Theodore leads Seton Hall's 94-73 rout of DePaul
By Staff Writer | Jan. 10, 2012When Seton Hall needs a big basket senior Jordan Theodore is there.
When Seton Hall needs a big basket senior Jordan Theodore is there.
For the first time since the week of Jan. 30, 2001 the Seton Hall men's basketball team enters the top 25 national rankings.
Holding off a late run by the Providence Friars the Seton Hall men's basketball team improves to 14-2 and 3-1 in the Big East with the 66-57 win. The start is the Hall's best since their 15-2 start to the 1992-93 season.
Two years ago, on this date, Seton Hall left the Gampel Pavilion in Storrs, Conn. eight point losers to a 13th-ranked Connecticut Huskies team that would eventually fail to make the NCAA tournament.
Men's basketball coach Kevin Willard made a big splash in the world of recruiting on Friday afternoon when ESPN Super 60 recruit and Baltimore, Md. native Aquille Carr announced via his twitter that he would be taking his talents to Seton Hall.
1. Baseball wins Big East Championship
Just two nights ago it seemed that nothing could go right for the Seton Hall men's basketball team but in their Big East home opener the Pirates have a taken a 30-16 lead at halftime over West Virginia.
Using a 13-0 run to end the game the Seton Hall men's basketball team held West Virginia scoreless for the final 6:52 of the game to earn the 67-48 victory on Friday night.
Heading on to the road for their first Big East game of the season the Seton Hall Pirates trail No. 1 Syracuse 34-15 at the half.
Playing from behind for the entire game the Seton Hall Pirates lost to No. 1 Syracuse Orange, Wednesday night to open Big East play.
Starting the season with their best record since the 1992-32 season, the 11-1 men's basketball team begins conference play on the road against the top ranked Syracuse Orange, Wednesday night.
Starting the season with their best record since the 1992-93 season, the men's basketball finished non-conference play with a 87-61 win over the Longwood Lancers.
Despite having a nine point lead in the first half and a six point lead at half time, the women's basketball team was unable to hold on to the lead on Wednesday at Walsh Gym, losing to William & Mary 61-54.
Seton Hall has named Gerson Echeverry as the new men's soccer coach as announced by Athletic Director Patrick Lyons on Monday.
Seton Hall escaped a relentless Mercer team with an 80-77 victory in overtime.
Seton Hall leads Mercer by two points at the end of the first half.
The Seton Hall swimming and diving teams sent four Pirates to the USA Swimming AT&T Winter National Championships, a three-day event, at Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta starting Dec. 1.
The Big East Conference is expanding west with the announcement of five schools joining the conference in the fall of 2013. The University of Houston, University of Central Florida and Southern Methodist University will become all-sport members of the conference while Boise State and San Diego State will be football only members.
The seven-time NCAA national champion and defending Big East champion, No. 2 Connecticut, comes to Walsh Gymnasium to face the Pirates in both teams' Big East opener at 7 p.m. on Friday.
For most teams, halftime is used as a cool down period and a chance to make slight game plan changes to succeed in the second half.