Even without the story, this is a very good job by both schools scheduling a game of this quality in such short time.
Say what you want about Rick Pitino, but he's doing an incredible job at Iona. They're 11-2, ranked #96 on KenPom and he's challenging the roster with a very good OOC schedule.
Their Alabama win was huge and wins over Liberty, Hofstra, Delaware, Yale Harvard and App State aren't total cupcakes either: all teams rank between 117-188 in KenPom. They played Belmont close and a 13 point loss to Kansas ain't bad for a MAAC team. Now they get to play a top-80 team in the surprisingly good Billikens.