Thinking about all this craziness, in 10 years do we get to a period where the schools have a paid team that don’t have 4 year eligibility limits. Why even pretend to be student athletes? Many players are paid more that the NBA’s minor league players, who play in front of no fans. Let them stay and play and get paid. I’m not saying I want this,I still can’t believe how fast the train came off the rails.

The University of Maryland graduate transfer and NJ shore resident will play for the Pirates this fall.


SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – Seton Hall women's basketball head coach Anthony Bozzella announced today the addition of Maryland transfer Faith Masonius (Belmar, N.J.) to the program.

Masonius is a graduate transfer and will have one year of eligibility remaining.

"We are so happy to be able to add a player with Faith's ability and tremendous leadership skills," Bozzella said. "When recruiting, we always strive to keep local talent home, and with Faith, we love that she'll be playing her final collegiate year in her back yard."

Masonius is a highly-versatile, 6-foot-1, guard/forward that can affect the game in several ways. She spent five years at the University of Maryland and appeared in 138 games averaging 6.0 points, 4.2 rebounds and 2.0 assists per contest. Masonius has a .496 shooting percentage in nearly 700 career field goal attempts.

Known for being an excellent teammate and University representative, she received the Big Ten Sportsmanship Award for women's basketball and the Big Ten Outstanding Sportsmanship Award given to one athlete across all sports at the University of Maryland in 2023. On the court, her last three games as a Terrapin were three of her best when she averaged 14.3 points and 7.7 rebounds per game in the Big Ten and NCAA Tournaments.

Prior to attending Maryland, Masonius was a four-star recruit and ranked No. 25 overall by Blue Star. She was the No. 10 overall wing by ESPN. A First Team All-State selection, she scored over 2,000 career points for Manasquan High School and led her team to three straight NJSIAA Group 2 titles.

Jack Bosworth is only one stroke off the individual lead.

HARDEEVILLE, S.C. – The Pirates will be pursuing their second BIG EAST title in three years during Monday's final round, and they'll do so as the team leaders by two strokes after 36 holes of the 2024 BIG EAST Championship at Riverton Pointe Country Club.

Seton Hall received big rounds from both Jack Bosworth (Simsbury, Conn.) and Wanxi Sun (Danville, Calif.) during Sunday's second round. Bosworth had five birdies in round two, including one on the 18th hole in front of a large Seton Hall contingent, to fuel an even-par, 72. For the tournament, Bosworth is tied for third among all individual golfers with a 1-under-par, 71-72-143. He trails a duo of individual leaders by only one stroke with 18 holes left to play.

Sun also had five birdies to power his second-straight even-par, 72. For the tournament, he's just one stroke behind Bosworth and tied for sixth place with an even-par, 72-72-144.

Like Sun, the Pirates as a whole showed their consistency, firing their second-consecutive 4-over-par, 292. Only Xavier (even) and Butler (+3) had better rounds on Sunday. After 36 holes, The Hall has a two-stroke lead on the field at 8-over-par with a 292-292-584. Butler is two strokes behind at 10-over-par, while Villanova is third at 14-over-par.

Defending champion and top-ranked Marquette faded to fourth place at 17-over-par.

Wenliang Xie (Burbank, Calif.) was 2-under-par on the front nine, but 4-over on the back. The graduate student shot a 2-over-par, 74, on Sunday and is now tied for sixth overall. For the tournament, he's tied with Sun at even-par with a 70-74-144.

David Lally (Wicklow, Ireland) had a nice bounce-back round on Sunday. The sophomore had four birdies in route to a 2-over-par, 74, a five-stroke improvement from round one. For the tournament, he's 9-over-par with a 79-74-153.

Junior George Fricker (Woodbridge, England) was marooned by one bad hole, but was otherwise solid on Sunday. He shot a 6-over-par, 78, in round two. For the championship, he's 13-over-par with a 79-78-157.

Tournament Details:
2024 BIG EAST CHAMPIONSHIP
Host: BIG EAST Conference
Location: Hardeeville, S.C.
Resort: Riverton Pointe Country Club
Course Vitals: Par-72, 7,158 yards
Dates: April 27-29, 2024

THE COURSE
Riverton Pointe is without question the ultimate expression of the Nicklaus Design guarantee of uncompromising standards in superior golf course design. With large, subtle greens and fairways lined with tall sea pines and splashes of colorful wildflowers, the course is designed to harmonize perfectly with the lush Lowcountry landscape. The unique aesthetics of the course create a distinct visual experience that simply can't be replicated, and are destined to leave a lasting impression on those fortunate enough to enjoy Riverton Pointe.

