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Field Announced For 2024 Charleston Classic - Seton Hall University Athletics

ESPN Events has announced the eight-team field – Seton Hall, Drake, Florida Atlantic, Miami, Nevada, Oklahoma State, Vanderbilt, and VCU – competing in the 2...

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South Orange, N.J. - ESPN Events has announced the eight-team field – Seton Hall, Drake, Florida Atlantic, Miami, Nevada, Oklahoma State, Vanderbilt and VCU – competing in the 2024 Shriners Children's Charleston Classic. The annual men's college basketball tournament will be played on November 21, 22, and 24 at TD Arena in Charleston, S.C.

This will be The Hall's third trip to the Charleston Classic where the Pirates are 4-2 all-time. Seton Hall's first showing was in 2011-12 and its last visit came in November of the 2015-16 season. Matchups, times and ESPN platform designations for games will be announced at a later date.

The family-friendly event offers teams a week of practice, play, and experiences in and around historic Charleston. Information on travel packages, tickets and more are available at the Charleston Classic website. Tickets will be available for purchase following the announcement of the complete tournament schedule later this summer. In the meantime, fans can secure up to $25 off each all-tournament ticket by signing up for the pre-sale at www.charlestonclassic.com.

Pirate Blue will be hosting events the week of the tournament and they will be announced at a later date.

Seton Hall is coming off of a historic 2023-24 season that saw them go 25-12 overall, 13-7 in the BIG EAST and win the 2024 National Invitation Tournament. The Pirates' 25 victories is tied for fourth-most in school history and it was their most wins in a single season since 2015-16. Despite being picked to finish ninth out of 11 teams in the BIG EAST's preseason coaches poll, Holloway led The Hall to a 13-7 mark in conference play and a fourth-place finish in the league standings

By Gary Parrish
A player from France has been selected No. 1 in each of the past two NBA Drafts — first Victor Wembanyama in 2023, then Zaccharie Risacher in 2024. That streak should end next year because, barring a surprise, the first player selected in the 2025 NBA Draft will be Cooper Flagg, the projected one-and-done star at Duke.

He's American.

He's terrific.

He's been an undeniable star at the high school level (and on the grassroots circuit) for years, so much so that I really do believe all 30 NBA franchises would take the 6-foot-9 forward first overall if next year's draft were held right now. Could things change between now and next June? Yes — and they often do. But Flagg is such a well-rounded and high-level prospect that it's difficult to imagine anybody replacing him at the top of draft boards, especially if he's so awesome at Duke that he keeps the Blue Devils near the top of the national rankings all season. For what it's worth, they're currently ninth in the CBS Sports Top 25 And 1 preseason college basketball rankings.

As you've likely heard, tanking isn't as good of a strategy as it once was in the NBA with the lottery odds now flattened; even if you have the best odds to get the No. 1 pick, you don't have good odds to get the No. 1 pick. That acknowledged, #TankForFlagg should be a popular hashtag next NBA season. The Brooklyn Nets are already headed that direction. Expect more franchises to join them in due time.

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By Zach Braziller

After three years with Tyler Kolek, Shaka Smart is bullish on his future.

He’s certain.

The Knicks got a keeper in their second-round pick out of Marquette, someone who will mesh well with the culture that has been established by coach Tom Thibodeau, Jalen Brunson and Co.

Kolek was considered a potential first-round pick after leading the nation in assists.

He ended up falling out of the opening round, and had to wait a day to hear his name called.

But the Knicks scooped him up with the 34th overall pick in the draft, and showed they valued him, signing him to a four-year, $9.06 million contract.

Clearly, they believe in the polished 6-foot-1 point guard.

“Tom Thibodeau is known as the toughest, grittiest, most hard-nosed coach in the NBA, and Tyler Kolek is tough, he’s gritty, he’s competitive, he doesn’t back down from any challenge,” the Marquette coach said on Monday. “So I think that’ll be a real fit for him.”

Kolek was an unheralded recruit coming out of St. George’s School in Newport, R.I.

He was unranked.

As a freshman at George Mason of the Atlantic 10, he put up modest numbers — 10.8 points, 2.3 assists and 1.3 steals — before transferring to Marquette following the 2020-21 season.

There, he developed into one of the premier point guards in the country, improving each season under Smart.

This past year, he led the Golden Eagles to their first Sweet 16 appearance since 2013, and was No. 1 in the nation in assists at 7.7 per game.

He was the Big East Player of the Year as a junior and a two-time consensus All-American.

He became a strong outside shooter, hitting 38.8 percent this year on 3.9 attempts while averaging a career-best 15.3 points.

Now, he’s making a considerable jump to the professional ranks.

