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Having recently completed its 9th season, The Mid-Majority is a community chronicle of the smaller Division I college basketball conferences. Last year, the theme was Team. Six groups of five (plus a fantasy mid-major player) were engaged in friendly Amazing Race-style competition, criss-crossing Hoops Nation to provide awesome college basketball content. Season X (2013-14) will be our final one.

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Epilogue, The Ninth: Only Love Can Break Your Heart

Memories

So We Meet Again

Rte. 139 - End of the Line

Hanging On

A Championship in Pictures

This Time of Year

Dotson Leads Ducks to the Sweet Sixteen

Grizzlies Overwhelmed by Orangemen

Empire

Challenge 11: Final Four Memories

By George, UConn is Dead

Butler and Us

Donning the Black and Gold

Challenge 10: Tourney Memories

The Madness of the Horizon League

The Rare Ivy League Conference Tournament

MAC Madness

Anything Can Happen in the MAAC

Challenge 9: Shock The Neighborhood

A Youthful Surprise

From Worst to First

Peers and Seers

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S9 March 13, 2013 "Talent is the divider."- Gary PalladinoSPRINGFIELD, Mass. - Gary Palladino began his coaching career like so many others we know in Our Game, only it was the 1970s, and there was no Mid-majority and college basketball was in its pre-Magic and Bird era.That doesn't mean there still weren't young co...
S9 March 11, 2013 "For believe me: the secret for harvesting from existence the greatest fruitfulness and greatest enjoyment is to live dangerously."- Friedrich Nietzsche SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - One the first Tweets from the Hickory Picket Fences account last fall was a picture of my car. "Might be the biggest key to t...
S9 March 10, 2013 "Time crumbles things. Everything is forgotten under the lapse of time." - AristotleSPRINGFIELD, Mass. - In the days of yore, back when people didn't habitually reach into their pockets and pull out an object that they stared at for hours a day, we would have wondered what the hell Momo Jones w...
S9 February 3, 2013 Noon on a Sunday seemed like a rather unfortunate time for Iona and Loyola, two of the MAAC powerhouses, to square off.Despite the time, there was a decent crowd filing in when we arrived, including a fair number of traveling Iona fans. Some of the people sitting around me were locals, including a ...
S9 January 25, 2013 My eleven year-old Ian and I immediately recognize Fairfield's Marcus Gilbert when he ambles to the half court line in Hynes Athletic Center in New Rochelle, New York for the opening tip against Iona. The spider-like limbs and thin mustache can belong to no one else. But we don't trust our eyes. We...
S9 January 21, 2013 LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. - Here's an interesting geographical fact about Rider University. It is about a half-mile from Interstate 95. My house in New Haven is a couple of miles from I-95 as well. Yet you can't take I-95 directly from New Haven to Lawrenceville, N.J.The bizarre quirk has to do with the ...
S9 January 20, 2013 NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. - Like a lot of the conferences in Our Game, the MAAC does what it can to promote itself, and so unfortunately, when someone like ESPN tells them to jump, they just respond "standing or broad, sir?".And so, here I was at the Hynes Athletic Center for a 9 p.m. Friday night tip-off...
S9 December 27, 2012 NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. - Just as I was with C.J. McCollum earlier in the season, again last Sunday I was put in the role of salesman, only this time I thought it might be a tougher sell.My friend, the Temple alum whom I'd witnessed the upset with the day before was still in town, and I gave what I thou...
