Looking at the remaining 9 games -- thoughts

Does 5 – 4 get it down 19 – 12 / 12 – 8

W Georgetown home
L Villanova Away
W Xavier Home
L St Johns Away
W Butler Home
L Creighton Away
L UConn Away
W Villanova Home
W DePaul Home

By Matt Ehalt

Todd Frazier found legendary Mets voice Gary Cohen to be too negative for his liking.

The former Mets third baseman shared that he confronted the SNY play-by-player over what he perceived to be critical analysis and implored Cohen to “start rooting” for the team.

“People kept telling me back home, this guy is cutting you up, he’s cutting the Mets up. I’m like, ‘Ah, that’s what they do, you know?'” Frazier said on “Foul Territory” earlier this week. “I start looking into it. Players are like, ‘He’s always done this. Man, We can’t stand it.’

“I went up to him one time and said, ‘Gary, I gotta talk to you man.’ I said, ‘What the heck is going on here, dude? I thought you’re a Mets fan.’ He’s like, ‘I am,’ and he kind of got pissed off at me and I said, ‘Well, start rooting for us.’”

Cohen is a through-and-through Mets fan and there are few that would question his loyalty to the team.

However, unlike some announcers, Cohen is not a homer on-air and doesn’t just root blindly for the Mets. Cohen, along with Keith Hernandez and Ron Darling, stand out as a broadcasting crew for their ability to be critical when necessary, which has often been the case with the Mets.

Frazier played for the Mets during the 2018-20 seasons before being shipped to Texas, and only enjoyed team success in Flushing during the 2019 season.

He also played for the Reds, White Sox and Yankees prior to a brief 66-game stint with the Yankees during the 2017 season, and the New York market is known for being tougher on players than others.

It seemed Frazier decided to stand up for his teammates when he broached the topic with Cohen.

“We had our conversations back and forth. It was a good 10, five-minute conversation,” Frazier said. “It was actually in front of some players, too, so actually it was in front of people. We got a newfound respect for what he does and what I do. It was fine after that. We’re both men. If we have a problem, we go straight to the source, and that’s how I’ve been raised. I felt better about it, and I hope he did too.

“It just gets in the back of his mind, that, you know, we’re listening as well, there’s people we got, families at home listening too. You don’t always have to knock us down, and that was part of the conversation, and I hope he respected me for what I said and I respected him for his comments back.”

That Nova was 3-0 in the BE and has gone 1-6 and 5 losses in row? I didn't realize and hadn't paid much attention. This is shocking. Does Neptune last after this season? I can't imagine he does.

Treated to an article about Joel Soriano. Does he have a connection to NJ? Is he running away with BE POY? Just why do they think this is worth it for their readers?

Have they run out of Seton Hall, Rutgers, Monmouth etc players to profile?

Maybe I just dislike the paper too much.

SETON HALL (13-8, 5-5) at VILLANOVA (13-8, 6-4)
VILLANOVA, PA. – Finneran Pavilion
2:00 p.m. ET

LIVE VIDEO: BIG EAST Digital Network on FloHoops
Women's Sports Network
(Matt Janus & Harry Perretta)

LIVE AUDIO: 89.5 FM WSOU or WSOU.net
(Joe Matthews & Ryan Henry)

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GAME NOTES: SETON HALL | VILLANOVA

THE GAME
Seton Hall will return to action on Saturday, February 3 when it travels to long-time BIG EAST rival Villanova. Tip time is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. ET.

MEDIA
The game will be stream live by the BIG EAST Digital Network and available for FloHoops subscribers with Matt Janus and Harry Perretta on the call. This game is also being featured as "WSN's Game of the Week" and will be simulcast on the Women's Network. As usual, the game will also be available over the airwaves at 89.5 FM WSOU or wsou.net. Joe Matthews and Ryan Henry 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
Graduate student Kae Satterfield (New York, N.Y.) had a game-high 17 points to lift the Pirates to a 71-54 victory over Georgetown in Walsh Gym on Wednesday.

The Pirates led wire-to-wire and put 71 points on Georgetown, a team that entered the contest ranked 12th in the country for allowing only 54.2 points per contest. It was the Seton Hall defense that impressed, holding its 12th opponent this season under 55 points.

Satterfield was brilliant, registering 17 points, six rebounds, five assists and three steals, all team highs. Azana Baines (Blackwood, N.J.) finished with 14 points in only 23 minutes. I'yanna Lops (Stamford, Conn.) collected eight points, four rebounds and a game-best four blocks.

