Willie Nelson to sing its 2013-14 theme song because the Gaels are On the Road Again during non-conference play. Tim Cluess has his team playing seven games away from New Rochelle during the first two months of the season. It’s an extremely challenging schedule that includes multiple postseason teams – two that went to the Sweet 16. Continue reading “Iona Is On the Road Again in 2013-14”
Category: Iona
Iona Adds Four New Faces for Title Defense
After a season where everything came together at the right time for Tim Cluess and the Iona Gaels, they will look to regroup through recruiting to defend their MAAC tournament championship. Continue reading “Iona Adds Four New Faces for Title Defense”
Brock Erickson to Join Iona Staff
Iona has hired Brock Erickson, who was last the head coach at the State College of Florida, to join the men’s basketball staff as an assistant coach. Continue reading “Brock Erickson to Join Iona Staff”
New York 6 Doesn’t Make Sense
At the bottom of his column about St. John’s moving to Under Armour, Lenn Robbins casually dropped this nugget in. Continue reading “New York 6 Doesn’t Make Sense”
Iona’s Tim Cluess on Up and Down Season
Iona head coach Tim Cluess’ team saw the lowest of the lows and the highest of the highs this past season. Continue reading “Iona’s Tim Cluess on Up and Down Season”
New Niagara Head Coach Makes the Call
When head coach Chris Casey took over at Niagara University, he had a phone call to make prior to being officially announced for the job. Continue reading “New Niagara Head Coach Makes the Call”
Parsing Jeff Goodman’s Transfer List for NYC Players
The offseason transfers are kicking into high-gear. Jeff Goodman has a list of more than 400 players that will have new homes for the 2013-14 college basketball season. I went through and parsed the list for all the New York City players I could find. Think Goodman is missing someone? (Or I missed someone.) Let us know in the comments. No big surprises on this list.
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Official All-MET Awards Announced
The official announcement of the All-MET awards has come out and it disagrees quite a bit with our selections that we published back on April 1.
Final Big Apple Buckets NYC Power Poll
It’s awards day and now it’s time to release the final Big Apple Buckets Power Poll of the season. The voters here have made a strong statement that making the NCAA tournament in a one-bid league doesn’t determine a team’s worth, but it can help. Continue reading “Final Big Apple Buckets NYC Power Poll”
Big Apple Buckets Metro Area Awards
College basketball in the New York City area is quite competitive. LIU Brooklyn and Iona both won their respective league tournaments and went to the NCAA tournament and St. John’s and Stony Brook both headed off the NIT. There are talented players playing in all five boroughs – I know because I saw them. The All-MET awards will be announced shortly, but here are my choices. Continue reading “Big Apple Buckets Metro Area Awards”
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