New York, N.Y. — The Seton Hall men's basketball team could make up to four national broadcast network appearances and will once again see robust exposure as part of the BIG EAST's men's basketball television coverage for the 2024-25 season.

The Pirates' Feb. 15 game at Prudential Center against UConn will air on FOX at 2:30 p.m. and their March 1 road game at St. John's will air on CBS. The Hall's other matchups this season against the Huskies and Red Storm will be broadcast by either FOX or FS1.

From a game time perspective, Seton Hall will have triple the number of weekend day games at home over last season, from two to six, and the number of midweek games tipping off between 7 and 8 p.m., also tripled from two to six.

This season the BIG EAST begins a new relationship with NBC Sports/Peacock. Peacock will exclusively stream 25 regular-season games, including five Seton Hall broadcasts, in addition to the BIG EAST Tournament First Round games and the afternoon doubleheader of the quarterfinals. For more information on Peacock subscriptions, please click here.

Seton Hall's season opener on Monday, Nov. 4 against Saint Peter's will tip-off at 7:30 p.m. at Prudential Center. FS1 will provide whiparound coverage of all of the BIG EAST's opening night games that evening. The BIG EAST-Big 12 Battle contest between the Pirates and Oklahoma State in Newark will be at 12 p.m. on FS1 on Sunday, Dec. 8.

Led by 2024 Peter A. Carlesimo Metropolitan Coach of the Year Shaheen Holloway, the Pirates are looking to build upon last year's NIT Championship triumph and make a BIG EAST Championship run and a return to March Madness.

Season tickets provide fans the best possible value for cheering on the Pirates all year long, with ticket prices up to 50% off the single-game ticket rate and the option to pay over time using a flexible credit card payment plan. Season ticket holders also receive priority access to purchasing discounted reserved parking and potential postseason games.

To purchase season tickets today, contact the ticket office by phone at 973-275-4255 or fill out a season ticket interest form and a member of the sales team will reach out.

Please note: This season ticket information does not apply to Seton Hall University students, who have already received a link to purchase a student season ticket separately to their student.shu.edu email.

South Orange, N.J. – The Seton Hall women's swimming and diving team claimed a dominant victory in its home opener on Saturday afternoon, defeating Rider, 179-106, inside Arthur E. Imperatore Natatorium. The Pirates claimed victory in all but one event, instead finishing second in the one-meter board.

Diving
Senior Nikki Pawar (Lawrenceville, N.J.) opened her 2024-2025 campaign in form, winning the 3-meter board and finishing second in the one-meter board. Her scores, 219.00 and 223.42 respectively, were over 20 points better than last season's opening meet against Rider. In the one-meter board, freshman Sarah Behrman (Kennesaw, Ga.) landed herself a third-place finish with a score of 205.80 in her Pirates debut.

Swimming
The afternoon began in familiar fashion for the Pirates with a win in the 200 Medley Relay. Amelia Obszarny (Middletown, N.J.), Yosun Hacifazioglu (Istanbul, Turkey), Shun Qi Lim (Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia) and Lea Moeller (New Lennox, Ill) combined to go 1:49.29, nearly two-and-a-half seconds clear of the Broncs. Individually, this lineup would claim victory in five total events while the entire team held Rider winless.

Among those relay members, new addition Shun Qi Lim made her mark early in individual events. She claimed the 100 Butterfly in dominant fashion, securing victory by nearly three seconds with a 58.43. She completed the double by winning the 200 Butterfly by six seconds with a 2:12.81.

Outside of that quartet, plenty of familiar faces claimed victory throughout the meet. Senior Allie Waggoner (Moorestown, N.J.) posted that fastest time of the day in both the 1000 and 500 Freestyles, producing a 10:15.22 and a 5:03.48 respectively. She will look to repeat her BIG EAST title in the 500 Freestyle later this season.

2023 BIG EAST Champion Natalie Heim (Middletown, N.J.) came into the meet ready to fight for another BIG EAST title this season. She would go on to claim her first win of the season in the 200 Freestyle with a 1:52.55. Not long after that, she followed that win with another victory, this time in the 100 Freestyle with a 51.76.

There were a few notable surprises from the Pirates, however. The most notable of which was Naima Hazell (Castries, St. Lucia) win in the 50 Freestyle from the outer lanes with a time of 24.45.

What's Next
The Pirates are back in the pool on next Saturday as they travel to Towson, Md. to face Towson. Diving will begin at 10 a.m., while swimming will begin at 12 p.m.