Seton Hall All-Time vs. the Wildcats: Villanova lead, 50-25
Earlier This Year:
Villanova 50, Seton Hall 45 (F) – Jan. 3, 2024 (Walsh Gym)

AGAINST VILLANOVA
Seton Hall and Villanova will renew their long BIG EAST rivalry on Saturday. The Wildcats own a 50-25 all-time series lead and has won the last four games in the series, including the first meeting of the teams this season. The Hall's last win at Finneran Pavilion came on Feb. 27, 2021, a 67-55 victory.

FIRST MEETING THIS YEAR
Graduate student Azana Baines (Blackwood, N.J.) scored a game-high 21 points, but the Pirates couldn't find its offensive footing for a third straight game in a 50-45 loss to Villanova on Jan. 3.

The Pirates shot under 30 percent from the floor for a second straight game and were just 2-for-12 from three-point range. Defensively, The Hall was brilliant again, holding a seventh consecutive opponent under 55 points. The Hall trailed by 10 points with under 4:00 minutes left and managed to cut its deficit to just four points, but couldn't complete the comeback.

Baines scored a game-high 21 points on 8-for-16 shooting and pulled down seven rebounds with three blocks.

Senior Amari Wright (Jacksonville, Fla.) didn't put up gaudy numbers, but played excellent defense on Villanova's Lucy Olsen. Olsen, the BIG EAST's leader in scoring, managed only 10 points on 4-for-17 shooting against Wright and the Pirates.

SCOUTING VILLANOVA
Villanova was picked to finish fourth in the 11-team BIG EAST according to the 2023-24 Coaches Preseason Poll.

Despite losing BIG EAST Player of the Year Maddy Siegrist, Villanova has excelled so far in 2023-24. The Wildcats enter the weekend with a 13-8 overall record and a 6-4 mark in BIG EAST play. Villanova's highlight of the conference season came on Jan. 17 when it defeated No. 22 Marquette. Since however, Nova has dropped three of four games. Most recently, they lost to No. 11 Connecticut, XX-XX, on Wednesday. Junior Lucy Olsen continues to lead the BIG EAST in scoring at XX.X points per game.

UP NEXT
Seton Hall will return to action on Wednesday, February 7 when it travels to Hartford, Conn. for a game against No. 11 Connecticut. Tip time is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. ET. The contest will be televised by SNY with Allen Bestwick and Meg Culmo on the call. Spencer Gonzales and Joe Morales will carry the broadcast for WSOU FM.

Surging Marquette enters top five, finds offensive rhythm despite injuries​

The Golden Eagles are among the big risers in this week's CBS Sports power rankings​

By David Cobb

Pirates Fans,

Registration for the 2024 Seton Hall Athletics Hall of Fame Enshrinement ceremony is now open!

Join Seton Hall Athletics as it inducts five new members into its Hall of Fame! The Pirates Class of 2024 includes Fuquan Edwin '14 of the men's basketball team; Dawn Johnson '95 of the women's basketball team; Vickie Lamb '01 of the softball team; Kevin Morton '96 of the baseball team; and Peter Scavo '00 of the men's soccer team (posthumous induction).

The Enshrinement Luncheon will take place on Saturday, Feb. 24 at the Seton Hall University Center Event Room at noon. Following the induction ceremony, the five will then be honored at the men's basketball game vs. Butler at Prudential Center.

In addition to the enshrinement luncheon registration, tickets to the 8:30 p.m. men's basketball game vs. Butler are available through Ticketmaster.


INDUCTEE BIOGRAPHIES

Fuquan Edwin '14 was an outstanding two-way player for the men's basketball team from 2010-14 as he is one of only two players in program history with over 1,600 career points and over 200 career steals. He holds both the program's career steals mark with 295 and the single-season mark with 102. Originally from Paterson, N.J., Edwin is also one of only four Pirates to ever win an NCAA statistical title, leading the nation in steals at 3.00 per game in 2011-12. He was a 2014 second-team All-BIG EAST and NABC All-District honoree, the 2014 BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year and a two-time All-Met first team selection.

Vickie Lamb '01 was one of the most prolific hitters in Seton Hall softball history and part of the program's first wave of great success. She graduated as the all-time leader in batting average, hitting a robust .376 from 1997-2001 and is also top-10 in runs scored, hits, doubles, home runs and walks. In 1999, the Yorktown Heights, N.Y., native hit .462, by far the best single-season batting average in school history. Lamb was a three-time All-BIG EAST selection, two-time BIG EAST All-Academic selection and helped Seton Hall earn its first-ever NCAA Tournament bid in 2001.

