Game stats: Georgetown 74, Seton Hall 52

TEMPO-FREE BOX SCORE
 
.            Home                            Visitor   
.            GEORGETOWN                      Seton Hall         
.            1st Half  2nd Half   Total      1st Half  2nd Half   Total
Pace            32        36        69
 
Points          32        42        74          22        30        52   

Effic.         98.8     115.1     107.5        67.9      82.2      75.5  
 
eFG%           50.0      59.6      54.9        42.9      34.1      38.4  
TO%            24.7      16.4      20.3        43.2      30.2      36.3  
OR%            35.7      37.5      36.7        35.7      36.8      36.4  
FTA/FGA        40.0      84.6      62.7        23.8      86.4      55.8  

Assist Rate    81.8      76.9      79.2        50.0      66.7      57.1  
Block Rate     10.0      15.4      13.0         6.7       5.9       6.2  
Steal Rate     27.8      16.4      21.8        21.6       8.2      14.5  
 
2FG%           53.3      47.1      50.0        60.0      23.1      39.1  
3FG%           30.0      55.6      42.1        18.2      33.3      25.0  
FT%            70.0      50.0      56.2        80.0      78.9      79.2

Notes:

• Georgetown out-scored Seton Hall 50-16 when Otto Porter was in the game.
• Seton Hall turned the ball over on 26 of their first 53 possessions (the official scorer missed one).
• In 10:28 of game time in conference play, Stephen Domingo has yet to attempt a shot (including FTs).

more stats after the jump

About last night

While updating some of the stats pages this evening, I noticed something troubling in Georgetown's defensive effort last night against Seton Hall. It's not that the Hoyas allowed a team to shoot an eFG pct of 71%, but rather what kind of shots they allowed and the lack of turnovers. Allow me to explain.

Seton Hall shot out of their minds last night. It happens sometimes, as I pointed out in the game recap.
Let's take a look at the shots made by the Pirates last night, versus the shots made by Georgetown in their best shooting game of the season, versus Marquette [eFG = 70%]:

                     Dunks   Layups   2pt J's    3FGs     FTs
Seton Hall (2/21)     2/2      8/15     7/11     8/13    15/19  
.                    1.000    0.533    0.636    0.615    0.789
  
Georgetown (1/4)      0/0     12/12     9/13     6/18    13/23  
.                             1.000    0.692    0.333    0.565  

Comparing the two games, the first thing you should notice is that the Hoyas and Pirates shot at about the same unconscious rate on their 2FG jump shots, making around 2/3 of their attempts. Those are the kinds of shots that defenses want to allow, and when a team makes that high a percentage it's trouble.

The Hoyas made everything they shot in the paint [12/12], while the Pirates made only a very good 59% [10/19]. A defense can live with 60% allowed on inside shots, so long as they can minimize those attempts. The Pirates had more than 40% of their field goal attempts from at or near the rim, which was a problem last night. The Hoyas, by contrast, only attempted 28% of their field goals as layups against Marquette (that selectivity may also explain the high shooting percentage).

The obscene shooting by the Pirates from behind the arc - as we were recently reminded by Ken Pomeroy - can be considered beyond the control of the Hoyas. Ken further expounded upon the idea today to point out that defenses can control how often a team will attempt a 3FG, but just don't have much control over how many of those attempts go in. To put it more succinctly, shit happens.

Obviously, Seton Hall also made a higher percentage at the free throw line than Georgetown in the respective games, but again those rates were within the range of variance that you can shrug at.


There's one other big stat difference between the two games:

                     TO   Poss   TO Rate
Seton Hall (2/21)     8    54      14.8  
  
Georgetown (1/4)     17    65      26.2

Not only were the Pirates shooting at an unconscious clip last night, they weren't giving away many possessions without scoring attempts. Meanwhile the Hoyas were able to beat Marquette in spite of a very sloppy game with the ball - in a 60 possession game, that difference in turnover rates is an extra 7 possessions, or an extra seven points for the Hoyas at their scoring clip last night.

Big deal, you say, it was just one night.

Well, here is how Hoyas' opponents have played in conference in their first 11 games, then the last four:

                     TO   Poss   TO Rate
Games 1-11          149   713      20.9
Syracuse (2/8)        9    63      14.3
St. John's (2/12)     6    57      10.6
Providence (2/18)     8    64      12.6
Seton Hall (2/21)     8    54      14.8

That is a troubling development. Either the defense is going to have to start generating more turnovers, or the team is going to have to live with giving up more points.

