By Jenna Lemoncelli

Seven Michigan State players were criminally charged for their alleged involvement in the tunnel brawl following a loss to Michigan on Oct. 29, the Washtenaw County Prosecutor’s Office announced Wednesday.

Sophomore defensive back Khary Crump, who is allegedly seen in video footage swinging his helmet at a Michigan player, was charged with one count of felonious assault. Senior linebacker Jacoby Windmon, who is also allegedly seen in the video, is charged with one count of assault and battery, a misdemeanor.

Five other players, including sophomore Itayvion Brown, junior Angelo Grose, junior Justin White, senior Brandon Wright and freshman Zion Young, were charged with one count of aggravated assault, also a misdemeanor.

All seven players, along with freshman Malcolm Jones, were suspended indefinitely following the incident. Jones was not charged.

According to the Detroit Free Press, social media videos from inside the tunnel show two Michigan players, defensive backs Gemon Green and Ja’Den McBurrows, involved in the melee.

Tom Mars, an attorney for Green, said his client was hit with a helmet and sustained a concussion from the incident. It is still unclear what started the brawl.

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“At the University of Michigan we appreciate the thoughtful, deliberate approach from the Washtenaw County Prosecutor’s Office to this unfortunate incident,” Michigan president Santa J. Ono said in a statement at the time. “We also want to express our concern for all the players involved, especially those who were injured. The University of Michigan will continue to cooperate fully with any additional reviews of this matter.”

The University of Michigan Police Department led the investigation with assistance from the Michigan State University Police and Michigan State Police, the Washtenaw County Prosecutor’s Office said in a press release.


The University of Michigan Police Department announced the completion of the investigation on Nov. 12.

Great game. Both teams terrific

IMO nobody should get a pass for election denying,Not Trump,Lake,Clinton Abarms, Jeffries etc.Clinton and Jeffries feel Trump was Illegitamite president because 2016 election was rigged.Should they get a pass ? I don’t think so but I know a lot of their supporters feel their complaint is justified.If you start making exceptions for election denying you have chaos on both sides.

Just lost to American, at home. Geez.

This is more personal in nature.

Yesterday went reasonably well. Surgery lasted 35 minutes (was awake the entire time). The worst part was lying flat on my back for 4 hours afterward (couldn't move).

As expected the aneurism is growing back so I need another surgery later this month to put in a stent/coil and that should 100% take care of the problem. If all goes well one day in the hospital and then everything should be back to normal.

Worse part for now...can't do anything physical for 7 days. But that won't stop me from attending an SHU reception for the Bayley Society at the Highlawn Pavilion with Hallrox tonight. Dr Nyre will be there and I hope other high ranking admins. If so I'll see if I can get some inside info for the board.

By Zach Braziller

Grab your antacid pills. Stock up on some Pepto Bismol. Eat light on game days.

The early indications are St. John’s fans are going to be in for quite a roller-coaster ride this winter. Off to its first 6-0 start since 2018-19, St. John’s won the Empire Classic the last two days at Barclays Center in chaotic fashion. It faced double-digit deficits in the first halves of both games. It went on extended runs when the defense was stout and shots fell, failed to close out the games only to prevail anyway.

It is a fascinating team, led by newcomer Andre Curbelo, a big-time talent who can also cause fans to pull their hair out. Like this team in general, Curbelo can be brilliant one moment and mistake-prone the next. He can slice through defenders and make passes that only a handful of players in the country can deliver, but he will also commit unnecessary, and sometimes careless, turnovers.

It’s extremely early, and St. John’s best wins, over Temple and Syracuse, aren’t going to make national headlines. But for a team that couldn’t win close games last year, going 4-9 in games decided by six points or less, pulling out back-to-back nail-biters is significant. There are areas that need to be tightened up. The Johnnies are averaging 14.8 turnovers per game, which is way too much. The shot selection can be better. Both of these wins could’ve been much easier, had St. John’s just done some of the little things better.

