2018 – 19 Iona Gaels men 's basketball team represented Iona College during the 2018 – 19 NCAA Division I men 's basketball season . The Gaels were led by ninth-year head coach Tim Cluess , and played their home games at the Hynes Athletic Center in New Rochelle , New York as members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference . They finished the regular season 17 – 16 overall , 12 – 6 in MAAC play to win the regular season championship . As the No. 1 seed in the 2019 MAAC Tournament , they defeated No. 9 seed Saint Peter 's , No. 5 seed Siena and No. 6 seed Monmouth 81 – 60 , to become champions of the MAAC Tournament for a record fourth consecutive time . They earned the MAAC 's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Tournament , receiving a 16 seed in the Midwest region , and facing No. 1 seed North Carolina in the first round . Iona led 38 – 33 at the half , while making 10-of-21 3-pointers . But North Carolina opened the second half on a 25 – 7 run , leading by as many as 20 , en route to a 88 – 73 victory . Iona 's 15 made three-point field goals are the most ever by a North Carolina opponent in its NCAA tournament history of 171 games
2019 MAAC Tournament
2019 MAAC Men's Basketball Tournament
2018–19 Iona Gaels men's basketball team