NEW YORK (WFAN) -- One of the preeminent programs in college basketball awaits Iona in this year's NCAA tournament.
The 15th-seeded Gaels will meet second-seeded Duke on Thursday in Pittsburgh in the Midwest Regional.
It's Iona's third straight trip to the Big Dance and fifth in seven seasons. The Gaels (20-13) punched their ticket by beating Fairfield in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference tournament championship.
Duke is 25-6 and ranked fifth in the nation. The Blue Devils have won five national championships under coach Mike Krzyzewski since 1991.
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Seton Hall, which received an at-large bid, drew a No. 8 seed and will face ninth-seeded North Carolina State on Thursday in Wichita, Kansas -- also in the tournament's Midwest Region.
USA TODAY Images LIU Brooklyn, which upset Wagner to win the Northeast Conference tournament title, will play Radford in a First Four game on Tuesday in Dayton, Ohio. The winner will be the 16th seed in the East Regional and face top-seeded Villanova.
The Blackbirds (18-16) are in the tournament for the first time since 2013. Radford went 22-12 this season and beat Liberty in the Big South Conference tournament championship.
Aside from Villanova, the other top seeds are Virginia, Xavier and Kansas.
Other schools of local interest to qualify are Syracuse, St. Bonaventure and Buffalo.
Syracuse and St. Bonaventure were among the final at-large teams to make the cut and both must survive First Four games in Dayton to reach the field of 64. The Orange will face Arizona State on Wednesday, and the winner will advance as the 11th seed to play sixth-seeded TCU. The Bonnies will meet UCLA and, also as a No. 11 seed, will face sixth-seeded Florida.
Thirteenth-seeded Buffalo will play fourth-seeded Arizona on Thursday in Boise, Idaho.