By JACOB POLACHECK


ATLANTA – Set to announce his college decision on Nov. 12, class of 2023 four-star guard Ty-Laur Johnson broke down his options for ZAGSBLOG on Saturday evening.

The 6-foot, 160-pound point guard from Our Saviour (NY) Lutheran, will be deciding between Seton Hall, N.C. State and Memphis.

“I’m just trying to find a place that can make me comfortable and feel like home,” Johnson said before breaking down his three options:

Seton Hall: “Me and the coach [Shaheen Holloway] are just alike. We’re both small guards. He has a lot of intensity and he pushes his players.”

N.C. State: “I love the facilities. The coaching staff is great. They’re trying to make it my home.”

Memphis: “It’s a great environment. They’ve got a lot of experience in the program. Penny [Hardaway] was a vet in the NBA. I think he could teach me a lot.”

Johnson, the No. 66 overall prospect in the class of 2023 per the On3 Composite rankings, finished with 15 points and eight assists in a 92-88 loss to the City Reapers on Saturday evening with Seton Hall head coach Shaheen Holloway in attendance.

“I’m very fun to watch, a lot of energy,” Johnson said. “I think I’m the best passer in the league and I can score when I need to.”

Moving forward, Johnson said he wants to improve several aspects of his game.

“I definitely want to shoot better, more consistently and stay in front on defense,” he said.

THE GAME
Seton Hall will open the 2022-23 season on Monday, November 7 when it hosts Saint Peter's at historic Walsh Gymnasium. Tip time is scheduled for 7:00 p.m.

MEDIA
The game will be streamed by the Pirate Sports Network for FloSports subscribers with Matt Ambrose and Phil Stern on the call. As usual, the game will also be available over the airwaves at 89.5 FM WSOU and at wsou.net. Spencer Gonzalez and Joe Walls will describe the action on the radio. Live stats will also be available.

WSOU is now also airing a postgame "Hall Line" show following its women's basketball games. Be sure to tune in after the final buzzer.

STREAM INFORMATION
The contest will streamed on FloSports, one of the leading streaming services in the world. Special Seton Hall pricing is available only through this link for fans who want to subscribe to watch Seton Hall events, home and away, as well as all other live events on the FloSports platform. Fans with an .edu school address can purchase a subscription for $6.99 per month, and all other fans can purchase a subscription for $12.50 per month. The non-Seton Hall pricing on FloSports is normally $29.99 per month.

LAST GAME
All eight players scored at least eight points with six players going for double-figures as the Pirates routed St. Thomas Aquinas, 101-51, in exhibition action in Walsh Gymnasium on Thursday.

This one was never in question as the Pirates dominated the contest from the start, scoring 15 of the game's first 18 points. The Hall's defense held the East Coast Conference favorites to just 29.5% shooting for the game and forced 30 turnovers.

Lauren Park-Lane (Wilmington, Del.), Alexia Allesch (Basking Ridge, N.J.) and Mya Bembry (West Orange, N.J.) all collected double-doubles. Park-Lane and newcomer Kae Satterfield (New York, N.Y.) led the Pirates in scoring with 18 points apiece.


Seton Hall All-Time vs. the Peacocks: Seton Hall leads, 17-3
Last Meeting: Seton Hall 107, Saint Peter's 60 (F) – December 2, 2020

SCOUTING SAINT PETER'S
Monday's season opener will be the 21st meeting in the history of Seton Hall and Saint Peter's women's basketball. The Pirates have dominated the series, winning 17 of the prior 20 meetings. The Hall has won the last eight games in the series, including a 107-60 throttling of the Peacocks in their last meeting on December 8, 2020. The Hall's 107 points tied its single-game record.

Saint Peter's is coming off a 13-18 season a year ago, including a 9-11 mark in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. The Peacocks routed Marist by 20 points in the first round of the MAAC Tournament, but their season came to an end with a 63-42 loss to second-seeded Quinnipiac in the quarterfinals.

This season, Saint Peter's is predicted to finish last in the 11-team MAAC according to the conference's preseason coaches' poll. The Peacocks will have a very different look from last season as all five of their regular starters from a year ago have graduated or transferred. In fact, eight of Saint Peter's 12 roster members are freshmen or sophomores.

UP NEXT
Seton Hall will make the short trip to Piscataway, N.J. to renew an old non-conference rivalry against Rutgers on Friday, Nov. 11. Game time is scheduled for 7:00 p.m.

The last place teams in both the NFC and AFC east would be in first place in the NFC south.

Look at this hilarious video from SNL! I'm still laughing at it. Absolutely hilarious

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Is Yetna going to be able to play against monmouth?

I just read this. I had no idea they are that bad. Pissing away taxpayer $ for this?

Thought with a halftime lead they’d at least keep it close. But 52-17 after being up 17-14 at half is a testament to just how much they stink. fRUtile is what they are in B10 FB.

Allesch, Bembry and Park-Lane all collected double-doubles in Thursday's exhibition victory.​

SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – All eight players scored at least eight points with six players going for double-figures as the Seton Hall women's basketball team routed St. Thomas Aquinas, 101-51, in exhibition action in Walsh Gymnasium on Thursday.