South Orange, N.J. – The Seton Hall Men's swimming and diving team claimed a dominant victory in its home opener on Saturday afternoon, defeating Rider, 183-107, inside Arthur E. Imperatore Natatorium. The Pirates claimed victory in every event across the swimming and diving portions of the meet.

Diving
The opening day of the season for Seton Hall men's diving was defined by the performance of freshman diver Nick Graham. In his Pirates debut, Graham claimed overall victory in the 1-meter board and 3-meter board with scores of 297.60 and 270.60, respectively.

Not far behind Graham was his teammate Trevor Post. Post opened his senior season by placing second in both diving events, scoring 182.67 in the 1-meter board and 261.75 in the 3-meter board. Both performances by post surpassed his point totals from last season's opener against Rider.

Swimming
Success for the Pirates came in twos today. Chris Jackson (Maywood, N.J.), Ben Endersby (Caldwell, N.J.), Michael Klimaszewski (London, England) and Toma Adam (Bacau, Romania) opened the meet with a victory in the 200 Medley Relay, registering a 1:31.07 across the four swimmers. All four swimmers participated in the final relay of the meet and although split across two relay teams, both teams outraced Rider's A relay to finish 1-2.

Clil Halevi (Kafar Hadranim, Israel) and Sean Vizzard (Mount Laurel, N.J.) proved to be a dominant duo in both the 500 and 1000 Freestyle today, finishing first and second, respectively, in both races. Halevi finished with a 4:43.92 in the 500 and a 9:36.83 in the 1000. Vizzard, the reigning BIG EAST Champion in 1650 Freestyle,
Junior Kevin Cary joined the pair party with dueling wins in the 100 Freestyle and 200 IM. Cary was dominant in the 100 Freestyle with a 46.21, putting him nearly one-and-a-half seconds clear of second place. He produced similar dominance in the 200 IM, finishing nearly four seconds ahead of second place with a time of 1:54.26.

2024 BIG EAST 100 Butterfly Champion Michael Klimaszewski continued his dominance in the event to start the year, clearing the 50 second and finishing with a 49.81. While not as dominant of a performance, Klimaszewski also won the 200 Fly by one-and-a-half seconds with a 1:53.69.

The most exciting race of the day, however, came from Ben Endersby. He opened his individual program with a dominant victory in the 100 Breaststroke, finishing over two second clear of second place with a 57.52. In the 200 Breaststroke, however, Endersby battled Billy Ruddy from Rider hard. Despite being behind for the majority of the race, he erased over a second gap to win the event by a quarter of a second.

What's Next
The Pirates are back in the pool on next Saturday as they travel to Towson, Md. to face Towson. Diving will begin at 10 a.m., while swimming will begin at 12 p.m.

ROSEMONT, Illinois -- Almost 25 years ago, Tom Izzo led the Michigan State Spartans to the 2000 national championship. That was the last time, however, the Big Ten enjoyed a run to the pinnacle of the sport.

That national title drought has haunted the league for almost a quarter century, as the Big East, ACC, Big 12 and SEC have all won multiple men's basketball national championships within that span.

Thirteen Big Ten schools have reached the Final Four since the Michigan State run in 2000 but all have come up short, including Purdue in last season's national championship game loss to UConn.

As a result, the flack the Big Ten has received is valid, according to Izzo.

"It's fair because it has been 25 years," he said during the Big Ten's men's basketball media day on Thursday. "I used to think, 'Oh man, I'm the last Big Ten guy [with a national title] standing.' Last year. I'm calling [Purdue head coach Matt Painter] and I'm saying, 'Matt, Matt, you've got to win this [national title] game.' I don't want to be the last Big Ten guy standing, you know? But I think it is a reality."

In recent years, the league has been at the doorstep of ending the drought multiple times. Last year, Purdue lost to a UConn squad that won its second consecutive national title. In 2015, Wisconsin had a lead in the second half before Duke rallied and won Mike Krzyzewski's final national championship. And Michigan State lost to the 2008-09 North Carolina squad, which had seven future NBA draft picks, in that year's national championship game.

Izzo said the opposing talent the league has faced when it has had opportunities to win another national championship has been the biggest factor in its drought -- the longest among the major conferences -- not the conference's style of play.

Izzo said perceptions of the league's gritty, physical brand of basketball are outdated and no longer the reality for the conference, which has produced at least three first-round picks in the past three NBA drafts.

