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The Iona name on the jersey won’t get the attention of the Gonzagas and the other March Madness powerhouses who have the horses.
But Rick Pitino standing in front of his team, pacing and sliding
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Two months ago, college basketball guru Dick Vitale lobbied on his Twitter account for Rick Pitino to land the Knicks job. Iona got there first. Despite Pitino’s baggage from an NCAA-related FBI investigation, a Knicks redux wouldn’t have been such an oddball choice. After all, Pitino was ahead of his time in the NBA when …
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Iona College finally lost in the MAAC Tournament, but that didn’t stop the Gaels from making major March noise. Though the season ended for them Wednesday, a day before everyone else’s season came to a close due to the coronavirus pandemic that is sweeping the country, the New Rochelle school dropped a bombshell Saturday that …
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Of course Rick Pitino is the center of college basketball again. With the NCAA Tournament on hiatus, Pitino stole the attention of the sport Saturday afternoon, when the scandal-scarred Hall of Famer agreed to end his two-year exile in Greece and become the head coach at Iona, following Tim Cluess’ health-related resignation Friday. On Wednesday, …