BIG EAST MEN’S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT March 11-14 • Madison Square Garden • New York City FIRST ROUND QUARTERFINALS SEMIFINALS FINAL Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday March 11 March 12 March 13 March 14 No. 9 ST. JOHN’S 7 P.M. FS1 12 P.M. No. 8 GEORGETOWN FS1 No. 1 CREIGHTON 6:30 P.M. FS1 No. 5 BUTLER 2:30 P.M. FS1 No. 4 PROVIDENCE 6:30 P.M. No. 10 DEPAUL FOX 9:30 P.M. FS1 7 P.M. No. 7 XAVIER FS1 No. 2 VILLANOVA 9 P.M. FS1 No. 6 MARQUETTE 9:30 P.M. FS1 No. 3 SETON HALL All times listed are Eastern. GAME 31 vs. MARQUETTE • NEW YORK, N.Y. • MADISON SQUARE GARDEN GAME INFORMATION Date/Time: Thursday, March 12 / 9:30 p.m. Eastern [3] SETON HALL PIRATES (21-9, 13-5 BIG EAST) Site: Madison Square Garden (19,812) / New York, N.Y. HEAD COACH: Kevin Willard (Pittsburgh, ‘97) | 2020 BIG EAST Regular Season Champions TV: FS1 • Gus Johnson, Bill Raftery & Lisa Byington RECORD AT SETON HALL: 190-137, 10th Season | CAREER RECORD: 235-186, 13th Season Online: FOXSportsGO.com vs Radio: AM970 AM • Gary Cohen & Dave Popkin [6] MARQUETTE GOLDEN EAGLES (18-12, 8-10 BIG EAST) SHU Pirates Mobile App • TuneIn HEAD COACH: Steve Wojciechowski (Duke, ‘97) Social: @SetonHallMBB RECORD AT MARQUETTE: 115-81, Sixth Season | CAREER RECORD: 115-81, Sixth Season Seton Hall All-Time vs. Marquette: 11-19 THIS IS MARCH • Seton Hall has registered 10 or more BIG EAST victories in four of the last five seasons. 2019-20 SCHEDULE • The BIG EAST Tournament is here and Seton Hall is the No. 3 seed, the fourth time in five years that the MP AND Q EARN BIG EAST HONORS DATE OPPONENT TV TIME/RESULT Pirates are the tournament’s No. 3 seed. Oct. 25 BLOOMFIELD (EXH.) % None W, 81-52 • The Pirates are 31-36 all-time at the BIG EAST • Senior All-America candidate Myles Powell Oct. 29 MISERICORDIA (EXH.) % None W, 112-38 Tournament with championships in 1991, 1993 (Trenton, N.J.) was unanimously selected to the Nov. 5 WAGNER % FS1 W, 105-71 and 2016. All-BIG EAST first team for a second year in a row, • Last season, the Pirates rode late season the conference office announced on March 8. Nov. 9 STONY BROOK % FSN W, 74-57 momentum into the BIG EAST Tournament finals , • Powell is only the second Seton Hall men’s Nov. 14 No. 3 MICHIGAN STATE ! FS1 L, 76-73 its second appearance in four years, where they fell basketball player to ever place on to the All-BIG Nov. 17 at Saint Louis ESPNU W, 83-66 in a tight contest to Villanova, 74-72. EAST first team multiple times and two years in a Nov. 23 FLORIDA A&M FS2 W, 87-51 • The Hall is 5-2 all-time as the No. 3 seed. row, joining former Pirates legend Terry Dehere Nov. 27 vs. No. 11 Oregon @ ESPN2 L, 69-71 • As the higher seed at the BIG EAST Tournament, (1989-93). Nov. 28 vs. Southern Miss @ ESPN2 W, 81-56 Seton Hall is 18-9. • Joining Powell in receiving honors is classmate • Since 2015-16, Seton Hall is 12-5 at Madison Square Quincy McKnight (Bridgeport, Conn.), who was Nov. 29 vs. Iowa State @ ESPNU W, 84-76 and 6-3 at MSG in the BIG EAST Tournament named All-BIG EAST honorable mention. Dec. 8 at Iowa State # ESPN2 L, 66-76 • While receiving the most attention on the Dec. 14 at Rutgers $ BTN L, 48-68 NOTES YOU NEED TO KNOW defensive end from opponents, he is averaging Dec. 19 No. 7 MARYLAND FS1 W, 52-48 21.0 points per game, second-most in the BIG Dec. 22 PRAIRIE VIEW A&M FS1 W, 75-55 • Seton Hall finished the regular season with a 21-9 EAST, and 18th best in the country. Dec. 30 at DePaul* FS1 W, 74-66 record overall and a 13-5 mark in the BIG EAST • In conference play, Powell was also second in the Conference, which earned the Pirates a three-way league in scoring at 20.9 points per game as well Jan. 3 GEORGETOWN* FS1 W, 78-62 share of the league’s regular season championship, as tied for 10th in assists (3.4) and tied for eighth Jan. 8 at Xavier* FS1 W, 83-71 the program’s first since 1993. in steals (1.4). Jan. 11 MARQUETTE* CBSSN W, 69-55 • The Pirates were in first place for every day of the • McKnight has been rock steady as Seton Hall’s Jan. 15 at No. 5 Butler* FS1 W, 78-70 BIG EAST’s regular season, marking the program’s point guard in his senior season with overall Jan. 18 at St. John’s* FOX W, 82-79 first wire-to-wire run at the top of the league. averages of 11.9 points and 5.4 assists. Jan. 22 PROVIDENCE* FS1 W, 73-64 • This season marks Seton Hall’s fifth consecutive • He claimed the conference’s