We know that a general requirement to watching these games is having a connection to the teams involved, as a fan or nowadays a gambler.

But….if you are a player in the portal and sorting out your options which may include SHU, wouldn’t it make sense to watch the team play to get a sense of what they are about? If that’s true, then these performances have been a very good thing.

Watching St Peter’s two years ago is how the Davis brothers wound up at SHU. Wonder if there are more stories like that potentially out there.

Or is the college basketball landscape a little weak? If they keep this up they will go down as one of the very best teams of the past 25+ years…. And of course we crushed them.

Hate to distract away from game day topics with something mundane, but...

The fellas have been wearing some cool sweatshirts, 1/4 zips etc. etc., none of which ever finds its way to the bookstore, Fanatics or UA, even as knock offs. (check out the sweatshirt Dawes is wearing in the IG post below)

Anyone on this board have influence with the people who buy or make decisions about our schwag - please pass along that we need to step it up. I can't be alone in this.

Some of these designs blow away anything fans have access to, so it's not like they won't sell. This an opp for Onward Setonia?

If it's a UA thing, at least try to mimic these designs. If it's a mass, just-in-time production thing and we're limited in the designs, at least try getting a few basics customized.

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This here is the difference between us being in the NCAA’s and NC State not hanging a final 4 banner…

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Why didn’t we hire Danny Hurley out if St Benedict’s? I think we also had the chance to hire him a couple other times and let Kevin Willard walk to Virginia Tech. Now look what he’s doing.

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So what makes Seton Hall so successful? Is it their conference? Their recruiting? Their facilities? The fact that they had the foresight to discontinue their football program in 1982? Who knows, could be anything.

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Money. Like most private schools that excel in basketball, they have plenty of it. (A reply to the original post).


From Sycamorepride.com. Not sure if that’s their only fan forum but it made me chuckle.

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Indianapolis, Ind. — Five Pirates scored in double figures, including 20 points from Al-Amir Dawes (Newark, N.J.), as the Seton Hall men's basketball team defeated Georgia, 84-67, to advance to Thursday's NIT Championship Game.

Dawes connected on four three-pointers to continue his strong stretch of play in the tournament. Dre Davis (Indianapolis, Ind.) had 19 points and nine rebounds in his hometown, Kadary Richmond (Brooklyn, N.Y.) posted 15 points, nine rebounds and six assists, and Jaden Bediako (Brampton, Ontario) finished with 14 points. Jaquan Sanders (Queens, N.Y.) had a strong game off the bench for The Hall, tying his career-high with 11 points and hitting three from behind the arc.

With the win, the Pirates will face Indiana State in the NIT championship game on Thursday night at 7 p.m. on ESPN.

How It Happened

A steal and score from Richmond on the Pirates' first defensive possession set the tone for the Pirates in the first half. After Georgia quickly tied the score at 2-2, the Pirates used a 15-1 run to take a commanding 18-3 lead and it forced Georgia to use a timeout. The Pirates' defense held Georgia to just one field in the game's first six minutes.

The Bulldogs got within nine, 20-11, at the 10:49 mark before Dawes rattled off six consecutive points that matched Seton Hall's largest lead at 15, 26-11, with 8:28 to go before halftime. Back-to-back threes by Sanders ballooned The Hall's lead to 36-18 and the Pirates' largest advantage came at the 5:06 mark when they went up 40-18.

Georgia came out firing in the second half and it stayed within striking distance. However, Dawes made it a 24-point Seton Hall advantage after connecting on consecutive three-point baskets with 14:41 left to play. The Bulldogs pulled within 11 on following an 11-3 run that made it 73-62 with 5:36 to go when Sanders came up big once again. The sophomore connected on a running floater with just over five minutes left and connected on his third three-point basket of the game that made it 80-64 with 3:59 left, giving Seton Hall some much-needed breathing room.

