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Kansas City, Mo. - The Seton Hall men's basketball team continues to pair its athletic accomplishments with equally important academic achievements as it has been recognized as a recipient of the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Team Academic Excellence Award for boasting a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or better during the 2016-17 season.
The Pirates, one of four BIG EAST men's basketball teams to receive this year's award, finished 2015-16 with a GPA of 3.026 and boasts an overall cumulative GPA of 3.004. They are also only one of only 13 teams to receive this award and participate in the 2017 NCAA Div. I Tournament.
Head coach Kevin Willard has long preached academic excellence for his program, and by recruiting talented student-athletes, the team has responded with unprecedented success in the classroom. The Pirates have generated 29 BIG EAST Academic All-Star selections in Willard's tenure. Becoming a BIG EAST Academic All-Star requires posting a 3.0 GPA during the entire academic year.
In addition, the team has generated a perfect single-year academic progress rate (APR) of 1000 in five of the last six NCAA reports, and The Hall's 2015-16 multi-year APR of a perfect 1000 is 34 points above the NCAA Div. I national average of 966. The Hall was one of only 20 schools to score 1000 in the APR this year and was the recipient of the NCAA Public Recognition Award for a third straight year.
2016-17 NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards
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D'Youville College
Dallas Baptist University
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DePaul University
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Dominican University (IL)
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Dordt College
Drake University
Eastern Nazarene College
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Elon University
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (AZ)
Emory University
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IUPUI
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Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
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Saint Martin's University
Saint Xavier University
San Jacinto College – Central
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Seton Hall University
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