Holloway Era Begins Wednesday Against Monmouth - Seton Hall University Athletics
After eight long months, Seton Hall basketball is back at Prudential Center! Get to The Rock for the Pirates season and home opener!
Game 1: Monmouth Hawks (0-0) at Seton Hall Pirates (0-0)
Wednesday, Nov. 9 • Prudential Center (Newark, N.J.) • 8 p.m.
TV: FS1 • Scott Graham & Jim Spanarkel
Web: FOX Sports Live
Radio: SHU Pirates Mobile App / Pirate Sports Network / SiriusXM 380 / SXM app 970 / Gary Cohen & Dave Popkin
Game Notes: Seton Hall | Monmouth
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Game Promotion: It's Pirate Pride Week – wear your best Pirate BLUE gear in support of the Pirates! | Blue rally towels for all fans, blue glow sticks for the first 500 students
GAME PROMOTIONS- After eight long months, Seton Hall basketball is back at Prudential Center! Get to The Rock for the Pirates season and home opener!
- Grab a 2022-23 men's basketball schedule poster at the marketing table on the concourse near the M&M Tower and section 18!
- The first 400 Seton Hall students in attendance will receive a Seton Hall Basketball t-shirt, courtesy of McLoone's Restaurants!
Moving forward all tickets to gain entry into men's and women's basketball home games will be fully digital, which will help to make entry to Prudential Center and Walsh Gymnasium safer and easier for fans.
This transition to digital ticketing through a smartphone will also help to make ticket transactions more secure while reducing fraud and counterfeiting. Tickets are accessible through the SHU Pirates Mobile App, available to all iOS and Android devices. For more information and to watch an informational video, click here.
CASHLESS POLICY
Cash will NOT be accepted at concession stands, retail locations or the Box Office.
Pay with a debit or credit card using tap to pay, chip or swipe, or mobile payment, including Apple Pay and Google Pay. For guests needing to convert cash to a card, Reverse ATMs are available with no fees by sections 1, 14, 125 and inside the Box Office Lobby.
NOTES YOU NEED TO KNOW
- Seton Hall will tip off the 2022-23 season on Wednesday, Nov. 9 as the Pirates welcome Garden State foe Monmouth to Prudential Center for an 8 p.m. contest.
- A new head coach will roam the sidelines for Seton Hall for the first time in 11 years as head coach Shaheen Holloway '00 returns to his alma mater.
- Holloway becomes 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.
- The last time Holloway was on the Seton Hall bench was as an 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 has two conference titles in the last seven seasons and has reached the NCAAs in five out of the last six tournaments played.
- Seton Hall has a wealth of experience on the roster with five returning Pirates from last season and five transfers that combine for 13 years of Div. I basketball experience.
- In total, this veteran Seton Hall team has appeared in 775 career collegiate games and combined for 6,019 points, 2,971 rebounds and 1,072 assists.
- Seton Hall is 13-0 all-time against Monmouth in a series that dates back to 1983.
- The Hall's first game at Prudential Center was against the Hawks on Nov. 11, 2007, an 89-81 overtime victory.
- Holloway is 6-3 all-time against Monmouth and King Rice.
- Holloway is 1-2 all-time in season openers but 2-1 in home openers.
- Seton Hall has won its last 12 home openers.
- The Pirates are 80-11 (.879) all-time at Prudential Center against non-conference opponents and went a perfect 6-0 last season.