Recap: Seton Hall 73, Georgetown 55

Image from here

On a night that felt eerily like an opening round NCAA tournament game for Georgetown, the Hoyas ran into a Seton Hall team that couldn't miss a shot for long stretches of the game and were blown out, 73-55.

Not a lot of positives can be taken from tonight's game. In a meeting of two of the conference's better defensive teams, the Pirates - lead by Jordan Theodore - quite simply made a lot of shots and thereby had a spectacular offensive game. The Hoyas came into the game leading the conference in effective field goal defense, having allowed a season-high 55% eFG against Pitt. So what Seton Hall did tonight [71% eFG] should be recognized as extraordinary. Only two other teams have managed to hit the 70% level against JT3's Georgetown Hoyas: the Ohio Bobcats and the Baylor Bears. Don't feel obligated to click through on those links, by the way.

The absurdity of the situation came through in the second half as Theodore and friends took a number of questionable shots that simply went in, so much so that the play-by-play announcer began giggling uncontrollably during one replay. The Pirates made 15/24 [63%] jumpshots tonight, and when that happens the opponent must just tip their cap and head home.

The Hoyas own offense was a bit frustrating to watch, with the turnovers [7] in the first half and poor outside shooting in the second half [1/6 2FG jumpers, 1/6 3FG]. But two mitigating factors should be considered here: the Hoyas were playing a very good defensive team, and by comparison to the offensive circus taking place on the other side of the court, the Hoyas were certain to look bad.

Let's run the numbers:

TEMPO-FREE BOX SCORE
 
.            Visitor                         Home      
.            Georgetown                      Seton Hall         
.            1st Half  2nd Half   Total      1st Half  2nd Half   Total
Pace            28        27        54

Points          28        27        55          35        38        73   

Effic.        101.7     100.8     101.3       127.1     141.9     134.5  
 
eFG%           52.2      39.6      45.7        68.2      73.7      70.7  
TO%            25.4      14.9      20.3        18.2      11.2      14.7  
OR%            42.9      31.2      36.7        27.3      12.5      21.1  
FTA/FGA        26.1      37.5      31.9        36.4      57.9      46.3  
 
Assist Rate    50.0      44.4      47.4        84.6      58.3      72.0  
Block Rate     12.5       8.3      10.7         0.0      16.7       9.4  
Steal Rate     10.9      11.2      11.1        10.9      11.2      11.1  
 
2FG%           42.9      44.4      43.8        56.2      66.7      60.7  
3FG%           44.4      16.7      33.3        66.7      57.1      61.5  
FT%            66.7      88.9      80.0        62.5      90.9      78.9

more stats and thoughts after the jump

BE Game of the Night: Seton Hall 90, Syracuse 68

Just a quick look at the biggest shocker so far of the Big East season, as Seton Hall blew the doors off of the Syracuse Orange in the Carrier Dome tonight.

I ran the stats mostly because I was curious if Jeremy Hazell had a good a night statistically as he thought he was having. 

He did.

The box score shows that he scored 28 points in the game, but my preferred stat (Net Points) gives him credit for producing 22 points on offense.  What's more impressive to me is that he also lead the Pirates defensively, with a 71 DRating in the game thanks to 9 def. rebounds and 4 steals.  Hard to believe that this guy was literally running for his life a month ago.

While the outcome was a real surprise, I don't think I'd take away too many lessons from this game. 

Seton Hall came into the game as the worst outside shooting team in conference play, at 22% [= 31/147].  That included a 3/26 effort at the Prudential Center just 17 days ago.  I'd expect that the game plan was very much to let the Pirates have at it from behind the arc, and it must have come as a slowly horrifying realization that Hazell and Theodore weren't going to miss many, even if the shot was from 28 feet.

But what should worry Syracuse fans a bit is the Orange offense.  This is the second time in three games that the team hasn't broken 1.0 ppp, and those performances were against Pitt and Seton Hall, neither elite defenses. 

Syracuse now departs on a three-game road trip, and Pomeroy currently pegs them as underdogs for the first two games.  These next two games probably will tell us how good Syracuse really is.

All the goofy stats are below the jump.

