Hall Set For Tough Road Swing Starting At Creighton - Seton Hall University Athletics
Winners of three straight and five of its last six games, the Seton Hall men's basketball team enters a tough stretch as it goes on the road to play two top-...
Game 28: Creighton Bluejays (20-8, 11-6 BIG EAST) vs. Seton Hall Pirates (18-9, 11-5 BIG EAST)
Wednesday, Feb. 28 • Omaha, Neb. • CHI Health Center Omaha (17,352)) • 9 p.m.
TV: FS1 • Matt Schumacker & Donny Marshall
Web: FOXSports.com/Live
Radio: SHU Pirates Mobile App / Pirate Sports Network / SiriusXM 383 / SXM App / Dave Popkin
Game Notes: Seton Hall | Creighton
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Notes You Need To Know
- Winners of three straight and five of its last six games, the Seton Hall men's basketball team enters a tough stretch as it goes on the road to play two top-15 teams starting with No. 12 Creighton at 9 p.m. on Wednesday in Omaha.
- Picked to finish ninth out of 11 teams in the BIG EAST preseason poll, the Pirates are in sole possession of third place in the BIG EAST standings at 11-5 and they're one game ahead of Creighton in the loss column.
- The Pirates are 8-7 vs. Q1 + Q2 opponents this season after picking up a Q2 win against Xavier on Feb. 14, a Q1 road win at St. John's on Feb. 18 and a Q2 win over Butler on Feb. 24.
- Seton Hall has posted at least 10 BIG EAST wins the last nine seasons, the longest stretch in program history.
- Seton Hall's nine 10-win seasons since realignment in 2013-14 is tied for second in the BIG EAST:
10+ BIG EAST Win Seasons since 2013-14
1. Villanova - 10
2. Seton Hall - 8
Creighton - 8
Providence - 8
5. Marquette - 5
- Seton Hall is one of only 22 teams in Division I and one of five BIG EAST teams (UConn, Creighton, Marquette, Providence) with at least five Quad 1 wins.
- The Hall's five Q1 victories are more than 39 teams that are ranked ahead of the Pirates in the NET.
- Seton Hall is one of 18 teams in the country with multiple wins over top 10 teams.
- The Pirates lead the all-time series against Creighton, 16-13, but the Bluejays have won the last three meetings.
- The two teams played only the seventh game to reach three overtimes in BIG EAST history on Jan. 20 when Creighton came out on top, 97-94.
- 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.
- Seton Hall's win over St. John's on Feb. 18 tied Holloway with Kevin Willard for most wins by a Seton Hall head coach in his first two seasons.
- 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:
1. Shaheen Holloway (2022-24) - 35 1. Shaheen Holloway - 21
2. Kevin Willard (2010-12) - 34 2. Tommy Amaker - 17
3. Tommy Amaker (1997-99) - 30 3. Louis Orr (2001-03) - 15
Richie Regan (1960-62) - 30 Kevin Willard - 15
- Holloway is one of only eight coaches in BIG EAST history to win 10 BIG EAST games in each of his first two seasons, joining Bob Huggins (West Virginia), Jamie Dixon (Pitt), Mike Brey (Notre Dame), Paul Evans (Pitt), Buzz Williams (Marquette), Mike Jarvis (St. John's) and Chris Holtmann (Butler).
- Kadary Richmond was one of 40 Div. I players named to the Oscar Robertson Trophy and All-America Watch List on Tuesday.
- Since Richmond's return to the lineup at DePaul on Jan. 30, the Pirates have gone 5-1 and he's posted three 20-point games and two double-doubles in wins over Xavier and St. John's.
- Dre Davis is making a case for being the BIG EAST's Most Improved Player of the Year as he's gone from averaging 18.8 minutes and 9.6 points per game last season to 31.6 minutes to 14.0 points per game this season.
- Jaden Bediako ranks second in the BIG EAST and seventh in Division I averaging 3.9 offensive rebounds per game.
- The Pirates are 16-4 this season when Al-Amir Dawes scores in double figures and 7-2 when he's the team's leading scorer.
