Iona Best Tournament Performances

[tau]

espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/tournament/history/_/team1/6241

[Super]

That was painful, since I have attended all of those games. It's really amazing that we were so close in all but Maryland, which was over in the first 10 minutes. (I guess a case could be made that we were out of LSU, but we actually had our way with them in the 1st half.)

[tau]

a.espncdn.com/ncaatourney/brackets/1998Bracket.pdf

looking at the 1998 bracket, we would have gotten New Mexico in the 2nd round. Another winnable game

[gregcrow]

It was great to see that. While our record seems horrible our actual performance has been pretty good - Several close games that could have (should have?) gone our way and no real blow-outs. When you compare that with some other mid-majors who have had 30 or 40 point blow-outs the Gaels have actually performed very well in the NCAA tournament.

[Mr Doom]

Apr 29, 2010 13:45:47 GMT -5 Super said:

That was painful, since I have attended all of those games. It's really amazing that we were so close in all but Maryland, which was over in the first 10 minutes. (I guess a case could be made that we were out of LSU, but we actually had our way with them in the 1st half.)

Super, you and I were at all those games. I wonder how many others can say the same.
Of course, that does indicate we may be two of the older people on this site.

[Super]

Real revisionist history, but I actually thought we had a shot at 2 games in 84, 85, 98, 01, & 06 (although I hated the LSU matchup like I hated the Maryland game.)

In 1980, we had a legitimate shot as a Final 4 Team. (Bucky Waters actually agreed on an NBC game--although Marv Albert thought Bucky was nuts.) Had we moved ahead, we would have had an announcer's and newspaper reporter's nightmare game : Iona vs. Iowa.

[hawaii bill]

Apr 29, 2010 14:56:50 GMT -5 Super said:

Real revisionist history, but I actually thought we had a shot at 2 games in 84, 85, 98, 01, & 06 (although I hated the LSU matchup like I hated the Maryland game.)

In 1980, we had a legitimate shot as a Final 4 Team. (Bucky Waters actually agreed on an NBC game--although Marv Albert thought Bucky was nuts.) Had we moved ahead, we would have had an announcer's and newspaper reporter's nightmare game : Iona vs. Iowa.

Surprised this wasn't a "poll" - which team do you think gave the best performance in the Tournament, save the 1980 which won a game so it wins hands down.

[tau]

Guy, is their any way you can add that espn link I posted to the "Links of Interest"? Just so we can access them at a later date if needed, I know Im always looking for old Iona boxscore and roster stuff. Thanks

[GuyF]

Done. I also moved that 09-10 stat page that was in with the "other" links up to the Iona section.

[hurtinturkey]

The 1979 loss to Penn still hurts. Three factors killed us in that game: 1) Dave Brown, our 2nd leading rebounder and scorer, goes down with a knee injury after 4 minutes 2) Kevin Hamilton has an off night shooting against the zone (5 for 16) and 3) Jeff Ruland only gets 10 FG attempts going 6 for 10. Without Dave, Tony Price, Penn's 6'5" forward killed us.

[Super]

How about the Mike Palma "travel" with 46 seconds left??
I don't think we would have beaten UNC on Sunday like Penn did.

[hurtinturkey]

Mike never traveled! But even with that call, a healthy Dave Brown would have been a 10 point difference, first by taking 6 to 8 points away from Price and then adding 6 to 8 points to our total with a healthy Dave. As for the next game, I think we would have beat them with a healthy Brown.

[hawaii bill]

Oy, the luck we've had in the tourney. Sometimes I think we're like the old Red Sox. On the flip side we're overdue for some "breaks" and I don't mean bones.