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PITINO vs SHA

This has to get some local juice right? wFan will havr to at least acknowledge this leading up to it..NFL playoffs obviously hurt but this has to get some steam

Pitino himself is almost like perma-hype/promotion but we are good story too now

Should be fun
 
Here's how the SJU game ended. Both teams will be coming off close road games, but opposite outcomes.

 
This has to get some local juice right? wFan will havr to at least acknowledge this leading up to it..NFL playoffs obviously hurt but this has to get some steam

Pitino himself is almost like perma-hype/promotion but we are good story too now

Should be fun
How great is this match-up for the Big East -- it is so entertaining.
 
With Creighton winning, it sets up crazy good for a huge week. Two wins would be incredible and really put us in the top 5, if not 4. SJU and Creighton would each have 3 losses, as well as Marquette.

Have to think if we win two, it’s us/Marquette/UConn/Nova at the top right now.
 
With Creighton winning, it sets up crazy good for a huge week. Two wins would be incredible and really put us in the top 5, if not 4. SJU and Creighton would each have 3 losses, as well as Marquette.

Have to think if we win two, it’s us/Marquette/UConn/Nova at the top right now.

It's still early (6 games out of 20), but this is a crucial home stand. If Seton Hall gets all 3, absolutely a contender for the league title. 2/3 gets them solidly up to the NCAA Tournament level where only a second half collapse would keep them out. 1/3 = much more work to do. 0 = back to fighting just to get to the bubble. Massive home stand.
 
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Regarding Pitino & Sha. Remember they faced each other as MAAC Conf coaches and Rick referred to Sha as a superstar among young coaches. There is respect among these two coaches, and it should be a great matchup on Tuesday night.

Tom K
Pitino lobbied Sha to go with KW to Iona instead of taking Gonzo’s offer
 
Regarding Pitino & Sha. Remember they faced each other as MAAC Conf coaches and Rick referred to Sha as a superstar among young coaches. There is respect among these two coaches, and it should be a great matchup on Tuesday night.

Tom K
Classless vs Classy - Classic!
 
Pitino lobbied Sha to go with KW to Iona instead of taking Gonzo’s offer
As i remember sha worked on bg staff. Not as asst, and let us say, was not impressed so when kw offered, no brainer.
 
Agree or disagree? Top 15 coach right now?
I would suggest everyone listen to Bryan DeNovellis podcast with Fran Fraschilla. Fran says essentially the same thing about Sha.

Anyway, the short answer with all of this is we need to provide NIL money for Sha. As much as many of us are opposed to it, this is how you get players/retain players. And from Sha perspective, i think retaining players is key. With that said, I think Richmond will get $500K+ offer next year from some school


 
It's still early (6 games out of 20), but this is a crucial home stand. If Seton Hall gets all 3, absolutely a contender for the league title. 2/3 gets them solidly up to the NCAA Tournament level where only a second half collapse would keep them out. 1/3 = much more work to do. 0 = back to fighting just to get to the bubble. Massive home stand.
A sweep would also give us a big foot up in potential tiebreaks with teams that would be around us for that title. I still cannot believe we're talking about this with this team, wowowow.

Will be a fun homestand. The juice with Pitino, Creighton has OWNED us lately and we need to do something about that, then Providence is a different team now post-Hopkins.

Great stuff.
 
This has to get some local juice right? wFan will havr to at least acknowledge this leading up to it..NFL playoffs obviously hurt but this has to get some steam

Pitino himself is almost like perma-hype/promotion but we are good story too now

Should be fun
I'd imagine Brandon Tierney will probably talk about it a little. Otherwise, I doubt they care in the least.
 
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I would suggest everyone listen to Bryan DeNovellis podcast with Fran Fraschilla. Fran says essentially the same thing about Sha.

Anyway, the short answer with all of this is we need to provide NIL money for Sha. As much as many of us are opposed to it, this is how you get players/retain players. And from Sha perspective, i think retaining players is key. With that said, I think Richmond will get $500K+ offer next year from some school


Or he can finish with hall and become a first round draft pick
 
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I'd imagine Brandon Tierney will probably talk about it a little. Otherwise, I doubt they care in the least.
I would bet morning show and afternoon drive show mention it on Tuesday because it will be on the flashes Tuesday
 
How do you figure?
Most likely we are going to be battling St. John's and Nova for 4th place in the league. You want to create some separation from them.

In theory if we are battling for the championship we should be rooting against the other contenders - UConn, Marq, and Creighton. We are a good team but a notch below those guys.
 
I would bet morning show and afternoon drive show mention it on Tuesday because it will be on the flashes Tuesday
I don't think they do the flashes in the afternoon anymore. I listen sporadically in PM drive and I can't recall hearing one lately. Evan and Tiki do a "breaking news" bit now if something happens during the show.

Evan likes us (he almost attended Seton Hall) and might mention us. But I'd be shocked if the station spends more than five minutes discussing.
 
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I don't think they do the flashes in the afternoon anymore. I listen sporadically in PM drive and I can't recall hearing one lately. Evan and Tiki do a "breaking news" bit now if something happens during the show.

Evan likes us (he almost attended Seton Hall) and might mention us. But I'd be shocked if the station spends more than five minutes discussing.
Correct, haven’t done the sports update flashes throughout the show in years. Wouldn’t expect much talk on wfan at this point, any college talk usually doesn’t happen until February.
 
Agree or disagree? Top 15 coach right now?
Sha knows how to motivate kids, that's his biggest strength. His run to the Elite 8 with St. Peter's was not a fluke, that team loved their coach and he had complete faith in them. The key for Sha is to get kids who want to work and grow. Seton Hall is blessed to have a coach who loves the university and is motivated to make us a success.
 
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Sha knows how to motivate kids, that's his biggest strength. His run to the Elite 8 with St. Peter's was not a fluke, that team loved their coach and he had complete faith in them. The key for Sha is to get kids who want to work and grow. Seton Hall is blessed to have a coach who loves the university and is motivated to make us a success.
I agree. I was ready to say and posted that he has spent so much energy trying to get inherited players to buy in and that is not working and then complete buy in occurs. Read the quotes of the starters. It is as if Sha is speaking. Particularly true about Richmond.
 
Additionally, one unmeasurable aspect is having that "killer" instinct, being able to finish close games on the positive side....and this Seton Hall team has done that better than I recall any SHU team in at least the past 2 decades....at least for the past month they have had it, lol!
That close out mentality with an older squad, makes this team special and I think we win the Big East! Make it down.
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