Seton Hall Opens 2022 BIG EAST Tournament Wednesday Against Georgetown - Seton Hall University Athletics
Pirates will enter Madison Square Garden on a five-game winning streak
Pirates will enter Madison Square Garden on a five-game winning streak
Game 30: Seton Hall Pirates (20-9, 11-8 BIG EAST) vs. Georgetown Hoyas (6-24, 0-19 BIG EAST)Wednesday, March 9 • Madison Square Garden (New York, N.Y.) • 9:30 p.m.
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NOTES YOU NEED TO KNOW
- Seton Hall is 11-9 all-time at the BIG EAST Tournament under Kevin Willard with five semifinals appearances, two trips to the finals and the 2016 tournament championship.
- Seton Hall is 18-12 at Madison Square Garden under Willard and 16-8 since 2013-14.
- The Pirates are 4-1 in BIG EAST Tournament games that tip off at 9 p.m. or later since 2013-14.
- With its win over Creighton on Saturday, Seton Hall secured its sixth 20-win season over the last seven years, and Willard now has seven 20-win seasons in his 12 years at the helm of The Hall.
- The Pirates' 11 BIG EAST wins are third-most under Willard, behind the 2019-20 team that won 14 games and the 2015-16 team that won 12 games.
- The Hall finished the BIG EAST regular season with wins in eight of its last 10 games after starting league play 3-6.
- The five straight BIG EAST wins to end the regular season is the program's most since the 1992-93 team won eight in a row to finish 14-4.
- The Pirates finished in a tie for fifth place in the BIG EAST standings, The Hall has now finished in the top half of the conference seven consecutive seasons.
- After going 3-5 in January, the Pirates are a combined 8-2 in the months of February and March.
- Seton Hall has allowed only 65 points per contest over the last nine games and it has allowed its last 10 opponents to shoot 29 percent from three-point range.
- Seton Hall has held its last five opponents to 68 points or less.
- Seton Hall is 17-0 this season when it holds its opponents under 70 points and 17-1 when its either leading or tied at halftime.
- The Pirates lead the BIG EAST with a 30.8 percent three-point field goal percentage defense and rank third in field goal percentage defense, allowing opponents to shoot at a 40.4 percent clip.
- The Pirates rank 29th in the country in adjusted defensive efficiency according to KenPom.
- The Hall is 131-19 (.873) since 2015-16 when its lead gets to seven points.
- Senior guard Jared Rhoden (Baldwin, N.Y.) was named to the All-BIG EAST First Team on Sunday, giving the Pirates six All-BIG EAST first teamers in the last seven years (Sandro Mamukelashvili, 2021; Myles Powell, 2020 & 2019; Angel Delgado, 2017; Isaiah Whitehead, 2016).
- Junior Tyrese Samuel (Montreal, Quebec) is averaging 10.8 points, 5.8 rebounds and is shooting 55 percent from the field and 90 percent from the free throw line over the last four games.
- Graduate student Myles Cale (Middletown, Del.) has played in 92 career BIG EAST games, the most in the history of the conference.
NOTES YOU NEED TO KNOW
- Seton Hall has a NET of 32 and a KenPom ranking of 35.
- Seton Hall is 9-9 this season against Quad 1 and Quad 2 competition.
- Four of the Pirates' six Q1 wins came against teams that are currently ranked 36th in the NET or higher.
- The Pirates are one of 18 teams in Division I that have at least six Q1 wins.
- Seton Hall is one of 14 teams in the country with at least six Q1 wins and no Q3-4 losses.
- Seton Hall is tied with Villanova and Marquette for the most Q1 wins in the BIG EAST with six.
- The Pirates are one of only two teams along with Kentucky (at No. 5 Kansas, 80-62) that secured a true top five road win in the non-conference (at No. 4 Michigan, 67-65).
- Seton Hall went 9-1 in the non-conference with wins over Texas, Michigan, Rutgers, Wagner (second, NEC) and Yale (second, Ivy League).
- The Pirates rank 29th in KenPom's Strength of Schedule rating.
TOURNAMENT AND MSG TIDBITS
- The Pirates are 32-37 all-time at the BIG EAST Tournament with championships in 1991, 1993 and 2016.
- Seton Hall is 51-53 in the BIG EAST Era at Madison Square Garden.
- Seton Hall is 18-12 at Madison Square Garden under Kevin Willard and 16-8 since 2013-14.
- Willard is 11-9 all-time at the BIG EAST Tournament with five semifinals appearances, two trips to the finals and the 2016 tournament championship.
- Seton Hall is 1-4 all-time as a No. 6 seed but the last time the Pirates were seeded sixth was the 2004 BIG EAST Tournament.
- Jared Rhoden was named to last year's All-BIG EAST Tournament team after averaging 20.5 points and 10.5 rebounds in helping the Pirates reach the semifinals.
- Myles Cale is 8-4 in his career at Madison Square Garden.
- Kadary Richmond helped South Shore High School in Brooklyn win back-to-back PSAL City Championships at Madison Square Garden in 2018 and 2019.