But this is also clearly coach Mike Anderson’s most talented team yet. Big man Joel Soriano has five double-doubles in six games, and might be the most improved player in the Big East. DePaul transfer David Jones, averaging a team-high 17.2 points, seems capable of stepping into the No. 1 scorer’s role left by Julian Champagnie. Posh Alexander has defended at a high level and remains one of the better all-around guards in the conference. Fellow returnee Montez Mathis has improved across the board. There is scoring depth, five players averaging at least 9.7 points, that was lacking in past years.

The last two days, St. John’s showed its potential and its warts. Anderson’s team was as unpredictable as the weather. I learned one thing about this group: It will be impossible to take your eyes off of them.

Anderson has been criticized for his in-game coaching during his time here, and I have been one of those critics. The slow starts are going to bite this team at some point. But the fourth-year coach has made a habit early on this season of making quality halftime adjustments. St. John’s has outscored its seven opponents by 74 points after intermission. That’s a huge number. Against Syracuse, he smartly put Alexander on Orange standout freshman Judah Mintz, and Alexander held him to four points after the break. Mintz had 16 points in the opening half. At the start of overtime, he went to Dylan Addae-Wusu instead of Mathis on Syracuse star Joe Girard III because he wanted a fresher defender out there. Addae-Wusu held Girard scoreless in the extra session. This team has played sharper and with more focus after halftime. The coach deserves credit for that.

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Alexander is the rare player who doesn’t have to score to impact the game. Despite averaging 6.5 points in the two games at Barclays Center, he was still a plus-22. But St. John’s needs him to be more offensive-minded. Cleary, he doesn’t have a lot of confidence in his jumper right now. He’s attempted eight 3-pointers this year and has yet to hit one. He has to be more of a threat for this team. There just aren’t enough shot-makers on the roster, which cuts down the court the opposition has to defend, and his passivity hurt the Johnnies at times in the Empire Classic.

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There was a very touching moment during the trophy presentation when Soriano engulfed Esahia Nyiwe in a big hug and you could see Nyiwe breaking down. He recently lost his younger brother, Naayian, and had been away from the team. Several members of the team then embraced the two. It was a snapshot into a tight-knit group that seems to be very fond of one another.

Game 5: Seton Hall Pirates (3-1) vs. Memphis Tigers (2-1)
Thursday, Nov. 24 • State Farm Fieldhouse (Orlando Fla.) • 7:30 p.m.
TV: ESPNews • Mark Neely & Randolph Childress
Web: WatchESPN
Radio: SHU Pirates Mobile App / Pirate Sports Network / SXM 383, SXM app 973 / Dave Popkin & Matt Ambrose
Game Notes: Seton Hall | Memphis
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NOTES YOU NEED TO KNOW

