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South Orange, N.J. - The Seton Hall baseball team and head coach Rob Sheppard have announced the 2023 schedule and the Pirates will once again be challenged against top non-conference competition and in the BIG EAST.

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The Pirates will open the season with a three-game series at North Carolina from Feb. 17-19 before heading to Sugar Land, Texas to face Northwestern State, Houston Christian and New Mexico State at Constellation Field, home of the Sugar Land Space Cowboys in the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. For their Spring break trip, the Pirates will head West for a four-game series at California Baptist (March 3-5, 7) and a three-game set at UC Santa Barbara (March 9-11).

North Carolina, New Mexico State and UC Santa Barbara all earned bids to NCAA Regionals last season, with the Tar Heels advancing to a Super Regional.

In BIG EAST play, the Pirates will host key series against Georgetown (April 6 doubleheader, April 8), Butler (April 21-23) and Creighton (May 12-14). The Hall was picked to finish fith in the BIG EAST preseason coaches poll, seven votes shy of the fourth place Hoyas.

Seton Hall will look to bounce back in 2023 and return to the BIG EAST Tournament for the 11th time in 12 years. The Pirates will be helped by veteran outfielders Devin Hack (Somerville, N.J.) and Will Gale (Scotch Plains, N.J.), who was named to the Preseason All-BIG EAST team for the second time in his career this week. Redshirt junior Jonathan Luders (Lynnfield, Mass.) hit .341 last season while playing exceptional defense and he'll be joined by Northeastern transfer and 2021 freshman All-American Max Viera (Greenwood Lake, N.Y.) in the Pirates' infield. A fresh crop of young arms will join veteran hurlers Nick Payero (Monroe, N.J.), Brennan O'Neill (Morristown, N.J.), Joe Cinnella (Mahwah, N.J.) and Alex Nicolosi (Stony Point, N.Y.) on The Hall's pitching staff.

In no particular order


1. Atmosphere
Excellent. Loud and proud throughout the arena. Players noted that in the post game

2. Two superheroes beat one
Batman (Ed Croswell) had Robin (Bryce Hopkins). Richmond was a one man show

3. Harris
How does a player with these stats: 1-8 from the arc, 2 T/O to no assists, 5 points and a team worse plus minus of -14 play the most minutes (34:16)

4. Can't throw the ball in the ocean from the pier
Dawes and Harris shot 3-16 from the arc

5. Best player in the league
Richmond, but only when he wants to be

6. Stats don't lie
When was the last time a Big East player was +15 in a loss

7. Turning point part 1
Providence almost immediately wiping out SHU's 9 point halftime lead to begin the second stanza

8. Turning point part 2
When Richmond picked up his 4th foul and had to go to the bench late

9. Why
As in what purpose is the point of keeping Richmond on the bench while Providence takes over the game down the stretch. By the time he comes back it's too late

BTW, Richmond finished the game with those same 4 fouls

10. Physicality
The Hall has it on the wings but not inside and that was the difference in the game

11. He is what he is
3rd poor offensive game in a row from Samuel. As many points as fouls

12. Speaking of Samuel
Possibly the worst charge call in the conference this year down low early in the game. Maybe one ref in a 100 calls that a charge and he was officiating the game

13. Really
Dre Davis had a quiet game yet he was a +10 during his 27 minutes on the court

14. Curious
There's no better interview in the league than Ed Cooley but for some reason despite the request he did not show in the post game

15. Nice try
Jerry Carino did his best to get an injury update forming questions in multiple ways, but Sha simply repeated the same refrain, he didn't know and best to ask Tony Testa

16. BTW
The next time the media gets a chance to talk to Tony Testa will be the first time

17. Left out
Yes, Ndefo actually made a move to his left and guess what, he scored an easy basket

18. Where's the beef
When a guard (Richmond) has 3 more rebounds than Samuel, Ndefo, Tae Davis, and Jackson combined bad things are going to happen

19 40 minutes
Holloway was furious in the blowout W against Drexel that the team came out with no passion in the second half. It didn't matter. Yesterday however it did

20. Animal alert
SHU needs one down low in the worst way and FWIW watching Yetna walking around....if you didn't know he was injured you wouldn't know he was injured. So there's hope

By Zack Cziryak

A three-point attempt at the buzzer from Jamir Harris missed the mark and the Seton Hall men’s basketball team dropped a winnable game on the road to Xavier 73-70 on Tuesday night at the Cintas Center.