Fouling up three, under seven seconds left

After Georgetown's 5-point win over Seton Hall on Tuesday, there was a bit of doom-and-gloom here and elsewhere about the Hoyas.  Ray Floriani, erstwhile contributor here and still blogging elsewhere, made it to the game, and sent along this missive.

NEWARK, NJ - A confession is in order. I had an officiating assignment of two high school games in Jersey City and got to the Rock at the half. The trip was only eight miles and at that time, there was little traffic to deal with. Our last high school game they turned the heat down, so media room coffee at the Rock hit the spot. At any rate…

Impressed with…Georgetown poise. You lose a seven point halftime lead and are now down seven with twelve to play as the home team is in the midst of a 21-7 run; many would have panicked. During the Seton Hall rally the Hoyas stayed together. No finger pointing or the like. They just maintained focus until they could get out of the slump. On the bench coach John Thompson III also maintained his cool. The only outburst of displeasure would be off a careless unforced turnover [ed. note: that was Nate Lubick's behind-the-back pass in the general direction of Julian Vaughn].

Also impressed with Austin Freeman. How could one not be? He had 28 points, and hit 10 of 13 from the floor including a few big ones at crunch time. Even Seton Hall coach Kevin Willard said “Freeman is fun to watch.” Just not too much fun to try and stop.

Correct me if I’m wrong…But I would like to see a few more touches for Julian Vaughn. He has size and a low post presence. Vaughn is attempting 16% of the Hoya shots in conference play. Even utilizing him as a passer wouldn’t hurt. Vaughn has 11 assists, third on the Hoyas in Big East play. More touches and shots could mean more trips to the line where he is a 72% shooter. As noted, just a thought.

Rebounding . . . Read through this site some links and essays on Georgetown rebounding. In raw numbers the Hoyas were 36-35 in favor. The OREB percentage saw them trail the Hall 42-40%. That was largely due to a better second half. The first 20 minutes they had a 41-27% OREB pct deficit, but still led by seven. A 67% eFG mark during that time was largely responsible.

Coach Thompson mentioned in one piece that rebounding was not just on the big men. The guards contributed as Chris Wright and Jason Clark both had 6 (tied with Vaughn for the team lead on the game) and Freeman had 5.

Ray also sent along a link to another post he had on the game, discussing Coach Thompson's late game strategy of fouling when up by three and time for probably one decent look from deep by Seton Hall (link).

Recap: Georgetown 80, Seton Hall 75

princetonbasketball.com - Stephen Goldsmith

After watching a pair of great Big East match-ups yesterday, it makes me a little sad watching the Georgetown Hoyas reduced to scratching and clawing out a win tonight against the Seton Hall Pirates.

It's not that I don't enjoy Austin Freeman pulling a bit of a heat-check with a 26-foot swish as the shot-clock runs down, nor do I dismiss out-of-hand any road win the almighty Big East.

In fact, Pomeroy tells us that the Hoyas were only 4-point favorites coming into the game, and Seton Hall recently got back their big gunner in Jeremy Hazell.  And the Pirates played well against a top BE team just 10 days ago, when they lost to the Syracuse Orange while getting multiple cracks at tying up the game in the last two minutes.

But watching the second half, as Georgetown repeatedly gave up scores against the worst offense in the Big East [0.92 PPP in conference], is enough to let you know that - in spite of the win - it's time to lower expectations for the rest of the year.


For now, let's just run the numbers:

TEMPO-FREE BOX SCORE
 
.            Visitor                         Home      
.            Georgetown                      Seton Hall         
.            1st Half  2nd Half   Total      1st Half  2nd Half   Total
Pace            32        37        69

Points          38        42        80          31        44        75   

Effic.        117.3     114.3     116.0        95.7     119.7     108.7  
 
eFG%           66.7      50.0      58.2        35.9      56.9      47.1  
TO%            21.6      21.8      21.7        15.4       8.2      11.6  
OR%            27.3      47.4      40.0        40.9      42.1      41.5  
FTA/FGA        11.1      71.4      41.8        31.2      22.2      26.5  
 
Assist Rate    68.8      53.8      62.1        54.5      45.0      48.4  
Block Rate     11.1      10.3      10.7         0.0      20.0      10.5  
Steal Rate      9.3       0.0       4.3         6.2      10.9       8.7  
 
2FG%           66.7      55.0      60.5        37.0      65.5      51.8  
3FG%           44.4      25.0      35.3        20.0      14.3      16.7  
FT%            66.7      70.0      69.6        80.0      37.5      61.1

Recap: Georgetown 85, Seton Hall 73

Editors note:  This recap was written by Alan Greene (ignore the byline at the bottom)
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Well, that felt a bit like vintage III-era Georgetown.