• Seton Hall will face another early season test this week as the Pirates get set to take on Memphis on Thursday in the first round of the ESPN Events Invitational in Orlando, Fla.
• In its fifth game of the season, Seton Hall will have already played three NCAA Tournament teams from last season.
• The Pirates are 31-13 in in-season tournaments and showcase games since 2010-11 with two tournament titles in that span (2014 Paradise Jam; 2018 Wooden Legacy).
• Thursday's game pits two standouts as players coaching at their alma maters in Memphis' Penny Hardaway and Seton Hall's Shaheen Holloway.
• Both scored 1,000 career points (Holloway, 1,588; Hardaway, 1,319), racked up 350+ assists (Holloway, 681; Hardaway, 392) and 150+ steals (Holloway, 231; Hardaway, 162).
• Both were a part of teams that advanced to the second weekend of the NCAA Tournament as players with Holloway on Seton Hall's Sweet 16 team in 2000 and Hardaway with Memphis' Elite Eight squad in 1992.
• Holloway is the first Seton Hall graduate to lead the men's basketball program since all-time great Richie Regan '53 led the Pirates from 1960-70.
• Holloway was previously on the Seton Hall bench as associate head coach from 2010-18.
• In that time span, the Pirates registered four 20-win seasons, three NCAA Tournament appearances and won the 2016 BIG EAST Tournament title.
• Seton Hall is one of only eight Division I programs and the only BIG EAST school with at least four alumni serving as active head coaches (Holloway; Copeland; Dan Hurley, UConn; Levell Sanders, Binghamton).
• Through four games, four Pirates are averaging double figures, nine Pirates are averaging at least five points per game and 10 Pirates are averaging at least 13 minutes per contest.
• The Hall's bench production leads the BIG EAST and ranks 17th nationally with 36.3 points per game.
• In Holloway's last 14 games as a head coach, his teams have allowed just 56.5 points per game.
• Seton Hall ranks fifth nationally and leads the BIG EAST in field goal percentage defense (32.8 percent) and three-point field goal defense (21.2 percent).
• The Pirates' defensive efficiency ranks 27th in the country by KenPom.
• KC Ndefo (Elmont, N.Y.) is the NCAA's active career leader in blocks with 313.
• Coming off of the bench the first three games, junior Dre Davis (Indianapolis, Ind.) ranks second on the team in scoring with 11.3 points per game on 50 percent shooting from three (3-of-6) and 45 percent shooting from the floor.
• Senior Al-Amir Dawes (Newark, N.J.) posted his first career double-double with a 13-point, 10-rebound performance against Saint Peter's and he leads the Pirates in scoring with 12 points per game.
• Seton Hall is 5-1 all-time when senior Tray Jackson (Detroit, Mich.) makes at least three three-point baskets.
• Dawes is the first Pirates newcomer to score in double figures in his first two games in the Blue & White since Derrick Gordon in 2015-16.
• Reunited are juniors Kadary Richmond (Brooklyn, N.Y.) and Femi Odukale (Brooklyn, N.Y.), who were high school teammates at South Shore High School in Brooklyn.
• With the Davis' (Dre and Tae) and the Harris' (Jamir and JaQuan), Seton Hall is one of three schools in DI (Clemson and Kansas City) that has two sets of brothers on the same team.
• The Hall is 134-20 (.870) since 2015-16 when its lead gets to seven points.

A couple of weeks back I posted that I had given up on Zach Wilson. Several posters took me to task for that sentiment. I now double down on my post. He is not an NFL quarterback. Today he stunk and afterwards he took zero responsibility for it. In fact, he blamed the weather. If the Jets win it is rarely if ever due to Zach Wilson.

How can this even happen? Did not see the game. But just saw this monumental upset.

I'm a big Sporcle fan (time killer and stress reducer). Figured I'd share this quiz to see who would give it a go. If not, oh well. We don't have the trivia sub-board anymore. If I don't comment again today, Happy Thanksgiving and beat TF out of Memphis.

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Is it me, or, does this year's Hall Line crew lack knowledge of the game and SHU's player history? One of the hosts didn't know who Terry Dehere is, SMH! Take some time to educate yourself on SHU basketball history.

The hosts spent much of their opening minutes dogging Richmond. I thought Richmond gave his best defensive effort thus far and hustled for loose balls. His intensity this afternoon was the best thus far this season.

By Ryan Dunleavy

The Jets benched Zach Wilson.

Head coach Robert Saleh decided against any half-measures of putting the struggling Wilson on notice or creating a phony competition during practice and went all-in on a new era.

Saleh announced the change to the team during a meeting Wednesday morning, as first reported by ESPN. It was not immediately clear if Mike White – who was promoted to backup earlier this season – or Joe Flacco – who started the first three games of the season during Wilson’s absence with a knee injury – is taking over.

Wilson is 5-2 as a starter this season, but his failure to fall on the sword after last week’s stinker against the Patriots (9-of-22 for 77 yards as the Jets managed six first downs and scored three points) rubbed some people the wrong way. The Jets are in the thick of the playoff race, thanks to a vaunted defense and a run-first offense, and decided a quarterback change could create more balance.

It is a crossroads for the No. 2 pick in the 2021 draft – and it comes a few days before the Bears visit. The Jets’ decision to pick Wilson looks like the Bears’ big gain because quarterback Justin Fields slipped to pick No. 11 (the 49ers also passed to select Trey Lance at No. 3) and is thriving as a dual-threat.

