Voted NIT Tournament MVP-- earned and well deserved.
What a way to end a a very Good College and Pirate career. A great person too.
Will always appreciate his effort and character.

There is a really nice graphic making the rounds on social media that has the whole team on it.

Who can we speak to about having this run off and sold? Further, who can we speak to about having them run off, signed by the team, and sold on the Onward Setonia website?

Strike while the iron is out, people will pay for it.

St peters Elite 8, NIT champs. maybe some real magic with him. i mean this game was over and refs werent doing any favors

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Indianapolis, Ind. - Dre Davis (Indianapolis, Ind.) scored the game-winning layup with 16 seconds remaining as the Seton Hall men's basketball team took home the 2024 NIT championship with a victory over Indiana State, 79-77, on Thursday night inside Hinkle Fieldhouse.

The win gives the Pirates, who ended the game on a 9-0 run over the final 2:38, their second NIT title in program history and first since 1953. Al-Amir Dawes (Newark, N.J.) capped off his strong tournament with a game-high 24 points, while Kadary Richmond (Brooklyn, N.Y.) finished with 21 points and 13 rebounds. Richmond, Dawes and Davis were all named to the NIT All-Tournament Team and Dawes was named the NIT's Most Outstanding Player.

The team is flying home Friday morning, and Seton Hall will welcome the champions back to campus with a public celebration on the green in front of the Seton Hall University Center. The Seton Hall University community and all Pirates fans are welcome to attend. A brief celebratory program will occur with Seton Hall University Director of Athletics Bryan Felt, Head Men's Basketball Coach Shaheen Holloway and the entire team.

How It Happened

Seton Hall led 16-10 with 13:49 left in the first half as the Pirates found success capitalizing off of multiple Indiana State turnovers. The Sycamores would go on to rattle off 10-straight points to jump in front by three, 19-16, before an 11-3 run by the Pirates, including five-consecutive made free throws by Dawes, put The Hall back ahead, 27-22, with 8:06 to go before halftime.

A Davis three-pointer at the 3:30 mark in the first half gave the Pirates their largest lead of the game, 39-28, but the Sycamores would use a half-closing 11-0 run to tie the score up at 39-39. Despite the momentum switch in the Sycamores' favor in the latter stages of the first 20 minutes, the Pirates came out strong in the second half as Davis scored seven of The Hall's first 12 points that gave the Pirates a nine-point lead, 51-42.

Indiana State made it a one-point game, 58-57, with 10:17 left when a Richmond layup, a defensive stop and a lefty layup from Dylan Addae-Wusu (Bronx, N.Y.), pushed the Pirates' lead to five, 62-57. A 12-5 run by the Sycamores gave them their first lead since the 10-minute mark in the first half and they would later lead by seven, 77-70, with 3:03 left in the game. That's when the Pirates' three captains — Dawes, Davis and Richmond — took over the game. Richmond's layup off of his own offensive rebounds with 2:38 left made it a five-point game before five-consecutive points were scored by Dawes, including an off-balance three-pointer that tied score up at 77-77 with 1:05 to go. With under a minute left, the ball was Davis' hands and his patented spin move in the lane put the Pirates in front for good at 79-77 with 16 seconds remaining.

On the final possession of the game, a block by Bediako on an Indiana State shot beyond the three-point line helped seal the NIT championship for the Pirates. The Seton Hall defense held Indiana State scoreless over the last 3:03 and the Sycamores missed their last seven shots.

Inside the Box Score

• Both teams shot well from the floor as Indiana State shot 47 percent and Seton Hall shot 45 percent.
• The Pirates shot 35 percent from deep and Indiana State shot at a 38 percent clip a the three-point line.
• The Pirates shot 89 percent (17-of-19) from the free throw line and the Sycamores shot 90 percent (9-of-10).
• There were nine ties and 12 lead chances but Seton Hall held the lead for 26:23 of game time.
• The Pirates owned a 38-30 edge in points in the paint.
• Seton Hall scored 20 points off of 15 Indiana State turnovers
• The Sycamores finished plus-four on the glass, 35-31.

