UConn men's basketball faces another first-round hurdle in Iona
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Fourth-seeded UConn (25-8), featuring Albany Academy graduate Andre Jackson Jr., meets No. 13 Iona (27-7) at 4:30 p.m. Friday in a first-round matchup at MVP Arena.
“I think, number one, we have the best team we’ve had,” said Huskies coach Dan Hurley, in his fifth season. “We’ve played to the quality of a Top 10 team this year, overall body of work. Obviously, at the high end, we’ve probably played as well as anybody in the country.”