Seton Hall Heads To Storrs To Take On No. 3 UConn - Seton Hall University Athletics
Winners of five of its last seven games, the Seton Hall men's basketball team concludes its stretch of back-to-back road games against two top 12 teams on Su...
Game 29: No. 3 UConn Huskies (25-3, 15-2 BIG EAST) vs. Seton Hall Pirates (18-10, 11-6 BIG EAST)
Sunday, March 3 • Storrs, Conn. • Gampel Pavilion (9,882) • 12 p.m.
TV: CBS • Ian Eagle, Bill Raftery & Tracy Wolfson
Web: cbssports.com/watch/college-basketball
Radio: SHU Pirates Mobile App / Pirate Sports Network / SiriusXM 380 / SXM App / Gary Cohen & Dave Popkin
Game Notes: Seton Hall | UConn
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Notes You Need To Know
- Winners of five of its last seven games, the Seton Hall men's basketball team concludes its stretch of back-to-back road games against two top 12 teams on Sunday at No. 3 UConn.
- Picked to finish ninth out of 11 teams in the BIG EAST preseason poll, the Pirates are in sole possession of fourth place in the BIG EAST standings at 11-6.
- Seton Hall has posted at least nine BIG EAST wins the last nine seasons, the longest stretch in program history.
- Seton Hall's eight 10-win seasons since realignment in 2013-14 is tied for second in the BIG EAST:
1. Villanova - 10
2. Seton Hall - 8
Creighton - 8
Providence - 8
5. Marquette - 5
- 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 now owns the most wins and BIG EAST victories by a head coach in his first two seasons.
1. Shaheen Holloway (2022-24) - 35 1. Shaheen Holloway - 21
2. Kevin Willard (2010-12) - 34 2. Tommy Amaker - 17
3. Tommy Amaker (1997-99) - 30 3. Louis Orr (2001-03) - 15
Richie Regan (1960-62) - 30 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).
- Kadary Richmond was one of 40 Div. I players named to the Oscar Robertson Trophy and All-America Watch List on Tuesday.
- In six career games against UConn, Richmond is shooting 51 percent from the floor and averaging 15.8 ppg, his most PPG against any opponent (minimum 4 games).
- 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 31.8 minutes to 14.2 points per game this season.
- Jaden Bediako ranks second in the BIG EAST and seventh in Division I averaging 3.9 offensive rebounds per game.
- The Pirates are 16-5 this season when Al-Amir Dawes scores in double figures and 7-2 when he's the team's leading scorer.