The loss, which marks the second straight heartbreaker to start Big East play following Saturday’s 4-point loss to the Providence Friars at the Prudential Center, snapped Seton Hall’s four-game winning streak in Cincinnati dating back to 2018, all four of which had come by double-digit points margins.

Teaneck, N.J.-native Zach Freemantle led four Xavier players in double-figures with 23 points to go along with 9 rebounds while Colby Jones added 16 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists, Souley Boum notched 10 points and 7 assists and Jerome Hunter came off the bench to tally 11 points and 5 rebounds in only 17 minutes.

Coming off a 28-point game against the Friars, guard Kadary Richmond once again paced the Pirates, putting up 17 points to pair with 5 assists, 4 rebounds and two steals, while Tyrese Samuel’s 14 points and 10 from Al-Amir Dawes rounded out the Hall’s double-digit scorers.

Richmond matched his 5 assists with 5 turnovers, none more crucial than a travel called with under 5 seconds in regulation and the Pirates down 1 point after he failed to turn the corner on a drive to the basket against Jones.

Guard Ryan Kunkel would sink two free throws following Richmond’s last turnover. A long inbound pass would be caught in the front court by Tyrese Samuel and swung to Harris, whose corner 3-point attempt would come up short as he leaned away to get it off.

The Hall started the game by taking a quick 4-0 lead that included a concerted effort once again to involve forward/center Tyreese Samuel, who converted a basket in what would jumpstart a productive night from him, finishing with 14 points and 6 rebounds on 7-11 shooting.

The Musketeers would take a 13-11 lead, one they would not relinquish for the remainder of the half, following a Boum pull up 3-point basket over Dawes, while a matador-like steal attempt in transition led to a Freemantle alley-oop finish that would extend the Xavier lead to 21-13 at the under 12-minute mark of the first half.

Turnovers from Richmond on back-to-back possessions later on in the first half, the second of which resulted in a foul to save a lay-up, would see Jones sink both free throws to again push the Xavier lead to 8 points (27-19) and facilitate Richmond sitting for the rest of the half with two fouls.

The Hall would claw back to a 37-34 deficit to the end the half, outrebounding the Musketeers 21 to 18 and notching a 24 to 16 margin in points in the paint. The intermission also saw the Pirates outshoot Xavier from the field despite a 1-10 mark from three-point land compared to 3-11 for the Musketeers.

Richmond would help jumpstart the Pirates to begin the second half, leading off with a pull-up jumper in the paint and on the very next possession poking the ball away from Boum before receiving a long pass on a runout from Dawes to quickly retake the lead 38-37.

Xavier would stretch the lead to 59-52 with an offensive rebound and tear drop shot from Freemantle before a subsequent 7-0 run from the Pirates would tie the game back up, capped by two free threes from guard Femi Odukale.

Freemantle would knock down a 3-point basket with 3:34 left to extend the lead to 68-61 before a Pirate flurry would cut it to 70-69 and ultimately three-point margin of defeat.

The Pirates and Xavier shot almost identical from the floor, 26-57 for the former and 26-58 from the latter, though the Musketeers finished with 23 assists on their 26 made baskets compared to 14 from Seton Hall. The Hall also saw its rebounding edge go up in flames as the Musketeers finished with a 38-34 advantage that included 3 team rebounds for the Hall.

