Only four players went 5-0 last session. One of those was our leader, @GrMtWoods, who is four games clear of anyone else. @hallball is in second place alone and five players follow in third at 55-15. Only four weeks and 40 games left to play.


Tuesday, February 13

#4 Marquette (18-5, 9-3) @ Butler (15-8, 7-6) - 6:30 PM - FS1 - Hinkle/Indy

St. John's (14-10, 6-7) @ Providence (15-9, 6-7) - 7:00 PM - CBSSN - AMP/Providence

Georgetown (8-15, 1-11) @ #17 Creighton (17-7, 8-5) - 8:30 PM - FS1 - CHI/Omaha


Wednesday, February 14

Xavier (13-11, 7-6) @ SETON HALL (15-9, 8-5) - 7:00 PM - CBSSN - The Rock/Newark

#1 Connecticut (22-2, 12-1) @ DePaul (3-20, 0-12) - 9:00 PM - CBSSN - Wintrust/Chicago

10 days after the hurricane the causeway to Sanibel is repaired and hundreds of utility trucks are out repairing the electricity. The Governor is firing on all cylinders, trucks were waiting for the moment the bridge opened. No wasted time, Desantis is showing what good leadership is all about.

Another 20+ point loss for the fighting Cooley’s. He may have a nice recruiting class coming in, but Georgetown is at least a few years away from getting out of the conference basement. No effort. No heart. No culture. A few highly ranked freshman won’t cover that up.

Jared still can’t break thru on that putrid roster despite the Pistons finally getting rid of a lot of dead weight, especially at the guard/wing positions.

I can’t see how anybody can recommend playing in the G league anymore. Unless you skip college or have no interest in going overseas.

I wouldn’t even count it as NBA minor leagues anymore. It’s basically organized pick up games.

I get it, there was a storm effecting the area where they were staying but moving kids out of schools is crazy. Since they are here, we need to take care of them but closing the school to house people that should not be here in the first place. This is all on Biden. 100%. We need to get a grip on this crisis. Even the sanctuary cities can't handle the number of immigrants coming in.

Sorry for the nyshoreguy type post , but this is too funny as a PA resident.


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Good game here on CBSSN.

PC up 2 at a lit Amp, 1:25 to play.

She is highly disliked by those who seek a candidate with true Americans values.

Her strategy in NH us to beg for those likely Bidunce voters.

Dirty politics but it’s legal.

Nice piece by Dick Morris.

By Zach Braziller

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Rick Pitino is benching his captain.

For the first time this season, Joel Soriano is not in the starting lineup as St. John’s looks to snap its month-long woes and play its way back into NCAA Tournament consideration.

Pitino is starting Zuby Ejiofor over Soriano, who has struggled mightily of late, in Tuesday night’s game at fellow bubble team Providence.

The 6-foot-11 Yonkers native has averaged just 11.3 points and 8.1 rebounds over his last eight games — six of them St. John’s losses.

In the team’s first five league contests, Soriano was producing 16.4 points and 10.4 rebounds.

The 6-foot-9 Ejiofor, a Kansas transfer, has come on of late and has outplayed Soriano, especially on the defensive end, where the Johnnies have struggled much of the year.

Over the last eight games, St. John’s has been outscored by 72 points with Soriano on the floor while it has outscored the opposition by 52 points when Ejiofor is on the court.

Soriano has played 105 more minutes in that span, it should be noted.

In Saturday’s loss to No. 4 Marquette, Ejiofor started the second half and finished with five points, seven rebounds and two blocks in 23 minutes.

In a season-low-equaling 17 minutes, by contrast, Soriano had two points and five rebounds. He also picked up a technical foul late in the first half that annoyed Pitino.

Pitino considered making the move a few games ago, but put off the decision, choosing to give Soriano the benefit of the doubt, according to a source.

With St. John’s reaching desperation mode, the Hall of Fame coach pulled the trigger.

Game 25: Xavier Musketeers (13-11, 7-6 BIG EAST) vs. Seton Hall Pirates (15-9, 8-5 BIG EAST)
Wednesday, Feb. 14 • Newark, N.J. • Prudential Center (10,481) • 7 p.m.
TV: CBSSN • Andrew Catalon & Steve Lappas
Web: cbssports.com/watch/cbs-sports-network
Radio: SHU Pirates Mobile App / Pirate Sports Network / SiriusXM 385 / SXM App 975 / Gary Cohen & Dave Popkin
Game Notes: Seton Hall | Xavier
Follow Along: Instagram | X | Live Stats​

