2017-18 Schedule >> GAME Five | Neutral Game One
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>> 2017-18 Schedule >> GAME five | neutral game one DATE OPPONENT TV TIME/RESULT Nov. 10 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON ** FS2 W, 90-68 RHODE ISLAND (2-1) vs. Nov. 12 MONMOUTH ** FS1 W, 75-65 NO. 20 SETON HALL (4-0) Nov. 15 INDIANA ! FS1 W, 84-68 | Nov. 18 NJIT FS2 W, 82-53 DATE: Thursday, Nov. 23, 2017 6:00 p.m. Nov. 23 vs. Rhode Island # ESPNU 6 p.m. LOCATION: Barclays Center | Brooklyn, N.Y. Nov. 24 vs. Vanderbilt or UVA # TBA 7:30/9:45 p.m. AT TV: ESPNU Nov. 30 vs. Texas Tech % FS1 6:30 p.m. TALENT: Mike Crispino & LaPhonso Ellis Dec. 3 at Louisville ESPN2 4 p.m. | Dec. 9 VCU $ FOX 3 p.m. RADIO: AM970 The Answer Sirius 138/XM 201 Dec. 12 SAINT PETER’S & FS1 7 p.m. SHU Pirates Mobile App | SHUPirates.com Dec. 16 at Rutgers @ BTN 12 p.m. TALENT: Gary Cohen (PxP), Dave Popkin (Color) Dec. 20 WAGNER FS1 7 p.m. ONLINE: WatchESPN | @SetonHallMBB Dec. 23 MANHATTAN FSN 12 p.m. Dec. 28 CREIGHTON * FS1 6:30 p.m. Dec. 31 ST. JOHN’S * FS1 5 p.m. >> THINGS TO KNOW >> OFF THE bat Jan. 6 at Butler * FS1 2:30 p.m. • The No. 20 ranked Seton Hall Pirates head into this • Thursday is the first meeting between the Rams Jan. 9 at Marquette * CBSSN 9 p.m. and the Pirates since game No. 4 of the 2012 season Jan. 13 GEORGETOWN * FS1 12 p.m. year’s NIT Season Tip-Off with an unblemished record for Seton Hall, when junior Gene Teague scored 21 Jan. 17 at Creighton * FS1 8:30 p.m. after taking care of Fairleigh Dickinson, Monmouth, points and the Pirates overcame a 13-point deficit to Jan. 20 XAVIER * FOX 2:30 p.m. Indiana and NJIT in four home games at Prudential Jan. 28 at DePaul * CBSSN 4 p.m. Center in eight days to begin the season. defeat Rhose Island in the consolation game of the Hall of Fame Tip-Off, 60-55, held inside Mohegan Jan. 31 PROVIDENCE * FS1 7 p.m. • Senior Desi Rodriguez scored a game-high 19 points Sun Arena. Feb. 4 at Villanova * FOX 12 p.m. to continue his hot streak to begin the season, and Feb. 7 MARQUETTE * FS1 7 p.m. the Seton Hall bench contributed 32 points including • The 2017-18 non-conference slate for the Pirates Feb. 10 at Georgetown * CBSSN 4 p.m. 11 points on 5-of-8 shooting from freshman Sandro includes potential matchups against six teams Feb. 14 at Xavier * FS1 9 p.m. Mamukelashvili on Saturday afternoon to deliver NJIT currently in the KenPom Top-100 including Rhode Feb. 18 DEPAUL * FS1 1 p.m. a 82-53 setback at The Rock. Mamukelashvili also Island and both Virginia and Vanderbilt. The Hall Feb. 21 at Providence * FS1 or FSN 6:30 p.m. will square off with four teams that made the NCAA Feb. 24 at St. John’s * FOX 12 p.m. added nine rebounds and four blocks. Tournament last season, including both games at Feb. 28 VILLANOVA * FS1 8:30 p.m. • The Pirates are 4-0 for the first time since 2014-15 the NIT Tip-Off, in addition to Louisville and VCU. March 3 BUTLER * TBA TBA when the team won its first seven games. March 7-10 BIG EAST Tournament ^ FS1/FOX TBA • Angel Delgado, the Division I active leader in • The Pirates return 90 percent of their scoring and double-doubles (53), was a unanimous All-BIG rebounding from a team that won 21 games in 2016- All games in CAPS and BOLD are home games EAST First Team pick after leading the nation 17, advanced to the BIG EAST Tournament semifinal, * BIG EAST game in rebounding in 2016-17, pulling down an and reached the NCAA Tournament for the second ! Gavitt Tipoff Games astonishing 13.1 boards per game. # NIT Season Tip-Off consecutive season. • Carrington and Delgado were named to the ** NIT Season Tip-Off Campus Games • Led by eighth-year head coach Kevin Willard, the Preseason All-BIG EAST first team, and Rodriguez % Under Armour Reunion at Madison Square Garden Pirates welcome back an incredible senior class that earned an honorable mention nod. The Pirates were $ Never Forget Tribute Classic has the only active trio of 1,000 point scorers in picked second behind Villanova in the league’s & at Walsh Gymnasium in South Orange, N.J. Division I - Khadeen Carrington, Angel Delgado and preseason poll. @ Garden State Hardwood Classic Desi Rodriguez. ^ 2017 BIG EAST Tournament at Madison Square Garden • The Pirates will either face Vanderbilt or Virginia on • Seton Hall was ranked in the AP Top-25 Poll entering Friday night. If it’s Vandy, it will be only the second the season for the first time since 2000-01 when it all-time meeting, the first going to the Commodores came in at No. 10, and was picked to win the BIG in 1967. Seton Hall is 3-0 all-time against UVA, all on EAST. neutral courts, most recently in 2007. Key Contributors No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. 