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Seton Hall Pirates Take On Florida in first round of AdvoCare Invitational
Seton Hall (3-0, 0-0 BIG EAST, Kenpom 36) vs. Florida (4-0, 0-0 SEC, Kenpom 13)
AdvoCare Invitational • Nov. 24 · HP Field House (Kissimmee, Fla.) · 8:30 p.m.
TV: ESPN2 & WatchESPN with Mike Morgan, Brad Daugherty & Andy Katz
Radio: AM970 The Answer / SHUPirates.com / SHU Pirates App with Gary Cohen & Dave Popkin
What to Know About The Hall:
>> The defending BIG EAST Tournament champions are back for another run at the conference title and an NCAA Tournament appearance. The Pirates return 10 letterwinners and four starters including 65 percent of the team’s scoringand 83 perent of the rebounding from its historic 2015-16 campaign. The Hall was picked to finish in a tie for fourth with Georgetown, but the Pirates are known for outplaying their preseason predictions. Picked to finish seventh at the start of last season, the Pirates went 12-6 and finished third, earning head coach Kevin Willard BIG EAST Co-Coach of the Yearhonors.
>> The Pirates enter Thursday's contest with valuable experience and recent success during in-season tournaments. Last year, SHU went 2-1 with victories over Bradley and Mississippi at the Charleston Classic. In 2014-15, the Pirates were Paradise Jam Champions with consecutive wins over Nevada, Gardner Webb and Illinois State. SHU’s in-season tournament record is 11-4 dating back to 2011-12. The Pirates have won 21 total in-season tournaments in school history.
>> Freshman Myles Powell broke out with a huge performance only three games into his collegiate career as he scored a career-high 26 points, including eight in the final four minutes, to help SHU record a 91-83 victory at Iowa last Thursday night in a Gavitt Tipoff Games matchup at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Powell shot 9-for-14 from the field and connected on five of his seven three-point attempts. He was named BIG EAST Rookie of the Week by the league office on Monday.
>> Powell’s performance proved to be notable in recent Seton Hall history. He is one of only three Pirates freshmen since 2008 to score at least 25 points in a game, joining Jeremy Hazell, who did it four times in 2008, and Isaiah Whitehead, who accomplished it vs. Rutgers in December 2014. Hazell’s 25+ point games as a freshman:
>> The top seven minute producers for the Pirates are all shooting 50.0 percent or better from the field and are a combined 92-of-160 (57.5 percent). Additionally, four different players (Carrington, Rodriguez, Delgado, Powell) are averaging 15.0 or more points per game. The team’s overall field goal percentage of 54.2 is ninth in the country.
>> Carrington is off to a hot start and is seventh in the country with a 66.7 three-point field goal percentage. He opened the season shooting 10-of-11 and is currently 10-of-15. He matched a career-best 27 points vs. FDU, and followed it up with an 18-point, four-assist performance without a turnover in 24 minutes against Central Connecticut (11/13), and a 20-point showing at Iowa. Dating back to last season, he has averaged 18.1 points over his last nine games. He enters tonight’s game with 817 career points, and will have a chance to become Seton Hall’s 41st 1,000-point scorer later thisseason.
>> All-BIG EAST honorable mention forward Angel Delgado is the team’s leading returning rebounder, and has been dominant through the first three games this season. In the season opener vs. FDU, he scored a career-high 22 points and grabbed 14 boards while shooting 11-for-15 (73.3 percent) from the field. Against CCSU, he finished with 14 points and 16rebounds to collect his 25th career double-double. In limited minutes at Iowa he posted nine points and 11 rebounds. He currently ranks fourth in the country with 13.7 rebounds per game.
>> With 663 career boards, Delgado is on pace to become Seton Hall’s leading rebounder during the BIG EAST era. Herb Pope grabbed 922 boards from 2009-12 (he is the fifth overall in program history). Delgado is the BIG EAST’s active leader in double-doubles with 25, and when he delivers a double-double, good things happen for The Hall, which was 13-0 last season in those occurrences. During his career, the Pirates are now 21-4 when he has a double-double.
>> Forward Desi Rodriguez was one of the most improved players in the BIG EAST a season ago. After serving in a supportive role as a power forward his freshman season, he moved to small forward as a sophomore and flourished by developing a perimeter jump shot. He went from shooting 44.6 percent from the field and 8.3 percent from three-point range as a freshman to 50.3 percent overall and 38.6 percent from deep as a sophomore. He also led the team with 1.6 steals per game. He was one of only two BIG EAST student-athletes to shoot at least 50 percent from the field and 35 percent from three-point range.
