Despite MAAC championship setback, Iona makes case for NCAA Tournament

Springfield, Mass. – In the end, from his seat at the postgame conference podium, all Iona’s basketball coach Tim Cluess could do was vouch for his team’s entrance into the NCAA Tournament. For the second consecutive year, the top-seed team in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference championships fell in the semifinals. Last year, it was [...]

Robinson leads Long Beach St.’s rebound

It’s a long way from West Haven, Conn., to Long Beach, Calif. If you’re into precise distance, according to Google Maps, it’s 2,866 miles. For Long Beach State senior forward T.J. Robinson, the distance traveled seems minor compared to what he encountered with the Big West Conference program when he arrived in the fall of [...]

Another New York Basketball Renaissance

RIVERDALE, N.Y. – After it was over, when the stands have emptied and media have left, there was still that glow; a glow that shone brightly on a Saturday night, amongst the faces of the 2,345 in attendance at Draddy Gymnasium. Sure, the scoreboard told what transpired for the two hours Manhattan College and Iona, [...]

The Latest at CHJ: Robert Sacre’s moment is now

As each game comes and goes in this basketball season, it slowly withers away the time Robert Sacre has left in a Gonzaga uniform. Ask him about his final season, the senior center is not reflective nor for that matter, focused on what lies ahead when the calendar flips to March and the tournament commences. [...]