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Yeah it would've certainly helped to have had a capable outside shooter to balance the floor with Coleman. But even when Jenkins played we had to run him at PG, we had to work him like a dog to get shots, it just didn't work this year with the misfit pieces.

The team has been better lately against the better part of the Big East and we're losing more competitively. Maybe Sha and everyone can take a bow. But it's all relative; it's still bad! The pieces we accumulated were not good enough. The coaching was not good and seemed totally distraught trying to figure out what they had. We knew there was trouble right off the bat with how we were playing. You don't look THAT bad and incapable of breaking 60 points and losing home games to Fordham and Monmouth.

Again, you're 1-10 against Fordham, Hofstra, Monmouth, DePaul (2-16), Georgetown (7-11), Providence (6-12), and Butler (6-12). That's freaking terrible.
Jenkins gave us one of the only good memories of this season going MJ mode against VCU in the 2nd half/OT. VCU is 24-5, incredible that we beat them.

Also have to think that if he stayed healthy Jenkins would’ve had a few more of those games in him. Not that it would’ve changed the ultimate outcome of the season, but he definitely could’ve made a difference in some of our close losses where we just couldn’t score.
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Jerry on the game

2024-25 Men's Basketball Standings
SchoolConfCpct.OverallPct.HomeAwayNeutralStreak
St. John's17-2.89526-4.86718-07-21-2W5
Marquette13-5.72222-7.75914-27-51-0W2
Creighton13-5.72220-9.69014-25-51-2L1
UConn12-6.66720-9.69012-27-41-3W2
Xavier11-7.61119-10.65514-24-71-1W5
Villanova11-8.57918-12.60015-33-70-2W3
Georgetown7-11.38916-13.55213-53-80-0L3
Butler6-12.33313-16.4489-72-82-1L2
Providence6-12.33312-17.41410-52-80-4L3
DePaul2-16.11111-18.37910-81-100-0L6
Seton Hall2-16.1117-22.2415-100-102-2L4

Pirates Survive Xavier to Clinch BIG EAST Three Seed

SchoolConfCpct.OverallPct.HomeAwayNeutralStreak
UConn18-01.00028-3.90313-110-25-0W7
Creighton15-2.88223-5.82110-111-32-1L1
Seton Hall13-5.72221-8.72413-48-20-2W3
Marquette12-6.66720-9.69013-26-71-0L1
Villanova11-6.64717-12.5869-57-51-2W1
DePaul8-10.44413-18.4198-85-80-2W1
Providence6-12.33313-18.4198-74-91-2W2
St. John's5-13.27815-14.5179-66-80-0L1
Butler5-13.27815-16.48410-63-92-1L2
Georgetown4-14.22211-18.3795-85-81-2L7
Xavier1-17.0566-23.2075-100-121-1L11

Pirates Survive Xavier to Clinch BIG EAST Three Seed


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CINCINNATI – The Seton Hall women's basketball team needed to rally from a 13-point deficit, but outlasted Xavier, 59-57, on Sunday to clinch the No. 3 seed in the upcoming BIG EAST Tournament.

The Pirates scored just 18 first-half points, but came out of the locker room with a 10-1 run and never trailed again.

Kaydan Lawson (Cleveland, Ohio) had 14 points with a team-high seven rebounds and four assists. Sophomore Savannah Catalon (Mansfield, Texas) also had 14 points to go with five assists and a team-high seven steals.

THE STORY:
After an uninspiring first quarter, Xavier opened the second with the first eight points to take a commanding 17-6 advantage with 5:51 to play before halftime. The Pirates were just 3-for-20 to start the game as their shooting woes followed them into the second. Down 21-8, The Hall started showing signs of life late with an 8-0 run, and a steal and score by Catalon, cut their deficit to 21-16.

The Hall played its worst half of the season in the first 20 minutes against Xavier. The Pirates shot just 26 percent from the floor and committed 13 turnovers. The Hall entered the averaging only 14.0 turnovers per game. Despite this, The Hall only trailed, 24-18, at the break.

As expected, the Pirates upped their intensity to begin the second half. A questionable flagrant foul called on Catalon just 15 seconds into the second half seemed to light a fire under The Hall. The Pirates opened the quarter with a 10-1 run to take a 28-25 lead with 6:39 left in the third quarter. The Pirates outscored the Musketeers, 27-to-14, in the third quarter.

