NCAA Tournament March Madness

#232 Iona

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Iona’s resume contains signature bright spots — a road victory at Missouri Kansas City and a neutral-site triumph over Oregon State — plus road wins at Delaware and Vermont that show the team can win away from home. Those highlights are outweighed by damaging setbacks that undercut an at-large case, most notably a humiliating loss at Marist, a heavy defeat at St John’s and a neutral-site collapse against Akron along with road setbacks to conference rivals such as St Peter’s and Rider. With a stretch of conference games remaining that mixes favorable home matchups and tricky tests at Siena, Canisius and Niagara the clearest route into the field is to secure the league title. The nonconference résumé simply does not contain enough high-end signature wins to erase the bad losses in the committee’s view.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/7Hofstra109W81-73
11/11@Missouri KC346W105-91
11/14Fordham200W76-71
11/18Princeton231W89-69
11/21(N)Akron60L96-75
11/22(N)Oregon St226W91-84
11/24(N)WI Green Bay238L80-75
12/1@Delaware297W89-66
12/5Quinnipiac180L89-68
12/7@Sacred Heart272W81-69
12/10Bryant345W69-63
12/13@St John's22L91-64
12/20@Vermont222W83-78
12/29@Mt St Mary's290L66-59
1/2Siena186W75-72
1/4@Marist149L83-38
1/9Niagara354W71-53
1/11Canisius347W74-48
1/14@Rider353L72-68
1/19@St Peter's234L77-63
1/22Merrimack20958%
1/24Manhattan33683%
1/30Fairfield26368%
2/5@Siena18631%
2/7Mt St Mary's29073%
2/13@Canisius34771%
2/15@Niagara35476%
2/20St Peter's23461%
2/22@Merrimack20936%
2/27Rider35389%
3/1@Manhattan33665%