"We used to go up [to Minnesota in the 1990s] and everybody laughed when I put on football pants one time and a football helmet [in practice]," Izzo said. "I needed a full barrage when I went up there and I loved it. But it's not that way anymore."

He added: "I just don't want it to get painted as if the Big Ten's [national championship drought] is because of style of play," he said.


The road to the national title could be a challenge for the league in 2024-25, too. The Big Ten might not have a team in the top 10 of the Associated Press preseason poll. But UCLA, Indiana and Purdue are teams with postseason potential. And Rutgers star Ace Bailey is expected to compete with Duke's Cooper Flagg for the No. 1 spot in next summer's NBA draft.

Still, Izzo knows that anything can happen, even to a great team that seems to have the tools to win a national title, an achievement that has eluded this conference for nearly 25 years.

"Sometimes," Izzo said, "it's bad luck."

He appeared to have a medical or health related issue during the debate last night

I hope he is ok

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2024 at 5:00 PM
SETON HALL (6-7, 0-2) vs. PROVIDENCE (7-6, 0-2)
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2024 at 4:00 PM
SETON HALL (6-7, 0-2) vs. CONNECTICUT (12-2, 0-2)
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WEEKLY STATS REPORT: SETON HALL
2024 BIG EAST STANDINGS
2024 BIG EAST STATISTICAL LEADERS

PREVIEW
Seton Hall will head back on the road for a pair of BIG EAST Conference matches this weekend. The Pirates will face Providence in Rhode Island on Friday, Oct. 3 at 5:00 p.m. The following day, The Hall will play Connecticut in Storrs at 4:00 p.m.

MEDIA
Both contests will be available for FloSports subscribers this weekend. Both matches will also have live stats available.

HALL NOTES

• Seton Hall currently ranks second in the BIG EAST with 16.06 digs per set, while sophomore Rylee Nelson leads all individuals with 4.62 per set.
• The Pirates have three players that rank in the BIG EAST top-10 in service aces per set, Asli Subasili (third), Reagan Merk (fourth) and Jenna Walsh (ninth).
• The Hall closed out the non-conference portion of its schedule with a 6-5 record.
• Reagan Merk has collected a double-double in the last six matches and has a team-best seven this season.
• Seton Hall's last eight matches have all been four-set affairs (4-4).
• Perri Lucas is approaching the 1,000 kills milestone for her career. She enters the weekend with 984 career kills.
• Maddy Loiselle ranks fifth in the BIG EAST with a .346 attack percentage.

SCOUTING PROVIDENCE
Seton Hall and Providence will meet for the 42nd time in history on Friday with the Pirates owning a 23-18 lead in the prior 41 matches. The Hall has largely dominated the series in recent years having won the last three meetings and 19 of the last 22. Last year, The Hall swept the home-and-home series, sweeping the Friars in Walsh Gym and winning in four sets at Alumni Hall.

The Friars are coming off a 9-21 season in 2023, which included a 3-15 mark in BIG EAST play. Providence closed the season with a five-set victory over Georgetown on Senior Day which snapped an 11-game losing streak.

This season, Providence was picked to finish last in the 11-team BIG EAST according to the preseason coaches' poll. Seton Hall was selected seventh. The Friars are returning 13 players from last year's roster and have added four newcomers. Highlighting the returning core are sophomores Lyric Berry and Miller McDonald and seniors Kayla Grant and Shaliyah Rhoden. Berry, who was named to the BIG EAST All-Freshman Team, led the Friars in solo blocks (28), was second on the team in total blocks (97) and ranked fourth in kills (159).

Providence enters its contest against Seton Hall with a 7-6 overall record and an 0-2 mark in BIG EAST play. The Friars were swept twice last weekend on the road to open BIG EAST play against arguably the top two teams in the conference, Creighton and Marquette. Grant currently leads the BIG EAST with a .414 attack percentage, while Audrey Kocon is second in the conference with 0.53 service aces per set.

SCOUTING CONNECTICUT
Seton Hall and Connecticut will renew their rivalry on Saturday when the Pirates visit Storrs, Conn. The Huskies own a 21-15 all-time series lead, but The Hall has won the last four matches between the teams. Last year, the Pirates swept UConn twice.

Connecticut is coming off an 8-22 season in 2023, which included a 3-15 mark in BIG EAST play. Like Providence, UConn closed its season with a five-set victory over Villanova, which snapped an eight-match losing streak.