NOTES YOU NEED TO KNOW

• The Seton Hall men's basketball team enters a crucial point of its season this week and it starts with a Valentine's Day contest against Xavier at Prudential Center with tip-off set for 7 p.m. on CBS Sports Network.
• Seton Hall is 9-3 at Prudential Center this season and it's 85-65 (.567) all-time in Newark against BIG EAST competition.
• Picked to finish ninth out of 11 teams in the BIG EAST preseason poll, the Pirates are tied with Creighton for third place in the BIG EAST standings at 8-5.
• Seton Hall is one of only 24 teams in Division I with at least four Quad 1 wins.
• Seton Hall is one of 14 teams in the country with multiple wins over top 10 teams.
• Of the Pirates' eight wins in BIG EAST play, three have come against ranked opponents (No. 5 UConn, No. 23 Providence, No. 7 Marquette).
• Seton Hall is 15-13 all-time against Xavier in a series that dates back to 1948.
• After winning five of seven against the Musketeers between 2019 and 2022, Seton Hall has lost three straight in the season series against Xavier.
• Seton Hall assistant coach Rasheen Davis spent two years as an assistant at Xavier under Chris Mack and he helped guide the Musketeers to two NCAA Tournaments in 2011 and 2012.
• Sean Miller's father, John, was the head coach of the East squad that featured Shaheen Holloway at the 1996 McDonald's All-American Game that was held in Pittsburgh.
• Dre Davis has scored in double-figures in 13 of the last 14 games, including the first double-doubles of his career in wins over DePaul on Jan. 30 and Georgetown on Feb. 7.
• Davis dropped a career-high 25 points and pulled down 10 rebounds in Seton Hall's 76-70 win over Georgetown.
• After posting the best season by a first-year head coach in program history, Shaheen Holloway is once again raising the bar for Seton Hall head coaches as he approaches two milestones for second-year head coaches in South Orange.
• The Pirates' 76-70 win over Georgetown on Feb. 7 gave Holloway 18 BIG EAST victories as head coach at Seton Hall, the most in program history for a head coach in his first two seasons:

Most Wins Most BIG EAST Wins

1. Kevin Willard (2010-12) - 34 1. Shaheen Holloway - 18

2. Shaheen Holloway (2022-24) - 32 2. Tommy Amaker - 17

3. Tommy Amaker (1997-99) - 30 3. Louis Orr (2001-03) - 15

Richie Regan (1960-62) - 30 Kevin Willard - 15

• In his second game back on the court after missing two games, Kadary Richmond posted 20 points, eight assists and seven rebounds in the win over the Hoyas.
• The performance was Richmond's sixth game this season with 20+ points, 5+ rebounds and 5+ assists, second-most among Div. I players this season.
• Six of Richmond's nine career 20-point games have come in BIG EAST play this season.
• Jaden Bediako leads the BIG EAST and ranks sixth in Division I averaging 4.0 offensive rebounds per game.
• Bediako, who also ranks second in the conference with 42 blocks, has already set career highs in blocks, points (205) and rebounds (178) in his fifth and final season of eligibility.
• Seton Hall ranks third in the BIG EAST and 13th nationally with a 78 percent clip from the free throw line.
• The Pirates are 13-4 this season when Al-Amir Dawes scores in double figures and 6-2 when he's the team's leading scorer.
• Seton Hall is 14-1 this season when leading at halftime.

By Zach Braziller

When St. John’s left Queens early Monday afternoon, it didn’t know how long its trip to Providence would last.

The Johnnies were under the impression at one point that the game would be pushed back until Wednesday due to a winter storm that was expected to dump at least a foot of snow on the area.

A travel ban was seen as likely.

But by early Monday evening, the forecast had shifted — only 6 inches or so were forecast — and the game was expected to take place as initially scheduled, at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Amica Mutual Pavilion.

On X, formerly Twitter, Providence’s official account wrote: “Friartown, as of now it’s game on for Tuesday at 7 p.m. vs St. John’s.”

Providence did cancel classes Tuesday, but that didn’t alter the game’s status.

The uncertainty came at a crucial time for St. John’s. It has lost six of its last eight games and is now on the wrong side of the NCAA Tournament bubble, according to most bracketologists.

The Johnnies held a 15-point lead late in the first half on Saturday at No. 4 Marquette, but were outscored by 20 after halftime, following a season-long pattern of shaky second-half performances against top competition.

A win over fellow bubble team Providence, which St. John’s (14-10, 6-7) defeated at the Garden on Jan. 10, would be a significant victory and a third Quad 1 win.

The Red Storm are currently 2-7 in Quad 1 games and need to bolster their weak résumé.

Knocking off the Friars on the road will not be easy. Providence has won 48 of the last 53 contests in the building, and St. John’s last won there in 2017.

The Johnnies have also dropped four consecutive road games, and their last three have come by double figures at Marquette, Seton Hall and Xavier.

Tired of talking about the Nova game.

