Phil Grant is one of just six players in Iona men’s basketball history to win at least three MAAC men’s basketball tournament championships and is currently one of just 15 overall in the league’s 38-year history. After capturing his third title as a senior in 2001, he and teammate Nakiea Miller ’01 became just the fourth and fifth MAAC players to accomplish the feat, joining a trio of LaSalle performers from earlier in the decade.
 
As a freshman, Grant helped lead the Gaels to the MAAC title in 1998 as the Gaels defeated Siena on their home floor en route to a first-round NCAA Tournament matchup vs. Syracuse. The Maroon & Gold won championship finals over the Saints again at Pepsi Arena in 2000 and Canisius at HSBC Arena in 2001 before taking on Maryland and Ole Miss in the NCAA tournament.  The Gaels lost in heartbreaking fashion against both the Orange and the Rebels by two points in each contest. Grant won the MAAC championships alongside a series of legendary Gael student-athletes and fellow 1,000-point scorers Miller, 1998 MAAC Player of the Year Kashif Hameed ’99 and 2000 MAAC Player of Year Tariq Kirksay ’00.
 
Grant scored 1,039 points, the 26th player in program history to record 1,000 or more points. At the time of his graduation, he was No. 3 all-time in games played. He grabbed 503 rebounds, dished out 265 assists and recorded 100 steals in his Iona career. Grant averaged a career-best 10.6 points per game as a junior and 6.8 rebounds per game as a senior.