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2019–20 Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball team

2019–20 Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball

Big East Conference
No. 15
No. 15
21–9 (13–5 Big East)
Kevin Willard (10th season)
Grant Billmeier
Tony Skinn
Duane Woodward
Prudential CenterWalsh Gymnasium

The 2019–20 Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball team represented Seton Hall University in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They are led by tenth-year head coach Kevin Willard. The Pirates played their home games at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey and Walsh Gymnasium in South Orange, New Jersey as members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 21–9, 13–5 in Big East play, which put them in a three-way tie for first place. As the No. 3 seed in the Big East tournament, they were slated to play Marquette in the quarterfinals, but the Tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, along with the rest of the NCAA postseason.

The Pirates finished the 2018–19 season 20–14, 9–9 in Big East play to finish in a four-way tie for third place. In the Big East tournament, they defeated Georgetown in the quarterfinals and Marquette in the semifinals before losing to Villanova by two points in the final. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 10 seed in the Midwest region and were defeated by No. 7 seed Wofford in the first round.

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Michael Nzei	1	F	6'8"	205	RS Senior	Makurdi, Nigeria	Graduated

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Takal Molson	1	G	6'5"	205	Junior	Buffalo, New York	Transferred from Canisius. 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
Tyrese Samuel PF	Mono, Ontario, Canada	Orangeville Prep	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Nov 27, 2018
Recruit ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: (81)
Overall recruit ranking:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.
Sources:

Datetime, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
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
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 – 3 Tied	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
December 30, 20198:30 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, 20209:00 pm, FS1		Georgetown	W 78–62	10–4(2–0)	17 – Gill	9 – Rhoden	10 – McKnight	Prudential Center (10,481)Newark, NJ
January 8, 20208:30 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, 20204:00 pm, CBSSN		Marquette	W 69–55	12–4(4–0)	23 – Powell	7 – Powell	6 – McKnight	Prudential Center (12,707)Newark, NJ
January 15, 20206:30 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, 202012:00 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, 20208:30 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, 20206:30 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, 202011:00 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, 20208:30 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, 20202:30 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, 20206:30 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, 20208:00 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, 20206:30 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, 20202:00 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, 20202:30 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, 20208:30 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, 20202:30 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
March 12, 20209:30 pm, FS1	(3) No. 16	vs. (6) Marquette Quarterfinal	This game was not played due to the COVID-19 pandemic	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

On January 20, the Pirates achieved their 1st Top 10 ranking in 20 years, when they were ranked #8 on December 18, 2000.
On March 2, the Pirates were ranked at #8 in the AP Poll, their highest ranking since reaching #7 in 2001.

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