No, not just the domination -- this was an 18-point game with 47 seconds left -- but the manner in which it occurred.

There were several devastating runs driven by a combination of exceptional half-court D and a flurry of made buckets. There was a second-half run by the opponent that was calmly refuted.

The typical Thompson-era weaknesses also appeared. Georgetown turned the ball over on almost 24% of its possessions, and gave up offensive rebounds at an alarming rate.

In other ways it felt different. For one, the defense was not particularly good. Yes, the numbers below are a little deceptive as Seton Hall scored eight points late when everything was decided, but overall the defense was not strong.

Part of that was the aforementioned offensive boards, but part of it was giving up a surprising number of easy buckets down low. The Hoyas did block 16% of Seton Hall's 2s, but it didn't keep the Hall from making layups.

On offense, Julian Vaughn gave the team a nice low post threat that felt like a throwback, and there was definitely a Jon Wallace-style feel to the team's three-point shooting, but stylistically it is interesting to see the little differences.

For one, Georgetown scored 22 fast break points. The Green-Wallace-Hibbert Hoyas might've taken four or five Big East games to generate that many.

The team still brings its big men to the top of the key to open the lane and sets screens constantly. In the past, these shots often came from step-back threes and back cuts. Those still happen; but now the team has added a couple of highly effective wrinkles: the screen/pick and roll and the dribble drive.

In the end, though, the similarities outweighed the differences. The Hoyas won because their combination of generating easy shots and excellent shooting overcame their turnovers and poor rebounding.

The difference between mirroring 05-06 and 06-07 could be how well the Hoyas can fix those last two issues.

Let's run the numbers:

TEMPO-FREE BOX SCORE 

Home                            Visitor   
Georgetown                      Seton Hall         
.            1st Half  2nd Half   Total      1st Half  2nd Half   Total
Pace            34        33        68 

Effic.        128.5     122.7     125.5        81.8     134.6     107.8   

eFG%           76.1      76.2      76.1        42.0      47.4      45.2  
TO%            23.4      23.9      23.6        29.2       6.0      17.7  
OR%            33.3      36.4      35.0        31.2      52.4      43.2  
FT Rate        56.5      66.7      61.4        32.0      31.6      31.7  

Assist Rate    43.8      64.3      53.3        50.0      47.1      48.1  
Block Rate     11.1      19.4      16.3         5.6      13.3       9.1  
Steal Rate     26.3       3.0      14.8        11.7      15.0      13.3   

2FG%           72.2      66.7      69.7        50.0      48.4      49.0  
3FG%           60.0      66.7      63.6        14.3      28.6      21.4  
FT%            69.2      64.3      66.7        87.5      75.0      80.0

At some point, a television announcer will see enough Hoya games (or Sports Information will send him or her a memo) to notice how much better the Hoyas are when Greg Monroe is on the floor, no matter how many shots he takes. He attracts defensive attention, facilitates and he's becoming absolutely devastating on defense, which is why he clocks in with the second best net points for the game.

Austin Freeman had an excellent game shooting, but five turnovers held down his overall effectiveness a bit.

Julian Vaughn, like most of the Hoyas, struggled a bit with rebounding today. He just couldn't seem to get a handle on anything. However, he showed off a series of excellent low post moves. Some plays he was merely physical; on another he had a great spin move in the lane that showed off some nice footwork.

Jerelle Benimon struggled in his short time on the floor, picking up some fouls and getting out-rebounded. But he wasn't out of place and his FT stroke was nice.

A series of folks thought this might be a bit of a breakout game for Henry Sims due to matchups. To a certain extent, they were right. Sims swatted a couple of shots, grabbed a key defensive board in the middle of the Seton Hall run and several offensive boards. He couldn't finish on offense, though, as he was a little weak with the ball.

I'm not sure if I'm allowed to do this, but I'm taking the easy way out and picking both Chris Wright and Jason Clark as my players of the game.

