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Atlantic City Successfully Welcomes Back MAAC Tournament
On Saturday afternoon, Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall hosted its first college basketball conference tournament final game since 2012. The matchup, between Fairfield and Iona, was a satisfying conclusion for the Mid-American Athletic Conference (MAAC) who had their conference tournament cut short last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Entering Boardwalk Hall on March 13, 2021 was a reflection of the current state of our world which requires everyone to mask up and makes media covering the event, like myself, get temperature checked twice (once upon entering the parking garage, and a second time at a check point before walking along the designated pathway towards my assigned seat).
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Iona head coach Rick Pitino yells to his team in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Fairfield during the finals of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference tournament, Saturday, March 13, 2021, in Atlantic City, N.J. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) Credit: The Associated Press
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) Rick Pitino ended an Iona team photo, a championship trophy as the centerpiece, by pointing toward a ladder and telling the Gaels to clip the nets.
He knows the way.
From coaching perennial powers to exile to the New York suburbs, Pitino has navigated a vagabond career bathed in scandal and success the only way he can: by winning.
Rick Pitino heads back to NCAA tournament as Iona Gaels win MAAC men s basketball championship
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Pitino leads Iona to MAAC Championship, NCAA tourney bid (0:42)
Rick Pitino s Iona Gaels take down Fairfield 60-51 to win the MAAC championship and advance to the NCAA tournament. (0:42)
One day shy of the one-year anniversary of Iona hiring Rick Pitino, the Hall of Fame coach has led the Gaels to the NCAA men s basketball tournament.
Iona defeated Fairfield60-51 in the MAAC title game on Saturday in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The Gaels never trailed and finished the first half on a 10-0 run, giving them a 12-point lead they wouldn t come close to relinquishing. They extended the lead to as many as 16 points in the second half, led by the senior backcourt of Asante Gist (18 points) and Isaiah Ross (13 points).
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