It’s here. With Memphis on Thursday and likely Oklahoma if we win that first game, then at Kansas the following Thursday, the big tests are here.

I’m not sure this team is ready but sometimes the best way to develop and gel is in these spots.

Feels like we lose the first game of these Thanksgiving tournaments every time. Would be nice to win one for a change. I don’t think Memphis is as good as Iowa so this could be our best chance.

As Americans sit down at their Thanksgiving tables tomorrow, a threat of a Tripledemic is very real. RSV spread and flu are almost at all times highs. Stay safe out there!

Did they sign with Arkansas?

Kenpom

By Colin Rajala

Seton Hall soured Donald Copeland’s return to the Prudential Center in his first year as Wagner College’s head coach on Sunday afternoon, dispatching the Seahawks 82-44.

The Pirates started off slowly, missing four of their first five shots, but still managed to take control of the game early on, securing a 11-3 lead four minutes into the game on a Kadary Richmond three pointer that was assisted by Tyrese Samuel and a Femi Odukale dunk off of a steal.

First year head coach Shaheen Holloway inserted Al-Amir Dawes into the starting lineup for the first time on the season and it paid dividends immediately as Dawes recorded seven points, three steals in the early part of the first half. The start was likely a way to get the Clemson-transfer into the flow of the game after having his worst game as a Pirate in their previous tilt in the Gavitt Tipoff Games, a loss to the Iowa Hawkeyes.

Dawes captained the Pirates’ early charge notching seven of the team’s first 17 points to take a commanding 17-5 lead and ended the game with a team-leading 19 points, shooting 7-10 from the field and 5-7 from distance, to go along with four rebounds, two steals and two assists.

The Hall held Wagner scoreless for more than seven minutes, 15:28 to 8:24, in the first half, and extended their lead to 23-7 on a layup from transfer Femi Odukale with 7 minutes remaining, but Wagner would not go away quietly as they generated a mini- 5-0 run against Seton Hall’s second unit to prompt a Holloway timeout and mass substitution with four starters returning to the court.

The Seahawks brought the game to within eight points, 23-15, with 4:50 left to play on a DeLonnie Hunt and-one free throw, but Tyrese Samuel responded with a score off of an offensive rebound to extend the lead back to double digits before KC Ndefo would slam home an and-one dunk off a feed inside from Samuel to give the Pirates back the momentum.

Unfortunately for Copeland, former Seton Hall guard (2002-2006) and assistant coach (2021), his team would trail by more than double digits the final 24:22 of the game after the Samuel offensive rebound and score.

Wagner would score five points in the final four seconds of the first half on a Rob Taylor II layup and Rahmir Moore three pointer to go into the half down down 35-22.

Seton Hall had four other players score in double figures alongside Dawes, including, Tray Jackson (16), Ndefo, (12), Odukale (11) and Samuel (10).

The Pirates had their most efficient offensive game on the early season, shooting 51.9% from the field (28-54), 47.8% from three (11-23) and 71.4% from the foul line (15-21), while notching 13 assists.

Jackson was 6-9 from the field, including 3-3 from long distance, Odukale, was 3-4 from the field, 1-2 from three and 4-5 from the free throw line, while Ndefo and Samuel were 4-6 and 4-8 from the field, respectively.

Seton Hall’s stifling defense was on display once again as they held Wagner to 30.5% shooting from the field (18-59), 25% from three (5-20) and 37.5% from the charity stripe (3-8), while forcing nine steals and recoring four blocks on their way to forcing 15 turnovers.

The Pirates also had their best performance on the glass, outrebounding the Seahawks 44-30, with Samuel leading the team with eight rebounds in just 19 minutes of play, while five of his teammates recorded five rebounds apiece.

Seton Hall opened the second half on a 25-10, pushing the score up to 60-32 on a Jamir Harris three pointer assisted by Dawes to put the game far out of reach. The team’s largest lead of the game was 43 after Harris made a layup to go up 80-37 with 4:06 left in the game.

