Seton Hall University NCAA News

Up until this summer, Sterling Gibbs never had to look far for competition on the basketball court.

Catching up on some last minute recruiting: Rutgers coach Fred Hill finally got the point guard he was looking for when 5-11 James Beatty of Miami Dade JC, a two-year starter for that junior college power who averaged 11.5 ppg, 6.5 apg and 4.1 steals.

It was love at first sa more. During Brandon Waltersa recruiting visit to Siena, coach Fran McCaffery and his wife, Margaret, hosted the team at their Loudonville home to watch the NBA Finals.

Siena has received an oral commitment from Seton Hall transfer Brandon Walters, a 6-foot-9 forward, according to a report on ZAGSBLOG .

After sitting out the year, Keon Lawrence is prepared to make his mark on the 2009-2010 Seton Hall Pirates basketball team.

Fuquan Edwin will join former Paterson Catholic teammate Jordan Theodore at Seton Hall.

Jonny Flynn dragged himself into the New Jersey Nets' practice facility Tuesday, wheeling a suitcase behind him and looking like a weary traveler who desperately needed to get to his hotel for a nap.

Former New Mexico State Aggie head basketball coach Reggie Theus is a lead candidate to take over the program at the University of Southern California, according to published reports.

Seton Hall's Brandon Walters has decided to leave the men's basketball program and pursue transfer opportunities, it was announced by head coach Bobby Gonzalez on Friday.

Brandon Walters, who brought a physical presence to the Seton Hall frontcourt last season, has decided to transfer.

Msgr. Robert Sheeran, who has led Seton Hall University through 14 years of academic improvements, the opening of a school of diplomacy and three notable basketball seasons, said on Thursday that he would be stepping down as president at the end of the next academic year.

Marist College senior Ryan Schneider was named to the All-Metropolitan Division I second-team all-star squad, as selected by the Met Basketball Writers Association and the National Invitation Tournament.

SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. - A Tennessee high school star has signed a national letter of intent to play basketball at Seton Hall.

The home was on Richmond Terrace, and it was supposed to be just another stop on Dan Jennings' trip through the system.

Seton Hall announced yesterday that 6'3 guard Jamel Jackson has signed with the Pirates out of Technical Career Institute.

Graduation took a strong share of stars from the league, and now a parade of underclassmen leaving the Big East for the NBA Draft should drop the conference down a bit from the national prominence and ridiculous depth it showcased during the 2008-09 season.

It seems like eons since the metropolitan area has had a topnotch college basketball team.

Maybe you can't go home again. New Kentucky coach John Calipari is huge news in the Bluegrass, but when he returned to Memphis for a "Coach Cal and Friends" charity function the other night at Harrah's, he had to be accompanied by two state troopers and received a tepid reaction from the 300 in attendance, according to a story in the Memphis ...

The mena s college basketball season is over. But the recruiting season never ends.

While the country watched coach after coach turn down the University of Arizona men's basketball job, potential future players and notable past players chimed in Friday on two men who would gladly take over the storied Wildcats program.