As we are a little bored at this time of the year, lets have some fun.
Tell us who you would pick, from a pool of players from the Cluess and Pitino eras, if you could build a team of players for a single season run. Pick any 15 players (13 + 2 reserves) from those past teams. Stats I use for my picks are from their most productive season at Iona. Provide some reasons for your picks. This was harder than I thought. A few great players were left off my list.
My Picks: PG - Scott Machado - 13.6 pts 4.9 reb and 9.9 assists. 40.4 3P% - All time MAAC career assist record. 2011-2012 NCAA Assist Leader. MAAC POY (2012), 2× First-team All-MAAC (2011, 2012), Haggerty Award (2012). Pass first PG. PG - Rickey McGill - 15.8 pts, 4 reb 4.8 assists - 35.1 3P%- 3rd all time at Iona for assists, won 4 MAAC championships. 1st All-MAAC (2019)and MAAC tour MVP (2019). All-Met 1st Team. Brass Balls, great leader, quick defensive hands. CG - MoMo Jones - 22.6, 3 reb 3.4 assists - 31.5 3P% - - Scored over 1,200 points in two years at Iona. 3rd best Ft shooter in Iona history. MAAC Player of the Year (2013), Haggerty Award (2013) and AP Honorable Mention All-American (2013). CG- AJ English - 22.6 pts, 5. reb and 6.2 assists - 3× First-team All-MAAC. 3rd on the All Time Iona points scored list. Scored over 2,000 points in his career.All Met First Team selection. Great FT shooter, great passer, tough and a pure scorer. . CG - Walter Clayton Jr - 16.8 4.3 reb and 3.2 assists- led the country in FT% last season at 95.3%. MAAC Player of the Year 2023 and First-team All-MAAC (2023). All-Met First Team Selection. Brass balls, unflappable and smooth. SG/SF - Tyson Jolly - 14.6 pts, 4.8 reb 37.4 3P% - MAAC Player of the Year. All-Met First Team Selection. Amazing athlete, great ability. I can only imagine what he could do with this team getting him the ball. SF- Isaiah Williams - 13.3 pts and 6.1 reb - 44.2 3P%- Scored over 1,000 points, 39.7% lifetime 3P%, could guard 1 thru 4. Great top of the zone defender. Took a back seat to other shooters, did everything to win. SF - Berrick JeanLouis - 8.1 pts, 5.4 reb,-MAAC Co-Defensive Players of the Year. Great athlete and defensive stopper. SF- E.J. Crawford - 18.8 pts 5.3 reb 31.1 3P% - NR - 2X All-MAAC First Team honoree. 6th all-time all time scoring at Iona. All-Met First Team Selection. Confident, great scorer.Not a great athlete always seemed to be in the right spot. SG/SF - Sean Armand - 17.5 pts, Reb 3.2, 4.1 Assists 44.2 3P%. All MAAC First team selection, All-Met First Team Selection. Pure shooter. SF-PF - Dylan van Eyck- 8.3 pts, 4.4 rbs and 39.1 3P% - MAAC 6th Man of the Year 2022. A pocket knife that did all the little things. A leader and a spark of energy off the bench. PF - Mike Glover - 18.4 pts and 10.1 Reb -Scored over 1,200 points in two years at Iona. 2× First-team All-MAAC. 2X All-Met First Team Selection. Dominant in the paint and along the baseline. Was Iona's only big and did it at maybe 6'7". PF/C - David Laury - 19.8 pts 9.7 reb- MAAC Player of the Year (2015). 5th ALL time Iona rebounds. All-Met First Team Selection. Could bring the ball up court and was a true Point Forward. PF/C -Jordan Washington - 18 pts and 7.6 reb - First-team All-MAAC. MAAC Championship MVP. All-Met First Team Selection. Too emotional but ability is undeniable. PF/C - Nelly Junior Joseph - 14.9 pts and 9.3 reb - 2X All-MAAC first team selection. MAAC Rookie of the Year. All-Met 2nd Team Selection.
Great roster. Who are the best few you considered but left off?
Guys I gave serious consideration, some more than others of course:
Isaiah Ross - 18.4 pts, 3.9 Reb and shot 38.3 3P%. All-MAAC first team selection. All-MET First Team Selection. He would have slid in in front of BJL or Dylan, but we needed a lock down defender and an agitator/pocket knife that could assume different roles.
