The weather outside may be relatively frightful, but the March MAAC Madness in December is so delightful. Tonight in New Roc City, we'll see two of the favorites in the Metro Atlantic Conference duke it out in a rare early-season conference duel.Iona has developed into one of the feel-good stories of the year, going a perfect 5-0 and beating Iowa State at their own tournament. They're led by the dynamic backcourt duo of
Ricky Soliver and
Steve Burtt, the latter of which
leads the Mid-Majority in scoring with 26.6 PPG. Rider is 2-3, but have shown flashes of the solid team conference followers are predicting them to be: they
nearly took out Bucknell on their home floor, and feature a long and lanky 6'8" sophomore named
Jason Thompson who has shown gamebreaking capabilities in his young career. So buy some corn for popping and turn the lights way down low, there's a MAAC game on tonight.