First up is the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas, where Kolek can begin to show his new team what he can do and potentially prove to them he can be an immediate contributor.

“His passing is as good as I’ve seen, and I think it will really, really translate. Now you have to have the ball in your hands, and he’s not going to have the ball in his hands as much as he did here,” Smart said. “But I actually think the part of his game that may surprise some people up there, that I’ve always felt was underrated, is his shooting. Because now you’re playing with Brunson, you’re playing with [Mikal] Bridges, guys that command a lot of attention. Can you make that open shot when your [defender] helps? And I think he’ll be able to do that at a high level.”

The Knicks are flush with guys who were strong college players and were overlooked in the draft.

Brunson, Josh Hart and Miles McBride are a few good examples, players Kolek can learn from and model his progression after.

They know what it takes to make it in the league.

“If you look at the personnel on the Knicks, Tyler has to go in and earn everything he gets,” Smart said. “I think he will appreciate those guys [around him] and those guys will appreciate him.”

Second-round pick Ariel Hukporti agreed to a two-way contract, the Knicks announced Monday night.

The 6-foot-11 big man from Germany was drafted 58th overall by the Mavericks and traded to the Knicks on draft night.

Hurley's deal averages out to $8.3 million annually​

By David Cobb

Dan Hurley has officially agreed to a new contract with UConn that is worth $50 million over six years, the school announced Monday.

As the Huskies gear up to chase a third consecutive national title in the 2024-25 season, Hurley's new deal, which averages out to $8.3 million annually, would leave him just behind Bill Self of Kansas, the highest-paid coach in college basketball after earning over $9 million in total compensation in 2023-24

The new contract also comes amid an offseason that saw Hurley emerge as a candidate for the Los Angeles Lakers coaching vacancy.

The Lakers offered Hurley $70 million over six years, but he turned them down to stay with a UConn program that he's established as the class of college basketball. Hurley's new deal with UConn was in place prior to his discussions with the Lakers.

"One of the biggest misnomers that I've seen, and I've had a chance to see some things [in the media], is this was a leverage play," he told CBS Sports' Matt Norlander in June after turning down the NBA opportunity. "It was a zero leverage play. Zero. I mean, zero. How much more leverage do I need? We just won back-to-back championships. I didn't need leverage and I wouldn't have tortured myself if there wasn't some strong, like, should I do this? I thought it through. I wanted to give it great consideration. It has nothing to do with improving my position here."

The last school to win three consecutive national titles was UCLA, which won seven straight under John Wooden from 1967-73. Since then, the only coaches to win back-to-back titles are Hurley, Billy Donovan (Florida) and Mike Krzyzewski (Duke).

Achieving the three-peat will require Hurley to successfully replace four starters from a team that finished 37-3. Veteran forward Alex Karaban, a mainstay in the lineup over the past two seasons, will be joined by a mix of returning reserves, transfers and three true freshmen in the 2024-25 season.

Hurley ranked No. 7 nationally in compensation during the 2023-24 season, per USA Today's database of college basketball coaching salaries.

Hurley's base salary in 2024-25 will be $400,000, but he will receive $6.375 million in "additional compensation for speaking, consulting and media obligations" which will increase each year through the term of the contract. Hurley will also be paid a retention bonus of $1 million per year through 2029-30, according to UConn.

From part 2 of the John Fanta interview by Zack Cziryak


TROVE: What are your thoughts on Seton Hall being left out of the NCAA Tournament this past season?

FANTA: “It was a crime that Seton Hall was not included in the NCAA Tournament, and then they proceeded to back that up by winning the NIT championship. The Pirates deserved to be in the NCAA tournament. They did not beat UCONN, they commanded UConn, a UConn team that went 37-3 and won the national title and won their six NCAA Tournament games by a combined 140 points. And Seton Hall was not included in the NCAA Tournament after beating Connecticut and beating a Marquette team that made the Sweet 16. Not to mention Seton Hall had an intent to schedule. Intent to schedule is supposed to matter to the committee. Did you schedule power conference opponents? Did you challenge yourself? Seton Hall couldn't have predicted USC going down a cliff. They couldn't have predicted Rutgers having a bad year. Now you could counter and say, 'well, should they have won those games?' Of course you'd like to win those games. But to me, Seton Hall had a good intent to schedule. They challenged themselves. In conference play they've become the first team in the history of the Big East to go at least five games, over .500 in conference play, and not be included in the NCAA Tournament. That's just mind boggling, mind boggling. And I can understand Seton Hall fans saying 'of course it happens to us.' It was a snub. It was wrong. Seton Hall deserved to be in and then being excluded was a miss by the committee, a mistake, and that was proven when Virginia only managed to score 14 points in t

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Colorado Springs, Colo. –Clil Halevi (Kafar Hadranim, Israel) and Sean Vizzard (Mount Laurel, N.J.) of the men's swimming and diving team have each been named to the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) Scholar All-America Second Team, the organization announced Wednesday. The duo were honored for their outstanding work in both the classroom and in the pool over the past season.

