No. 8 Seton Hall (16-14, 6-12 BIG EAST) vs. No. 9 Marquette (12-18, 4-14 BIG EAST)
March 11 · Madison Square Garden (New York, N.Y.) · 7 p.m.
TV: FOX Sports 1 with Gus Johnson, Bill Raftery & Molly McGrath
Radio: AM970 with Gary Cohen & Dave Popkin
What to Know About The Hall:
ROOKIE RECOGNITION
Seton Hall freshmen Angel Delgado and Isaiah Whitehead landed on the BIG EAST All-Rookie Team it was announced on Sunday with Delgado serving as one of two unanimous selections along with Xavier's Trevon Bluiett. Delgado and Whitehead are the first pair of Pirates to earn All-Rookie honors in the same season since Darius Lane and Samuel Dalembert in 1999-00.
I SECOND THAT
After finishing second in the BIG EAST with 17.5 points per game and fifth with 4.1 assists per contest in conference play, Sterling Gibbs was tabbed as a Second Team All-BIG EAST performer. Gibbs tallied 10 or more points in 14 of 16 appearances against league foes and his assist total (65) more than doubled his number of turnovers (32), giving him the third-best assist/turnover ratio in the conference.
PARTY OF FIVE
With Sterling Gibbs leading the way, Seton Hall finished as the only BIG EAST team with five players averaging nine or more points in conference play. Gibbs (17.5 ppg) and Mobley (10.0 ppg) were each in double-figures while Whitehead (12.2 ppg), Khadeen Carrington (9.9 ppg) and Delgado (9.8 ppg) were three of the top-five freshman scorers around the league during the conference season.
KIDS AT THE HALL
The Hall will bring one of its most youthful squads in recent memory to the conference tournament with only four players who have seen action at the BIG EAST championship. Over the 2014-15 season, freshmen accounted for 48.3 percent of the team's points, 60.3 percent of its rebounds and 46.5 percent of SHU's assists while playing 49.9 percent of available minutes.
ANGEL DELGADO UPDATE - CONTENDER FOR BIG EAST ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
· Leads BIG EAST in rebounding (9.9/gm) and offensive rebounding (3.7/gm)
· Also leads BIG EAST in same 2 categories in conference games only (10.7 & 3.8)
· Is the top rebounding freshman in the nation and ranks 19th overall in the country
· Also ranks 11th in the nation in offensive rebounding
· Leads the BIG EAST and is 45th in the nation in double-doubles (10)
· Seven of his 10 double-doubles have come in BIG EAST play
· Ten of his 15 10+ rebound games have come in BIG EAST play
· Had a 19-point, 19-rebound performance vs. DePaul; the 19 rebounds were second most by a freshman in a BIG EAST game
· For the season, Seton Hall has scored 118 second chance points off of his offensive rebounds
· Among all BIG EAST freshmen, also ranks first in field goal percentage and blocks and fourth in scoring
· Only the second-ever freshman to finish the conference-only schedule as the leading rebounder (Troy Murphy)
March 11 · Madison Square Garden (New York, N.Y.) · 7 p.m.
TV: FOX Sports 1 with Gus Johnson, Bill Raftery & Molly McGrath
Radio: AM970 with Gary Cohen & Dave Popkin
What to Know About The Hall:
ROOKIE RECOGNITION
Seton Hall freshmen Angel Delgado and Isaiah Whitehead landed on the BIG EAST All-Rookie Team it was announced on Sunday with Delgado serving as one of two unanimous selections along with Xavier's Trevon Bluiett. Delgado and Whitehead are the first pair of Pirates to earn All-Rookie honors in the same season since Darius Lane and Samuel Dalembert in 1999-00.
I SECOND THAT
After finishing second in the BIG EAST with 17.5 points per game and fifth with 4.1 assists per contest in conference play, Sterling Gibbs was tabbed as a Second Team All-BIG EAST performer. Gibbs tallied 10 or more points in 14 of 16 appearances against league foes and his assist total (65) more than doubled his number of turnovers (32), giving him the third-best assist/turnover ratio in the conference.
PARTY OF FIVE
With Sterling Gibbs leading the way, Seton Hall finished as the only BIG EAST team with five players averaging nine or more points in conference play. Gibbs (17.5 ppg) and Mobley (10.0 ppg) were each in double-figures while Whitehead (12.2 ppg), Khadeen Carrington (9.9 ppg) and Delgado (9.8 ppg) were three of the top-five freshman scorers around the league during the conference season.
KIDS AT THE HALL
The Hall will bring one of its most youthful squads in recent memory to the conference tournament with only four players who have seen action at the BIG EAST championship. Over the 2014-15 season, freshmen accounted for 48.3 percent of the team's points, 60.3 percent of its rebounds and 46.5 percent of SHU's assists while playing 49.9 percent of available minutes.
ANGEL DELGADO UPDATE - CONTENDER FOR BIG EAST ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
· Leads BIG EAST in rebounding (9.9/gm) and offensive rebounding (3.7/gm)
· Also leads BIG EAST in same 2 categories in conference games only (10.7 & 3.8)
· Is the top rebounding freshman in the nation and ranks 19th overall in the country
· Also ranks 11th in the nation in offensive rebounding
· Leads the BIG EAST and is 45th in the nation in double-doubles (10)
· Seven of his 10 double-doubles have come in BIG EAST play
· Ten of his 15 10+ rebound games have come in BIG EAST play
· Had a 19-point, 19-rebound performance vs. DePaul; the 19 rebounds were second most by a freshman in a BIG EAST game
· For the season, Seton Hall has scored 118 second chance points off of his offensive rebounds
· Among all BIG EAST freshmen, also ranks first in field goal percentage and blocks and fourth in scoring
· Only the second-ever freshman to finish the conference-only schedule as the leading rebounder (Troy Murphy)