Dawn Johnson '95 was a star frontcourt player for the women's basketball team during a period of extraordinary success from 1991-95. When she graduated, the Lyndhurst, N.J., native ranked eighth all-time in scoring, seventh in rebounds and third in field goal percentage. She also graduated as the program's all-time leader in blocks with 218, a record that still stands today. She was a two-time All-BIG EAST and All-Academic selection, was named the 1995 New Jersey Player of the Year and was part of back-to-back NCAA Tournament teams in 1994 and 1995, including a run to the Sweet Sixteen in 1994.

Kevin Morton '96 was a very successful pitcher for the baseball program in the late 1980s and part of the famed 1987 squad that won the BIG EAST Championship. As a junior in 1989, he posted one of the most prolific seasons in school history, going 11-2 with a 1.67 ERA and 100 strikeouts in 97 innings. A Norwalk, Conn., native, Morton was named the 1989 BIG EAST Pitcher of the Year and a third-team All-American before becoming a first-round selection of the Boston Red Sox in the 1989 MLB Draft. In his MLB debut in 1991, Morton had a complete-game, nine-strikeout performance.

Peter Scavo '00 was an elite goal scorer for the Pirates in the late 1990s, serving as the offensive catalyst throughout his time at The Hall. Originally from Somerville, N.J., Scavo ranks third all-time in goals (50) and points (122) and leads the program with 20 all-time game-winning goals. He was the 1999 BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Year, a four-time All-BIG EAST and All-Mid Atlantic selection and the 1998 New Jersey Player of the Year. Scavo will be inducted posthumously after tragically passing away in 2021 at the age of 42.

Is ****ing putrid

no hyperbole. this is deep rock bottom for any team in this league. this is the kind of performance that makes you wonder if the BE would ever kick a team out.

I know it’s sacrilege, but the players Nova put out are special. They just know how to win. Brunson is an absolute MVP candidate. Divincenzo is a way better pro than I thought he’d be when drafted. Hart is the prototypical glue guy. There may be teams with more superstar talent but I really think this team really has a legit shot this year.

By Zack Cziryak

The Seton Hall Pirates rode a second half run to an absolute lambasting of the lowly DePaul Blue Demons Tuesday night in the Windy City.

The Pirates (14-8, 7-4) jumped out to a 15-2 start to the game and maintained a 13-point lead heading into halftime before 9-11 shooting to begin the second half helped them cruise to 72-39 victory over DePaul (3-18, 0-10) in a sparsely attended Wintrust Arena.

Dre Davis notched his first career double-double, finishing with 16 points, 12 rebounds, 3 steals and 2 blocks while freshman Isaiah Coleman put up 15 points and Jaden Bediako rounded out the Hall’s double-figure scorers with 12 points to go along with 7 rebounds and 3 blocks of his own.

Kadary Richmond, who missed the Pirates’ last two games due to general soreness, returned off the bench in the road win, jumpstarting a 9-0 run and the Hall’s offense by driving and finishing with his left hand shortly after entering following the under 16-minute timeout. He would finish the game with 6 points on 3-5 shooting, adding 7 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals.

A shift to zone defense from DePaul gave the Pirates some issues, helping to force 9 first-half turnovers, and allowed the Blue Demons to keep the lead to 10 into the first half at 25-15 before an old fashioned 3-point play in transition and ensuing 3-pointer from Coleman extended the lead to 16.

DePaul, down two players including leading scorer Chico Carter Jr., were led by 11 points from Da’ Sean Nelson.

The Hall would tighten play up from the start of the second half, coming out of the intermission on a 12-2 run that essentially put the game away before the frame’s under 16-minute timeout.

In what has been a recipe for success, the Pirates scored the victory by dominating the boards and playing stingy defense. The Hall held a 46-30 rebounding advantage, including 10-7 in offensive rebounds, forced 13 steals and shot 50.8% from the floor on 30-59 shooting while DePaul shot 22%, including 15% from beyond the arc. The 39 points were an all-time low allowed to a Big East opponent.

The win moves Seton Hall to 7-4 in the Big East and sole possession of fourth place in a league where the top five finishers receive a first round bye in the Big East Tournament.

The Pirates will now have a bye week to rest up, next tipping off Wednesday Feb. 7 in a return matchup against Georgetown at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J.

Very unlikely that it’s Joey.

M. Obama or Newsom?

It should have been RFK Jr but the PARTY has moved so radical Left that he was forced to go Independent.

A blast from the past. Attached is the NYT account of the one of the first NJ Byrne (Continental Arena) games I believe the Pirates played in as part of a 16K attended double header on Feb 19 1982. I remember attending this one as a young student, the season before PJ took over.