Inside the Box Score

• Seton Hall's defense held Georgia to just 38 percent shooting from the floor and 19 percent from three-point range.
• The Pirates' offense shot 47 percent from the field and 40 percent from deep.
• Seton Hall finished with 18 assists and committed 11 turnovers.
• The Pirates had a plus-13 advantage on the glass, 45-32, and they had a 13-8 edge on the offensive glass.
• Both sides scored more than 40 points in the paint with the Pirates finishing with a slight 44-40 edge.
• There was only one tie in the ballgame at 2-2 and Seton Hall led the for the remainder of the contest.

News & Notes

• Seton Hall advances to its first NIT final since 1953 and it's the Pirates' second NIT championship game appearance in program history.
• The Pirates' 24 wins is tied for the seventh-most in program history and it's the most since the 2015-16 when The Hall won 25 games.
• The Pirates improve to 21-1 when leading at halftime this season.
• Seton Hall has won seven of its last nine games at Hinkle Fieldhouse including its last four contests.
• Seton Hall improve to 2-1 all-time against Georgia and its won four-consecutive games against SEC opponents.
• The Pirates are now 19-6 this season when Dawes scores in double-figures and 9-3 when he's the team's leading scorer.
• Richmond is up to 182 career steals at Seton Hall, moving him past Jordan Theodore into sole possession of 10th on the program's steals list.
• Richmond moved past Danny Hurley and Jerry Walker into 41st on Seton Hall's all-time scoring list with 1,085 points
• Dawes is up to 1,813 career points and 946 career points as a Pirate.
• 11 of Dawes' 19 career 20-point games have come this season.
• Dawes' 88 made three-pointers ranks ninth-most in a single season in program history.
• Sanders now has two double-figure scoring games this season and four in his career.

Whatever he did at Old Dominion must have been pretty bad! Is there interest?

Who is the host institution for the east region?

The three-point sharp-shooter will have three years of eligibility remaining and suit up for the Pirates this fall.
SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – Seton Hall women's basketball head coach Anthony Bozzella announced today the addition of La Salle transfer Nicole Melious (Staten Island, N.Y.) to the program.

After a strong freshman season at La Salle University, Melious will now suit up for the Pirates this fall and have three years of NCAA eligibility remaining.

Melious burst onto the collegiate scene last season and was rightfully named to the Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team. A lethal long-distance shooter, she led La Salle with 10.7 points per game and drained 70 three-pointers, which ranked among the top-5 in the A-10 and the top-50 in the country. Against Fordham in the regular-season finale, Melious erupted for a career-high 28 points and set a new La Salle record with eight made three-pointers in only 10 attempts.

Prior to La Salle, Melious became a legend at Susan E. Wagner High School, setting the New York City all-time single-season scoring record with 1,137 points as a senior. The all-time leading scorer in Staten Island history, for both girls and boys competition, she scored over 3,000 career points and averaged an astonishing 43.4 points per game as a senior. A two-time New York State Sportswriters Player of the Year, she's the State of New York's all-time leader in three-pointers made with 410 for her high school career.

Should be a good matchup for the Pirates. Familiar with Hinkle with the only issue being this is a road trip, albeit to a neutral site.

Not getting off the bandwagon now.

SHU 73
Georgia 67

Does anyone know our new president’s commitment to major college basketball as a means to University prominence?

ESPN reporting 4.5 points

Just go inside every possession until/if they can stop it

6-2 early

By Colin Rajala


Whether or not you believe Seton Hall deserved a bid to the 2024 NCAA men’s basketball tournament last month, the Pirates are ascending at just the right time with the program making its case loud and clear to the college basketball community, particularly the selection committee, to take notice of its postseason performance.

While Seton Hall ultimately had to settle for the top overall seed in the National Invitational Tournament, the Pirates have jumped all over their opponents from the opening tip in the NIT’s quarter and semifinals.

Seton Hall (24-12) imposed its will from the get-go against SEC-foe Georgia (20-17) in route to a decisive 84-67 victory, another matchup in which the Pirates never trailed.

