Despite an early nine point lead, the No. 10 Seton Hall Pirates lost their second round matchup to the No. 7 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 68-57 on Wednesday. The Pirates went on an 11-0 run early in the game after Notre Dame took an early 2-0 lead.
Men's basketball to meet Notre Dame on Wednesday with NCAA's potentially on the line
They were cruising into the second round of the 2010 Big East Championships. And then Providence chipped away little by little, almost pulling a miracle comeback to stun the Pirates. It all left Seton Hall leaving Madison Square Garden clinging to a common theme of March college basketball – survive and advance.
Pirates head to Manhattan for Big East Tournament needing wins for NCAA bid
Seeking some déjà vu, it’s the Friars on deck for the men’s basketball team for the second straight game. In need of wins to bolster a questionable NCAA Tournament resume, Seton Hall will cross the river and head to the 2010 Big East Tournament starting on Tuesday at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Attempt at upset becomes blowout loss as women fall on day one of Big East Tourney
They entered as the worst team in the Big East and departed quickly in the same fashion. Despite flirting with an upset bid in the first half, the women’s basketball team was dropped by Syracuse, 65-42, on Friday afternoon in the first round of the 2010 Big East Tournament at the XL Center in Hartford.
Pirates drop overtime game, now sit on the outside looking in
With a shot before the buzzer just falling out of the basket, in overtime, the Pirates' fell to the Marquette Golden Eagles, Sunday February 28, by a score of 84-83. With the loss, the Hall stands in tenth place in the Big East with a record of 7-9 in conference and 16-11 overall.
The women’s basketball team will play Syracuse for the second time this season on Friday, when they meet in the first round of the Big East Tournament. Both teams played each other on Jan. 5 at Walsh Gymnasium and Syracuse came out with a 79-38 win.
To end their 2009-2010 season, the women’s basketball team lost their fourth straight game by 20 or more points on Monday to No. 12 Georgetown, 71-49 The Pirates finished the season 9-20, 1-15 in the Big East, and sit No. 16 in the conference. This was the worst in conference season in team history.
The softball team began their 2010 season by going 1-4 at the UNC-Charlotte Green and White Tournament in North Carolina on Friday. They suffered a 1-5 loss to UNC-Charlotte to start off the tournament. Then the Hall fell twice in a row to Marshall 9-0 and 10-1.
1976 grad becomes original member of sports television network
You see his face and hear his voice almost every time you turn on ESPN, and yet few realize that he got his start in the classrooms of Seton Hall University. Bob Ley, who graduated from Seton Hall in 1976, credits his broadcasting success to the university that he called home.
The Pirates NCAA Tournament hopes are all but gone after losing to the Marquette Golden Eagles 84-83 in overtime. With the loss the Hall now stands in place in the Big East with a record of 7-9 in conference and 16-11 overall. “It was a tough loss for us today,” head coach Bobby Gonzalez said.
The Pirate’s baseball team finds themselves near the bottom of the conference , entering the season ranked 10 out of 12 in the Big East, after finishing one spot out of the conference tournament in ninth place last season. The team enters the season with many new players on the roster, with 25 of the 35 team members being either freshmen or sophomores.
The Pirates lost their fifth straight game as they were defeated by Louisville last night at Walsh Gymnasium, 72-49. This set the team to a record of 1-13 in the Big East. Seton Hall’s leading three-point shooter, junior Ebonie Williams, and freshman Terry Green led the scoring for the Pirates.
With Selection Sunday looming, the Pirates have one more chance to add a key win to their tournament resume before the Big East Championships with their game against Marquette at noon on Sunday at Prudential Center. The Pirates sit at 16-10 overall (7-8 in the Big East) after defeating their in-state rival Rutgers 76-70 on Tuesday.
Rutgers head coach Fred Hill called it a typical Seton Hall-Rutgers game. That depends on whether or not rivalries like the one up and down the New Jersey Turnpike can be typical. “It’s exactly what he (Hill),” senior John Garcia said.