S9 November 29, 2012 Game #9-108: Niagara Purple Eagles at Iona GaelsNovember 28, 2012 7:00 pmHynes CenterBBState Stats/Recap "I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm." - Franklin D. RooseveltNEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. - At the risk of being unpopular, what is...
S9 November 11, 2012 Game #9-006: Denver Pioneers at Iona GaelsNovember 9, 2012 9:00 pmHynes CenterBBState Stats/Recap “Hope springs eternal in the human breast; Man never Is, but always To be blest:The soul, uneasy and confin'd from home,Rests and expatiates in a life to come.”- Alexander Pope, An Essay on ManNEW ...
S8 March 22, 2012 Game #8-782: Iona Gaels vs. Brigham Young CougarsMarch 13, 2012 10:00 pmDayton, OHBBState Stats/RecapWith Game 1 of the QuadPIG over, it was time to kill the massive amount of time between games. Since my evening food consumption to that point consisted of a giant candy bar and NCAA-appropriate spor...
S8 March 11, 2012 Game #8-734: Fairfield Stags vs. Iona GaelsMarch 4, 2012 2:00 pmSpringfield, MABBState Stats/Recap“History is written by the victors.” - Winston Churchill In wandering the halls of the MassMutual Center after Fairfield’s 85-75 upset of Iona in the MAAC semifinals, I came across a scene which hurt...
S8 March 9, 2012 Game #8-734: Fairfield Stags vs. Iona GaelsMarch 4, 2012 2:00 pmSpringfield, MABBState Stats/RecapThe cradle of basketball played host to the MAAC conference tournament, although no one in downtown Springfield, Massachusetts seemed to know. As my ten year-old son Ian and I walked around outside the ...
S8 March 6, 2012 Game #8-710: Marist Red Foxes vs. Iona GaelsMarch 3, 2012 4:30 pmSpringfield, MABBState Stats/Recap There was a slight break between games, so I got to check out the MAAC's version of the FanFest, which was significantly better than America East, primarily because going to it was a strictly volunta...
S8 February 29, 2012 Game #8-645: Saint Peter`s Peacocks at Iona GaelsFebruary 26, 2012 5:00 pmHynes CenterBBState Stats/RecapAfter we watched Stony Brook win the America East Regular Season Championship, my older son Matthew and I exited Pritchard Gym while the players were still hoisting the America East Regular Seaso...
S8 February 25, 2012 Game #8-619: Fairfield Stags at Iona GaelsFebruary 24, 2012 9:00 pmHynes CenterBBState Stats/RecapLast night was the second day of my four day weekend of hoops. Thursday night, I was at St Joseph's in Patchogue where unfortunately the number one seeded Eagles were shot down by the Purchase Panthers ...
S8 February 13, 2012 Game #8-565: Marist Red Foxes at Iona GaelsFebruary 12, 2012 7:00 pmHynes CenterBBState Stats/RecapFriday night, Iona traveled down to Maryland to play Loyola. The Greyhounds went out to a 25 point second half lead before the Gaels rallied to cut it to four. But time ran out on Iona and Loyola Maryl...
S8 February 11, 2012 Game #8-546: Iona Gaels at Loyola (Md.) GreyhoundsFebruary 10, 2012 7:00 pmReitz ArenaBBState Stats/RecapEven starting in the preseason, Iona's gotten the lion's share of the attention in the MAAC. The Gaels were picked to win the MAAC title this year, and that was even before learning that they'd b...
S8 February 7, 2012 Game #8-511: Iona Gaels at Manhattan JaspersFebruary 4, 2012 7:00 pmDraddy GymnasiumBBState Stats/RecapI'll admit it. I got there late. Iona vs. Manhattan was probably going to be one of (if not the) biggest regular season games of the year in New York City and I got there late.It was my fault. I tr...
S8 February 6, 2012 Game #8-511: Iona Gaels at Manhattan JaspersFebruary 4, 2012 7:00 pmDraddy GymnasiumBBState Stats/RecapAfter watching Hofstra suffer another tough loss at the hands of Georgia State, Matthew and I bid adieu to Tieff, who couldn't make our last part of the Hofstra influenced tripleheader. My six year...
