Last-place Pirates enter tourney
By Staff Writer | Mar. 3, 2010The 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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After falling to the No. 8 West Virginia Mountaineers on Saturday, Seton Hall will travel back to Newark on Tuesday to play their long time rival Rutgers for the first time this year.
For the first time this season the Pirates will be going for their fourth straight Big East victory when they take a trip south to West Virginia on Saturday afternoon.
Without two of its starters for the majority of the game, Seton Hall picked up a critical road win, 59-50, over St. John's on Wednesday night at Carnesecca Arena.
The Seton Hall women's basketball team dropped its third straight game on Saturday, falling by a score of 53-38 to South Florida. Freshman Terry Green led the Pirates with a career-high 15 points on 4-18 shooting while sophomore Kandice Green tallied 13 of her own and pulled down six rebounds.
The Seton Hall women's basketball team looks to climb out of the cellar of the Big East conference when it plays on the road Saturday against the Pittsburgh Panthers.
Seton Hall defeated the DePaul Blue Demons 79-71 on Sunday afternoon in a game where the Pirates held the lead from starting tip off to the final buzzer.
Seton Hall defeated Notre Dame in a 90-87 victory Thursday night, snapping a three game conference losing streak and a six game losing streak against the Fighting Irish.
Both individual and relay team members on the track and field teams hit NCAA provisional times this weekend at the Collegiate Invitational in New York City.
On Feb. 13 at Walsh Gymnasium, the Seton Hall women's basketball team will leave their traditional Pirate blue colored jerseys in the locker room.