Pirates Face Butler On Seton Hall vs. Cancer Night

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Pirates Face Butler On Seton Hall vs. Cancer Night - Seton Hall University Athletics

Winners of four of its last five games, the Seton Hall men's basketball team returns to Prudential Center for another key BIG EAST contest against the Butler...

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Game 27: Butler Bulldogs (16-11, 7-9 BIG EAST) vs. Seton Hall Pirates (17-9, 10-5 BIG EAST)​

Saturday, Feb. 24 • Newark, N.J. • Prudential Center (10,481) • 8:30 p.m.​

TV: FS2 • Alex Faust & Vin Parise​

Web: FOXSports.com/Live​

Radio: SHU Pirates Mobile App / Pirate Sports Network / SiriusXM 388 / SXM App / Dave Popkin & Matt Loughlin​

Game Notes: Seton Hall | Butler​

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GAME PROMOTIONS

• Men's basketball will be wearing shooting shirts bearing names on the back that were auctioned off in January. The proceeds from the auction are going to the V Foundation's Dick Vitale Pediatric Cancer Fund in honor of Seton Hall alumnus and Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer Dick Vitale!
• When you arrive, be sure to pick up a Stand Up to Cancer card on the concourse at either the skybridge entrance or at the marketing table behind section 19. You can write the name of a loved one who is afflicted by cancer. We will hold a Stand Up to Cancer moment during the under-8 media timeout of the first half.
• Pink Seton Hall vs. Cancer t-shirts will be on sale at the Bookstore pop-up merchandise stand behind section 19!

The Seton Hall University Department of Athletics is proud to iduct five individuals into the Seton Hall Athletics Hall of Fame on Saturday. The Pirates Class of 2024 includes Fuquan Edwin '14 of the men's basketball team; Dawn Johnson '95 of the women's basketball team; Vickie Lamb '01 of the softball team; Kevin Morton '96 of the baseball team; and Peter Scavo '00 of the men's soccer team (posthumous induction).

The honorees will be inducted and celebrated at the Seton Hall Athletics Hall of Fame Enshrinement Luncheon, which will take place on Saturday at the Seton Hall University Center Event Room at noon. Following the induction ceremony, the five will then be honored at the men's basketball game vs. Butler at Prudential Center.

NOTES YOU NEED TO KNOW

• Winners of four of its last five games, the Seton Hall men's basketball team returns to Prudential Center for another key BIG EAST contest against the Butler Bulldogs on Saturday at 8:30 p.m. at Prudential Center.
• Picked to finish ninth out of 11 teams in the BIG EAST preseason poll, the Pirates are in fourth place in the BIG EAST standings at 10-5 and they're tied with third place Creighton in the loss column.
• The Pirates are 7-7 vs. Q1 + Q2 opponents this season after picking up a Q2 win against Xavier on Feb. 14 and a Q1 road win at St. John's on Feb. 18.
• The victory gave Seton Hall its ninth consecutive season with at least 10 BIG EAST wins, 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 19 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 45 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 have swept the season series against the Bulldogs the last two seasons.
• Seton Hall has won five straight in the season series against Butler and its won each of the last six meetings at Prudential Center.
• Kadary Richmond was named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll on Monday after averaging 19.0 pts, 9.5 reb, 7.5 ast and 2.0 stl in a 2-0 week.
• 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:

Most Wins -------- Most BIG EAST Wins
1. Kevin Willard (2010-12) - 34 -------- 1. Shaheen Holloway - 20
1 Shaheen Holloway (2022-24) - 34 -------- 2. Tommy Amaker - 17
3. Tommy Amaker (1997-99) - 30 -------- 3. Louis Orr (2001-03) - 15
3 Richie Regan (1960-62) - 30 -------- 4. 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).
• Since Richmond's return to the lineup at DePaul on Jan. 30, the Pirates have gone 4-1 and he's posted two 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 13.8 points per game this season.
• Jaden Bediako ranks second in the BIG EAST and eighth in Division I averaging 3.9 offensive rebounds per game.
• The Pirates are 15-4 this season when Al-Amir Dawes scores in double figures and 7-2 when he's the team's leading scorer.
• Seton Hall ranks third in the BIG EAST and 17th nationally shooting at a 78 percent clip from the free throw line.

 

[jack 1970]

That's pretty impressive.10+ BE wins per year 8 times in past 10 years!

 

[Halldan1]

And no conference regular season losing record since 2015. The year of the infamous Marquette game at the Garden that almost got Willard fired, except for the grace of then AD Pat Lyons.

 

[PROF Ed]

I was there Dan , one of the worst games I ever attended

 

[Halldan1]

I sat with Pat Lyons and Willard's wife directly behind the Pirate bench.

The fans were merciless screaming at Willard. And after the debacle was over one of them actually spit at him as he was going into the locker room.

I remember leaving the game and thinking there was no way Willard would not be let go. But he eventually had a sit-down with Pat and was told in no uncertain terms what he had to do to come back the following year. He agreed and got a one year reprieve. A reprieve that culminated in a Big East Championship at the Garden.

 

[shu09]

I was there as well and not too far away from the SH bench. Willard looked like a beaten man that night, and the crowd was nasty. Merciless is a great way of describing it.