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 [...]

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, [...]