Halevi and Vizzard both land on the second team for the second consecutive year, while this marks Vizzard's third recognition of his career. Both were selected based on maintaining at least a 3.5 GPA and achieving an NCAA "B" cut qualifying time.

Halevi, a rising junior and a business major, posted a strong sophomore season in 2023-24, capped by his silver medal finish in the 1650 Free at the BIG EAST Championships. Halevi finished just behind Vizzard in the race, clocking in a personal best time of 15:10.40. He would later take the top spot in the mile at the CSCAA National Invite, touching the wall in 15:17.01 to claim the win. Overall on the season, Halevi placed first in eight events.

Vizzard, a rising senior and a biology major, put a stamp on his season by winning the BIG EAST title in the 1650 Free for the second time in his career. He clocked a time of 15:06.95 in the event to set a school record and earn an NCAA "B" cut time. Vizzard picked up a total of nine individual victories on the season.

Part 1

By Zack Cziryak

TROVE: John, thanks so much for joining us again this summer. You have been an MC/attended various Onward Setonia fundraising events. What do you feel has gone well at these events? Also, what do you feel needs to be improved upon to get more alumni involved?

FANTA: "I think that Onward Setonia has risen tremendously over the last year. I think that the growth of what Seton Hall is doing with NIL has been good over the last 12 months and I give Mike McBride, Michael Frungillo, and Mike Walsh a lot of credit for what they're doing. But we still have a lot to do and there's still things that have to be done. And I also want to say, in addition to Mike McBride, Michael Frungillo and Mike Walsh, I want to give Jim O'Brien credit for what he's doing as well in the NIL space. I think that there are people that have really stepped up to the plate in the last year and they realize that this is what college basketball is about right now. And either you're going to adapt and understand that's how you put together a competent Big East roster or you choose not to.

What I will say is this: folks who are considering whether or not to give or whether or not to get into the NIL space, there's never going to be a better time to do it and there's never going to be a better coach of the program to do it for. Shaheen Holloway is one of Seton Hall's own, and there's nobody with greater pride for the place than Sha. There's nobody that wants to win championships more at Seton Hall than Sha. There's nobody that wants to win the Big East more. There's nobody that wants to lead this program to a March Madness run more than Shaheen Holloway. And so for the people who might be questioning or thinking, ‘how do I do this,’ look: the student athletes deserve to get payment. They deserve to get paid, but you talk to any coach and they'll tell you right now life is difficult, it's complicated. So it's something that is complicated because you can't just choose not to champion NIL or not to propel NIL. Does it need fixing? Absolutely it needs some adjustment. But right now it's about being able to raise money.

And in terms of the Onward Setonia fundraising events, I was just part of a boat event last month. We had a great time. Coach [Sha] came on the boat, we did a Q&A at PJ Clarke's in New York City, and then we took the boat back. It was an awesome afternoon with terrific people and we talked Seton Hall basketball all afternoon and Coach Holloway could not have been more gracious with the people and his time. These events are exclusive events and there are more in the works. They provide a great way to interact with Coach and obviously when the student athletes are around to interact with the players. I think that the events themselves have been great. I think the way that we continue to build out these events is just to continue to find more and more people that are willing to hop aboard the ship, that are willing to hop aboard this wagon because there's no better time than the present. There's nothing that needs to be improved with the events themselves. I just think that it's our alumni base. I mean, I'm an alum and I care about this place. I care about Seton Hall as much as Coach Holloway does, as much as any passionate Pirate fan does. I do. I call games for Fox Sports and other entities so I have to take off that cap that wants the Pirates to do well when I'm calling a game and I have to balance that. But I've got a great amount of love and passion for the university, and I understand that right now these are dire times to be able to find NIL money.

What do I feel needs to be improved? Well, we just have to continue to get the message out. Every dollar counts. I'm a younger alum. I give what I can. I would encourage other young alums, whether you're for NIL or against it, do it for Coach Holloway. Do it for the men that represent this university. Do it because look what happened this past year - an NIT championship. That's worth celebrating. If we could win an NIT championship when our NIL is at this stage, think of what could happen when we get this NIL increased. We need all the help. There's no bad dollar. Every dollar counts and every effort counts in this. That would be my message with where we're at. I just think that for the future no idea is a bad idea right now. We're in an idea stage because that next idea could be the next great concept for us to take off and for us to find a differentiator...there's no bad ideas, and we need all the help that we can get right now. We need Seton Hall Nation, the Seton Hall community, to get behind this team and get behind the women's team because there's no time like the present and we have two great coaches in Shaheen Holloway and Tony Bozzella, who are winners.”