This one was never in question as the Pirates dominated the contest from the start, scoring 15 of the game's first 18 points. The Hall's defense held the East Coast Conference favorites to just 29.5% shooting for the game and forced 30 turnovers.

Lauren Park-Lane (Wilmington, Del.), Alexia Allesch (Basking Ridge, N.J.) and Mya Bembry (West Orange, N.J.) all collected double-doubles. Park-Lane and newcomer Kae Satterfield (New York, N.Y.) led the Pirates in scoring with 18 points apiece.

The Story:
Seton Hall burst out of the gate with a 9-0 run and kept St. Thomas Aquinas off the scoreboard for the first 3:14. Park-Lane and Allesch followed with three-pointers on back-to-back possessions, which forced an STAC timeout and gave The Hall a 15-3 advantage with 6:02 left in the first quarter.

Already leading 37-20, The Hall closed out the first half with a 16-1 run over the final 6:41 to take a commanding 53-21 lead into the locker room. The swarming Pirates' defense forced 15 Spartans turnovers in the first 20 minutes and held them to just 22.6% shooting from the floor.

A free throw by Satterfield 30 seconds into the fourth quarter gave The Hall a 76-36 lead, but St. Thomas Aquinas responded with an 8-0 run. The Hall answered with a 19-2 run and held the Spartans without a field goal for 5:23 to take an insurmountable 95-46 advantage with 3:11 left to play.

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Inside the Numbers:

• Seton Hall was 39-for-88 (44.3%) from the floor for the game, while St. Thomas Aquinas was 18-for-61 (29.5%). The Hall was 10-for-34 (29.4%) from three-point range, while the Spartans were 8-for-19 (42.1%).
• Park-Lane had 18 points to go with 11 assists and three steals.
• The Hall out-rebounded STAC, 52-to-41, which included a 21-to-12 edge on the offensive glass and a 24-to-13 advantage in second-chance points.
• Bembry had 10 points, 13 rebounds, six steals and three blocks.
• Seton Hall was 13-for-16 (81.3%) from the free-throw line, while St. Thomas Aquinas was 7-for-10 (70.0%).
• Allesch tallied 12 points, 13 rebounds and four steals. She was also a team-best +47.
• Seton Hall forced 30 turnovers, while STAC forced 10. The Hall had a 30-to-7 advantage in points-off-turnovers.
• Satterfield finished with 18 points, nine rebounds and three assists.
• Freshman Shailyn Pinkney (East Hartford, Conn.) had 17 points and eight rebounds.
• Senior Sha'Lynn Hagans (Manassas, Va.) tallied 10 points, four assists and two steals.
• Graduate Jala Jordan (Blackwood, N.J.) had eight point, three blocks and two steals.
• Sophomore Allie Palmieri (Trumbull, Conn.) finished eight points.

Up Next:
Seton Hall will open the 2022-23 regular season on Monday, November 7 when it hosts local non-conference rival Saint Peter's in historic Walsh Gymnasium. The game will be streamed live by the Pirate Sports Network and available for FloHoops subscribers. Tickets are available by calling 973-275-HALL (4255). Tip-time is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. ET.

Our men's soccer team just clinched 2nd place in the Big East regular season. Butler scored a goal with 14 seconds left to earn a 3 to 3 tie with Xavier, handing 2nd place to the Pirates!

After unsuccessful attempt on Justice Kavanugh ‘s life maybe Democrats will reverse their position even if Maxine ( get up in their face )Watters doesn’t?

Huge revitalization project of village hall into a restaurant/beer garden is opening to public this month. this guy has a ton of places in the nj/nyc area. i think this is a really positive thing for south orange and students. this building might as well been condemned. i think historically protected too which made it almost impossible for anyone to want to fix.

i don't have social media but you can still click on this:

https://www.instagram.com/villagehallnj/

Just saw this in the Daily News

I’m at a 7-year-old birthday party so just killing time. If I had a blank piece of paper and my opinion was worth more than 2 cents, here are some thoughts.

Abolish and ban all fan/booster led collectives and any type of giving. Separate the fan from the student athlete.

Sign the Compensation for Athletic Performance Act, or CAP Act, into law with the following 3-source compensation for student athletes. First premise is that unlike Title IX, there is recognition that this is a revenue share and not all sports are created equal.

3 elements of compensation.

1 - base compensation
Every athlete is a W2 employee of the university just like any other campus paying job. Base salary for football and mens basketball at the division 1 level is minimum of $10,000 per year up to a maximum of $75,000 per year. What you pay one, you pay all. If a basketball school cannot find $130,000 per year, they are not division 1. Bigger schools can pay more, but it’s a cap. Lower limits for other non-revenue producing sports.