“I want to give my seniors their flowers ... We're still showing the world that Seton Hall is a really, really good team," Head Coach Shaheen Holloway said, in the post-game press conference.

Seton Hall is now set to square off with another team snubbed in this year’s NCAA tournament, Indiana State (32-6), which is having its best season since Larry Bird led the Sycamores to the NCAA title game. The Hall and Indiana State will square off for the NIT Championship Thursday at 7 p.m. in Butler’s Hinkle Fieldhouse.

Seton Hall has played well at Hinkle of late, winning seven of their last nine in the historic gymnasium, including four straight, and the Pirates will look to maintain their winning ways in a hostile environment as Indiana State is expected to pack the building.

“I know it’s going to be a tough game. They’re a really good team and it’s pretty much a home game for them … Any time you get to play for a championship, it’s super huge,” Holloway said.

Indiana State likes to push the ball and spread it around for open threes, but the Sycamores will have their hands full with the physical toughness and poise of Seton Hall’s five seniors, four of which scored in double figures in the semifinals against the Georgia Bulldogs.

Senior guard Kadary Richmond set the tone early against UGA, recording a steal and racing down the court for a transition layup just 14 seconds into the game and Seton Hall carried that momentum into the first media timeout with a 10-2 lead.

The Hall extended the lead to 13-2 as part of an 11-0 run on a three-pointer from the wing by graduate guard Al-Amir Dawes off the assist from senior forward Dre Davis before Richmond found Dawes on the wing on the next possession for another three pointer to give the Pirates a 16-3 advantage and force a timeout from Georgia Head Coach Mike White less than seven minutes into the game

Seton Hall extended its lead to 28-13 twelve minutes into the game on a layup by Richmond off the feed from sophomore guard Jaquan Sanders, who was filling in for freshman wing Isaiah Coleman who remains out due to an illness.

The Pirates extended their lead to 40-18, its largest of the first half, behind a 10-0 run that was capped by Dawes stealing the ball and getting it back from Davis for a transition layup before ending the first half up 42-25.

Seton Hall assisted on 10 of their 16 field goals in the opening 20 minutes with Davis, Dawes and Richmond combining for 31 of the team’s 42 points. The Pirates held Georgia to 9/33 (27.3%) shooting from the field and outrebounded the Bulldogs 24-16 as part of its opening half dominance.

The Hall took its biggest lead in the game less than five minutes into the second half, 60-36, when Dawes splashed another wing three off the dish from Richmond.

“It feels very good to be still playing in a championship. It feels real good just to put the ball in the hoop again and [try to] come out with the hardware,” Dawes said, after the game.

Georgia tried to chip away at the lead, drawing the score to 73-62 with just over five minutes remaining, but it was too little too late as Sanders connected on a runner in the lane and a three-pointer from the corner off the assist from senior wing Dylan Addae-Wusu to build the lead back up to 80-64 before the game’s end.

Dawes led all scorers with 20 points, including 4/7 from long range, while Davis tallied 19 points, nine rebounds, four assists and two blocks with Richmond contributing 15 points, nine rebounds, six assists, three steals and a block. Graduate center Jaden Bediako tallied 14 points, seven boards, two blocks and a steal with Sanders coming off the bench to tie a career high with 11 points on 3/5 shooting from deep.

The Pirates finished the game shooting 32/68 (47.1%), including 8/20 (40%) from distance, while dominating the glass 45-32.

“At the end of the day, this is a business trip and we’re coming to compete for a championship,” Davis said, after the game.

Appreciate this team for making the most of an opportunity and finishing the season strong. Hopefully they get rewarded with a win on Thursday. will not be easy, but the team is used to being the Visitor at Hinkle.

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We all had our opinions when Musk acquired Twitter, but two years later, it looks like he’s done pretty well. Interesting that there has been significant international growth, and that the platform has moved up two spots on social media rankings.

Top 25 by followers and age demographics interesting as well. At the end of the day he’s a pretty smart guy.