Death, taxes and Seton Hall men’s basketball playing their most inspired basketball when down big in the second half. Marquette found this out the hard way last week, as did Creighton—and now Georgetown.
1-for-10 from the field, 0-for-4 from deep, seven turnovers and just four points.
Heading into the 2025-26 college basketball season, the expectations were quite low for Seton Hall men’s basketball. Following the worst season in program history the year prior, the Pirates were picked to finish dead last in the BIG EAST Preseason Coaches Poll and were nowhere to be found in most preseason rankings, including the AP Preseason / Week 1 Poll.
Despite trailing for over 34 minutes, and leading for just two and a half minutes, Seton Hall men’s basketball pulled off a thrilling 16-point comeback win over Creighton in Newark on Sunday afternoon.
The luster of the No. 1 University of Connecticut (UConn) Huskies’ 2025 national title proved too much to overcome for Seton Hall women’s basketball on Saturday at Hartford’s PeoplesBank Arena, as the reigning champs won the matchup, 84-48.
Rather than champagne toasts, Seton Hall women’s basketball celebrated New Year’s Eve with a conference win—one that was dominant from start-to-finish.
Seton Hall men’s basketball continued its strong start to the season on Monday night, holding off Marquette 79–73 at Fiserv Forum to earn its second BIG EAST road win of the season and to snap a four-game losing streak in the building.
Earlier today, the BIG EAST named Seton Hall women’s basketball graduate forward Mariana Valenzuela its Player of the Week.
In Sunday’s game at Walsh Gymnasium, Seton Hall women’s basketball found itself in a close contest with conference rival Xavier. Through three quarters of play, the Pirates led over a Musketeers team that, despite trailing for most of the game, just refused to go away.
Tuesday’s 64-56 loss to Villanova at home was a disappointing one for Seton Hall men’s basketball, who put up their worst offensive performance of the season.
In the spirit of the holidays, Seton Hall men’s basketball made room at the table for a familiar face in former head coach Kevin Willard—just for him to come in like the Grinch and steal a win in the final mid-major contest of the year before Christmas.
Seton Hall women’s basketball bounced back in a big way on Monday afternoon, beating Creighton University, 88-79, at D.J. Sokol Arena in Omaha.
Earlier today, the BIG EAST named Seton Hall men’s basketball senior forward Stephon Payne its Player of the Week.
In their first game of conference play, Seton Hall men’s basketball proved that their 10-1 start to the season was no fluke—and that the Pirates deserve to be nationally ranked.
It’s been a season full of honors and awards for Seton Hall men’s soccer senior defender Augustin Resch.
Seton Hall women’s basketball defeated the Washington State University (WSU) Cougars, 74-65, at Walsh Gymnasium on Tuesday.
After falling to the Columbia University Lions on Dec. 10, Seton Hall women’s basketball rebounded against another feline foe by defeating the Auburn University (AU) Tigers, 69-63, at Walsh Gymnasium on Sunday in the programs’ second-ever meeting.
Seton Hall men’s basketball defeated in-state rivals Rutgers University (RU), 81-59, at the Prudential Center on Saturday in the 11th installment of the Garden State Hardwood Classic (GSHC) and the teams’ 76th all-time matchup since 1916.
After receiving All-BIG EAST honors last month, Seton Hall men’s soccer continued its list of postseason achievements this week with two players named to the United Soccer Coaches All-East Region Second Team and another named to both the All-East First Team and 2025 NCAA Division I Men’s All-America First Team.
On Feb. 4, 1916, two small New Jersey universities separated by less than 30 miles met for the first time ever on the hardwood.
Solutions by The State News