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Post by oldtimer on Jan 31, 2014 14:47:25 GMT -5
IMO tonights game is the most important Iona game so far this season, and might very well be a deciding factor.......A win will give Iona and Canisius a 2 game advantage in the loss column, which will be hard to overcome at this stage of the year.....A Iona loss along with Canisius finishing home court advantage, will be also extremely hard to makeup... We can't finesse this team...We will have to meet strength with strength and to use high energy rebounding as we have recently...We can outshoot and out score them, if we keep them from out muscling us, its a victory.....
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Post by tiger on Jan 31, 2014 15:34:54 GMT -5
only games that are important anymore are the maac tourney....
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Post by sharkey on Jan 31, 2014 15:44:13 GMT -5
Tiger, don't you think its important to win the league and secure the automatic NIT bid going into the MAAC tourney? Would be great to go into Tourney with NIT in pocket.
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Post by tiger on Jan 31, 2014 15:56:35 GMT -5
sorry Sharkey--wasn't thinking--you and OT are correct--big game tonight--I will be there!
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Post by tiger on Jan 31, 2014 15:57:30 GMT -5
I have my mind on ncaa's only...forgot about the nit..
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Post by chelseadal on Jan 31, 2014 17:06:17 GMT -5
Really excited to see the huge game tonight. I envy the guys that will be at the game. Many of the top MAAC players on display. Get the win! Go Gaels!
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Post by gregcrow on Jan 31, 2014 17:40:19 GMT -5
IMO tonights game is the most important Iona game so far this season, and might very well be a deciding factor.......A win will give Iona and Canisius a 2 game advantage in the loss column, which will be hard to overcome at this stage of the year.....A Iona loss along with Canisius finishing home court advantage, will be also extremely hard to makeup... We can't finesse this team...We will have to meet strength with strength and to use high energy rebounding as we have recently...We can outshoot and out score them, if we keep them from out muscling us, its a victory..... As Mike Poole might say - can't let them Punk us.
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Post by GuyF on Jan 31, 2014 18:14:29 GMT -5
Back to the Game, I think Manhattan has more motivation for tonight and because of that it is extremely important for the Iona students to makes Hynes loud an give the Gaels a big home court advantage that we need, without that advantage I see the Jaspers winning. Important for Iona fans to make noise- place needs to be rocking! I think the crowd will be spectacular. We shall put the Joebird crowd theory to the test tonight. (For those that don't know: Joebird's theory is that the more packed and raucous Iona has been for games, the more likely it's been that we've lost. I don't know if that has been scientifically proven, but the man has a point, at least during the past 25 years or so. Every big, crazy crowd we've had seems to have ended with us losing.
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Post by GuyF on Jan 31, 2014 18:16:58 GMT -5
I feel as if our ability to win a close game will be tested tonight. We know Manhattan is probably more suited to win a 1-point game than we are, with multiple go-to players and solid defense. If it's that tight in the final minute, I'll be popping Pepto chewables. No, I'm not kidding. They'll be in my pocket.
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Post by Joebird on Jan 31, 2014 18:24:19 GMT -5
Back to the Game, I think Manhattan has more motivation for tonight and because of that it is extremely important for the Iona students to makes Hynes loud an give the Gaels a big home court advantage that we need, without that advantage I see the Jaspers winning. Important for Iona fans to make noise- place needs to be rocking! I think the crowd will be spectacular. We shall put the Joebird crowd theory to the test tonight. (For those that don't know: Joebird's theory is that the more packed and raucous Iona has been for games, the more likely it's been that we've lost. I don't know if that has been scientifically proven, but the man has a point, at least during the past 25 years or so. Every big, crazy crowd we've had seems to have ended with us losing. Funny thing is I don't think we can win tonight unless crowd is crazy, we need that advantage to make up for their desperation, they need to win badly.
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Post by ic1983 on Jan 31, 2014 23:11:05 GMT -5
Great job by Cluess and the staff. Team played intense D and won a big rivalry game in front of a packed house.
Great way to retire Gurien's number.
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Post by husker76 on Jan 31, 2014 23:13:04 GMT -5
Great game. Just what we needed and wanted. Hopefully we get healthier, we need more bodies.
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Post by sharkey on Jan 31, 2014 23:15:41 GMT -5
What a great night and great team win. Welcome back Mr. Laury !! DL plays like this the rest of the year we could be dancing again. Armand, English, Poole, DL and IW all stuff the stat sheet. TC totally outcoached Masiello tonight. GO GAELS !!
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Post by IONA86 on Jan 31, 2014 23:16:18 GMT -5
Great win... the lads played with fire in their bellies. They hustled, fought and scrapped.
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Post by ic1983 on Jan 31, 2014 23:16:43 GMT -5
What a great night and great team win. Welcome back Mr. Laury !! DL plays like this the rest of the year we could be dancing again. Armand, English, Poole, DL and IW all stuff the stat sheet. TC totally outcoached Masiello tonight. GO GAELS !! So right. Laury and Cluess really came through.
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