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19: Iona College Men's Basketball Forced To Cancel Remainder Of Regular Season
Iona College will have a more difficult shot to make the NCAA Tournament this year after being forced to cancel the remainder of its men’s basketball regular season due to COVID-19. The college announced on Monday, Feb. 22 that the five remaining scheduled regular-season games have been canceled after another Tier 1 member of the team tested positive, requiring quarantines, which left the team with too few student-athletes to fill out the roster. Iona, which is 8-5 overall and 6-3 in the conference, is scheduled to begin its conference tournament on Monday, March 8. The Gaels are coming off…
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Rick Pitino Coming Home To New York As Iona College Basketball Coach
Rick Pitino's college basketball coaching comeback will be made in his native New York. Pitino, the only coach to lead three different schools to the Final Four, was fired as University of Louisville head coach in September 2017 after he was implicated in a federal investigation involving bribes to recruits. On Saturday, March 14, a day after announcing 10-year coach Tim Clueless had resigned due to health reasons, Iona College in New Rochelle has named Pitino as its new head coach. Pitino, a New York City native who attended high school on Long Island at St. Dominic in Oyster Ba…
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Iona College Men's Basketball Coach Tim Cluess Steps Down
Click here for an updated story: Rick Pitino Coming Home To New York As Iona College Basketball Coach After an unprecedented decade of success, Iona College men’s basketball head coach Tim Cluess said he will be stepping down. Citing health concerns, Cluess, 61, announced his resignation on Friday, March 13, though he will remain with the program in an advisory role. The three-time MAAC Coach of the Year compiled a 199-106 (.650) record over his nine seasons at Iona and his NCAA record stands at 297-131 (.694). In his career, which included stops at St. Mary’s Manhasset High Sc…
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Gael Win: Tim Cluess To Remain at Iona Following Flirtation With St. John's
Following a brief flirtation with the vacancy at St. John's University, one of the winningest men's basketball coaches in Iona College history says he’s staying with the Gaels. Coming off his fourth straight NCAA Tournament appearance with the Gaels, Tim Cluess announced he will be back at Iona for his 10th year, rejecting apparent overtures from St. John's, where Cluess was a member of the basketball team before transferring to Hofstra. "I would like to start by thanking everyone for all their support. I am truly blessed to have so many people say so many nice things," Cluess said. "I am h…
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Here's When, Where Iona WIll Be Playing In NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament First Round
The Iona College men’s basketball team found out who its dance partner will be. Make that its Big Dance partner. The Gaels drew a No. 16 seed in the NCAA Tournament and a date with top-seeded North Carolina. The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference champions will face the Tar Heels on 9:20 p.m. Friday, March 22 in Columbus, Ohio in the first round of the Midwest Region. The winner will advance to the second round, where they will square off against the winner of the Utah State-Washington matchup on Sunday. The Gaels earned their spot in the tournament after topping all comers and …
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Back For More: Iona Earns Record Fourth Straight Trip To NCAA Tournament
Not one… Not two… Not three… The Iona College men’s basketball team is going dancing once again, claiming its record fourth straight Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference championship after topping Monmouth on Monday night to take the title. The Gaels become the first team in MAAC basketball history to claim four straight championships and it is their league record 12th title. Their appearance at the NCAA Championship will be their sixth in nine seasons under head coach Tim Cluess. To get their spot in the NCAA Tournament, the top-seeded Gaels downed the sixth-seeded Hawks 81-60, led by senio…
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Iona College Announces Contract Extension For Basketball Coach Tim Cluess
A prominent Westchester County basketball coach is staying in the area for another three years, as Iona College announces a contract extension for renowned men’s basketball coach Tim Cluess. Iona College announced a contract extension for Cluess on Thursday afternoon, which will keep him at the helm of the men’s basketball team through the 2024-25 season. The extension adds three additional years to Cluess’ prior deal. Financial information on the extension was not immediately available following the announcement. Cluess has made a national name for himself, guiding the Gaels to three stra…
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Iona Hoops Team Sets Sights On Selection Sunday After Winning MAAC Tourney
The Gaels are going dancing. Iona College completed the three-peat this week, claiming their third straight Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference championship by virtue of their 83-71 victory over Fairfield at the Times Union Center in Albany to take the title. With their 11th MAAC title - and an automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament - secured, Coach Tim Cluess’ and his squad have set their sights on Selection Sunday, when they find out their seed and opponent in the tournament, which kicks off next week. That information will come out beginning at 6 p.m. on the March Madness Selection Show o…
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