S8 February 5, 2012 Game #8-511: Iona Gaels at Manhattan JaspersFebruary 4, 2012 7:00 pmDraddy GymnasiumBBState Stats/RecapWalking up West 242nd Street toward Manhattan College in the Bronx on Saturday night made our little group, two dads and three sons, feel like we’d caught up to the leading edge of New York City’s ...
S8 January 28, 2012 Game #8-470: Iona Gaels at Fairfield StagsJanuary 27, 2012 7:00 pmArena at Harbor YardBBState Stats/RecapI went with my ten-year old son Ian to Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport, CT where Fairfield hosted Iona. The guest Gaels, at 7-2 in the MAAC, were tied for the conference lead but looking a littl...
S8 January 22, 2012 Game #8-433: Rider Broncs at Iona GaelsJanuary 20, 2012 10:00 pmHynes CenterBBState Stats/RecapA couple of days ago, when I went on Iona's web site and saw the game time for last night's home game was 10:00 P.M., I did a double take. But when you are dealing with the wonderful people in Bristol, Con...
S8 January 16, 2012 Game #8-399: Loyola (Md.) Greyhounds at Iona GaelsJanuary 15, 2012 3:30 pmHynes CenterBBState Stats/RecapThe Hynes Center hosted a doubleheader on Sunday. The women's game was first at 1:00 P.M., followed by the men's game at 3:30 P.M.. Both conference games were important. The women's game between ...
S8 January 16, 2012 Game #8-399: Loyola (Md.) Greyhounds at Iona GaelsJanuary 15, 2012 3:30 pmHynes CenterBBState Stats/RecapI took my ten year-old son Ian for our first live look at Iona this season. On the coldest day in January, we made the walk along North Avenue past the Mirage Diner to the Hynes Athletic Center o...
S8 January 13, 2012 Game #8-380: Manhattan Jaspers at Iona GaelsJanuary 12, 2012 7:00 pmHynes CenterBBState Stats/RecapEntering last night's game with Manhattan, Iona had been on a serious roll since their loss at Hofstra at the end of December. The Gaels won three straight conference games by a combined total of 72 po...
S8 January 13, 2012 Game #8-380: Manhattan Jaspers at Iona GaelsJanuary 12, 2012 7:00 pmHynes CenterBBState Stats/RecapIona is the MAAC's cream of the crop; the best team the conference has seen since the 2008-09 Siena squad that nearly reached the Sweet 16.The Gaels are aware of their talent, and their swagger was abu...
S8 January 10, 2012 Game #8-372: Iona Gaels at Marist Red FoxesJanuary 8, 2012 2:00 pmMcCann Recreation CenterBBState Stats/Recap“Do you feel the same For what was remained Yesterday is gone, we can't go back again Do you ever cry for the ghost of days gone by” -Alter Bridge Time can be a funny thing as it pertains t...
S8 January 7, 2012 Game #8-354: Niagara Purple Eagles at Iona GaelsJanuary 6, 2012 9:00 pmHynes CenterBBState Stats/RecapIona spent the entire month of December on the road. The Gaels went 6-2 on their road trip. They went as far west as Denver (an overtime win over the Denver Pioneers), as far north as Burlington (a ...
S8 January 4, 2012 Game #8-343: Siena Saints vs. Iona GaelsJanuary 3, 2012 9:00 pmNew York City, NYBBState Stats/RecapHaving attended many concerts at Madison Square Garden in my lifetime, there is often an opening act before the headliner. The opening act is usually not that good, but the headliner more than makes up...
S8 December 30, 2011 Game #8-312: Iona Gaels at Hofstra PrideDecember 29, 2011 7:00 pmHofstra ArenaBBState Stats/RecapExactly a year ago, Mo Cassara's Hofstra Pride traveled to New Rochelle, NY to take on Tim Cluess' Iona Gaels. It was the first season for both as head coaches in Division I Basketball. On that night, it...
S8 December 8, 2011 Game #8-200: Iona Gaels at Denver PioneersDecember 7, 2011 9:00 pmMagness ArenaBBState Stats/RecapExcitement. It's the lifeblood of college basketball. It's what a rabid fan base brings to a program. It's what cheerleaders and pep bands are charged with generating. It's why the third Thursday and Fr...