From a playability standpoint, the golf course is designed to appeal to a broad range of players. The course offers five sets of tees – stretching all the way out to over 7300 yards for low-handicappers – while also placing an emphasis on forgiveness and overall playability for high-handicappers and beginners.

THE FIELD
The field will be limited to only the 10 member schools of the BIG EAST Conference. Below are the teams in order of their national ranking.

1. Marquette – 111
2. Connecticut - 148
3. Creighton – 152
4. SETON HALL – 166
5. Butler – 176
6. Xavier – 187
7. Georgetown – 209
8. St. John's – 233
9. DePaul – 235
10. Villanova – 246

THE FORMAT
Teams will play five golfers and count the four lowest scores per round.

THE STAKES
The BIG EAST will crown a team champion, which earns an automatic berth to the 2024 NCAA Championship. The individual champion also receives an NCAA Championship invitation.

TEE TIMES
The field will play one round (18 holes) over each day for three days. Competition on Friday and Saturday will begin at 8:00 a.m. On Championship Sunday, the action will begin at 8:30 a.m. Seton Hall will be paired with golfers from Butler and Villanova in round three and will tee off the first hole starting at 9:15 a.m.

THE RESULTS
Live scoring will be available at GolfStat.com. Full day results will also be available at SHUPirates.com.

There is still time for Sha to get this roster together.

Would be foolish at this point to expect us to land any big names with our small NIL che$t and honestly that is fine with me. Give us some transfers from small schools looking to move up and grab playing time.

Give me some dudes who want to play Shaheen Holloway style basketball and don’t have inflated egos or illusions of big pay days and NBA aspirations.

Come to Seton Hall and get a quality education without the distractions that come with playing for a big time school and focus on winning basketball games. At this point I’m happy with that.

Now bring on the negative responses

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As the transfer portal starts to heat up, familiar names are starting to pop up. I had a feeling a lot of the guys who stood up Seton Hall at the altar would end up available again at some point.

Most noticeably, Scotty Middleton and Ty-Lahr Johnson made their way onto the portal the last couple of days.

I believe we were finalists with these two the first time around.

Personally I’d inquire about Scotty. Not sure about Johnson especially with the whole uniform issue that he almost sat out a game with Louisville this year.

IN PORTAL

Does he finally make it to the Hall after all these years???

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As bleak as things look right now, the reality is that most programs are looking at an enormous year to year turnover. Looks like Manon is headed to Vanderbilt. SEC has deep pockets. He would have been a good get. Sha's type of kid. 6'5 guard with wingspan who could play and defend one through four if necessary. He could be a little out of control offensively at times, but competitive as hell and a dog on defense. Sorry to see Dre go but original ask for he and Kadary had to be close to 750k. Lot of big dollar figures are thrown around, but guy I coached with is now an NBA/NFL agent whose firm is into NIL negotiating, and they say it's sometimes hard to actually secure the financing promised. So not always as easy as it seems.

Dre was the heart and soul, a lunch pail guy who you could count on every game. I'm sure Ole Miss gave him a bag. SEC money again. When Richmond wanted to play, there were few better in the Big East, and he carried this team at times. He was lights out in the NIT. But let's be real, he was mercurial and there were a lot of games that he just didn't seem like he wanted to be out there. So there were peaks and valleys. He would have to really grow up a lot to take on the mantle of leadership required if he was coming back. I heard Memphis tossed around as a potential destination, but someone else mentioned Miami which made sense. I'm sympathetic to these guys having to make that money now, because they will get paid more in college than they ever would professionally.

Have to go transfer portal hard now, particularly for mid major stars. And maybe supplement with a juco or prep kid, and maybe a few ready to play freshmen. The key to all this is Sha. His ability to take a bunch of new pieces and disparate parts, and turn it into a cohesive winner is proven. His system is rooted in toughness and defense, and there is a culture that he is consistent with. In this era, that's almost as important as the players sometimes. Will be very interesting to see how we navigate this off season.