Aaron Rountree - 9.4 pts, 7.8 rebounds. Tough defender with length. Athletic. His numbers do not reflect what he brought to the team. Total team guy. For me it came down to Aaron or Dylan. I think my love for Dylan being a pain in the ass might have blinded my judgement. Aaron was a very good player.
Tajuan Agee- 14.7 pts, 7.2 boards 78.7% from the FT line. Tough but could prone. Had some of the angriest dunks I have seen. Might have had as much potential as any of our bigs. Could hit the three, It came down to TA vs Jordan Washington, Washington was overly emotional at times and also foul prone, and TA was steadier, JW's performances in up games was what put him over the edge, 22pts and 12 reb vs Oregon, Averaged 22 & 10.5 ve Nevada, 18 & 6 vs URI, 26 & 12 vs Iowa State. TA was a better FT shooter and better defensively. I could go either way between these two players. Both were great IMHO. If I am a fan I give the nod JW... if I was a coach i would probably go with Agee as I might not want to deal with JW's emotional outbursts.
Schadrac Casimir - 14.5 pts, shot 42.3% 3P% and 89.5% from the FT Line. MAAC Rookie of the Year selection. Pure shooter and impacted the Iona record books- 1st 3P%, 2nd FT%, One dimensional player, but he was amazing at what he did best.
Daniss Jenkins - Averaged 15.6 points, 4.4 reb, 4.9 assists and a 36.1 3P%. 2nd Team All MAAC selection. All-Met second team Selection. Great player, just had too many legends ahead of him. Maybe he would have changed my mind if stuck around another year, but I doubt it.
Asante Gist- 13.4 points, Shot 33.3% 3P%. Shot 89.2% FT's. All-MET Second Team Selection. MAAC Tourny MVP. Great player, just too much in front of him.
Great roster. Who are the best few you considered but left off?
Guys I gave serious consideration, some more than others of course:
Isaiah Ross - 18.4 pts, 3.9 Reb and shot 38.3 3P%. All-MAAC first team selection. All-MET First Team Selection. He would have slid in in front of BJL or Dylan, but we needed a lock down defender and an agitator/pocket knife that could assume different roles.
Aaron Rountree - 9.4 pts, 7.8 rebounds. Tough defender with length. Athletic. His numbers do not reflect what he brought to the team. Total team guy. For me it came down to Aaron or Dylan. I think my love for Dylan being a pain in the ass might have blinded my judgement. Aaron was a very good player.
Tajuan Agee- 14.7 pts, 7.2 boards 78.7% from the FT line. Tough but could prone. Had some of the angriest dunks I have seen. Might have ahad as much potential as any of our bigs. Could hit the three, It came down to TA vs Jordan Washington, Washington was overly emotional at times and also foul prone, and TA was steadier, JW's performances in up games was what put him over the edge, 22pts and 12 reb vs Oregon, Averaged 22 & 10.5 ve Nevada, 18 & 6 vs URI, 26 & 12 vs Iowa State. TA was a better FT shooter and better defensively. I could go either way between these two players. Both were great IMHO. If I am a fan I give the nod JW... if I was a coach i would probably go with Agee as I might not want to deal with JW's emotional outbursts.
Schadrac Casimir - 14.5 pts, shot 42.3% 3P% and 89.5% from the FT Line. MAAC Rookie of the Year selection. Pure shooter and impacted the Iona record books- 1st 3P%, 2nd FT%, One dimensional player, but he was amazing at what he did best.
Daniss Jenkins - Averaged 15.6 points, 4.4 reb, 4.9 assists and a 36.1 3P%. 2nd Team All MAAC selection. All-Met second team Selection. Great player, just had too many legends ahead of him. Maybe he would have changed my mind if stuck around another year, but I doubt it.
Asante Gist- 13.4 points, Shot 33.3% 3P%. Shot 89.2% FT's. All-MET Second Team Selection. MAAC Tourny MVP. Great player, just too much in front of him.
Really perceptive and thoughtful analysis. One downside to Agee was propensity for turnovers.
As we are a little bored at this time of the year, lets have some fun.
Tell us who you would pick, from a pool of players from the Cluess and Pitino eras, if you could build a team of players for a single season run. Pick any 15 players (13 + 2 reserves) from those past teams. Stats I use for my picks are from their most productive season at Iona. Provide some reasons for your picks. This was harder than I thought. A few great players were left off my list.
