Men
•Also the Iona Athletic Association. The Iona A.A. played in Amateur Athletic Union (A.A.U.) tournaments; the team would include freshmen ineligible in intercollegiate play.
1947
Stepinac High School Benefit Game, at Westchester County Center
3/5 White Plains War Veterans 49 - Iona Junior Varsity 45 (1st game of doublheader.)
3/5 Fordham 57 - Iona 56 3,500
1948
European Student Relief Post-Season Doubleheader, at Fordham University Gymnasium
3/6 St. John's 57 - Iona 55 (1st g.: Manhattan 54 - St. Francis (Bk.) 50)
1950
National Catholic Invitation Tournament, at Albany, N.Y. (Siena College)
[Moved from Baltimore due to Hotel segregation. St. Francis insisted their "Negro" players receive equal accomodations or they wouldn't play in tournament.]
First Round:
3/29 Iona 71 - St. Michael's (Vt.) 55 (Other game: St. Francis (Bk.) 67 - Creighton 66
Semi-Final:
3/30 St. Francis (Bk.) 62 - Iona (N.Y.) 61 (Other semi: Siena 75 - Loras 55)
Consolation game:
4/1 Loras 55 - Iona 52 (Champ.: Siena 57 - St. Francis (Bk.) 50)
1951
National Catholic Invitation Tournament , at Albany, N.Y. (Siena College)
First Round:
3/13 Iona 54 - St. Mark's (Minn.) 52
Quarter-Final:
3/14 Seattle 69 - Iona 67 (2nd g.: Le Moyne 57 - Siena 53)
1952
Metropolitan A.A.U. Championships, at Union Temple, Brooklyn
First Round:
1/17 Rego Park Jewish Center 68 - Iona A.A. 62 (other g.- U.S.S. Oriskany 87 - 92nd Street Y.M.H.A. 85)
National Catholic Invitation Tournament, at Troy, N.Y.
First Round:
3/15 Iona 68 - Gannon 52 (other g.- Le Moyne 67 - Providence 63)
Quarter-Final:
3/19 Marquette 66 - Iona 59 (other g.- St. Francis (Pa.) 65 - St. Joseph's (Phil.) 56))
1970
Club Team
Intercollegiate Club Balanced Basketball League
Championship:
3/24 Iona 71 - Manahattan 67 (No info yet on semi-final)
Champions!
1977
Iona barred from ECAC Metropolitan and NCAA tournaments due to violation.
1978
Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference, Divisional Playoffs (Invitational)
Metropolitan New York/New Jersey Region, at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, N.Y.:
First Round:
3/2 St. John's 83 - Iona 80 9,230 (1st g.- Army 81 - Seton Hall 79 O.T. )
1979
E.C.A.C. Divisional Playoffs (Invitational)
Metropolitan New York/New Jersey Region, at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, N.Y.
First Round (Semi-Final):
3/1 Iona 80 - Seton Hall 73 9,101 (other g.: St. John's 86 - Wagner 82 O.T. )
Championship:
3/3 Iona 63 - St. John's 57 6,005
Champions!
National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament
East Regional, at Reynolds Coliseum, Raleigh, N.C.:
First Round:
3/9 Pennsylvania 73 - Iona 69 12,000 (other g.: St. John's 75 - Temple 70)
1980
E.C.A.C. Divisional Playoffs (Invitational)
Metropolitan New York/New Jersey Metro Region
First Round (Quarter-Final), at Mulcahy Center, Iona, New Rochelle:
2/26 Iona 69 - Fairleigh Dickinson 53
Semi-final, at St. John's Alumni Hall, Jamaica, Queens:
2/28 Iona 76 - Siena 70> (other semi: St. Peter's 65 - Fordham 47)
Championship, at St. John's Alumni Hall:
3/1 Iona 64 - St. Peter's 46 11,987
Champions!
[This conference began including every conference team in the league in the post-season playoffs beginning this year and are not listed for subsequent years in this list.]
N. C. A. A.
East Regional, at Providence Civic Center, R.I.:
First Round:
3/7 Iona 84 - Holy Cross 78 (2nd g.- Villanova 77 - Marquette 59)
Second Round:
3/8 Georgetown 74 - Iona 71 6,827 (2nd g.- Syracuse 97 - Villanova 83)
Note: Iona officially forfeited the above games due to Jeff Rulen having hired an agent, a violation.
1982
N.I.T.
First Round, at Rutgers:
3/11 Rutgers 55 - Iona 51 4,541
1983
N.I.T.
