Iona Basketball Schedule: 2008-09

Schedule (key games in bold)

November 14^th Hampton 

2008 USVI Paradise Jam (tough opener with Badgers will test interior strength)

21^st Wisconsin 

23^rd Valparaiso / San Diego 

24^th TBA 

29^th Robert Morris 

December 5^th @ Marist (conference opener at rebuilding Marist)

7^th @ Fairfield (Gaels should find out how good they can be in visit to Fairfield)

10^th @ LIU 

14^th St. Francis (PA) 

18^th @ Western Michigan (the first of four straight road games is a winnable one)

20^th @ Ohio State 

23^rd @ Hofstra (not a home game, but the Gaels won't play this close to Hynes until New Year's Day)

27^th @ USF

January 1^st Rider

4^th Fairfield

9^th Canisius (with their next five games away from home, the Gaels need to win this one)

11^th @ Rider

15^th @ Niagara (the Purple Eagles another team expected to contend in the top half of the MAAC)

17^th @ Canisius

24^th vs. Manhattan (at MSG) (rivalry game takes over the Garden)

26^th @ Siena

31^st Saint Peter's

February 2^nd Niagara

7^th Marist 

9^th @ Manhattan

13^th @ Loyola (first meeting with a Greyhound team that should also be in the middle of the MAAC standings)

16^th Siena

21^st O'Reilly/ESPU BracketBusters (Gaels hit the road after hosting a game last season)

27^th @ Saint Peter's

March 1^st Loyola

6^th-9^th MAAC Tournament (Albany, NY)