My list of the best Pure/3 point Shooters in SHU History

Dehere
John Leahy
Hazell
Jamar Nutter
Lavell Sanders
Karnishovas

Not a great list - shows our lack of shooters over the past 30 years.

Who am I missing?

Marco Lokar?

1. Connecticut 22-2 12-1
Best team in the country?

2. Marquette 18-5 9-3
7 in a row have them moving up.

3. Creighton 17-7 8-5
Overrated? But who else here?

4. Butler 16-8 7-6
The next group can be listed in any way you want.

5. Seton Hall 15-9 8-5
How do you beat #1 and #2 and then get your ass handed to you by a weak Nova team?

6. Villanova 13-11 6-7
Did we just see the real Nova?

7. St. John's 14-10 6-7
Maybe next season.

8. Providence 15-9 6-7
Better win their next 2 home games.

9. Xavier 13-11 7-6
Wed must win for both Xavier at SHU.

10. Georgetown 8-15 1-11
Rebuild starts in 2024/25

11. DePaul 3-20 0-12
Will rebuild ever happen?

By Zack Cziryak

The ghosts of Villanova past came to haunt the Seton Hall Pirates in an 80-54 drubbing on Super Bowl Sunday.

The Wildcats (13-11, 6-7) led by as many as 29 and saw four players reach double-digit scoring, including Eric Dixon with 18 and Brendan Hausen with 17 off the bench while Seton Hall (15-9, 8-5) was led by Al-Amir Dawes’ 14 points and 12 from Kadary Richmond.

Richmond, who exited the game with his second foul at the 13:38 mark of the first half, notched a 5-0 run himself with a floater and three-pointer after returning at the under 8 timeout to cut the Nova lead to its smallest since the onset of the game at 18-16. The Pirates would immediately give up a jumper and a Dixon corner three-pointer off an in-bound play, extending the Nova lead to 23-16.

Minutes later and down 28-21, Hall center Jaden Bediako, who was battling the flu, would have a shot stuffed into the rim for a jump ball that would head Nova’s way in time for the under 4-minute timeout. The ensuing possession would see Dixon knock down another three against a zone defense and Hausen follow it up with his own to extend the lead to 34-21 before heading into the break 39-24.

The second half was never close as the Wildcats at one point nearly doubled the lead from the half in front of nearly 14,000 fans at the Wells Fargo Center in South Philadelphia.

Villanova shot 53.6% from the field, including 46.7% from beyond the arc, where they finished 14-30, compared to Seton Hall’s 40% and 30%, respectively. The Wildcats also turned the ball over just 8 times to the Pirates’ 15, converting those into 19 points off turnovers. The Hall was also outrebounded 29-26 and were outscored in the paint 20-18.

The Hall, which fell into a tie for third place in the Big East with Creighton, returns home Wednesday night for the return game against Xavier in Newark, N.J. Xavier defeated the Pirates 74-54 in Cincinnati last month.

Rest? Hmm. They just had 8 days iff before Georgetown.

“I pulled everybody (because) nobody was playing well," he said. "Rest what? These guys had rest the whole week, some guys didn’t practice, they were taking days off because…whatever. Nobody was playing good. I was just trying to get some guys to get out there and play with some energy and some life.”

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says Carino. He’s right.

Should be an uncomfortable bus ride back

Associated Press

The National Labor Relations Board on Monday granted Dartmouth's trustees extra time to request a review of a regional official's ruling that the school's men's basketball players are employees.

The official's ruling last week cleared the way for an election that could create the first labor union for NCAA athletes.

The labor relations board's national office granted Dartmouth's request to move the appeal deadline from Feb. 20 to March 5, which is the same day the players are scheduled to participate in an in-person election at the school's Hanover, New Hampshire, campus.

All 15 members of Dartmouth's basketball team signed the initial petition asking to be represented by the Service Employees International Union, which already represents some Dartmouth workers. One of the players, Romeo Myrthil, said Saturday following the team's 77-59 loss to Harvard that he had no reason to expect anything different when the players vote.

The NCAA has long maintained players are "student-athletes" -- a term created to emphasize that education comes first. But the labor relations board's regional director in Boston ruled Feb. 5 that the players were in effect employees of the school.

The outcome of the case could have wide-ranging implications for the definition of amateurism in college athletics.

In a previous case involving the Northwestern football team, the labor relations board overturned a regional official's similar ruling on a technicality that doesn't apply in the Dartmouth case.