Xavier also turned an equal number of turnovers to Seton Hall, 14, into eight more points and outscored the Pirates on the fast break by 7 points.

The Pirates return to action on Tuesday, Dec. 27 against the Marquette Golden Eagles in Milwaukee. Marquette was also in action last night, falling in double overtime to Providence in Rhode Island.

By Jenna Lemoncelli

Michigan men’s basketball coach Juwan Howard couldn’t keep it together in the final minute of the Wolverines’ 80-76 loss to North Carolina on Wednesday.

With 36 seconds left to play and the Tar Heels up 77-71, Howard lost his cool on the sidelines during an argument with an official. In video footage from the incident, the coach can be seen angrily shouting while being restrained by his own players.

Howard, who is in his fourth season with the Wolverines, also appeared to snap at Michigan players while they escorted him to the sidelines. He appeared to tell one of his players, “don’t f–king touch me.”

Michigan has now lost three of its past five games to fall to 7-4 on the season. The loss to UNC (9-4) marked another non-conference defeat for the Wolverines, including losses to Arizona State, Kentucky and Virginia.


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Michigan men’s basketball coach Juwan Howard argues with an official in the final minute minute of Michigan’s 80-loss to North Carolina on Dec. 21, 2022.
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This isn’t the first time Howard lost his temper during a game. Last season, the Michigan coach took a swing at Wisconsin assistant coach Joe Krabbenhoft, which led to an on-court brawl between the two teams.

At the time, Howard said he felt the “need to defend himself,” after claiming “someone touched me” and things escalated from there.

Howard, a member of Michigan’s Fab Five in the early ’90s, was later suspended five games, which marked the remainder of the regular season, and fined $40,000.

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Very impressed with Villanova last night against St. John's. Interested to see if St. John's is for real. Only one game, of course, and the Storm is talented but not smart: not unusual for a St. John's squad.

Villanova looked strong, disciplined, and well-balanced. Early in the BE season, I see them [now] as no. 2 behind UCONN.

ND lost their two top verbal commits to Alabama and Oregon to big dollars.ND will either play the NIL game or drop out of top 10 or even 20 on a regular basis

Passed away overnight...immaculate reception 50th anniversary is this weekend

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The 3 point shooting by SHU to this point in the season has been poor and has really hurt the Win total along with the struggles at the free throw line. Breaking down the key players into two groups we can see the numbers for ourselves.
Group A( D Davis, KC, Harris, Odukale & T Davis)
Group B (Dawes, Samuel, Richmond, Jackson, & Sanders)

Group A
D Davis 5-18 (27.8)
KC Ndefo 1-10 (10.0)
J Harris 12-51 (23.5)
Odukale 3-17 ( 17.6)
T Davis. 2-14 ( 14.3)
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Totals 23-110 (20.9)

Group B
Dawes 26-62 (41.9)
Samuel 2-6 (33.3)
Richmond 5-13 (38.5)
Jackson. 6-14. (42.9)
Sanders. 2-7 (35.0)
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Totals. 41-102. (40.2)


Group A with or without Harris are awful. Should KC, Odukale or T Davis be taking that many threes?? Dawes has a decent percentage but is not consistent. Jackson obviously does not get enough attempts. Richmond should take more also . Harris is the biggest puzzle so far. In his last 7 games he is 4-30 from three (13.0) It would go a long way if he can turn it around., The entire team should consider more midrange shots. Many blemishes on this season’s team and three point shooting issues are way up there

KR is an NBA talent if he can consistently play like yesterday. Hopefully Sha can help there

We have bigs who want to play the 3 and we have 3/4 ‘s who give it there when playing 5 but are just not big enough

Davis brothers are prototypical SHU recruits. Hardworking players who will do everything to try to win. A couple years with Sha will be special

Offense. Not sure why we have not been able to run any of the Princeton backdoor sets that St Peter’s run in years past

For me this year is about future development, culture, retaining key players for next year and NIT.

