Official 2013-14 game-by-game predictions...

[GuyF]

I know you've all been on the edge of your seat waiting for these, so it's high time I post them! Enjoy!

11/9 at Cleveland St. CSU is traditionally good, but they don't appear to be heading that direction this year. W, 1-0.
11/16 vs Wofford. Home opener for the Greatest Show on Maple. W, 2-0.
11/19 at Kansas. Would love to see us put up a great fight here. L, 2-1.
11/23 vs George Mason. An "up game". Hah. W, 3-1.
12/1 at Florida Gulf Coast. First one to 100 wins. L, 3-2.
12/4 vs Marist. Gaels remember Foxes' last visit. W, 4-2, 1-0.
12/8 at Fairfield. Stags weak at guard spots. W, 5-2, 2-0.
12/14 vs St. Bonaventure. Another "up game"! W, 6-2, 2-0.
12/19 at Dayton. City is just not kind to us. L, 6-3, 2-0.
12/22 at Nevada. Mid-major travel rule. L, 6-4, 2-0.
12/28 at Northern Iowa. Can't see this going well. L, 6-5, 2-0.
1/2 at Quinnipiac. Bobcats have our number. L, 6-6, 2-1.
1/4 vs Niagara. Mihalich, we hardly knew ye. W, 7-6, 3-1.
1/10 vs Fairfield. Sweeping the Stags. W, 8-6, 4-1.
1/12 at Siena. Patsos has "good f*cking players"? L, 8-7, 4-2.
1/17 vs Canisius. The Barons pick up an L. W, 9-7, 5-2.
1/19 vs Siena. Patsos DOESN'T have "good f*cking players"! W, 10-7, 6-2.
1/24 vs Quinnipiac. FINALLY topple Quinny! W, 11-7, 7-2.
1/26 at St. Peter's. More dangerous game than it appears, but... W, 12-7, 8-2.
1/31 vs Manhattan. World War I. W, 13-7, 9-2.
2/3 at Monmouth. Enjoying the facility! W, 14-7, 10-2.
2/7 at Niagara. Dreaded Buffalo trip! W, 15-7, 11-2.
2/9 at Canisius. Barons get revenge. L, 15-8, 11-3.
2/12 vs St. Peter's. Cocks can't score. Oh, wait... W, 16-8, 12-3.
2/14 vs Monmouth. What do you think of OUR building, Monmouth? W, 17-8, 13-3.
2/21 at Rider. Broncs will be better than they look on paper, as always. L, 17-9, 13-4.
2/23 at Marist. Bad visit to Pough-town. L, 17-10, 13-5.
2/28 at Manhattan. World War II. L, 17-11, 13-6.
3/2 vs Rider. Senior Day win. W, 18-11, 14-6.

14-6 should be good enough for a 2 seed in Springfield. Though Canisius is solid, you have to like the odds of World War III between Iona and Manhattan in the MAAC finals. Flip a coin in that one. A championship for Iona--so, a 21-11 record and figure an RPI around 65-70--would have us mentioned as a 13 seed but likely slipping to 14. If we don't win in Springfield, we'll be on the NIT bubble.

IonaGuyF has spoken!

[IONA86]

We will not lose to either Quinny or Siena. Other than that I think the predictions are sound.

[Super]

21-8 Think we'll one of Dayton, Nevada, N Iowa
16-4 Don't think we'll lose to Marist or Rider
Pretty much agree with most

[iona05]

Good stuff, seems about right. I think this season can be broken down into 5 groups:

1. Opening stretch (@ csu, WOFF, @ ku, GMU, @ ufgc)
2. OOC hell (SBU, @ day, @ nev, @ uni)
3. Early conf play (MAR, @ fai)
4. Heart of conf play (@ qu, NIA, FAI, @ sie, CAN, SIE, QU)
5. Road heavy conf play (@spc, MAN, @ mon, @ nia, @ can, SPC, MON, @ rid, @ mar, @ man, RID)


Best case we go 4-1 in #1, 2-2 in #2, 2-0 in #3, 6-1 in #4 and 8-3 in #5...for an overall record of 22-7 heading into the conf tourney.
Worst (realistic) case we go 2-3 in #1, 1-3 in #2, 1-1 in #3, 4-3 in #4 and 7-4 in #5...for an overall record of 15-14 heading into the conf tourney.

Chances are we'll likely be somewhere in between, so I think GuyF is pretty spot on as always in his predictions.

[ic59]

While nothing is certain, after reading Steve Amedio's preview of Siena, NONE of Iona's MAAC losses will include ANY to the 'aints.

[GuyF]

Bump.

I'm off one game, the Bona home game.

[unowho]

Jan 6, 2014 21:32:28 GMT -5 GuyF said:

Bump.

I'm off one game, the Bona home game.

Two......Florida Gulf Coast was a win

[chelseadal]

Jan 6, 2014 21:56:18 GMT -5 unowho said:

Jan 6, 2014 21:32:28 GMT -5 GuyF said:

Bump.

I'm off one game, the Bona home game.

Two......Florida Gulf Coast was a win

Offset by Cleve State. Good job Guy

[iona05]

Guy...perfect predictions through 15 games, hats off to you. Although thankfully you were wrong about Siena having "good f*cking players". :-)

[GuyF]

Off one on league mark though.

That quote was based on a Patsos line from a few years ago when he had a bad Loyola team.

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[iona05]

I still think it's realistic to run the table until the Manhattan game on the 31st. That would put as at 12-7 and 9-1, and likely in a 1st place tie with Manhattan, who would probably be 16-3 and 9-1. Add to the mix that the game will be on national TV, it's Super Bowl weekend, and it will likely be Beamon's first game back, and you have all the makings of an epic contest that would be a great promotion for the MAAC.

Worst case we lose 1 game. Anything more than that would be a major disappointment.

vs Canisius
vs Siena
vs Quinnipiac
@ St Peter's

[iona05]

FYI, Griffs expecting a decent turnout from their fans on Friday night. Hopefully we can pack Hynes.