New Season Starts For Pirates Saturday vs. Villanova At MSG - Seton Hall University Athletics
The Seton Hall men's basketball team will face Villanova in the first round of the BIG EAST Tournament inside Madison Square Garden at 9 p.m. on Peacock.
GAME INFORMATION
Date/Time: Wednesday, March 12 • 9 p.m. Eastern
Site: New York, N.Y. • Madison Square Garden (19,812)
TV: Peacock • Noah Eagle, Donny Marshall & John Fanta
Online: Peacocktv.com/
Radio: SHU Pirates Mobile App • Gary Cohen & Dave Popkin
SHUPirates.com • Varsity Network App
Seton Hall All-Time vs. Villanova: 44-86
Seton Hall vs. Villanova (BIG EAST Tournament): 3-4
NOTES YOU NEED TO KNOW
- The Seton Hall men's basketball team will face Villanova in the first round of the BIG EAST Tournament inside Madison Square Garden at 9 p.m. on Peacock.
- The Pirates are 33-40 all-time in BIG EAST Tournament games and this will be only The Hall's fourth game as a No. 11 seed.
- Wednesday marks the 131st meeting between Seton Hall and Villanova, making the Wildcats the Pirates' the most frequently played opponent.
- Seton Hall is 3-4 all-time against Villanova in the BIG EAST Tournament.
- Wednesday marks the Pirates' fifth meeting with Villanova at the conference tournament since BIG EAST reconfiguration in 2013-14, making the Wildcats their most frequently played opponent in that span.
- Six of the seven BIG EAST Tournament meetings between the two teams have been decided by two points or fewer:
- Two of the last three meetings have been the BIG EAST championship game. Here's a look at the last five meetings:
03/10/17 Semis [1] Villanova 55, [5] Seton Hall 53
03/12/16 Final [3] Seton Hall 69, [1] Villanova 67
03/13/14 Quarters [8] Seton Hall 64, [1] Villanova 63
03/10/04 First Round [11] Villanova 61, [6] Seton Hall 60
- Head coach Shaheen Holloway and Villanova head coach Kyle Neptune have had similar career paths; both are from New York City (Neptune, Brooklyn; Holloway, Queens), both started as video coordinators at their current institutions, both served their first full-time assistant coaching jobs at MAAC schools (Neptune, Niagara; Holloway, Iona) and both went head-to-head as assistants on the court and on the recruiting trail from 2013-2018 at their current schools.
- Seton Hall is 3-0 on the season in overtime games and head coach Shaheen Holloway is 10-3 all-time in overtime games as a head coach.
- Isaiah Coleman finished as one of the top scorers in the BIG EAST in conference play where tied for seventh in scoring averaging 17.0 points per game.
- He also tied for 12th in rebounding averaging 6.0 boards per contest.
- Coleman, Creighton's Ryan Kalkbrenner, Georgetown's Micah Peavy, Xavier Zach Freemantle and St. John's RJ Luis are the only BIG EAST players averaging at least 17 points and six rebounds in conference play.
- Coleman has scored 443 points entering Saturday, the seventh-most points for a Seton Hall sophomore in the last 25 years.
- Coming into his own is freshman center Godswill Erheriene who registered his first career double-double (10 points, 12 rebounds) in the overtime win over UConn on 2/15.
- Erheriene is averaging 6.0 points, 5.2 rebounds and 24.2 minutes over the last five games.
- Seton Hall has forced 15 or more turnovers in five of its last seven games and at least 14 turnovers in 10 of its last 11 contests, thanks in large part to its diamond full court press.
- The Hall ranks third in the BIG EAST and 32nd in the country forcing 14.5 turnovers per game.
- Seton Hall is third in the BIG EAST and 59th nationally in turnover margin (+2.1).
- Seton Hall also ranks 14th in Div. I in non-steal turnover percentage by KenPom.
- The Pirates have held four of its last seven opponents under 70 points and they've crept back into the top 100 of KenPom's defensive efficiency ranking at No. 90th.
- Seton Hall ranks second in the BIG EAST averaging 11.3 offensive rebounds per game
- According to KenPom, the Pirates rank 12th in Div. I in bench minutes (41.9 pct.).
