The women's basketball team lost their sixth straight game on Saturday when they fell to the Friars at Providence, 75-61. The Pirates are still seeking their first win in Big East play.
Holding guard Jeremy Hazell to 17 points – more specifically on 3-9 shooting from behind the arc – was the first game-changing factor.
To halt a four game losing streak, the Pirates beat the Cincinnati Bearcats 83-76 to secure their first Big East victory of the season. The win, gives the Hall double digit in wins with ten giving them an overall record of 10-5 and 1-3 in the Big East
The Pirates' hunt for their first Big East win will continue until at least Saturday, due to the 71-63 loss they suffered on Tuesday night against the No.13 UConn Huskies at the Gampel Pavilion.
The women's basketball team dropped their second straight Big East game to open up the conference season with a 79-38 loss at home to Syracuse Orange. The loss dropped the Pirates overall record to 8-7 and put the team last in the Big East at 0-2.
On Saturday the women's basketball team lost their Big East opener at the Prudential Center in Newark to the number one ranked team in the country, the UConn Huskies.
CANCUN, MEXICO- Faced with their final non-conference test of the season and needing a signature out-of-conference win, the Pirates fell to Virginia Tech in overtime, 103-94, from the Poliforum Benito Juarez.
More than likely, the Pirates did not envision their non-conference schedule being so difficult to navigate.
For the second time in four nights the Pirates took on an undefeated Big East team ranked inside the top 10 in the country, this time with the fifth ranked Syracuse Orange.
After opening up the season 9-1, their best start since 1988-1989, the Pirates began Big East conference play on Tuesday afternoon in front of a sold out Prudential Center with a loss to West Virginia, 90-84.
Seton Hall used a balanced attack to pummel Navy, 94-56, on Tuesday night at the Prudential Center and get back on track after their first loss of the season to Temple on Saturday.
Seton Hall halted UC Davis's five game winning streak by pulling out a 58-54 victory Monday afternoon in Walsh Gym.
The Temple Owls defeated the men's basketball team 71-65 on Saturday night at Walsh Gymnasium.
The women's basketball team defeated the St. Peter's Peahens, 54-52, on Saturday afternoon at Prudential Center.
After a game in which guard Jamel Jackson hit 12 three-pointers to set a school record for a single game, head coach Bobby Gonzalez made a rather understated comment – "I got to find (Jamel) minutes."
Not many games become urgent in early-to-mid December.
The Pirates lost big to Colorado 80-54 on Sunday but won a close game against New Hampshire on Thursday night at home, 54-45.
This won't be the first column or news article discussing the Pirates' weak non-conference schedule.
The Pirates extended their season-long win streak to seven with their 86-68 win over the Massachusetts Minutemen on Monday night at Prudential Center.
For the first time in school history the basketball team beat their opponent by more than 29 points. The record was set after an 89-56 defeat of Hartford giving the Hall their sixth straight victory to start the season.
Solutions by The State News