Snow will be intense

BY JOE LUNARDIUPDATED: 2/13/2024 AT 9 A.M. ET

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2024
SETON HALL (14-10, 6-7) at ST. JOHN'S (14-11, 8-5)
QUEENS, N.Y. – Carnesecca Arena
7:00 p.m. ET

LIVE VIDEO: BIG EAST Digital Network on FloHoops
(Maria Marino & Edona Thaqi)

LIVE AUDIO: 89.5 FM WSOU or WSOU.net
(Michael Bellifemini & Jackson Shank)

FOLLOW ALONG: StatBroadcast | Instagram | X (Twitter)
GAME NOTES: SETON HALL | ST. JOHN'S

THE GAME
Seton Hall will return to action on Tuesday, February 13 when it makes the short trip to Queens, N.Y. for a BIG EAST contest against local rival St. John's. Tip time is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. ET.

MEDIA
The game will be streamed live by the BIG EAST Digital Network and available for FloHoops subscribers with John Fanta and Kim Adams on the call. As usual, the game will also be available over the airwaves at 89.5 FM WSOU or wsou.net. Michael Bellifemini and Jackson Shank will describe the action on the radio. Live stats will also be available.

WSOU is also airing a post-game "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 FloHoops, 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 FloHoops is normally $29.99 per month.

LAST GAME
Freshman Savannah Catalon (Burleson, Texas) scored a career-high 21 points and the Seton Hall women's basketball team cruised to an 86-62 victory over Xavier on Saturday in Walsh Gym.

The Hall set the tone early in a 26-12 first quarter and never looked back. The Pirates clobbered Xavier on the boards, 40-to-24 and shot 49.2 percent from the floor for the game. They were also a season-best 20-for-21 (.952) from the free-throw line.

Catalon turned in her best performance as a collegian, collecting 21 points, four rebounds and six assists, all career highs. She was a perfect 7-for-7 from the free-throw line.

Three other Pirates also scored in double-figures. Micah Gray (Oklahoma City, Okla.) had 16 points on the strength of four made three-pointers. Azana Baines (Blackwood, N.J.) had 12 points, three steals and two blocks, while Kae Satterfield (New York, N.Y.) tallied 10 points and seven rebounds.

Seton Hall All-Time vs. the Red Storm: St. John's leads, 49-39
2023-24 Meetings:
Seton Hall 74, St. John's 66 in OT (F) – January 22, 2024 (Walsh Gymnasium)

AGAINST ST. JOHN'S
Seton Hall and St. John's will resume their long rivalry on Tuesday. The Red Storm own a 49-39 all-time series lead, but the Pirates have won six of the last seven games, including the last four. Earlier this year, The Hall outlasted St. John's, 74-66, in overtime. The Hall is 13-26 all-time at Carnesecca Arena, but has won two of the last three meetings there.

FIRST MEETING THIS YEAR
Three Pirates scored at least 16 points and the Seton Hall women's basketball team outlasted St. John's, 74-66, in overtime before a raucous Walsh Gym crowd on January 22.

St. John's forced the extra session with a late run and a game-tying three-pointer with only 34 seconds left. In overtime, however, the Pirates upped their intensity and got a pair of three-point plays from Azana Baines (Blackwood, N.J.) and Micah Gray (Oklahoma City, Okla.) before a massive three-pointer by Sha'Lynn Hagans (Manassas, Va.) to pull away from the Red Storm.

Baines started slow, but finished with team-highs of 17 points and 13 rebounds. Both Gray and Kae Satterfield (New York, N.Y.) had 16 points, while Hagans had a season-high 10 points off the bench.

Senior Amari Wright (Jacksonville, Fla.) had another strong game at the point with six points and game-highs of 10 assists and four steals.

SCOUTING ST. JOHN'S
St. John's was picked to finish sixth in the BIG EAST this season according to the preseason coaches' poll. Unique Drake was an All-BIG EAST Preseason Honorable Mention.

The Red Storm enter Tuesday's matchup with a 14-11 overall record and an 8-5 mark in BIG EAST Conference play. After falling in overtime to Seton Hall on Jan. 22, St. John's won three in a row, but has dropped their last two contests. The Red Storm are coming off a 64-59 loss at Butler on Friday. Drake leads the team and ranks third in the BIG EAST in scoring with 18.7 points per game. Jillian Archer is logging 11.6 and a team-best 7.4 rebounds per contest.

UP NEXT
Seton Hall will return to action on Saturday, February 17 when it returns to historic Walsh Gymnasium to host BIG EAST rival DePaul. Tip time is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. ET. The contest will be streamed by the BIG EAST Digital Network and available for FloHoops subscribers with Matt Ambrose and Phil Stern on the call. Brian Henderson and Bobby Steiner will carry the broadcast for WSOU FM.

https://www.axios.com/2024/02/12/how-biden-botched-border

A good summary of the infighting, ineptitude and incompetence in how the administration has handled the border crisis.

Wrong people in the wrong seats and lack of leadership.