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By Cameron Salerno

The 2024 NBA Draft is in the books. No college team in this draft had more players selected than two-time reigning national champion UConn. Stephon Castle (No. 4 to the San Antonio Spurs) and Donovan Clingan (No. 7 to the Portland Trail Blazers) were drafted in the top 10, while Tristen Newton and Cam Spencer were selected in Round 2.

The Pac-12 had the most draftees (nine) in its final season with full membership. Colorado had three players selected, headlined by Cody Williams going No. 10 to the Utah Jazz, while Isaiah Collier and Bronny James were drafted out of USC. Arizona, Cal, UCLA and Washington State all had one player selected.

Reed Sheppard and Rob Dillingham were selected in the top 10 out of Kentucky to help the program pass Duke for the most first-round selections (48) since the NBA Draft went to two rounds in 1989. Former Kentucky coach John Calipari leaves the program having produced 37 first-rounders and 25 lottery picks.

Let's take a deeper look at which schools produced the most NBA-bound talent in 2024.

UConn (4)​

• Stephon Castle (No. 4 to Spurs)
• Donovan Clingan (No. 7 to Trail Blazers)
• Tristen Newton (No. 49 to Pacers)
• Cam Spencer (No. 53 to Grizzlies)

It's fitting that the best team in college basketball had the most players selected. Castle is a perfect fit with the Spurs because of their glaring need for a point guard. Clingan wasn't expected to be available at No. 7 because there was serious buzz that someone would trade up to land the towering big man. As for Newton and Spencer, they were veteran leaders on the Huskies most recent championship team.

Kentucky (3)​

• Reed Sheppard (No. 3 to Rockets)
• Rob Dillingham (No. 8 to Timberwolves)
• Antonio Reeves (No. 47 to Pelicans)

Around this time last year, Kentucky's Justin Edwards was in the conversation to go No. 1 overall. Instead, Edwards went undrafted. Sheppard, Dillingham, and Reeves marked the final picks of the Calipari era. Dillingham's fit with the Timberwolves should be exciting because of his ability to contribute immediately.

Colorado (3)​

• Cody Williams (No. 10 to Jazz)
• Tristan da Silva (No. 18 to Magic)
• KJ Simpson (No. 42 to Hornets)

Colorado was one of three schools that produced multiple first-round picks. Williams has the potential to be the best two-way player in this class. Da Silva is a veteran forward capable of stepping into the Magic's rotation immediately. Simpson may be undersized for the position, but he's a pure scorer capable of taking over a game.

Baylor (2)​

• Ja'Kobe Walter (No. 19 to Raptors)
• Yves Missi (No. 21 to Pelicans)

Baylor's freshmen duo both went in the first round on Wednesday. Walter went to the Raptors with the No. 19 pick, while Missi went two picks later to the Pelicans at No. 21. Last year, Baylor coach Scott Drew helped Keyonte George become a first-round pick. Incoming five-star V.J. Edgecombe should be next in the 2025 NBA Draft.

Duke (2)​

• Jared McCain (No. 16 to 76ers)
• Kyle Filipowski (No. 32 to Jazz)

McCain was a popular landing spot for Philadelphia in mocks leading up to the NBA Draft and that's exactly where he landed on draft night. McCain is a skilled 3-point shooter and tenacious rebounder who should provide valuable depth behind Tyrese Maxey. As for Filipowski, he was a potential lottery pick who fell out of the first-round entirely.

Kansas (2)​

• Johnny Furphy (No. 35 to Pacers)
• Kevin McCullar Jr. (No. 56 to Knicks)

Kansas coach Bill Self produced two more NBA Draft picks with Furphy joining the Pacers and McCullar heading to the Knicks. Both were potential first-round picks at some point this draft cycle, but fell out of the first round.

Marquette (2)​

• Tyler Kolek (No. 34 to Knicks)
• Oso Ighodaro (No. 40 to Suns)

Kolek is a plug-and-play point guard who can immediately contribute to the Knicks rotation. In Phoenix, Ighodaro could compete for backup frontcourt minutes. Marquette was one of two Big East programs to produce multiple picks in the draft.

USC (2)​

• Isaiah Collier (No. 29 to Jazz)
• Bronny James (No. 55 to Lakers)

Once projected as a potential No. 1 pick, Collier fell to No. 29 to the Jazz. As for Bronny, he goes to the Lakers, where he will have a chance to play with his father, LeBron James. USC was one of two Pac-12 programs to produce multiple draft picks this cycle.

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