Pirates Open 2023-24 Campaign At Prudential Center Against Saint Peter's - Seton Hall University Athletics
The Seton Hall men's basketball team will tip off year two of the Shaheen Holloway Era on Nov. 6 at 7:30 p.m. at Prudential Center when the Pirates take on t...
Game 1: Saint Peter's Peacocks (0-0) at Seton Hall Pirates (0-0)
Monday, Nov. 6 • Prudential Center (Newark, N.J.) • 7:30 p.m.
TV: FS1/FOX Sports App • Greg Mescall & Tarik Turner
Web: FOX Sports Live
Radio: SHU Pirates Mobile App / Pirate Sports Network / SXM app 991 / Gary Cohen & Dave Popkin
Game Notes: Seton Hall | Saint Peter's
Follow Along: Instagram | X | Live Stats
Game Promotion: Team Poster Giveaway / Team Walker Food Drive
GAME PROMOTIONS
- Fans will receive a 2023-24 team poster while supplies last.
- Fans are encouraged to bring a non-perishable food item as part of Team Walker's Food Drive. Team Walker was founded by SHU Athletics Hall of Famer and former men's basketball standout Jerry Walker.
HOW TO WATCH
For the third straight year, FOX Sports will provide blanket coverage of the BIG EAST men's basketball action on November 6, the opening night of the season. BIG EAST Opening Night Tip-Off will include live look-ins on FS1 of seven non-conference contests. Full game coverage for all seven games, including The Hall's game against the Peacocks, will be available on the FOX Sports App.
MOBILE TICKETING
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
- The Seton Hall men's basketball team will tip off year two of the Shaheen Holloway Era on Nov. 6 at 7:30 p.m. at Prudential Center when the Pirates take on the Saint Peter's Peacocks.
- Head coach Shaheen Holloway is 2-2 all-time in season openers and 3-1 in home openers.
- Seton Hall has won its last 13 home openers.
- The Pirates are 84-12 (.875) all-time at Prudential Center against non-conference opponents and went a perfect 6-0 last season.
- Seton Hall has won its last five games against fellow New Jersey institutions with its last loss coming on Dec. 14, 2019 against Rutgers in the Garden State Hardwood Classic.
- Holloway is 14-9 all-time against Garden State foes.
- Holloway's first season leading his alma mater was, statistically speaking, the best in program history among first-year head coaches:
| Most Wins | Most BIG EAST Wins |
| 1. Shaheen Holloway (2022-23) - 17 | 1. Shaheen Holloway (2022-23) - 10 |
| 2. George Blaney (1994-95) - 16 | 2. Tommy Amaker - 9 |
| 3. Tommy Amaker (1997-98) - 15 | 3. George Blaney - 7 |
| Richie Regan (1960-61) - 15 | Kevin Willard (2010-11) - 7 |
- Holloway's six true road wins were the most for a first-year head coach at Seton Hall since Bill Raftery registered six road wins in 1970-71.
- Holloway was the first first-year head coach to lead Seton Hall to a postseason berth since Tommy Amaker in 1998-99, Holloway's junior season, when the Pirates earned a trip to the NIT.
- Despite starting 0-3 in BIG EAST play, Holloway took a group of four returners and five newcomers and guided The Hall to a .500 record in league play for the eighth consecutive season.
- Holloway put his stamp on the program in his first season and it started, of course, on the defensive end of the floor where The Hall held opponents to 65.1 points per game, its lowest total since 2011-12 when the Pirates allowed 63.8 ppg.
- Seton Hall held 11 teams under 60 points last season, its most since also holding 11 teams under 60 in 2012-13.
- Seton Hall finished second in the BIG EAST and in the top 70 nationally in scoring defense (65.1 ppg), field goal percentage defense (41.5 percent), three-point field goal percentage defense (31.8 percent) and steals (8.2 steals per game).
- Seton Hall finished 20th in KenPom's adjusted defensive efficiency ranking.
- After finishing with 10 BIG EAST victories last season, Seton Hall has won 10 or more BIG EAST games seven times since the league realigned in 2013-14, which is tied for the third most in the conference
