Seton Hall Pirates NCAA Basketball News

The rotation is stabilizing, the point guard situation is cleared up, and the big guy off the bench says he's healthy.

Every player in uniform scored as the Seton Hall basketball team throttled Hartford, 89-56, at Prudential Center.

A basketball player at Mountain State University in Beckley, W.Va., was shot multiple times outside the school's athletics dorm early yesterday after an altercation with another man.

Bobby Gonzalez's Pirates forced 16 turnovers in the victory over Hartford. In four swift possessions, the Seton Hall men's basketball team erased 12 minutes of first-half inertia Thursday night.

Bobby Gonzalez congratulates Jordan Theodore, who carried the most minutes at point guard in SHU's victory over NJIT The Pirates continued their post-Thanksgiving feast last night, this time blitzing an overmatched NJIT squad 93-53 at The Rock.

Sophomore Herb Pope posted his fourth straight double-double with 22 points on 10-of-14 shooting, 11 rebounds, and added five blocks to lead the Seton Hall men's basketball team to a 93-53 victory over NJIT on Monday night.

Pope shot 10-for-14 from the field and recorded five blocks for the Pirates . added 21 points, while Jamel Jackson chipped in with 15.

The Pirates look to keep their record unblemished tonight with a matchup against Division I newcomer NJIT.

The Pirates ran their record to a perfect 4-0 with a 95-66 throttling of LIU at Prudential Center on Saturday.

Seton Hall center Melvyn Oliver, left, played in two games this year, including the season opener against Saint Peter's. Freshman center Melyvn Oliver has been "temporarily removed" from the Seton Hall men's basketball team for academic reasons, according to a team release issued Saturday.

The Pirates return home with a perfect 3-0 record after soundly defeating defending Ivy League champion, Cornell, 89-79, in Ithaca, N.Y. on Friday.

John Wall's game-winning shot at the buzzer gave Kentucky a 72-70 win over Miami .

Seton Hall junior Jeremy Hazell was named to the 2009-10 season's first BIG EAST Conference Men's Basketball Weekly Honor Roll on Monday.

If opening night against St. Peter's was a pop quiz for this year's Pirates, Cornell was the first true test.

The Pirates offense showed its mettle Sunday at Monmouth. Seton Hall defeated the Hawks, 87-72, to improve to 2-0 on the early season.

On the scrawl on ESPN it will look like business as usual: Big East team beats Ivy League team by double digits.

ITHACA -- There will be plenty of respect in the air Friday night at Newman Arena.

It's called the charity stripe for a reason. Obviously, the points are not handed outa 'as charity might implya 'at the foul line, but the concept is that hitting an unobstructed shot from 15 feet away should be a "gimme" for anyone.

With a fresh 2-0 start, The Seton Hall Pirates look to pursue a winning streak against non-conference schools.

The Seton Hall Pirates in Friday's season opener against St. Peter's was an ugly win in a poor shooting performance----38.6 percent.