S8 December 5, 2011 Game #8-187: Iona Gaels at Niagara Purple EaglesDecember 4, 2011 2:00 pmGallagher CenterBBState Stats/RecapIona College's Michael Glover slips a screen takes a pass, drives to the tin and forces a foul seconds into his Gaels' match-up Sunday afternoon at Niagara University's Gallagher Center. The Pu...
S8 November 29, 2011 Game #8-147: Long Island Blackbirds at Iona GaelsNovember 28, 2011 7:00 pmHynes CenterBBState Stats/Recap Yesterday was an exasperating day. I can't get into details, but I was agitated when I got home. Thankfully, salvation was only ninety minutes away, for I had this game between LIU and Iona cir...
S8 November 24, 2011 Game #8-109: Saint Joseph`s Hawks at Iona GaelsNovember 23, 2011 7:00 pmHynes CenterBBState Stats/Recap Before last night, the last time I saw an Iona Men's Basketball game was March 30 of this year, when the Hynes Center hosted the championship game of the CIT as Santa Clara played Iona. With the ...
S6 March 9, 2010 Mid-Majority protocol dictates that we take a look back at some of the teams that outpaced modest expectations to put together solid seasons, despite not taking it to the big stage of the Big Dance. It's a leading indicator of sorts, a distant warning to current champions that there will be teams to...
S6 March 7, 2010 Bullet Points A mighty congratulations to the first three conference tourney winners. Winthrop is the Big South representative for the ninth time in 12 seasons. East Tennessee State repeated in the Atlantic Sun, out of a No. 5 seed. And dangerous Murray State won the championship of the Ohio Valley...
S6 March 1, 2010 Big Games Atlantic 14: at Xavier 78, Richmond 76 (2OT) XU - 21-7 (12-2) [RPI: 18, State: 18] RICH - 22-7 (11-3) [RPI: 26, State: 36] Star of the Game: Jamel McLean 9 Pts (2-3 FG, 5-6 FT), 13 Reb Men's Basketball Takes No. 23/24 Richmond to OT2, Pulls Out 78-76 Win - Led by sophomore Terrell Holl...
S6 February 27, 2010 Big Games Ivy League: at Cornell 50, Princeton 47 CORN - 24-4 (10-1) [RPI: 48, State: 52] PRIN - 16-8 (7-3) [RPI: 161, State: 120] Star of the Game: Jeff Foote 19 Pts (6-7 FG, 7-8 FT) Men's Basketball Tops Princeton, 50-47 - Cornell fought off a feisty Princeton team to claim its fourth stra...
S6 February 20, 2010 Big Games BracketBusters: at Northern Iowa 71, Old Dominion 62 UNI - 24-3 (14-2) [RPI: 21, State: 12] ODU - 21-8 (13-3) [RPI: 41, State: 48] Star of the Game: Ali Farokhmanesh 23 Pts (6-10 FG, 6-6 FT) Farokhmanesh's 23-Point Second Half Pushes #24 UNI Past Old Dominion, 71-62 - CEDAR FALLS, I...
S6 February 2, 2010 Rider figured to be one of the teams that would step up challenge Siena's two-year stranglehold on the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference -- heck, a single first-place vote for the Broncs was what kept the Saints from being a full-consensus top pick on media day back in October. And Rider, not Siena...
S6 January 13, 2010 NEW YORK CITY -- Who is the poet laureate of Long Island? I pondered this question as I walked along the Hempstead-Bethpage Turnpike from the train station towards Hofstra University, past Mexican laundromats and dimly lit gyro joints. In a flourescent storefront, ladies with tall hair were gettin...
S4 January 31, 2008 DENTON, Tex. -- While making the long drive up I-45, which is a long drive for someone with nothing to think about, I was pondering the names we give things. A lot of them don't quite fit, and bleed into general use because once people have agreed on a title for something, it's tough to get everybod...
