Jonathan Huffman, The Iona Gaels 7-Foot Transfer, Is Ready to Suit Up

Along with about twenty other collegiate basketball players who took steps down from Power-Conference schools to Mid-Majors following the 2006-07 season, Jonathan Huffman will be eligible to log minutes for his new school, Iona College, this November.  Huffman spent his first two collegiate seasons on Rick Pitino's bench at Louisville. The seven-footer only averaged 4.2 minutes of action in those two seasons. Pitino only started Huffman once, in a game against Dayton. Huffman only saw six minutes on the court, and missed both of his field goal attempts.  After his sophomore season, Huffman decided to transfer from Louisville. The center, who averaged 17.1 points per game and 10.2 rebounds per game in his senior year at Central Park Christian High School, knew that he was worth more than 1.1 points per game. Rather than stay close to home in Alabama, Huffman followed his assistant coach, Kevin Willard, up to Iona College in New York. Willard had spent six years under Pitino, and was ... (link)