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Message: [QUOTE="auror, post: 4571724, member: 1329"] For getting to the Sweet 16, the draw is pretty reasonable. Iona is about the strength of a normal 13 seed, maybe a hair stronger (especially considering coach). But they're likely to be dealing with some level of distraction as well. St. Mary's is a paper tiger. They beat a couple decent mid majors and Gonzaga at home, SDSU on a neutral court, and hung around with Houston. Their best win against a major conference team this season was Vanderbilt, long before they started playing decent. They got smoked by Gonzaga the last 2 times they played them. VCU is an average to below average 12 seed by power rating. The A10 was bad this year. They may not have gotten into the field without the AQ. Stylistically they may be tough matchup for us, but they have to get through St. Mary's first anyways. [/QUOTE]