| 2019–20Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball | |
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Big East regular season co-champions | |
| Conference | Big East Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 15 |
| AP | No. 15 |
| Record | 21–9 (13–5 Big East) |
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| Home arena | Prudential Center Walsh Gymnasium |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 7Creighton | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 24 | – | 7 | .774 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 10Villanova | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 24 | – | 7 | .774 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 15Seton Hall | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 21 | – | 9 | .700 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Providence | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 19 | – | 12 | .613 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 23Butler | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 22 | – | 9 | .710 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marquette | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 18 | – | 12 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Xavier | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 19 | – | 13 | .594 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgetown | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 15 | – | 17 | .469 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| St. John's | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 17 | – | 15 | .531 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DePaul | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 16 | – | 16 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Note: The2020 Big East tournament was cancelled at halftime of the first game of the quarterfinals due to theCOVID-19 pandemic. Rankings fromAP poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The2019–20 Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball team representedSeton Hall University in the2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They are led by tenth-year head coachKevin Willard. The Pirates played their home games at thePrudential Center inNewark, New Jersey andWalsh Gymnasium inSouth Orange, New Jersey as members of theBig East Conference. They finished the season 21–9, 13–5 inBig East play, which put them in a three-way tie for first place. As the No. 3 seed in theBig East tournament, they were slated to playMarquette in the quarterfinals, but the Tournament was cancelled due to theCOVID-19 pandemic, along with the rest of theNCAA postseason.
ThePirates finished the2018–19 season 20–14, 9–9 inBig East play to finish in a four-way tie for third place. In theBig East tournament, they defeatedGeorgetown in the quarterfinals andMarquette in the semifinals before losing toVillanova by two points in the final. They received an at-large bid to theNCAA tournament as the No. 10 seed in the Midwest region and were defeated by No. 7 seedWofford in the first round.
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure |
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| Michael Nzei | 1 | F | 6'8" | 205 | RS Senior | Makurdi, Nigeria | Graduated |
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous School |
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| Takal Molson | 1 | G | 6'5" | 205 | Junior | Buffalo, New York | Transferred fromCanisius. Under NCAA transfer rules, Molson will have to sit out for the 2019–20 season. Will have two years of remaining eligibility. |
| Name | Hometown | School | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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| Tyrese Samuel PF | Mono, Ontario, Canada | Orangeville Prep | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | 210 lb (95 kg) | Nov 27, 2018 | |
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| Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state | |||
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| October 25, 2019* 7:00 pm | No. 12 | Bloomfield Charity exhibition | W 81–52 | – | 21 – Powell | 10 – Samuel | 8 – McKnight | Walsh Gymnasium (1,655) South Orange, NJ | |||
| October 29, 2019* 7:00 pm | No. 12 | Misericordia Charity exhibition | W 112–38 | – | 22 – Powell | 7 – Obiagu | 5 – Reynolds | Walsh Gymnasium (1,655) South Orange, NJ | |||
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| November 5, 2019* 6:30 pm, FS1 | No. 12 | Wagner | W 105–71 | 1–0 | 27 – Powell | 6 – Samuel | 7 – McKnight | Walsh Gymnasium (1,655) South Orange, NJ | |||
| November 9, 2019* 2:30 pm, FSN | No. 12 | Stony Brook | W 74–57 | 2–0 | 17 – Mamukelashvili | 10 – Gill | 4 – Reynolds | Walsh Gymnasium (1,655) South Orange, NJ | |||
| November 14, 2019* 8:30 pm, FS1 | No. 12 | No. 3 Michigan State Gavitt Tipoff Games | L 73–76 | 2–1 | 37 – Powell | 8 – Gill | 6 – McKnight | Prudential Center (14,051) Newark, NJ | |||
| November 17, 2019* 4:00 pm, ESPNU | No. 12 | at Saint Louis | W 83–66 | 3–1 | 26 – Powell | 8 – Rhoden | 4 – Nelson | Chaifetz Arena (9,611) St. Louis, MO | |||
| November 23, 2019* 12:00 pm, FS2 | No. 13 | Florida A&M | W 87–51 | 4–1 | 23 – Powell | 9 – Gill | 5 – McKnight | Prudential Center (9,656) Newark, NJ | |||
