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The Quad: The View from Iona: Suspense, and Then a Selection Fans of Iona were worried when the team lost in the conference semi-finals, but the Gaels made the N.C.A.A. tournament and will play B.Y.U. on Tuesday. MAAC Miracle: Iona lands an at-large bid Iona, which won the MAAC regular-season title but stumbled in the conference tournament, was given a bid into the NCAA tournament, and will meet BYU in the first round on Tuesday in Dayton, Ohio. The Gaels went 25-7, and 15-3 in the league, but lost to Fairfield, 85-75, in the league semifinals on March 4, in a defeat that many viewed as crippling for their tournament hopes. Iona College Among NCAA Tournament's Last Invitees Year After VCU's Run Iona College of New York has a chance to become this year's Virginia Commonwealth after getting one of the last two invitations to the national men's college basketball tournament. Iona confident it'll take tournament by storm DAYTON, Ohio — Seemingly everybody from John Calipari to John Q. Public questioned Iona's at-large NCAA tournament berth, saying the team that could not even win the historically single-bid Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference wasn't worthy of the Big Dance. The Gaels' response? We're here now, and we're... CBT: Iona's 'speed advantage' on BYU might not come to pass That's music to the Gaels' ears. Iona (25-7) is a team that loves to run and score. Defense isn't really a priority (thus accounting for a pair of blown 18-point leads during MAAC play), so playing a team that wants to do the same is a delight. Iona-BYU Preview Lamont Jones has played against BYU twice before. But he only remembers one player -- one no longer even with the Cougars. Jones, now a top player for Iona, got a close-up look at BYU phenom Jimmer Fredette in two meetings before transferring after his sophomore year at Arizona. "To be honest, I remember Jimmer Fredette," Jones said when asked his most vivid memory of past meetings. 2012 NCAA Tournament: BYU vs. Iona BYU and Iona, the last two teams in the field, should put on an entertaining show as both like to play fast. Sizzling Iona crisping up Cougars, 55-40 at half It remains to be seen if it means anything, but Iona finally showed frustration late in the first half Tuesday. MAAC Miracle: Iona lands an at-large bid in NCAA Tournament against BYU Iona, which won the MAAC regular-season title but stumbled in the conference tournament, was given a bid into the NCAA... Iona leads BYU at halftime, 55-40 Turns out, taking 10 days off hasn't helped BYU.
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