#652 ASA FREE PLAY ON Iona -6 over Delaware, Tuesday at 7:30 PM ET - This is technically on a neutral court in NYC but more of a home game for Iona as the UBS Arena is just 20 miles from their campus. Iona has played the MUCH tougher schedule with 8 of their 11 opponents to date landing inside the top 200 and 3 sitting inside the top 55. With that in mind, their 9-2 record is quite impressive. They have a win over Alabama and their 2 losses have come vs Kansas & Belmont. The Gaels have 6 wins over teams ranked inside the top 175. Delaware has faced ONE team this year ranked inside the top 100 and only 3 teams sitting inside the top 150. They are 0-3 in those games. Since losing @ Temple back on November 27th, the Blue Hens have played teams ranked 357, 301, 255, and 236 (and a . Their average winning margin in those games vs poor competition was just +9 PPG. They are 9-3 in the season, so a worse record than Iona despite playing one of the easiest schedules in the nation. Iona has the much better defensive team (74th in efficiency compared to 211th) and the better rebounding team. They defend the 3 point line as well as anyone ranking 17th nationally in that category. Big coaching advantage here as well with Rick Pitino running the show for Iona. We like the Gaels to cover here.