My Picks: PG - Scott Machado - 13.6 pts 4.9 reb and 9.9 assists. 40.4 3P% - All time MAAC career assist record. 2011-2012 NCAA Assist Leader. MAAC POY (2012), 2× First-team All-MAAC (2011, 2012), Haggerty Award (2012). Pass first PG. PG - Rickey McGill - 15.8 pts, 4 reb 4.8 assists - 35.1 3P%- 3rd all time at Iona for assists, won 4 MAAC championships. 1st All-MAAC (2019)and MAAC tour MVP (2019). All-Met 1st Team. Brass Balls, great leader, quick defensive hands. CG - MoMo Jones - 22.6, 3 reb 3.4 assists - 31.5 3P% - - Scored over 1,200 points in two years at Iona. 3rd best Ft shooter in Iona history. MAAC Player of the Year (2013), Haggerty Award (2013) and AP Honorable Mention All-American (2013). CG- AJ English - 22.6 pts, 5. reb and 6.2 assists - 3× First-team All-MAAC. 3rd on the All Time Iona points scored list. Scored over 2,000 points in his career.All Met First Team selection. Great FT shooter, great passer, tough and a pure scorer. . CG - Walter Clayton Jr - 16.8 4.3 reb and 3.2 assists- led the country in FT% last season at 95.3%. MAAC Player of the Year 2023 and First-team All-MAAC (2023). All-Met First Team Selection. Brass balls, unflappable and smooth. SG/SF - Tyson Jolly - 14.6 pts, 4.8 reb 37.4 3P% - MAAC Player of the Year. All-Met First Team Selection. Amazing athlete, great ability. I can only imagine what he could do with this team getting him the ball. SF- Isaiah Williams - 13.3 pts and 6.1 reb - 44.2 3P%- Scored over 1,000 points, 39.7% lifetime 3P%, could guard 1 thru 4. Great top of the zone defender. Took a back seat to other shooters, did everything to win. SF - Berrick JeanLouis - 8.1 pts, 5.4 reb,-MAAC Co-Defensive Players of the Year. Great athlete and defensive stopper. SF- E.J. Crawford - 18.8 pts 5.3 reb 31.1 3P% - NR - 2X All-MAAC First Team honoree. 6th all-time all time scoring at Iona. All-Met First Team Selection. Confident, great scorer.Not a great athlete always seemed to be in the right spot. SG/SF - Sean Armand - 17.5 pts, Reb 3.2, 4.1 Assists 44.2 3P%. All MAAC First team selection, All-Met First Team Selection. Pure shooter. SF-PF - Dylan van Eyck- 8.3 pts, 4.4 rbs and 39.1 3P% - MAAC 6th Man of the Year 2022. A pocket knife that did all the little things. A leader and a spark of energy off the bench. PF - Mike Glover - 18.4 pts and 10.1 Reb -Scored over 1,200 points in two years at Iona. 2× First-team All-MAAC. 2X All-Met First Team Selection. Dominant in the paint and along the baseline. Was Iona's only big and did it at maybe 6'7". PF/C - David Laury - 19.8 pts 9.7 reb- MAAC Player of the Year (2015). 5th ALL time Iona rebounds. All-Met First Team Selection. Could bring the ball up court and was a true Point Forward. PF/C -Jordan Washington - 18 pts and 7.6 reb - First-team All-MAAC. MAAC Championship MVP. All-Met First Team Selection. Too emotional but ability is undeniable. PF/C - Nelly Junior Joseph - 14.9 pts and 9.3 reb - 2X All-MAAC first team selection. MAAC Rookie of the Year. All-Met 2nd Team Selection.
Great job, i love seeing the stats i would start Machado Clayton Crawford Van Eyck Washington
might not be the best 5, but glover and washington together would kill the spacing
Tajuan Agee probably makes 1st list if he has either Cluess or Pitino as HC his Sr season.
One player I would have on "just missed" list is Deyshonee Much. Yeah, he had that suspension, but he was a 3-time MAAC champion. Made big shots in MAAC tournament. I remember one great layup (3pt play?) late in a MAAC championship game.
As we are a little bored at this time of the year, lets have some fun.