>> Rodriguez turned in one the finest performances of his career was named to the weekly BIG EAST Honor Roll on Monday, as he scored 25 points, grabbed nine rebounds and induced three steals at Iowa. He scored 20 of his 25 points in the second half while shooting 7-for-8 from the field in leading the comeback victory as he proved to be deadly in driving to the basket and finishing. It was Rodriguez’s third 20-point effort of his career.
>> The Pirates welcome five newcomers in 2016-17, including four-star recruit and three-point shooting threat Powell and three-star recruit Eron Gordon, the brother of Houston Rockets guard Eric Gordon. Madison Jones is a graduate transfer point guard from Wake Forest, and The Hall will gain the services of Kansas State transfer point guard Jevon Thomas at the conclusion of the Fall 2016 semester. Manny Anderson, a native of Franklin, N.J., joins the program as a walk-on. Powell is averaging 15.3 points per game, Jones recorded 10 assists in his debut vs. FDU, and Gordon totaled six points and three rebounds vs. Central Connecticut.
>> The Pirates have one of the toughest out-of-conference schedules in the country this season. Out of the 12 games, at least seven matchups are against teams that advanced to postseason play in 2015-16, including four NCAA Tournament squads (Fairleigh Dickinson, Iowa, Hawaii, California). Five of the games are against opponents with KenPom/RPI rating in the top-75 with the potential of playing two more opponents depending on the results of the AdvoCare Invitational. Seton Hall itself was a top 25 team last season in the RPI and KenPom ratings as well as the final Associated Press poll of the year.
>> What also makes Seton Hall’s schedule difficult is that it will face its toughest opponents on the road or on a neutral court. The Pirates are one of only seven teams among the “Basketball Power Six” Conferences (ACC, BIG EAST, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12, SEC) to have four guaranteed non-conference road/neutral games against other “Basketball Power Six” teams this season:
Seton Hall Pirates Take On Florida in first round of AdvoCare Invitational
Seton Hall (3-0, 0-0 BIG EAST, Kenpom 36) vs. Florida (4-0, 0-0 SEC, Kenpom 13)
AdvoCare Invitational • Nov. 24 · HP Field House (Kissimmee, Fla.) · 8:30 p.m.
TV: ESPN2 & WatchESPN with Mike Morgan, Brad Daugherty & Andy Katz
Radio: AM970 The Answer / SHUPirates.com / SHU Pirates App with Gary Cohen & Dave Popkin
What to Know About The Hall:
>> The defending BIG EAST Tournament champions are back for another run at the conference title and an NCAA Tournament appearance. The Pirates return 10 letterwinners and four starters including 65 percent of the team’s scoringand 83 perent of the rebounding from its historic 2015-16 campaign. The Hall was picked to finish in a tie for fourth with Georgetown, but the Pirates are known for outplaying their preseason predictions. Picked to finish seventh at the start of last season, the Pirates went 12-6 and finished third, earning head coach Kevin Willard BIG EAST Co-Coach of the Yearhonors.
>> The Pirates enter Thursday's contest with valuable experience and recent success during in-season tournaments. Last year, SHU went 2-1 with victories over Bradley and Mississippi at the Charleston Classic. In 2014-15, the Pirates were Paradise Jam Champions with consecutive wins over Nevada, Gardner Webb and Illinois State. SHU’s in-season tournament record is 11-4 dating back to 2011-12. The Pirates have won 21 total in-season tournaments in school history.
>> Freshman Myles Powell broke out with a huge performance only three games into his collegiate career as he scored a career-high 26 points, including eight in the final four minutes, to help SHU record a 91-83 victory at Iowa last Thursday night in a Gavitt Tipoff Games matchup at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Powell shot 9-for-14 from the field and connected on five of his seven three-point attempts. He was named BIG EAST Rookie of the Week by the league office on Monday.
>> Powell’s performance proved to be notable in recent Seton Hall history. He is one of only three Pirates freshmen since 2008 to score at least 25 points in a game, joining Jeremy Hazell, who did it four times in 2008, and Isaiah Whitehead, who accomplished it vs. Rutgers in December 2014. Hazell’s 25+ point games as a freshman:
- Jan. 3, 2008 vs. Connecticut – 28 points
- Jan. 19, 2008 vs. Louisville – 29 points
- Feb. 6, 2008 vs. Notre Dame – 26 points
- Feb. 17, 2008 at West Virginia – 30 points
>> The top seven minute producers for the Pirates are all shooting 50.0 percent or better from the field and are a combined 92-of-160 (57.5 percent). Additionally, four different players (Carrington, Rodriguez, Delgado, Powell) are averaging 15.0 or more points per game. The team’s overall field goal percentage of 54.2 is ninth in the country.