This season, the Huskies were picked to finish ninth in the 11-team BIG EAST according to the preseason coaches' poll. Seton Hall was selected seventh. The Huskies return key contributors across the board. Junior outside hitter Emma Werkmeister looks to build on a strong 2023 season, after leading the team with 340 kills and 29 service aces. Werkmeister registered 3.23 kills per set in BIG EAST conference play, which ranked seventh in the conference. Senior setter Doga Kutlu also returns. She had 836 service assists in 2023, and 8.77 per set in conference play, sixth in the BIG EAST.

The Huskies swept the non-conference portion of their schedule, winning all 12 contests, but suffered their first losses of the season as BIG EAST play began last weekend. Like Providence, UConn was swept by both Marquette and Creighton on Friday and Sunday, which dropped their record to 12-2. The Huskies lead the BIG EAST with 2.19 service aces per set, and Werkmeister leads all individuals at 0.76. Werkmeister is also second in the BIG EAST with 3.92 kills per set.

UP NEXT
Next week, The Hall will return to the friendly confines of Walsh Gymnasium when it hosts Xavier on Friday, Oct. 11 at 5:00 p.m. and DePaul on Sunday, Oct. 13 at 1:00 p.m.

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South Orange, N.J. — Chiara Pucci's first half goal and a staunch defensive effort in the second half propelled the Seton Hall women's soccer team's gritty 1-0 win over Providence on Sunday afternoon at Owen T. Carroll Field.

The Pirates (4-6-3, 1-1-2 BIG EAST) and their goal keeping tandem made up of Anna Prawer (London, England) and Avery Strohecker (South Riding, Va.) combined to shutout the Friars as the defense posted its fifth clean sheet of the season and its second in conference play. With five points in the BIG EAST standings, Seton Hall is in a four-way tie for fourth place.

How It Happened

Seton Hall came out as the aggressor on both sides of the field in the first 45 minutes and the statistics painted that picture as well. The Pirates put up seven shots and held Providence to just three shot attempts, the first of which came 16 minutes into the game and the two others came in the final two minutes of the half.

WIth five minutes to go before halftime, the Pirates drew a corner kick that was taken by Natalie Tavana (Middletown, Conn.). Tavana's kick found Pucci in the box but her header attempt was blocked. The ball was played back and went off of a Providence player for a Seton Hall throw-in. The throw-in went to Pucci who sent a high-arching kick from 30 yards out back into 16-yard box. The ball took a favorable bounce and went over the outstretched hands of the Providence keeper, who was off her line, and crossed the line for a Seton Hall goal.

The second half saw the Pirates get off the first two shots, first by Megan Twomey (Oakland, N.J.) followed by Olivia Beauvois (Windsor, Conn.). Seton Hall would play stingy defense for the final 45 minutes, led by Strohecker in goal and the back line made up of Pucci, Rachel Gerrie (Littleton, Colo.), Gia Milano (Scotch Plains, N.J.) and Kyle Ray (Hampden, Mass.). The Pirates' four defenders played the full 90 minutes and Strohecker stopped a career-high seven shots.

Inside The Box Score

• Seton Hall finished with an 13-12 edge in shots but Providence had a 9-7 edge in shots on goal.
• Pucci has scored three goals this season and is now up to nine career points (three goals, three assists).
• The goal was Pucci's second game-winner of the season after her penalty kick goal against Marist in the season opener
• Seton Hall has posted at least five BIG EAST points in back-to-back seasons for the first time since 2010 and 2011.
• Twomey made her first start of the season at the head of The Hall's offensive attack.
• Milano made her second start of the season and played the full 90 on the back line
• Tavana played and started in her 70th career match, making her 10th in school history in career starts.
• Tavana tied for the game-high with four shots and she played the full 90 minutes along with fellow midfielder Phoebe Hampson (Cheshire, England).

Up Next
The Pirates will be back in action on Sunday, Oct. 13, when they travel to Xavier for a 1 p.m. contest.

The Pac-12 is banking on Gonzaga improving its basketball product as it goes to market. The conference is aiming to solidify itself as the top multi-bid conference outside the power structure with eyes on supplanting the Big East as a power. The conference projects six of its members as Quad 1 programs. The new programs could land the Pac-12 an average of five teams in the NCAA Tournament each year, according to previous regular-season results.

Good luck with that.