Tell us who you would pick, from a pool of players from the Cluess and Pitino eras, if you could build a team of players for a single season run. Pick any 15 players (13 + 2 reserves) from those past teams. Stats I use for my picks are from their most productive season at Iona. Provide some reasons for your picks. This was harder than I thought. A few great players were left off my list.
My Picks: PG - Scott Machado - 13.6 pts 4.9 reb and 9.9 assists. 40.4 3P% - All time MAAC career assist record. 2011-2012 NCAA Assist Leader. MAAC POY (2012), 2× First-team All-MAAC (2011, 2012), Haggerty Award (2012). Pass first PG. PG - Rickey McGill - 15.8 pts, 4 reb 4.8 assists - 35.1 3P%- 3rd all time at Iona for assists, won 4 MAAC championships. 1st All-MAAC (2019)and MAAC tour MVP (2019). All-Met 1st Team. Brass Balls, great leader, quick defensive hands. CG - MoMo Jones - 22.6, 3 reb 3.4 assists - 31.5 3P% - - Scored over 1,200 points in two years at Iona. 3rd best Ft shooter in Iona history. MAAC Player of the Year (2013), Haggerty Award (2013) and AP Honorable Mention All-American (2013). CG- AJ English - 22.6 pts, 5. reb and 6.2 assists - 3× First-team All-MAAC. 3rd on the All Time Iona points scored list. Scored over 2,000 points in his career.All Met First Team selection. Great FT shooter, great passer, tough and a pure scorer. . CG - Walter Clayton Jr - 16.8 4.3 reb and 3.2 assists- led the country in FT% last season at 95.3%. MAAC Player of the Year 2023 and First-team All-MAAC (2023). All-Met First Team Selection. Brass balls, unflappable and smooth. SG/SF - Tyson Jolly - 14.6 pts, 4.8 reb 37.4 3P% - MAAC Player of the Year. All-Met First Team Selection. Amazing athlete, great ability. I can only imagine what he could do with this team getting him the ball. SF- Isaiah Williams - 13.3 pts and 6.1 reb - 44.2 3P%- Scored over 1,000 points, 39.7% lifetime 3P%, could guard 1 thru 4. Great top of the zone defender. Took a back seat to other shooters, did everything to win. SF - Berrick JeanLouis - 8.1 pts, 5.4 reb,-MAAC Co-Defensive Players of the Year. Great athlete and defensive stopper. SF- E.J. Crawford - 18.8 pts 5.3 reb 31.1 3P% - NR - 2X All-MAAC First Team honoree. 6th all-time all time scoring at Iona. All-Met First Team Selection. Confident, great scorer.Not a great athlete always seemed to be in the right spot. SG/SF - Sean Armand - 17.5 pts, Reb 3.2, 4.1 Assists 44.2 3P%. All MAAC First team selection, All-Met First Team Selection. Pure shooter. SF-PF - Dylan van Eyck- 8.3 pts, 4.4 rbs and 39.1 3P% - MAAC 6th Man of the Year 2022. A pocket knife that did all the little things. A leader and a spark of energy off the bench. PF - Mike Glover - 18.4 pts and 10.1 Reb -Scored over 1,200 points in two years at Iona. 2× First-team All-MAAC. 2X All-Met First Team Selection. Dominant in the paint and along the baseline. Was Iona's only big and did it at maybe 6'7". PF/C - David Laury - 19.8 pts 9.7 reb- MAAC Player of the Year (2015). 5th ALL time Iona rebounds. All-Met First Team Selection. Could bring the ball up court and was a true Point Forward. PF/C -Jordan Washington - 18 pts and 7.6 reb - First-team All-MAAC. MAAC Championship MVP. All-Met First Team Selection. Too emotional but ability is undeniable. PF/C - Nelly Junior Joseph - 14.9 pts and 9.3 reb - 2X All-MAAC first team selection. MAAC Rookie of the Year. All-Met 2nd Team Selection.
Great list. Funny, my 2 favorite players were the "glue" guys, Isaiah Williams and DVE
As we are a little bored at this time of the year, lets have some fun.
Tell us who you would pick, from a pool of players from the Cluess and Pitino eras, if you could build a team of players for a single season run. Pick any 15 players (13 + 2 reserves) from those past teams. Stats I use for my picks are from their most productive season at Iona. Provide some reasons for your picks. This was harder than I thought. A few great players were left off my list.
