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Post by dansimms on Apr 16, 2014 18:23:29 GMT -5
Obviously AJ English has 2 years to go, so he has room to climb up a peg or two. His self confidence came into question late in this season. So I could see him dropping a peg or two if that persists, as well.
Burtt Sr. will tough to top in mind as the best. Top half......Big East ability playing in the MAAC.
Grimes put together a nice body of work that for my money would have him firmly within the group below Burtt Sr.
scott machado momo jones aj english steve burtt jr. sean armand ricky soliver
Would have really loved to see Ruland come back for his Senior year with a healthy Springer and Burtt Sr., even if it were to be a single year !! That would have been a nationally ranked squad.....somewhere between 15 and 20 is my guess. #4 to #6 seed in tourney.
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Post by IONA86 on Apr 17, 2014 9:02:32 GMT -5
As the way the team is now composed the one player that does not seem to be much mentioned is a player that would fit Cluess system best is Sean Green...Along with A.J. English, and the freshman point guard addition, with their aggressive scoring ability would give opponent back court fits, and open tons of room for others with the same nature... It is now only pure conjecture, but they might have reached a average of close to 90 PPG.... Green was a great player and a freak of an athlete. I agree he would have killed in Cluess system.
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Post by IONA86 on Apr 17, 2014 9:07:41 GMT -5
Obviously AJ English has 2 years to go, so he has room to climb up a peg or two. His self confidence came into question late in this season. So I could see him dropping a peg or two if that persists, as well. Burtt Sr. will tough to top in mind as the best. Top half......Big East ability playing in the MAAC. Grimes put together a nice body of work that for my money would have him firmly within the group below Burtt Sr. scott machado momo jones aj english steve burtt jr. sean armand ricky soliver Would have really loved to see Ruland come back for his Senior year with a healthy Springer and Burtt Sr., even if it were to be a single year !! That would have been a nationally ranked squad.....somewhere between 15 and 20 is my guess. #4 to #6 seed in tourney. Rory was a great player. He could break a press singlehandedly. He was fun to watch.
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Post by gregcrow on Apr 17, 2014 9:34:09 GMT -5
Obviously AJ English has 2 years to go, so he has room to climb up a peg or two. His self confidence came into question late in this season. So I could see him dropping a peg or two if that persists, as well. Burtt Sr. will tough to top in mind as the best. Top half......Big East ability playing in the MAAC. Grimes put together a nice body of work that for my money would have him firmly within the group below Burtt Sr. scott machado momo jones aj english steve burtt jr. sean armand ricky soliver Would have really loved to see Ruland come back for his Senior year with a healthy Springer and Burtt Sr., even if it were to be a single year !! That would have been a nationally ranked squad.....somewhere between 15 and 20 is my guess. #4 to #6 seed in tourney. Rory was a great player. He could break a press singlehandedly. He was fun to watch. Just couldn't hit a friggin foul shot at the end of a big game!
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Post by IONA86 on Apr 18, 2014 11:00:25 GMT -5
Rory was a great player. He could break a press singlehandedly. He was fun to watch. Just couldn't hit a friggin foul shot at the end of a big game! Yeah but he never blew a 25 point lead.
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Post by iona05 on May 23, 2015 17:30:30 GMT -5
Updated:
Machado AJ English momo jones Armand steve burtt ricky soliver
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Post by chelseadal on May 23, 2015 17:36:30 GMT -5
Burtt Jr Scott AJ MoMo Sean Soliver
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Post by sigael on May 23, 2015 18:33:20 GMT -5
Sean Green also was drafted and played in the NBA.
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Post by tau on May 23, 2015 20:07:18 GMT -5
Momo English Machado Burrt jr Soliver Armand
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Post by ic59 on May 24, 2015 6:24:01 GMT -5
I have a feeling that many of you never saw Steve Burtt, Sr. play. And while not guards the following "deadly duo's" were the greatest in Iona history (in no particular order): *Burtt-Springer *Ruland-Vickers *Guerin-Santini *Machado-Glover *Laurey-English
And I realize that I left off the following:Hargraves; Jones; Armand; Lott; Miller; Grimes ;Burtt,Jr. ;Soliver; Armand; Kirksay: Green; Hamilton and Isaac. And others that I just forgot (probably) about.
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Post by GuyF on May 24, 2015 9:11:55 GMT -5
I have a feeling that many of you never saw Steve Burtt, Sr. play. And while not guards the following "deadly duo's" were the greatest in Iona history (in no particular order): *Burtt-Springer *Ruland-Vickers *Guerin-Santini *Machado-Glover *Laurey-English And I realize that I left off the following:Hargraves; Jones; Armand; Lott; Miller; Grimes ;Burtt,Jr. ;Soliver; Armand; Kirksay: Green; Hamilton and Isaac. And others that I just forgot (probably) about. Agree, but when the thread was started it specified "the last few years".
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Post by ic59 on May 24, 2015 9:50:21 GMT -5
Guy, true, but I saw that Sean Green was mentioned, so I thought that since the "last few" wasn't being adherred to, that I could expand the thread.
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Post by oldtimer on May 24, 2015 10:02:03 GMT -5
I have a feeling that many of you never saw Steve Burtt, Sr. play. And while not guards the following "deadly duo's" were the greatest in Iona history (in no particular order): *Burtt-Springer *Ruland-Vickers *Guerin-Santini *Machado-Glover *Laurey-English 59......4 of those are on my first team Iona all time team...Probably easy to pick...To the best of my memory, how many and who spent some time in the NBA?...... Do you remember a guard named 'O'Shea'...Might have been a little before your time...1st of Iona's notable guard line... Compared to those that followed he rated a bit down the line, but he was our first guard hero...Had one of the finest 'Dinks' ever...Many opponent ended up in seats after one of them... Another memory...5 of us went out to Long Island to see a Iona game against a school called ''Webb Institute of Naval Architect and Marine Engineering'' Small less court and attendance we ever played at...No more then 75 there...Little did I think that many years after my son would graduate from it... The older you get, the sharper the memories...
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Post by ic59 on May 24, 2015 13:20:19 GMT -5
Frankie O'Shea was before my time, but I did follow the Iona teams of O'Hagan, O'Shea, Distanaslaio, Manny Kennedy (first negro player I believe) and Jack Walsh. I never saw them play, but followed them in the Daily Argus. I got to see O'Hagan play for the Tuckahoe Hose Company (Semi Pro) against the Ralph Branca All Stars, in the late forties.
As for the NBA, I KNOW that Guerin, Santini, Ruland, Burtt, Sr., Green played. And if you count PS, you can add Machado, and Walsh. Hamilton, and Springer were drafted, but not sure if they got any PT. Who am I missing?
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Post by Super on May 24, 2015 16:16:14 GMT -5
Machado played in NBA playoffs.
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