Iona in the tourney with no wins over any top 50 team

[jjesco425]

you cant claim pac 12 is true power conference... maybe 8th best conference over-all and as for wash being regular season champs it was mainly due to a favorable schedule... they played some teams only once including cal who beat them at home and were what a game back in conference... simply put win or go home

[ebbearsfb1]

Has anyone besides nash and myself seen iona play? These kids can play some ball and light it up

[stevenash]

A one-point loss to Purdue = win? What?

I'm saying they played Purdue to a one point game, I am not saying they beat them.

Iona would hang a 91 spot on Drexel.
Hell, even Sagarin has Iona a favorite over Drexel on a neutral court.

[stevenash]

Has anyone besides nash and myself seen iona play? These kids can play some ball and light it up

I'm as season ticket MAAC holder.

[allabout the $$$]

iona can ball but do they really deserve to be here questionable you wouldnt be having these arguments if this was seton hall

[No coincidences]

Iona's a good team. I'm not disputing that.

I'm just saying this particular play-in game should be Seton Hall vs. Drexel, not Iona vs. BYU, as far as I'm concerned.

[yisman]

Iona had many wins over top 100 teams and a good non conference schedule

They did?

One point loss to Purdue.

Drexel lost to Georgia State, Delaware, and got croaked by St. Joe's who Iona beat.

Your turn.

OK, nocoin asked about their many wins over top 100 teams, and you respond with a one point loss to Purdue, leading to what he said:

A one-point loss to Purdue = win? What?

He was asking Zeta about their "many wins" over top 100 teams.

You replied with a game they lost.

[stevenash]

Drexel doesn't have an answer for Glover, he's a 6'7" beast, rips almost 10 boards a game and averages almost 20.
And Machado is one of the better scoring guards in any conference, mid-major or otherwise.

Don't give me that pharmacy school out of Philly is better.

[jjesco425]

machado is a beast

[stevenash]

machado is a beast

One flaw, he will throw the ball away every now and then, but he's not really a PG

[cbiscuit]

Why all this noise about Iona getting in? The outrage this year is WVU getting in followed by Seton Hall and I am a Big East fan! Big East should not have had more than 7 this year and BE haters should really go after commitee and NCAA politicos. UCOnn and USF lucky to be in as well... same goes for BYU and Cal who was picked to take Pac10. Iona and Drexel should def be in.

[zsr]

Why are people arguing whether Iona would beat Drexel? That has nothing to do with anything. Drexel should be in.

[thfootball]

If your betting on the games why does it matter if Iona got in. I'm just hoping i can make some money through this tournament. My favorite team/s are the ones i bet on.

[yisman]

Why all this noise about Iona getting in? The outrage this year is WVU getting in followed by Seton Hall and I am a Big East fan! Big East should not have had more than 7 this year and BE haters should really go after commitee and NCAA politicos.

Seton Hall didn't get in.

[stevenash]

Why are people arguing whether Iona would beat Drexel? That has nothing to do with anything

Five wins (5-1) v. 51-100 teams.

Iona is 0-2 v. teams 1-50
5-1 v. teams 51-100
6-2 v. teams 101-150

Drexel is 1-1 v. teams, 1-50

That's it, that's the only mother freaking case you can make for Drexel.
The only one, Iona is 0-2 v. teams ranked 1-50, where Drexel is 1-1

Break it down further though, Drexel is 3-2 v. teams 51-100, where as Iona is 5-1.
Go deeper, Drexel is 4-2 v. teams 101-150, Iona is 6-2

Iona has played the tougher schedule, Iona has the better RPI, Iona played the much tougher out of conference schedule. etc.etc.etc.
Like I said, the only point you can make for Drexel is they beat a team ranked in the top 50.

[cbiscuit]

zzz

[cbiscuit]

Seton Hall didn't get in.

Right, I feel much better now. BTW, Col.St shouldnt be in this thing. Out of conference sched. was a joke!

[zsr]

Five wins (5-1) v. 51-100 teams.

Iona is 0-2 v. teams 1-50
5-1 v. teams 51-100
6-2 v. teams 101-150

Drexel is 1-1 v. teams, 1-50

That's it, that's the only mother freaking case you can make for Drexel.
The only one, Iona is 0-2 v. teams ranked 1-50, where Drexel is 1-1

Break it down further though, Drexel is 3-2 v. teams 51-100, where as Iona is 5-1.
Go deeper, Drexel is 4-2 v. teams 101-150, Iona is 6-2

Iona has played the tougher schedule, Iona has the better RPI, Iona played the much tougher out of conference schedule. etc.etc.etc.
Like I said, the only point you can make for Drexel is they beat a team ranked in the top 50.

Like no coin said earlier, Drexel won the CAA. A much tougher conference obviously then the MAAC.

Iona has no impressive wins.

Clearly your an Iona fan and that's why your arguing, I'm assuming everyone arguing for Drexel isn't a fan of either side.

[stevenash]

I'm logging off for the night, I spent 13 hours IPL'ing mainframes in a data center (freaking time change) and my brain is fried right now.

The OP is a good poster, it's all good, I just think he's wrong here, but I hope he makes a million this tournament.
I hope you all do.

[stevenash]

Clearly your an Fairfield fan and that's why your arguing

Fixed.

Peach zsr, here's hoping you win a ton this month

[homerbush]

Cal 0 top 50 wins

[ttwarrior1]

u never obviously seen drexel play, who cares if if iona is 1st in scoring

[thetrinity]

no one has a legit gripe who didnt get in. drexel outa conference SOS is terrible, the committee said it themselves. in my mind it was a shit sandwich at the bottom and byu n iona were the turds who crept thru, this is the first year EVER where i cant look at any team and say yea they should be there for sure and they arent.

[stevenash]

Now if you want to argue Drexel should be in instead of Vermont, you might have a case.

[chinoloco212]

i don't care how many wins each has against rpi top 50 or 200 it doesn't matter, the only thing that matters is...BYU is going to get SPANKED tonight

[stevenash]

^
Iona should light up the scoreboard like a pinball machine.

[zsr]

lol