My Picks: PG - Scott Machado - 13.6 pts 4.9 reb and 9.9 assists. 40.4 3P% - All time MAAC career assist record. 2011-2012 NCAA Assist Leader. MAAC POY (2012), 2× First-team All-MAAC (2011, 2012), Haggerty Award (2012). Pass first PG. PG - Rickey McGill - 15.8 pts, 4 reb 4.8 assists - 35.1 3P%- 3rd all time at Iona for assists, won 4 MAAC championships. 1st All-MAAC (2019)and MAAC tour MVP (2019). All-Met 1st Team. Brass Balls, great leader, quick defensive hands. CG - MoMo Jones - 22.6, 3 reb 3.4 assists - 31.5 3P% - - Scored over 1,200 points in two years at Iona. 3rd best Ft shooter in Iona history. MAAC Player of the Year (2013), Haggerty Award (2013) and AP Honorable Mention All-American (2013). CG- AJ English - 22.6 pts, 5. reb and 6.2 assists - 3× First-team All-MAAC. 3rd on the All Time Iona points scored list. Scored over 2,000 points in his career.All Met First Team selection. Great FT shooter, great passer, tough and a pure scorer. . CG - Walter Clayton Jr - 16.8 4.3 reb and 3.2 assists- led the country in FT% last season at 95.3%. MAAC Player of the Year 2023 and First-team All-MAAC (2023). All-Met First Team Selection. Brass balls, unflappable and smooth. SG/SF - Tyson Jolly - 14.6 pts, 4.8 reb 37.4 3P% - MAAC Player of the Year. All-Met First Team Selection. Amazing athlete, great ability. I can only imagine what he could do with this team getting him the ball. SF- Isaiah Williams - 13.3 pts and 6.1 reb - 44.2 3P%- Scored over 1,000 points, 39.7% lifetime 3P%, could guard 1 thru 4. Great top of the zone defender. Took a back seat to other shooters, did everything to win. SF - Berrick JeanLouis - 8.1 pts, 5.4 reb,-MAAC Co-Defensive Players of the Year. Great athlete and defensive stopper. SF- E.J. Crawford - 18.8 pts 5.3 reb 31.1 3P% - NR - 2X All-MAAC First Team honoree. 6th all-time all time scoring at Iona. All-Met First Team Selection. Confident, great scorer.Not a great athlete always seemed to be in the right spot. SG/SF - Sean Armand - 17.5 pts, Reb 3.2, 4.1 Assists 44.2 3P%. All MAAC First team selection, All-Met First Team Selection. Pure shooter. SF-PF - Dylan van Eyck- 8.3 pts, 4.4 rbs and 39.1 3P% - MAAC 6th Man of the Year 2022. A pocket knife that did all the little things. A leader and a spark of energy off the bench. PF - Mike Glover - 18.4 pts and 10.1 Reb -Scored over 1,200 points in two years at Iona. 2× First-team All-MAAC. 2X All-Met First Team Selection. Dominant in the paint and along the baseline. Was Iona's only big and did it at maybe 6'7". PF/C - David Laury - 19.8 pts 9.7 reb- MAAC Player of the Year (2015). 5th ALL time Iona rebounds. All-Met First Team Selection. Could bring the ball up court and was a true Point Forward. PF/C -Jordan Washington - 18 pts and 7.6 reb - First-team All-MAAC. MAAC Championship MVP. All-Met First Team Selection. Too emotional but ability is undeniable. PF/C - Nelly Junior Joseph - 14.9 pts and 9.3 reb - 2X All-MAAC first team selection. MAAC Rookie of the Year. All-Met 2nd Team Selection.
Great list. Funny, my 2 favorite players were the "glue" guys, Isaiah Williams and DVE
Same here... we should get the new medical program to clone both of them.
Tajuan Agee probably makes 1st list if he has either Cluess or Pitino as HC his Sr season.
One player I would have on "just missed" list is Deyshonee Much. Yeah, he had that suspension, but he was a 3-time MAAC champion. Made big shots in MAAC tournament. I remember one great layup (3pt play?) late in a MAAC championship game.
I had Deyshonee in the mix but couldn't bring it to take him over Isaiah Ross. He had a shitload of talent though.