Many of Wright's buckets were of the easy layups variety, while Clark made a series of open and not so open jumpers. Clark's shooting was more impressive, but Wright's playmaking was just as important.

But they are mostly getting this award for completely shutting down Jeremy Hazell. Defense is a team endeavor, but Wright and Clark traded off on Hazell and harassed him all night. When the game was still in doubt, Hazell had only nine points.

INDIVIDUAL NET POINTS STATS

Georgetown            Off     %           Pts      Def           Pts   
Player                Poss  Poss  O.Rtg   Prod     Poss  D.Rtg  Allow    Net Pts

Wright, Chris          60   23.8  153.6   21.9      61   100.1   12.2      +8.7  
Monroe, Greg           46   22.3  106.7   10.9      47    71.7    6.7      +3.9  
Freeman, Austin        62   23.3  104.5   15.1      61   100.8   12.3      +1.7  
Clark, Jason           44   23.2  121.2   12.4      44   107.3    9.4      +2.2  
Vaughn, Julian         50   16.4  144.0   11.8      50   107.6   10.8      +2.0  
Thompson, Hollis       30    4.3  250.0    3.2      30   114.1    6.8      -0.9  
Sanford, Vee            5   20.0    0.0    0.0       6   102.2    1.2      -1.1  
Dougherty, Ryan         2  100.0    0.0    0.0       3   166.7    1.0      -2.2  
Benimon, Jerrelle      18    5.6  200.0    2.0      20   125.4    5.0      -1.1  
Sims, Henry            18    4.5  185.7    1.5      18   117.8    4.2      -1.1  
TOTALS                 67         124.3   78.9      68   102.6   69.8     +11.9  

Seton Hall            Off     %           Pts      Def           Pts   
Player                Poss  Poss  O.Rtg   Prod     Poss  D.Rtg  Allow    Net Pts

LAWRENCE, Keon         43   15.0  107.7    6.9      40   125.1   10.0      -2.1  
POPE, Herb             38   35.9   68.2    9.3      37   123.8    9.2      -3.7  
HAZELL, Jeremy         55   23.1   89.2   11.3      54   126.2   13.6      -3.5  
MITCHELL, Robert       41   12.6  165.4    8.5      40   121.2    9.7      +0.5  
HALL, Ferrakohn        31   15.9  122.2    6.0      30   119.8    7.2      -0.5  
THEODORE, Jordan       34   23.0   99.2    7.8      37   115.7    8.6      -1.0  
HARVEY, Eugene         27   20.0  110.3    6.0      26   135.5    7.0      -1.2  
JACKSON, Jamel          4   50.0    0.0    0.0       4    35.0    0.3      -0.5  
GARCIA, John           14    5.9  300.0    2.5      14   132.8    3.7      +0.1  
ROBINSON, Jeff         53   16.4  132.4   11.5      53   122.5   13.0      -0.3  
TOTALS                 68         103.3   69.8      67   122.8   82.3     -12.8

HD BOX SCORE

Seton Hall vs Georgetown
01/14/10 7:00 at Verizon Center

Final score: Georgetown 85, Seton Hall 73

Seton Hall              Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
LAWRENCE, Keon         25:13  - 6   6/48  3- 9  0- 0  0- 0  9/37  4/14  2/40  1/43  0/21  0/20  2/14   0
POPE, Herb             22:17  -12   6/34  3- 9  0- 0  0- 2  9/35  2/10  0/37  4/38  1/19  6/22  4/11   5
HAZELL, Jeremy         32:20  -16  17/55  3- 5  3- 9  2- 2 14/48  0/15  2/54  2/55  0/27  0/29  0/13   1
MITCHELL, Robert       24:08  + 3   8/50  2- 5  0- 2  4- 4  7/43  2/16  0/40  0/41  1/17  2/25  2/15   3
HALL, Ferrakohn        17:17  - 3   8/35  4- 5  0- 0  0- 0  5/27  0/ 9  0/30  1/31  1/15  2/15  1/11   4
THEODORE, Jordan       20:44  -11   8/37  2- 4  0- 1  4- 5  5/34  4/13  3/37  2/34  0/17  0/21  1/ 7   1
HARVEY, Eugene         15:46  - 7   7/27  2- 3  0- 0  3- 4  3/23  0/ 7  0/26  1/27  0/16  0/13  0/10   3
JACKSON, Jamel         01:49  + 1   0/ 2  0- 0  0- 2  0- 0  2/ 4  0/ 1  0/ 4  0/ 4  0/ 1  0/ 3  0/ 1   0
GARCIA, John           08:56  - 8   3/11  1- 1  0- 0  1- 1  1/12  0/ 3  0/14  0/14  0/ 8  0/ 8  0/ 4   2
ROBINSON, Jeff         31:30  - 1  10/66  4- 8  0- 0  2- 2  8/52  1/20  2/53  1/53  0/24  4/29  2/14   2
TOTALS                 40:00       73    24-49  3-14 16-20    63 13/27  9/67 12/68  3/33 16/37 13/20  21
.                                        0.490 0.214 0.800       0.481 0.134 0.176 0.091 0.432 0.650    