2017-18 Stats Notes 0 Khadeen Carrington G 6-4 195 Sr. 12.0 ppg, 5.3 apg Team-best 3.0 assist-to-turnover ratio, six steals 13 Myles Powell G 6-2 195 So. 13.0 ppg, 3.0 apg Shooting 38.5 percent from deep (10-for-26) 20 Desi Rodriguez G/F 6-6 220 Sr. 17.0 ppg, 4.3 rpg Scored season-high 23 points vs. Indiana 1 Michael Nzei F 6-8 205 Jr. 4.5 ppg, 4.0 rpg Team is 5-1 when he scores in double-figures 31 Angel Delgado C 6-10 245 Sr. 12.0 ppg, 8.5 rpg NCAA active career leader in double-doubles (53) 14 Ismael Sanogo F 6-8 215 Sr. 2.8 ppg, 4.8 rpg Considered a top defender in the BIG EAST 23 Sandro Mamukelashvili F 6-10 230 Fr. 6.0 ppg, 4.3 rpg Totaled 11 points, nine rebounds, four blocks vs. NJIT 22 Myles Cale G/F 6-5 200 Fr. 8.3 ppg, 2.5 rpg Averaging 18.0 min/g, 2.5 assist-to-turnover ratio 2 Jordan Walker G 5-11 155 Fr. 3.5 ppg, 2.0 apg DNP due to injury in each of the last two games 4 Eron Gordon G 6-3 200 So. 3.5 ppg, 1.3 rpg Finished with seven points, three assists vs. NJIT 2017-18 GAME NOTES 1 #HALLin @SETONHALLMBB >> INSIDE THE HALL >> PIRATE POINTS GENERAL INFORMATION Location ................................................................South Orange, NJ 07079 #PiratePursuit Early Opportunities Founded ................................................................................................1856 » The No. 20 Pirates have flourished in the » The Pirates have a challenging non- Enrollment .........................................................................................10,300 program’s previous two seasons to the conference slate in 2017-18 that features Affiliation ......................................................................... NCAA Division I likes of which the program has not seen matchups against six teams currently in Conference ...................................................................................BIG EAST Nickname ...........................................................................................Pirates in over 20 years, and they are in pursuit of the KenPom Top-100: Colors .................................................................................. Blue and White a truly special 2017-18 campaign. » Indiana - 91 Home Court (Capacity) ................................. Prudential Center (10,353) » The program has gone to back-to-back » Rhode Island - 57 Secondary Home Court (Capacity) ..................Walsh Gymnasium (1,655) NCAA Tournaments for the first time since » Virginia - 7 or Vanderbilt - 53 Interim President ............................................................. Dr. Mary Meehan reeling off four straight appearances from » Texas Tech - 17 Vice President/Director of Athletics ........................................Patrick Lyons Athletic Department Phone ................................................(973) 761-9498 1991-94. » Louisville - 27 Ticket Office Phone............................................................ (973) 275-HALL » Last year’s campaign secured the » VCU - 95 program’s first back-to-back 20-win » A total of four potential non-conference MEN’S BASKETBALL COACHING STAFF seasons since 1992-93, and first back- opponents reached the NCAA Head Coach ...........................................................................Kevin Willard to-back BIG EAST Conference winning Tournament in 2016-17 including Alma Mater/Year ............................................................... Pittsburgh/1997 Record at Seton Hall/Years .........................................132-102/seven years seasons since 2003-04. Louisville, Vanderbilt, Rhode Island, Career Record/Years .........................................................177-151/10 years Virginia and VCU. Associate Head Coach ......................... Shaheen Holloway (Seton Hall ‘00) In the Polls » The Pirates have gone 10-2 during non- Assistant Coaches ....................................... Fred Hill (Montclair State ‘81) » The Pirates enter Thursday as the AP conference play in each of the past three ................................................................... Grant Billmeier (Seton Hall ‘07) No. 20 ranked team, and is 28th in the years. Director of Basketball Operations ............................ Kyle Smyth (Iona ‘12) KenPom ranking. Coordinators of Basketball Operations .........Kevin Lynch (Seton Hall ‘14) ......................................................................Charlie Butler (Seton Hall ‘15) » Seton Hall has been in the weekly Unmatched Senior Scorers Office Phone......................................................................... (973) 761-9070 national rankings 103 times in program » Between Delgado, Rodriguez, Carrington history, and now three times this season and Sanogo, the Pirates entered 2017-18 TEAM INFORMATION after previously finishing the 2015-16 with the most senior points returning in 2016-17 Record ....................................................................................21-12 campaign at No. 20. the country: BIG EAST Record/Finish