Xavier opened the fourth quarter with a 6-0 burst to cut their deficit to one point, 48-47, with 7:06 remaining. The Hall answered by keeping the Musketeers off the scoreboard for the next 3:42, going on a 7-0 spurt to grab a 55-47 advantage with 3:49 to go. Credit Xavier, they continued to rally, and hit two late three-pointers, the latter of which cut their deficit to 58-57 with only 18 seconds left. Yaya Lops (Stamford, Conn.) hit one of two free-throws to make the score 59-57, and Xavier wasn't able to find the equalizer.

THE NUMBERS:
  • Seton Hall was 20-for-51 (39.2%) from the floor for the game, while Xavier was 20-for-42 (47.6%). The Hall was 1-for-9 (11.1%) from three-point range, while the Musketeers were 8-for-21 (38.1%).
  • Lawson had a season-high 14 points to go with a team-high seven rebounds and four assists.
  • The Hall out-rebounded Xavier, 30-to-28, which included a 13-to-7 edge on the offensive glass and a 14-to-4 advantage in second-chance points.
  • Catalon tallied 14 points, five assists and seven steals.
  • Seton Hall was 18-for-24 (75.0%) from the free-throw line, while Xavier was 9-for-14 (64.3%).
  • Faith Masonius (Spring Lake, N.J.) had 13 points, four rebounds and two steals.
  • Seton Hall forced 29 turnovers, while the Musketeers forced 19. The Hall had a 31-to-8 advantage in points-off-turnovers.
THE NOTES:
  • Seton Hall closes out the regular season with a 21-8 overall record and 13-5 mark in BIG EAST play, while Xavier falls to 6-23 overall and 1-17 in conference play.
  • The Pirates have clinched the No. 3 seed in the upcoming BIG EAST Tournament and will face the winner of No. 6 DePaul and No. 11 Xavier in the quarterfinals on Saturday, March 8 at 9:30 p.m.
  • The Hall is now a commanding 23-3 all-time against the Musketeers and has won 13 in a row against them.
  • Seton Hall's win is its seventh BIG EAST road victory of the season, its most since the 2014-15 season.
  • Today's victory finishes Seton Hall's schedule with 13 BIG EAST victories, which ranks third-most in program history. Only the Pirates' 16 wins during the 1993-94 season and 15 wins in the 2014-15 season were higher.
  • Today's game was the 1,500th in Seton Hall women's basketball history.
  • The Pirates collected at least 10 steals for the 19th time this season.
  • It's the 23rd time in 29 games that the Pirates have forced more turnovers than their opponent.
  • Seton Hall forced at least 20 turnovers today for the 15th time this season.
  • With their efforts today, both Catalon and Lawson surpassed the 500-point milestone for their careers.
UP NEXT:
Seton Hall will begin post-season play with a trip to the BIG EAST Tournament, presented by Jeep, at Mohegan Sun Arena next week. The Pirates will face either No. 6 DePaul or No. 11 Xavier in the quarterfinals on Saturday, March 8 at 9:30 p.m. The game will be televised nationally on FS2. As always, 89.5 FM WSOU or wsou.net will also carry the contest.

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Best passing that I have seen all year. They attacked the basket and played good D. The guys are not quitting. I have to admire that.
You saw the same team I did. We were in the game until the last 3-4 minutes against a team with far greater talent. Sad that it took so incredibly long to get there, but best 2 halves we have put together all year against good competition (and in this case top 10).
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No Reason to Overpay for Isaiah

This season entering today 36% from field 30% from 3 in league play
Telling stats. Continuously jacks up bad shots, feet aren’t sit and the results are embarrassing for a guy who’s supposed to be out top player. Number of times yesterday he drove with 2-3 guys on him and still forced it up. My math is bad, but somebody is open in that scenario. And we actually moved the ball as well as we had all year yesterday scoring inside with some nice feeds.

Coleman Appreciation Thread

FWIW, Dre Davis is averaging 10.5/4.4/1.2 as a secondary option on a borderline top 25 team.

All significantly down from last year with us.

If we paid Coleman next year what Davis got this year and Coleman put up those numbers this board would go insane.
If we are as good as Ole Miss, and his numbers are down for that reason, people wouldn’t care. Especially off this season.
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No Reason to Overpay for Isaiah

I could live with letting everybody walk out the door (get pushed) but it's important for continuity purposes to retain a core. I could deal with Middleton and Yalden returning as well because I think they can improve.

SPK's list doesn't have to be the starting five, nor should it be. Based on this, we need a starting backcourt and a starting power forward along with Coleman and Godswill.
Especially because it takes A LONG time for teams to gel with Sha. Even a team with some continuity like lsat year took the entire non-con season.
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