Dan Callandrillo, fourth in the nation in scoring this season, had 28 points tonight to lead Seton Hall to a surprisingly easy 71-58 victory over Notre Dame and complete a big night for local teams and guards at Byrne Meadowlands Arena.

Seton Hall's victory followed a strong comeback by Iona, which trailed by 15 points in the first half but went on to beat Nevada-Las Vegas, 77-73. Steve Burtt, the No. 6 scorer in the nation and top scoring sophomore in major college basketball, tied his career high with 32 points, 20 in the second half, for Iona.

Sidney Green, from Thomas Jefferson High School in Brooklyn, scored 33 points for Nevada-Las Vegas.

This sixth college doubleheader of the first season at the Meadowlands arena drew 15,667 persons, many of whom were attracted by Notre Dame. But this has not been a good season for Notre Dame, which fell to 7-14. Seton Hall, which had lost 11 straight games before beating Coach Perno's Connecticut team on Tuesday night at Walsh Auditorium, is now 11-12.

Following the victory over Notre Dame, Dr. Edward R. D'Alessio, president of Seton Hall, came into the press room to congratulate Coach Hoddy Mahon.

Mahon is the coach on an interim basis, and there have been questions about whether he will be named permanent coach. When Coach Digger Phelps of Notre Dame entered the room, he said, ''Beating Notre Dame is a super victory for Seton Hall and great for Hoddy. He deserves the job.''

Callandrillo, who is averaging more than 25 points a game, missed his first three shots and was taken out after five minutes by Mahon, who told him, ''You're forcing the shots.''

After Callandrillo, a 6-2 senior guard, returned, he hit nine of 14 shots. Defensively, Seton Hall did well by holding Notre Dame's leading scorer, John Paxson, to 6 points.

Mahon said, ''All of a sudden I'm a defensive coach. It was our most complete victory" (sic. Since the removal of the 3 suspended players)

Hard to believe that he didn’t know or was not involved in their deaths. Awful

By Justin Terranova

The NIL movement may have pushed its first Power 5 coach to leave his job.

Boston College’s Jeff Hafley was named the defensive coordinator for the Packers on Wednesday night — and it is rare for a coach from a top conference to willingly leave for a coordinator’s job.

However, it appears the new college football landscape may have played a significant role in the decision.

“He wants to go coach football again in a league that is all about football,” a source told ESPN.com.

“College coaching has become fundraising, NIL and recruiting your own team and transfers. There’s no time to coach football anymore. A lot of things that he went back to college for have disappeared.”

On top of the recruiting that is a staple of college sports, coaches also now must secure NIL funding from donors to land and then keep players in the volatile transfer portal.

Hafley, who was 22-26 in four seasons with Boston College, had resisted NFL offers before, according to ESPN.

Hafley was previously a defensive backs coach for the Buccaneers, Browns and 49ers. He left the NFL to become the co-defensive coordinator at Ohio State before getting the head coaching job with Boston College.

“CFB in its current state will be seeing more and more coaches heading to the NFL,” ESPN’s top college football analyst Kirk Herbstreit wrote on X. “Without boundaries and regulation that make sense coaches that get real opportunities in the NFL will be gone.

“This trend will continue until there is a new governing body and it creates a CBA with a players entity or union that would include issues like NIL-Transfer Portal-and eventually revenue sharing. The sport is spiraling out of control as we know and many these coaches are not sticking around and waiting. Just a new reality for the sport.”

Hafley will replace Joe Barry, who was fired after three seasons in Green Bay.

The Packers, who reached the divisional round of the playoffs, ranked 10th in points allowed per game (20.6), 17th in yards allowed per game (335.1) and 23rd in yards allowed per play (5.4) during the regular season with a defense featuring eight former first-round draft picks.

“I loved my four years at Boston College,” Hafley said in a statement released by the school. “This is an exceptional place to coach given the caliber of student-athletes we recruit, the facilities and the support from the University and BC fans.

“I will miss the players who gave so much of themselves these past four years, and my wife Gina and I will certainly miss the BC community and the many friends we have made here.”

16-17 when they beat us last week.

Anyone know why he didn't play? Even in garbage time?? Did I miss something about an injury???

Does anyone know if these valuations at on3 are close to accurate or just an idea.

Kolek comes in at 31 with $371k

All of the UK guys are north of $500k for the most part.

Box


Satterfield registered 17 points, six rebounds, five assists and three steals, all team highs.

SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – Graduate student Kae Satterfield (New York, N.Y.) had a game-high 17 points to lift the Seton Hall women's basketball team to a 71-54 victory over Georgetown in Walsh Gym on Wednesday.

The Pirates led wire-to-wire and put 71 points on Georgetown, a team that entered the contest ranked 12th in the country for allowing only 54.2 points per contest. It was the Seton Hall defense that impressed, holding its 12th opponent this season under 55 points.

Satterfield was brilliant, registering 17 points, six rebounds, five assists and three steals, all team highs. Azana Baines (Blackwood, N.J.) finished with 14 points in only 23 minutes. I'yanna Lops (Stamford, Conn.) collected eight points, four rebounds and a game-best four blocks.

THE STORY:
Seton Hall's offense got off to a significantly quicker start against Georgetown tonight as opposed to last time they played. The Pirates scored nine of the game's first 11 points, which set the tone for the rest of the contest. Up five points, Gray and Catalon drained three-pointers on consecutive possessions to give The Hall a 17-6 lead with 1:55 left in the first.

Already leading 19-12, The Hall went on a 14-2 run to grab a commanding 33-14 advantage with 1:43 left before halftime. The Pirates held the Hoyas without a made field goal for 6:52 of the second quarter during the run. Seton Hall's defense held Georgetown to just 36 percent shooting in the first half and forced 10 turnovers. The Hall took a 38-19 lead into the break.

A three-pointer by Satterfield gave The Hall a 47-21 lead with 6:30 left in the third, but Georgetown responded with a 14-0 run to cut its deficit to 47-35 with 1:03 to go in the quarter. The Hall committed seven turnovers in the third and were held without a field goal for 6:10, but still took a 51-37 lead into the fourth quarter.

A Georgetown three-pointer cut Seton Hall's deficit to 58-42, but the Pirates bounced back with a 9-1 run, the last seven points coming from Baines, to give them a 67-43 lead with only 3:05 left in the game.

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THE NUMBERS:

• Seton Hall was 24-for-48 (50.0%) from the floor for the game, while Georgetown was 20-for-49 (40.8%). The Hall was 6-for-12 (50.0%) from three-point range, while the Hoyas were 5-for-17 (29.4%).
• Satterfield had team-highs of 17 points, six rebounds, five assists and three steals.
• Georgetown out-rebounded Seton Hall, 31-to-26, which included a 12-to-6 edge on the offensive glass and a 10-to-3 advantage in second-chance points.
• Baines finished with 14 points in only 23 minutes.
• Seton Hall was 17-for-21 (81.0%) from the free-throw line, while Georgetown was 9-for-14 (64.3%).
• Lops had eight points, four rebounds and four blocks.
• Seton Hall forced 20 turnovers, while the Hoyas forced 11. The Hall had a massive 32-to-9 advantage in points-off-turnovers.

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THE NOTES:

• Seton Hall improves to 13-8 overall and 5-5 in conference games, while Georgetown falls to 14-7 overall and 4-6 in the BIG EAST.
• The Hall improves to 46-30 all-time against Georgetown and has now won nine of the last 10 games in the series. The Pirates swept the 2023-24 season series.
• Senior Amari Wright (Jacksonville, Fla.) played in her 100th career game tonight.
• With seven points today, Wright surpassed the 300-mark for her career.
• The Pirates forced at least 20 turnovers in a single game for the ninth time this season.
• The Hall has now held 12 opponents under 55 points in only 21 games so far this season.
• The Hall improves to 125-49 at home during Anthony Bozzella's tenure. Furthermore, the Pirates are 59-37 in BIG EAST play during this era.
• Seton Hall is now a perfect 12-0 this season when leading at the half.
• For the 16th time in 21 games, Seton Hall forced more turnovers than its opponent.
• The Pirates collected 10 steals tonight against Georgetown. It's the 12th time this year with double-digit steals.
• Georgetown's leading scorer was Mya Bembry (12 points), who made her Walsh Gym return after playing the prior three seasons for Seton Hall.

UP NEXT:
Seton Hall will return to action on Saturday, February 3 when it travels to long-time BIG EAST rival Villanova. The contest will be streamed live by the BIG EAST Digital Network and available for FloHoops subscribers. Tip-time is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. ET.

The loss by SJU and Providence leaves them at 5-5 in the Big East, putting us 1 and 1/2 games up on 5th place in the conference.

Penn State made the evening even sweeter.

How does it get solved?

Took care of business. A matter-of-fact 33-point, coast-to-coast win against a really bad team. Refreshing.

Offense was sloppy at times (Kadary looked rusty) but good defensive effort and response to get to 14-8, 7-4.