Gaels report: Notes, quotes

March 27, 2008
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Notes, quotes · Getting inside · Strategy and personnel

FINAL RECORD
12-20, 8-10 MAAC, 7th place, lost to No. 10 Canisius in opening MAAC tournament game.

WHAT WENT RIGHT
The new attitude brought in by new coach Kevin Willard brought the Gaels from two wins to 12 and brought signs of a return to prominence in the league.

WHAT WENT WRONG
When you go from two wins to 12 and you're playing the 10th-place team in the first round of the tournament, you should get to 13. It didn't happen and the feeling is the seniors left over from the Jeff Ruland regime can now move on and Willard can get back to building.

QUOTE TO NOTE
"I'm proud of our guys because they played hard and that's all I could have asked them to do. We'll get back to campus, get on the recruiting trail and try to get better. Our staff will make sure that our returning guys and our seniors concentrate on their academics now and then we'll get back to work on an improvement for next season." -- Iona coach Kevin Willard, after his team was knocked out of the MAAC tournament.