Category: College Sports

Seton Hall Climbs to First in the Big East; Upsets Marquette 78-75

Pre-Game Notes Seton Hall returned to the Prudential Center after an extremely gritty win against the Friars, who just lost Bryce Hopkins for the season with a torn ACL. On Saturday afternoon, they welcomed a National Title Contending team in the Marquette Golden Eagles. We knew before this game that defense would be the strength […]

Seton Hall Blows Out St. John’s; Remains on Top of Big East

Pre-Game Notes Well, I expected Seton Hall to come out swinging in this highly anticipated matchup with St. John’s, but I didn’t quite expect what the Newark crowd (which included former Seton Hall and Sixers big man, Sammy Dalembert) saw on Tuesday evening. The Seton Hall Pirates led the Red Storm from beginning to end, […]

#18 Creighton Takes 3OT Thriller Over Seton Hall

Seton Hall’s recent history with the Creighton Blue Jays has not been very favorable, punctuated by two blowout losses last season. The setbacks of 83-61 in Omaha and 72-65 in Newark last year were not as close as the final scores indicated, with the Pirates having no real answer for Ryan Kalkbrenner inside and Baylor […]

Friars Overtake Pirates on Second Half Surge, 67-63

 Wednesday afternoon the weather was foggy and overcast outside the Prudential Center in Newark. The fog also metaphorically seeped into the arena, as the pregame vibe before the Providence Friars took on the Seton Hall Pirates just felt weird. The early evening start led to a late arriving crowd due to the typically hellish North […]

Wildcats Shred Pirates to Move Up to 4th in Big East

The Villanova Wildcats Women’s Basketball program might not have as many trophies as The Behemoth of Storrs or as the Wildcats Men’s program, but they have a storied history in their own right. The history was on display Saturday afternoon at the Finneran Pavilion on the Main Line as the team celebrated the alumnae of Villanova Women’s […]

Villanova Punches Seton Hall in the Mouth 80-54

Bad things usually happen in Philadelphia for the Pirates. Seton Hall’s Men’s basketball team has infamously won down here only once in the past 30 years, and last weekend Seton Hall’s Women’s basketball team suffered their worst loss of the season up to that point, a 28 point defeat to the Wildcats at Finneran Pavilion. […]

Purple Roses in Bloom: St. Rose wins first Shore Title over Manasquan

Manasquan High School and St. Rose High School of Belmar are separated by a mere four miles on Route 71 in Monmouth County at the Jersey Shore, but until recently their boys basketball programs were galaxies apart. The Manasquan Warriors under coach Andrew Bilodeau are the defending Shore Conference and New Jersey Group II State […]

Pirates Brush Away DePaul to Punch NCAA Ticket

There is a wealth of data and bracketology metrics out there along with bubble watches and enough analysis to drown you in all the NETs and SORs you want. Cut through all of it and for most Big East teams in most seasons it comes down to two simple questions: Did you win 20 games […]

St. John’s tables Seton Hall’s NCAA quest in BET Quarterfinals

The best thing to do this time of year is to just keep winning. The Seton Hall Pirates know this, the St. John’s Red Storm know this, every team knows this. Some teams have bigger chips on their shoulders than others, especially in a league like the Big East, which features a full double round […]