>> Carrington is off to a hot start and is seventh in the country with a 66.7 three-point field goal percentage. He opened the season shooting 10-of-11 and is currently 10-of-15. He matched a career-best 27 points vs. FDU, and followed it up with an 18-point, four-assist performance without a turnover in 24 minutes against Central Connecticut (11/13), and a 20-point showing at Iowa. Dating back to last season, he has averaged 18.1 points over his last nine games. He enters tonight’s game with 817 career points, and will have a chance to become Seton Hall’s 41st 1,000-point scorer later thisseason.
>> All-BIG EAST honorable mention forward Angel Delgado is the team’s leading returning rebounder, and has been dominant through the first three games this season. In the season opener vs. FDU, he scored a career-high 22 points and grabbed 14 boards while shooting 11-for-15 (73.3 percent) from the field. Against CCSU, he finished with 14 points and 16rebounds to collect his 25th career double-double. In limited minutes at Iowa he posted nine points and 11 rebounds. He currently ranks fourth in the country with 13.7 rebounds per game.
>> With 663 career boards, Delgado is on pace to become Seton Hall’s leading rebounder during the BIG EAST era. Herb Pope grabbed 922 boards from 2009-12 (he is the fifth overall in program history). Delgado is the BIG EAST’s active leader in double-doubles with 25, and when he delivers a double-double, good things happen for The Hall, which was 13-0 last season in those occurrences. During his career, the Pirates are now 21-4 when he has a double-double.
>> Forward Desi Rodriguez was one of the most improved players in the BIG EAST a season ago. After serving in a supportive role as a power forward his freshman season, he moved to small forward as a sophomore and flourished by developing a perimeter jump shot. He went from shooting 44.6 percent from the field and 8.3 percent from three-point range as a freshman to 50.3 percent overall and 38.6 percent from deep as a sophomore. He also led the team with 1.6 steals per game. He was one of only two BIG EAST student-athletes to shoot at least 50 percent from the field and 35 percent from three-point range.
>> Rodriguez turned in one the finest performances of his career was named to the weekly BIG EAST Honor Roll on Monday, as he scored 25 points, grabbed nine rebounds and induced three steals at Iowa. He scored 20 of his 25 points in the second half while shooting 7-for-8 from the field in leading the comeback victory as he proved to be deadly in driving to the basket and finishing. It was Rodriguez’s third 20-point effort of his career.
>> The Pirates welcome five newcomers in 2016-17, including four-star recruit and three-point shooting threat Powell and three-star recruit Eron Gordon, the brother of Houston Rockets guard Eric Gordon. Madison Jones is a graduate transfer point guard from Wake Forest, and The Hall will gain the services of Kansas State transfer point guard Jevon Thomas at the conclusion of the Fall 2016 semester. Manny Anderson, a native of Franklin, N.J., joins the program as a walk-on. Powell is averaging 15.3 points per game, Jones recorded 10 assists in his debut vs. FDU, and Gordon totaled six points and three rebounds vs. Central Connecticut.
>> The Pirates have one of the toughest out-of-conference schedules in the country this season. Out of the 12 games, at least seven matchups are against teams that advanced to postseason play in 2015-16, including four NCAA Tournament squads (Fairleigh Dickinson, Iowa, Hawaii, California). Five of the games are against opponents with KenPom/RPI rating in the top-75 with the potential of playing two more opponents depending on the results of the AdvoCare Invitational. Seton Hall itself was a top 25 team last season in the RPI and KenPom ratings as well as the final Associated Press poll of the year.
>> What also makes Seton Hall’s schedule difficult is that it will face its toughest opponents on the road or on a neutral court. The Pirates are one of only seven teams among the “Basketball Power Six” Conferences (ACC, BIG EAST, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12, SEC) to have four guaranteed non-conference road/neutral games against other “Basketball Power Six” teams this season:
- SETON HALL (4) - at Iowa, vs. Florida, vs. California, vs. South Carolina
- Michigan State (4) - vs. Arizona, vs. Kentucky, vs. St. John’s, at Duke
- Purdue (4) - vs. Auburn or Texas Tech, at Louisville, vs. Arizona State, vs. Notre Dame
- Wisconsin (4) - at Creighton, vs. Tennessee, vs. Georgetown or Oregon, at Marquette
- Texas (4) - vs. Northwestern, vs. Notre Dame or Colorado, at Michigan, vs. Arkansas
- Auburn (4) - vs. Texas Tech, vs. Boston College, vs. Oklahoma, at Connecticut
- Florida (4) - vs. Seton Hall, vs. Duke, at Florida State, at Oklahoma