Holloway would put in his three walk-ons, Elijah Muhammad, Jorge Mercardo and David Gabriel, with 3:42 left in the game to close it out alongside freshman Tae Davis and Jaquan Sanders.

Mercado and Muhammad each registered blocks and Muhammad capped the game off with a thunderous alley-oop slam off a baseline inbounds with 40 seconds remaining to the delight of the Pirate faithful still in attendance.

Should be great

Took in zion harmon

Reggie theus head coach

Chris pompey and billy garrett on staff

THE GAME
Seton Hall will return to action on Thursday, November 17 when it hosts its second-straight Ivy League opponent, Columbia, in historic Walsh Gymnasium. Tip time is scheduled for 7:00 p.m.

MEDIA
The game will be streamed by the Pirate Sports Network and available to FloHoops subscribers with Chris Markowitz and Phil Stern on the call. As usual, the game will also be available over the airwaves at 89.5 FM WSOU and at wsou.net. Jon Heite and Louie Paculli will describe the action on the radio. Live stats will also be available.

WSOU is now also airing a postgame "Hall Line" show following its women's basketball games. Be sure to tune in after the final buzzer.

PROMOTION
Thursday night will feature "Bozzella's Bonanza!!" All students in attendance will have a chance to win over $1,000 worth of giveaways including an XBOX Series S, a Phillips Bluetooth speaker and hundreds of dollars worth of gift cards!!

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
Senior Lauren Park-Lane (Wilmington, Del.) had a season-high 25 points, but the Pirates suffered its first loss of the season, a 62-58 loss to Princeton on Monday.

The Pirates out-shot Princeton by a large margin, 42.6% to only 29.6%, but The Hall committed 21 turnovers and was beaten on the glass, particularly down the stretch. The Tigers grabbed three offensive rebounds in the final minute as the Pirates were trying to rally.

Park-Lane played all 40 minutes and had a game-high 25 points on 9-for-21 shooting. Sidney Cooks (Kenosha, Wis.) finished with 11 points, eight rebounds and four assists. Sha'Lynn Hagans (Manassas, Va.) was a third Pirate to reach double-figures in scoring. She had 10 points.

Seton Hall All-Time vs. the Lions: Seton Hall leads, 3-0
Last Meeting: Seton Hall 78, Columbia 75 (F) – March 29, 2022 (WNIT)

SCOUTING COLUMBIA
Thursday's contest will be only the fourth meeting all-time between Seton Hall and Columbia with the Pirates winning all three of the prior games. Their most recent game had a great deal of added significance. The Hall defeated Columbia on the road in the quarterfinals of the 2022 WNIT, 78-75, on March 29, 2022.

Columbia is coming off one of their finest seasons in program history. The Lions finished with a final record of 25-7 overall and 12-2 in Ivy League play. The lost in the Ivy League championship to top-seeded Princeton and their season came to an end with the aforementioned loss to Seton Hall in the WNIT. The Lions scored victories over Holy Cross, Old Dominion and Boston College before succumbing to the Pirates.

This year, the Lions are picked to finish second in the Ivy League per its preseason coaches' poll. They also opened the season ranked No. 24 in the AP Poll and No. 25 in the WBCA Poll. Junior Abbey Hsu was named to the preseason watch list for the 2023 Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year Award. The 2022-23 Lions return over 96 percent of their total scoring, rebounding and minutes from last season.

Columbia opened the season with a convincing 77-69 road victory at Memphis on Nov. 7. The Lions followed it up with a victory at Delaware on Thursday. Columbia suffered its first loss of the season on Sunday, a 74-63 setback to Vanderbilt. Four Lions are currently averaging in double-figures in scoring through three games and are led by Hannah Pratt's 15.3 points per game.

UP NEXT
Seton Hall will travel to the U.S. Virgin Islands for three games at the 2022 Paradise Jam. The Pirates will open the event on Thanksgiving, Thursday, November 24 when it faces VCU. Game time is scheduled for 3:15 p.m. ET. All three contests that week will be broadcasted by ESPN3 and WSOU FM.