| November 27, 2019* 9:30 pm, ESPN2 | No. 13 | vs. No. 11 Oregon Battle 4 Atlantis quarterfinals | L 69–71 | 4–2 | 32 – Powell | 4 – Tied | 4 – Tied | Imperial Arena (1,565) Nassau, Bahamas | |||
| November 28, 2019* 9:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 13 | vs. Southern Miss Battle 4 Atlantis consolation 2nd round | W 81–56 | 5–2 | 18 – Powell | 7 – Mamukelashvili | 4 – Mamukelashvili | Imperial Arena (1,204) Nassau, Bahamas | |||
| November 30, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPNU | No. 13 | vs. Iowa State Battle 4 Atlantis 5th place game | W 84–76 | 6–2 | 24 – Powell | 12 – Cale | 5 – McKnight | Imperial Arena (2,650) Nassau, Bahamas | |||
| December 8, 2019* 9:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 16 | at Iowa State Big East/Big 12 Battle | L 66–76 | 6–3 | 19 – Powell | 8 – Powell | 4 – Nelson | Hilton Coliseum (14,269) Ames, IA | |||
| December 14, 2019* 4:00 pm, BTN | No. 22 | at Rutgers Rivalry/Garden State Hardwood Classic | L 48–68 | 6–4 | 11 – McKnight | 8 – Rhoden | 2 – 3Tied | Louis Brown Athletic Center (8,329) Piscataway, NJ | |||
| December 19, 2019* 7:00 pm, FS1 | No. 7 Maryland | W 52–48 | 7–4 | 17 – McKnight | 12 – Rhoden | 6 – McKnight | Prudential Center (13,313) Newark, NJ | ||||
| December 22, 2019* 4:30 pm, FS1 | Prairie View A&M | W 75–55 | 8–4 | 25 – McKnight | 9 – Rhoden | 7 – Nelson | Prudential Center (8,879) Newark, NJ | ||||
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| December 30, 2019 8:30 pm, FS1 | at DePaul | W 74–66 | 9–4 (1–0) | 27 – Powell | 6 – Cale | 7 – McKnight | Wintrust Arena (6,364) Chicago, IL | ||||
| January 3, 2020 9:00 pm, FS1 | Georgetown | W 78–62 | 10–4 (2–0) | 17 – Gill | 9 – Rhoden | 10 – McKnight | Prudential Center (10,481) Newark, NJ | ||||
| January 8, 2020 8:30 pm, FS1 | at Xavier | W 83–71 | 11–4 (3–0) | 24 – Powell | 8 – Powell | 8 – McKnight | Cintas Center (9,832) Cincinnati, OH | ||||
| January 11, 2020 4:00 pm, CBSSN | Marquette | W 69–55 | 12–4 (4–0) | 23 – Powell | 7 – Powell | 6 – McKnight | Prudential Center (12,707) Newark, NJ | ||||
| January 15, 2020 6:30 pm, FS1 | No. 18 | at No. 5 Butler | W 78–70 | 13–4 (5–0) | 29 – Powell | 8 – Rhoden | 13 – McKnight | Hinkle Fieldhouse (8,823) Indianapolis, IN | |||
| January 18, 2020 12:00 pm, FOX | No. 18 | at St. John's | W 82–79 | 14–4 (6–0) | 29 – Powell | 13 – Gill | 5 – McKnight | Madison Square Garden (10,428) New York, NY | |||
| January 22, 2020 8:30 pm, FS1 | No. 10 | Providence | W 73–64 | 15–4 (7–0) | 17 – Gill | 8 – Rhoden | 8 – McKnight | Prudential Center (9,267) Newark, NJ | |||
| January 29, 2020 6:30 pm, FS1 | No. 10 | DePaul | W 64–57 | 16–4 (8–0) | 24 – Powell | 11 – Rhoden | 6 – McKnight | Prudential Center (9,302) Newark, NJ | |||
| February 1, 2020 11:00 am, FOX | No. 10 | Xavier | L 62–74 | 16–5 (8–1) | 15 – McKnight | 5 – Tied | 4 – Powell | Prudential Center (12,230) Newark, NJ | |||
| February 5, 2020 8:30 pm, FS1 | No. 12 | at Georgetown | W 78–71 | 17–5 (9–1) | 34 – Powell | 12 – Mamukelashvili | 10 – McKnight | Capital One Arena (4,344) Washington, DC | |||
| February 8, 2020 2:30 pm, FOX | No. 12 | at No. 10 Villanova | W 70–64 | 18–5 (10–1) | 19 – Powell | 11 – Rhoden | 4 – Reynolds | Wells Fargo Center (20,706) Philadelphia, PA | |||
| February 12, 2020 6:30 pm, FS1 | No. 10 | No. 23 Creighton | L 82–87 | 18–6 (10–2) | 20 – McKnight | 12 – Rhoden | 6 – McKnight | Prudential Center (9,736) Newark, NJ | |||
| February 15, 2020 8:00 pm, CBSSN | No. 10 | at Providence | L 71–74 | 18–7 (10–3) | 27 – Powell | 8 – Tied | 4 – Tied | Dunkin' Donuts Center (13,255) Providence, RI | |||
| February 19, 2020 6:30 pm, FS1 | No. 16 | No. 21 Butler | W 74–72 | 19–7 (11–3) | 18 – McKnight | 7 – Gill | 5 – Powell | Prudential Center (10,481) Newark, NJ | |||
| February 23, 2020 2:00 pm, CBS | No. 16 | St. John's | W 81–65 | 20–7 (12–3) | 18 – Powell | 9 – Mamukelashvili | 6 – McKnight | Prudential Center (14,648) Newark, NJ | |||
| February 29, 2020 2:30 pm, FOX | No. 13 | at Marquette | W 88–79 | 21–7 (13–3) | 28 – Powell | 9 – Mamukelashvili | 8 – McKnight | Fiserv Forum (17,538) Milwaukee, WI | |||
| March 4, 2020 8:30 pm, FS1 | No. 8 | No. 14 Villanova | L 77–79 | 21–8 (13–4) | 20 – Mamukelashvili | 10 – Mamukelashvili | 8 – Powell | Prudential Center (16,863) Newark, NJ | |||
| March 7, 2020 2:30 pm, FOX | No. 8 | at No. 11 Creighton | L 60–77 | 21–9 (13–5) | 15 – Tied | 12 – Mamukelashvili | 5 – Powell | CHI Health Center Omaha (18,519) Omaha, NE | |||
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| March 12, 2020 9:30 pm, FS1 | (3)No. 16 | vs. (6) Marquette Quarterfinal | This game was not played due to theCOVID-19 pandemic | Madison Square Garden New York, NY | |||||||
*Non-conference game.#Rankings fromAP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are inEastern Time. | |||||||||||
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | Final |
| AP | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 22 | RV | RV | RV | RV | 18 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 16 | 15 |
| Coaches | 13 | 13* | 13* | 13 | 13 | 15 | 22 | RV | RV | RV | 25 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 15 | 15 |