First Round, at Mulcahy Center, Iona:
3/16 Iona 90 - St. Bonaventure 76 2,816
Second Round, at Nebraska:
3/21 Nebraska 85 - Iona 73 14,712
1984
N. C. A. A.
East Regional, at Brendan Byrne Arena, Meadowlands, N.J.:
First Round:
3/16 Virginia 58 - Iona 57 16,714 (1st g.- Virginia Commonwealth 70 - Northeastern 69)
1985
N. C. A. A.
East Regional, at Hartford Civic Center (Conn.):
First Round:
3/14 Loyola (Ill.) 59 - Iona 58 10,246 (2nd game- SMU 85 - Old Dominion 68)
1996
N.I.T.
First Round, at Iona, New Rochelle:
3/14 St. Joseph's (Pa.) 82 - Iona 78
1997
N.I.T.
First Round, at Campbell Pavilion, UConn:
3/12 Connecticut 71 - Iona 66 22,734
1998
N. C. A. A.
South Regional, at Rupp Arena, Lexington, Ky.:
First Round:
3/13 Syracuse 63 - Iona 61 15,622 (other g.- New Mexico 79 - Butler 62)
2000
N. C. A. A.
Midwest Regional, at the Metrodome, Minneapolis:
First Round:
3/16 Maryland 74 - Iona 59 (2nd g.- UCLA 65 - Ball State 57)
2001
N. C. A. A.
Midwest Regional, at Kansas City, Missouri:
First Round:
3/16 Mississippi 72 - Iona 70 14,750 (other g.: Indiana 83 - Xavier 71)
2006
N. C. A. A.
Atlanta Regional, at Jacksonville, Florida:
First Round:
3/16 Louisiana State 80 - Iona 64
2011
C.I.T. (CollegeInsider Tournament)
First Round, at Valparaiso, Indiana:
3/16 Iona 85 - Valparaiso 77
Second Round:
bye
Quarterfinal, at Hynes Center, Iona:
3/22 Iona 78 - Buffalo 63
Semifinal, at MSHA Athletics Center, Johnson City, Tennessee:
3/26 Iona 83 - East Tennessee State 80
Championship Game, at Hynes Center, Iona:
3/30 Santa Clara 76 - Iona 69
2012
N. C. A. A.
West Regional, at Dayton, Ohio:
First Round
3/13 B.Y.U. 78 - Iona 72
2013
N. C. A. A.
First Round
bye
West Regional, at Dayton, Ohio:
Second Round
3/22 Ohio State 95 - Iona 70
2014
N.I.T.
First Round (Florida State Region), at Louisiana Tech:
3/19 Louisiana Tech 89 - Iona 88
2015
N.I.T.
First Round, at Ryan Center, Kingston, R.I.:
3/17 Rhode Island 88 - Iona 75
2016
N. C. A. A.
First Round
bye
Midwest Regional, at Denver, Colorado:
Second Round
3/17 Iowa State 94 - Iona 81
2017
N. C. A. A.
Midwest Regional
First Round at Sacramento, Cal.
3/17 Oregon 93 - Iona 77
2018
N. C. A. A.
Midwest Regional
First Round at Pittsburgh, Penn.
3/15 Duke 89 - Iona 67
2019
N. C. A. A.
Midwest Regional
First Round at Columbus, Ohio
3/22 North Carolina 88 - Iona 73
2021
N. C. A. A.
East Region
First Round at Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, Indiana
3/20 Alabama 68 - Iona 55
2022
N.I.T.
First Round at O'Connor Center, Gainesville, Fla.:
3/17 Florida 79 - Iona 74
2023
N. C. A. A.
West Regional
First Round at MVP Arena, Albany, N.Y.
3/17 Connecticut 87 - Iona 63
1978
New York State Championship/Downstate Championship
First Round, at Iona:
2/1 Brooklyn College 69 - Iona 62
1979
A.I.A.W. Eastern Small College Division Championship
3/11 Niagara 76 - Iona 47
2008
W.N.I.T.
First Round, at Hamden, Conn.:
3/19 Iona 71 - Quinnipiac 59
Second Round, at Carnesecca Arena, Jamaica, N.Y.:
3/24 St. John's 65 - Iona 59
2010
W.N.I.T.
First Round, at Comcast Center, College Park, Md.:
3/19 Maryland 88 - Iona 53
2013
W.N.I.T.
First Round, at Daskalakis Athletic Center. Drexel, Philadelphia:
3/21 Drexel 59 - Iona 50
2014
W.N.I.T.
Region 3 First Round, at Hynes Athletic Center, Iona, New Rochelle, N.Y.:
3/20 Harvard 90 - Iona 89
2016
N. C. A. A.
Lexington Regional
First Round at College Park, Maryland
3/17 Maryland 74 - Iona 58
2023
N. C. A. A.
Seattle 4 Region
First Round at Cameron Indoor Stadium, Durham, North Carolina
3/18 Iona v. Duke
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