S4 November 2, 2007 There's an annual event -- if that's a phrase suitable and grey enough to describe something that doesn't cut it as a tradition -- here in our household. Every year around this time, the satellite television company beams in a solid week of unlimited American professional basketball in a free previe...
S2 December 17, 2005 With Missouri State's loss the other night in Arkansas, there are only two unbeatens left in the Mid-Majority. Seven-and-ohIona is one, a bunch of Terre Haute Trees who have won their first five are the other. Led by TMM favorite David Moss (20.8 ppg), Indiana State heads to Hinkle on the heels of t...
S1 March 7, 2005 Bullet Points No finals yesterday, four tonight. The Missouri Valley, as expected since the beginning of the season, was no cookie-cutter cakewalk for top seeds. Both 1 Southern Illinois and 2 Wichita State went down, but the Salukis remain bulletproof on Selection Sunday. Two defending conference ...
S1 March 6, 2005 Bullet Points Four Dance tickets were punched: Winthrop, Eastern Kentucky, Central Florida and Chattanooga. Despite the two-digit numbers that the Selection Committee will hand them one week from today, all are champions. One-seeds fell like mighty trees. Arkansas-Little Rock, the E1 in the Sun Bel...
S1 March 5, 2005 Game 071: (5) Iona 68, (10) Siena 51 MAAC First Round Friday, March 4, 2005 HSBC Arena - Buffalo, NY It doesn't matter what type of measurement apparatus you use, Siena's season has been a complete disaster. When you finish 4-15 in conference and 6-24 overall, when you've lost 17 of your last 20,...
S1 February 28, 2005 Mid-American: Bowling Green 57, Miami (Oh.) 56 (story) - Despite the fact that the game's telecast was cancelled after an hour's delay because BGSU's Mawel Soler shattered a backboard during pregame warmups, Falcon senior forward Josh Almanson's jumper with six seconds remaining was a shot heard 'ro...
S1 February 25, 2005 Atlantic Sun: Central Florida 58, Gardner-Webb 55 (story) - G-Webb (15-11, 12-7 ASun), who finished ninth and out of the conference tournament last year, could have clinched the regular-season title and the tourney one-seed right there on their home floor. The Runnin' Bulldogs From Boiling Springs c...
S1 January 18, 2005 Game 036: Canisius 84, at Siena 80 (OT) Monday, January 17, 2005 Pepsi Arena - Albany, NY This is the second part of The Mid-Majority's GameLogg™ coverage of the annual Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference M.L.K. Day doubleheader. The first installment can be found here. Our second game featu...
S1 January 16, 2005 Metro Atlantic: Marist 88, Niagara 87 (story) - The half-asleep Purple Eagles (9-6, 4-3 MAAC) were spent emotionally and physically after their tough loss at Manhattan the other night, and almost had enough to sleepwalk through this one. But the upstart Red Foxes (who are now a surprising 5-1 in con...
S1 December 28, 2004 Iona 77, Rhode Island 62 (story) - URI has made two straight trips to the NIT, but their 1-7 start must be reminding fans of the bleak three seasons that constituted the post-Lamar Odom era. "Murphy's Rams" just can't seem to score points or catch a break this year. In addition to losing 23 points p...
S1 December 23, 2004 Missouri Valley: Evansville 63, Creighton 61 (story) - The first Valley game for both teams offered a glimpse of the red-hot action this ten-deep league will offer. A seesaw second half culminated in a buzzer-beating jumper by Evansville guard Kyle Anslinger, the only Ace starter who didn't post dou...
S1 November 11, 2004 To the baseball fan, a long winter of hot stove leagues and hibernation is rendered tolerable by that most optimistic of sporting phrases, those two words that warm the soul like sunshine on the coldest of January mornings: "Opening Day." The football fan can summon the bracing chill of September w...
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