I would consider playing Sanders at the 2 spot 15 - 20 minutes a game Can shoot the 3 which we are struggling at and let him develop his defense for BE

We have all ready stories regarding NIL, but i found it interesting that an SHU Professor was quoted in the article (especially since it appears SHU does not have their act together on NIL).

Why we are screwed:
According to On3.com, Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud has a NIL valuation of $2.4 million, which ranks seventh among all high school and college athletes, below Heisman Trophy winners Bryce Young and Caleb Williams and high school star Arch Manning, who verbally committed to Texas

Cincinnati, Ohio - Junior Kadary Richmond (Brooklyn, N.Y.) had 17 points on 7-of-10 shooting with five assists and senior Tyrese Samuel (Montreal, Quebec) posted 14 points and pulled down six rebounds as the Seton Hall men's basketball team battled Xavier in front of a raucous crowd of 10,224 at Cintas Center but ultimately fell short, 73-70.

Seton Hall (7-6, 0-2 BIG EAST) held Xavier, who entered the game as the third best three-point shooting team in Division I, to their lowest shooting percentage from beyond the arc of the season (25 percent, 5-of-20). The Pirates' defense also held the Musketeers to its second-lowest point total this season.

How It Happened

A jumper in the lane by Samuel and a layup by Richmond got the Pirates started and gave them an early 4-0 lead. Xavier countered with a 7-0 run that turned a one-point hole into a six-point lead, 17-11, with 12:47 to play in the first half, forcing Seton Hall to call a timeout.

With the Musketeers leading by five, 35-30, with 2:15 to play in the half, the Pirates used a 6-0 spurt to cut deficit to one but Xavier extended the lead to three on a dunk that made the halftime score 37-34.

The Pirates continued to battle in the second half, giving a Xavier team that had won six in a row all they could handle on their home floor. A three by senior Al-Amir Dawes (Newark, N.J.) put the Pirates up by one, 50-49, with 13:31 to go in the game and Odukale tied the game twice on two made free throws and a made layup with five minutes to play.

A three-pointer for Xavier with 3:36 left gave them a seven point lead, 68-61, but another Dawes three out of timeout stopped the bleeding and trimmed the Xavier lead to four, 68-64 with 3:18 to go.

The Musketeers were clinging onto a two-point lead with under a minute left when Richmond was fouled, giving Seton Hall a chance to tie the score. Richmond would make one of two free throws that made it 71-70 and the Musketeers connected on two from the stripe, extending their lead to 73-70. Despite a good look at a game-tying three-point basket at the end, The Hall couldn't extend the game.

Inside The Numbers

• Seton Hall outshot Xavier, shooting at a 46 percent clip to Xavier's 45 percent.
• Both teams had 14 turnovers but Xavier had the edge in points off turnovers, 20-12.
• The Musketeers finished plus-four on the glass, 38-34.
• The Pirates had the 19-9 edge on second-chance points.

News & Notes

• Seton Hall's defense held Xavier to their third lowest field goal percentage of the season (45 percent).
• On a first half free throw, Dawes registered his 1,000th career point.
• Junior Femi Odukale (Brooklyn, N.Y.) tied his career high with nine rebounds, to go along with eight points and four assists.
• Senior Tray Jackson (Detroit, Mich.) had nine points off the bench on 4-of-7 shooting.
• Freshman Tae Davis (Indianapolid, Ind.) pulled down four rebounds in 11 minutes of action.

Up Next

Seton Hall will enjoy the Christmas holiday before heading back on the road again as the Pirates take on Marquette in Milwaukee on Dec. 27 at 8 p.m. Dave Popkin and Kim Adams will call the action on the Seton Hall Basketball Radio Network that can be heard on the SHU Pirates mobile app, the Varsity network and SiriusXM.

With Yetna and Odukale maybe a tossup. Without them or at least one of them....

Xavier 77
Seton Hall 71

Get this win!