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Saw Lino to Rutgers...shu still has the verbal from the guard going back last year

South Orange, N.J. - The No. 15 ranked Seton Hall men's soccer looks to claim its first win in BIG EAST play when Marquette visits Owen T. Carroll Field on Friday. Game time is scheduled for 6:56 p.m.

The game will be broadcast on the BIG EAST Digital Network via FloSports, which requires a subscription. A discounted subscription is available through this link.

This is the 19th all-time meeting between the two teams, the most recent of which being a 3-2 Seton Hall win at Valley Fields in 2022.

SCOUTING MARQUETTE

• Marquette is 6-3-1 on the season with a 2-0-0 record in the BIG EAST.
• Two of the Golden Eagles' three losses came against ranked opponents.
  • A 2-1 defeat at No. 22 Wisconsin on September 2.
  • A 1-0 loss at the hands of No. 9 Northwestern on September 9.
• Their leading scorer is junior midfielder Mitar Mitrović. Mitar, the son of USMNT U-23 Head Coach Marko Mitrović, has tallied five goals and one assist this season.
• Marquette's goalkeeper Marten Brink has started nine of the team's ten games. He has allowed eight goals, registered 37 saves and faced 106 shots this season.

SERIES HISTORY

• Seton Hall and Marquette last met on October 12, 2022, in what would be a back-and-forth match. The first half opened with Marquette's Edrey Caceres scoring first in the 8th minute from the top of the box. However, The Hall's Mattias Almeida Sundell responded in the 28th minute, securing a 1-1 scoreline heading into halftime. In the second half, Paavo Riihjarvi put the Pirates back in front with a 56th minute goal off of a Johannes Pex assist. The Golden Eagles went on to level the match in the 64th minute, but a 74th minute goal from Quenzi Huerman secured a 3-2 victory for the Pirates.
• This is the 19th matchup between the two programs, the first of which came in 2005.
• Seton Hall is 8-7-3 all-time against Marquette with a 4-1-0 record in their last five meetings.

PIRATES FIGHT TO SCORELESS DRAW AGAINST NO. 24 UCONN

• On Saturday, Seton Hall traveled to Storrs, Connecticut, to face No. 24 UConn in the Pirates' second game of BIG EAST play. The Pirates drew the match 0-0.
• Seton Hall goalkeeper Matias Molina registered his third clean sheet of the season.
• The Pirates registered their fifth shutout of the season.
• The Hall had 10 total shots, compared to four for the Huskies.
• The Pirates registered 11 corner kicks, compared to three for the Huskies.
• Seton Hall is now 16-15-5 all-time against UConn.

PIRATES RANKED INSIDE TOP 15

• Seton Hall is ranked No. 15 in the nation in the Oct. 1 United Soccer Coaches top-25, holding their ranking from the prior week.
• In Head Coach Andreas Lindberg's tenure, Seton Hall appeared in the United Soccer Coaches top-25 seven times during the 2020 season, reaching as high as No. 6. Then Seton Hall spent four weeks in the national rankings during 2021.
• The Pirates are one of two BIG EAST teams in the current top-25, the other being No. 21 Providence.

GUSKE CLAIMS BIG EAST WEEKLY AWARD

• After playing a key role on a Pirate backline that held both opponents scoreless last week, junior Liam Guske (St. John's, Fla.) earned this week's BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week award.
• Guske is the seventh Seton Hall men's soccer member to be honored by the conference this season.

PREPARE THE CANNONS FOR AN OFFENSIVE ATTACK

• Seton Hall has showcased outstanding offensive prowess across the entire roster this season:
  • 11 different players have scored a goal.
  • Nine different players have assisted on a goal.
  • Six different players have registered at least two goals and/or assists.
  • 18 different players have put a shot on goal.
• The Hall has outshot their opponents in eight of their nine matches this season.

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Steven A Smith predicting Diddy will take a lot of people down with him. Either or both Presidential candidate ever present at a freak-off?

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Despicable human being.

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A life story. As a retired ad guy, I write to keep my brain active, beyond reading Pirate Crew. An essay I wrote for the Boston Globe that weaves together my Grampy, pie and me as Grampy. It reflects on how much impact grandparents make on you when you look back. I bet many here are grandfathers and have your own traditions. Mine was about sharing pie with my Grampy. What is you favorite pie? Thought you all might enjoy the diversion from politics, wars and vitriol with a human interest piece. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/slice-pie-life-legacy-grampys-bill-field-f45rf/