2 - performance bonus
Every athlete is eligible for up to 2X their base compensation. That would cap a student athlete at $225,000 per year, a healthy salary. This allows a system where the school can vary athlete pay. Sure, boosters can help fund but that’s annual giving to the athletic department and it is as it is today, just another expense of the university

3 - NCAA annuity/pension
Every athlete is eligible for an NCAA funded pension. The funding is graduated for every year that an athlete stays at one school. Funding is $5k freshman year, $10k, $15k, $20k. This is funded by the NCAA revenue share. If a student transfers, the level resets. If a coach leaves/is fired, the student has a 1-time transfer without reset. At the end of the athlete’s career, he could take the $50k funded at a discount lump sum (50%) or leave in the pension. That can be invested at a guaranteed 4% fixed rate or invested in market securities. At age 65, the pension can be drawn. That’s $188k at 4% or $466k at 7% that can be taken lump sum or annuities for lifetime pension. THIS IS REVENUE SHARING.

Pay these kids, NCAA and universities. Not the fans.

When will season tickets be distributed?

*Butler plays St. John's on Friday evening

PREVIEW
Seton Hall returns to action on Saturday, November 5 with a postseason-significant BIG EAST contest against Butler in Walsh Gymnasium. Match time is scheduled for 6:00 p.m.

MEDIA
The contest will be streamed live by the Pirate Sports Network and available for FloSports subscribers. WSOU FM will also cover the match and it will be available via Live Stats.

LAST MATCH
Junior Bianca Bucciarelli (Carate Brianza, Italy) and Taylor Jakubowski (Lake in the Hills, Ill.) collected double-doubles as the Pirates defeated St. John's, 3-1 (25-22, 26-24, 22-25, 26-24), on Wednesday. The victory snaps a seven-match losing streak for the Pirates and puts them squarely back in the BIG EAST Tournament chase.

The Hall's defensive front line churned out a season-high 15.0 blocks in only four sets, led by freshman Asli Subasili (Tekirdag, Turkey), who had a team-high six blocks. St. John's had a strong defensive match too, collecting 13.0 team blocks.

Bucciarelli filled the box score asserting herself both offensively and defensively on Wednesday. She had a team-high 15 kills to go with 10 digs, five blocks and four service aces. Jakubowski finished with a team-high 24 assists to go with 13 digs for her team-leading ninth double-double of the year.

PLAYOFF WATCH
Every match matters at this point in the season with Seton Hall having five remaining on its schedule. The Hall currently occupies seventh place in the BIG EAST standings with the top six teams advancing to the BIG EAST Tournament at the end of the month. Butler is currently in sixth place and has a 1.5-match lead on the Pirates at 6-6.

Butler plays St. John's in Queens on Friday. If St. John's wins, and the Pirates defeat Butler on Saturday, Seton Hall and Butler will be tied at 6-8 for the final playoff spot with four matches left.

Tie breakers – among the teams above them in the standings, Seton Hall only currently owns the tie-breaker against UConn. St. John's has the tie-breaker even though the teams split the season series. The second tie-breaker is total sets won… which is 4-4. The third tie-breaker is total points won, which the Red Storm have a 195-187 edge. If Seton Hall can sweep Butler on Saturday or win in four with a higher overall point total, it'll get the tie-breaker edge over the Bulldogs.

TOP 7
Creighton - 12-0
Marquette - 11-1
Xavier - 8-4
Connecticut - 7-5
St. John's - 7-6
Butler – 6-6
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Seton Hall – 5-8

SCOUTING BUTLER
Seton Hall and Butler will meet for the 18th time in history on Saturday. The Bulldogs own an 11-6 lead in the all-time series, and have won seven of the last eight meetings including their matchup earlier this season in Indianapolis.

In that match, sophomore Jenna Walsh (Foothill Ranch, Calif.) had 11 kills and Jakubowski notched 20 assists and eight digs, but The Hall fell in four sets at Butler, 3-1 (17-25, 25-16, 16-25, 19-25), on Oct. 14. Five Pirates collected at least six kills and were led by Walsh's 11. Sophomore Hanna Tulli (Collegeville, Pa.) was the most efficient of the group with seven kills, only one attack error, and a .500 attack percentage. She also had five digs and three blocks.

Jakubowski nearly had a double-double, finishing with a team-high assists to go with eight digs. Senior Jennifer Giron (Benicia, Calif.) had a team-high 15 digs.

Butler enters this weekend with a 12-12 overall record and a 6-6 mark in BIG EAST play. Last weekend, the Bulldogs split a pair of conference matches at home. They were swept by No. 16 Marquette on Friday, but bounced back to edge DePaul in five sets on Sunday. As a team, Butler currently ranks second in the BIG EAST with 2.30 blocks per set. Marisa Guisti is currently second among all individual players with 1.07 blocks per set. Jaymeson Kinely is the BIG EAST leader with 5.41 digs per set.

UP NEXT
Seton Hall will return to the road next weekend when it heads to Cincinnati for a match at Xavier on Friday, Nov. 11, followed by a trip to Creighton on Sunday, Nov. 13.

Me and a few friends are going to the game on 12/1 in Kansas and want to know where the SHU people are sitting. What section should we be buying tickets in?