statistical 20-win campaign, a program record. championship in assists by averaging 6.3 dimes in Jan. 29 DEPAUL* FS1 W, 64-57 • The Pirates’ 13 BIG EAST victories are the second- the 18 league games, becoming only the second- Feb. 1 XAVIER* FOX L, 62-74 most in program history behind only the 1992-93 ever Pirate to do so (Shaheen Holloway, 1998). Feb. 5 at Georgetown* FS1 W, 78-71 squad that won 14 games. Feb. 8 at No. 10 Villanova* FOX W, 70-64 Feb. 12 No. 23 CREIGHTON* FS1 L, 82-87 INSIDE THE RESUME (THROUGH GAMES ON MARCH 8) Feb. 15 at Providence* CBSSN L, 71-74 • Seton Hall ranks 16th in the NET with a 10-7 • The Pirates and Butler tied for the most Q1 and Feb. 19 No. 21 BUTLER* FS1 W, 74-72 record against “Quad 1” opponents and a Q2 games played in the country (24). Feb. 23 ST. JOHN’S* CBS W, 81-65 combined 15-9 record vs. “Quad 1” and “Quad 2” • Seton Hall is ranked 20th in the nation in KenPom Feb. 29 at Marquette* FOX W, 88-79 opponents. with a strength of schedule ranking of 10th. • The Hall’s 15 combined Q1 and Q2 wins are tied • The Pirates’ strength of schedule also ranks March 4 No. 14 VILLANOVA* FS1 L, 77-79 for third in the country with Villanova. fourth in the NCAA. March 7 at No. 11 Creighton* FOX L, 60-77 • Seton Hall’s seven Quad 1 road wins are tied for • The Pirates also rank among the top teams in March 12 vs. Marquette ** FS1 9:30 PM the most in the country with Kansas. the nation in KPI (7), Sagarin (10) and Strength March 13 BIG EAST Semifinal ** FS1 9 PM of Record (19). March 14 BIG EAST Final ** FOX 6:30 PM % at Walsh Gymnasium in South Orange, N.J. LAST GAME’S STARTERS 2019-20 STATISTICS * BIG EAST game ** 2020 BIG EAST Tournament at Madison Square Garden No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. PPG RPG APG FG% 3FG% FT% ! Gavitt Tipoff Games 0 Quincy McKnight G Sr. 6-4 185 11.9 3.3 5.4 41.4 34.6 85.0 @ Battle 4 Atlantis 13 Myles Powell G Sr. 6-2 195 21.0 4.3 2.9 39.8 30.6 79.5 # BIG EAST/Big 12 Scheduling Alliance 22 Myles Cale G Jr. 6-6 210 6.0 3.7 0.9 38.7 28.4 58.3 $ Garden State Hardwood Classic All games in CAPS and BOLD are home games. All home games are played at 23 Sandro Mamukelashvili F Jr. 6-11 240 11.9 6.0 1.4 54.0 43.4 65.8 Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. unless noted otherwise 35 Romaro Gill C Sr. 7-2 255 7.8 5.6 0.1 62.8 0.0 67.5 PRONUNCIATIONS KEY RESERVES Asiah Avent...........................................Isaiah 2 Anthony Nelson G So. 6-4 180 2.7 0.8 2.3 43.8 26.7 60.9 Darnell Brodie ..................................... bro-dee 4 Tyrese Samuel F Fr. 6-10 220 3.2 2.7 0.4 37.5 32.7 44.0 Myles Cale ............................................KALE 14 Jared Rhoden G So. 6-6 210 9.1 6.4 1.1 44.1 33.7 62.3 Sandro Mamukelashvili...........ma-MOO-kell-osh-VEE-lee 21 Ike Obiagu C So. 7-2 265 2.4 2.0 0.0 67.6 0.0 57.9 Takal Molson......................................tah-CALL 33 Shavar Reynolds, Jr. G Jr. 6-2 190 4.2 1.8 1.0 43.0 47.8 82.8 Ike Obiagu...................................O-bee-ah-goo 2019-20 GAME NOTES 1 #HALLin @SETONHALLMBB INSIDE THE HALL A YEAR TO “RO”-MEMBER MP13 JOINS EXCLUSIVE COMPANY • The strong final season for seniorRomaro GIll • Along with his elite scoring numbers, Myles GENERAL INFORMATION (St. Thomas, Jamaica) was rightfully rewarded Powell will finish his career as one of Seton Location ............................................................... South Orange, NJ 07079 with Gill earning the BIG EAST’s Defensive Hall’s winningest players in program history. Founded .....................................................................................................1856 Player of the Year and Most Improved Player of • Not including redshirt seasons, Powell is Enrollment ............................................................................................. 10,400 the Year awards. currently tied for sixth all-time with 84 career Affiliation .............................................................................. NCAA Division I • Gill becomes Seton Hall’s third BIG EAST victories, two shy from matching Chris Davis Conference.........................................................................................BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year recipient joining (1990-91, 92-95) for fifth all-time (86): Nickname ..............................................................................................