2020–21 Iona Gaels men's basketball team

2020–21 Iona Gaels men's basketball
MAAC tournament champions
NCAA tournament, First Round
ConferenceMetro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Record12–6 (6–3 MAAC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaHynes Athletic Center
2020–21 MAAC men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Siena124 .750125  .706
Monmouth126 .667128  .600
Saint Peter's108 .5561411  .560
Marist108 .556129  .571
Niagara79 .438911  .450
Canisius75 .58376  .538
Fairfield711 .3891017  .370
Quinnipiac710 .412913  .409
Iona63 .667126  .667
Manhattan612 .333713  .350
Rider513 .278617  .261
2021 MAAC tournament winner
Note: The MAAC has ordered standings based on league wins, not winning percentage, since all teams did not reach 20 conference games played. These standings were also used for seeding purposes in the 2021 MAAC tournament.

The 2020–21 Iona Gaels men's basketball team represented Iona College in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Gaels, led by first-year head coach Rick Pitino, played their home games at the Hynes Athletic Center in New Rochelle, New York as members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. In a season limited due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, they finished the season 12–6, 6–3 in MAAC play to finish in a tie for ninth place. As the No. 9 seed in the MAAC tournament, they defeated Quinnipiac, Siena, and Niagara to advance to the tournament championship game. They defeated Fairfield to win the tournament championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. They received a No. 15 seed in the East region and lost in the first round to No. 2 seed Alabama 68–55.

The Gaels marked the fifth team Pitino had taken to the NCAA Tournament, tying him with Lon Kruger and Tubby Smith, for the record for most teams taken to the tournament.