News & Notes

• This is Seton Hall's second NIT championship in program history and its first since 1953.
• Seton Hall's 25 wins this season is tied for the fourth-most in program history and the most since the Pirates' 25-win BIG EAST Tournament championship season in 2015-16.
• Head coach Shaheen Holloway is now 6-0 in the city Indianapolis with wins over Kentucky and Murray State in the 2022 NCAA Tournament, two road wins over Butler and two wins this year's NIT over Georgia and Indiana State.
• Seton Hall has won five straight games at Hinkle Fieldhouse including eight of its last 10 contests.
• Dawes finishes his career with 169 made three-pointers, which ranks 14th in program history.
• Dawes' 91 made three-pointers this season is tied for the eighth-most in a single season in program history.
• Dawes finished with 12 20-point games this season and 20 in his career.
• Richmond notched his eighth double-double of the season and the 11th of his career.

Kadary gets grabbed 1st b4 pushoff. Dylan took an easy charge call on avila. These guys suck

Any idea when they arrive back on campus? Living in Delaware, I won't be able to attend, but I have a few SHU graduates still in Jersey who would like to attend.

Wishing both guys all the best. They played hard, represented us well, and had big moments for us. Both had really good seasons overall.

They can look forward to great ovations at The Rock in the future as members of the 2024 NIT Championship team. Season or postseason titles are few and far between here, as are 13-7 BE seasons. 👏

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They never quit.Down 7 and the pulled it out.No adequate words for this coach and team.Go Pirates

They say that good teams win close games. Well this years Pirates were blown out a few times, but they won just about every close game that they played in. What a finish down by 7 points in the final minute then scoring the games final 9 points to win the NIT Championship. WOW, WOW, WOW !!!

Tom K

JC: "What kind of stamp, legacy, do you hope as a trio you have left on this program laying the foundation for Shaheen Holloway?"

KR: "I feel like we left a lot of people, the naysayers, we left them with something to remember... We also opened the doors for the underdog players that are being recruited by Seton Hall who don't feel as if anyone is giving them a chance, this is a great place to come and be able to play your game and be who you are."

What a great season with the three captains. They had the slow start during the OOC, but they had a great season. Super fun to watch.

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Another health issue…what do these states have in common?

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they bested us in effectively every other standard stat other than steals (related) and blocks.


Indiana State Sycamores


Seton Hall Pirates


Oh, and points

Their postgame interaction might end up being the clip that gets the most play from the game. Here it is for those who haven't seen it yet:

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And here's Sha responding to a question in the postgame press conference about it:

Q. There was a moment where you went over to Robbie Avila after the game and literally picked his head up. What did you say to him and what compelled to you do that?

SHAHEEN HOLLOWAY: Because those guys, he's a good player. Those guys are good players. I told them, there's no need to have your head down. You guys played a heck of a game. You guys got a great team. You guys battled. This was a championship game. A bunch of punches going back and forth, and just told him to pick his head up. He's a great player and he's got a lot of basketball to be played.

When that first 3 pt shot attempt went up and the kid threw his shoulder into Dawes, for a second there I had a flash back to the game a few years ago vs Marquette where Aiken on the final shot was called for a shooting foul just by playing good defense and the kid lunged into him and hit his jaw.

Glad these refs weren’t whistle happy and let them play.

Would have thought more activity there but they are pretty confident that they will prevail. We don’t shoot well and we have no depth is their rationale for dispatching us.

what a turnaround from the past years.

Shouting out the Pirates and the watch party at Bunny’s during the Mets game in the bottom of the 8th inning. Awesome promo from Gary

What a gutsy win!!!

We have to keep this momentum going and give Sha and our guys the love and support to build on this wonderful run!

Let’s pump up that NIL bag and run the table to the NCAA tournament next season!!!

They earned a good turnout.

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What a way to end the season after getting left out of the big dance. Really impressive to pull at that win against that team with that crowd and down late (after being up most of the game).

Never thought I'd be so jacked about the NIT game, but here we are!

May not be our most talented team but one with the biggest heart.
They deserve this title so much because of their toughness and desire.
So PROUD to be a Pirate basketball fan.