Georgetown              Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
Wright, Chris          37:10  +14  21/77  8-12  1- 2  2- 5 14/42  6/19  3/61  0/60  1/45  1/20  0/34   2
Monroe, Greg           28:54  +21   8/69  2- 4  0- 0  4- 6  4/33  4/23  3/47  3/46  1/31  0/11  9/28   4
Freeman, Austin        36:41  +16  16/79  5- 6  1- 2  3- 4  8/41  4/21  1/61  5/62  0/45  0/20  4/33   1
Clark, Jason           27:50  +13  20/61  1- 2  4- 4  6- 7  6/31  0/17  1/44  3/44  1/37  0/15  2/27   3
Vaughn, Julian         30:41  +10  13/60  6- 6  0- 1  1- 3  7/35  2/17  0/50  1/50  2/39  1/17  3/27   2
Thompson, Hollis       16:31  + 3   5/38  1- 1  1- 1  0- 0  2/18  0/11  1/30  0/30  1/18  0/ 5  1/16   1
Sanford, Vee           01:49  - 4   0/ 4  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 1  0/ 1  1/ 6  1/ 5  0/ 2  0/ 0  0/ 2   0
Dougherty, Ryan        00:38  - 5   0/ 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 0  0/ 0  0/ 3  2/ 2  0/ 1  0/ 0  0/ 1   0
Benimon, Jerrelle      10:02  + 2   2/24  0- 0  0- 0  2- 2  0/10  0/ 8  0/20  0/18  0/11  0/ 2  0/ 9   3
Sims, Henry            09:44  -10   0/13  0- 2  0- 1  0- 0  3/ 9  0/ 3  0/18  0/18  2/16  3/10  1/ 8   0
TOTALS                 40:00       85    23-33  7-11 18-27    44 16/30 10/68 16/67  8/49  7/20 21/37  16
.                                        0.697 0.636 0.667       0.533 0.147 0.239 0.163 0.350 0.568    

Efficiency: Georgetown 1.269, Seton Hall 1.074
eFG%: Georgetown 0.761, Seton Hall 0.452
Substitutions: Georgetown 24, Seton Hall 33

2-pt Shot Selection:
Dunks: Georgetown 4-4, Seton Hall 1-1
Layups/Tips: Georgetown 15-21, Seton Hall 19-28
Jumpers: Georgetown 4-8, Seton Hall 4-20

Fast break pts (% FG pts): Georgetown 22 (32.8), Seton Hall 8 (14.0)
Pts (eff.) after steal: Georgetown 16 (160.0), Seton Hall 12 (133.3)
Seconds per poss: Georgetown 16.2, Seton Hall 19.4

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Stats pages will be updated tomorrow night

Big East HD Box Scores - This time I mean it . . . maybe

West Virginia and Seton Hall tipped of the Big East regular season tonight with a 90-84 OT win for the Mountaineers in their game at the Prudential Center.

Last year I attempted to post HD box scores for as many Big East teams as possible, during conference play.  I made it almost until the end of January, when real life circumstances reduced my free time to virtually nil.

Foolishly, I'm going to try it again this year, starting with tonight's game.

Here's the deal - if the school posts usable play-by-play data on their team page, I will maintain a page for them with all available conference games posted (home and road).  If a school doesn't have the requisite info available, I'm not going to bother keeping a page.  I've played around a bit with an alternative source for play-by-play data [StatSheet.com], but it's not playing nice with my compiler so I'm going to limit things to just the official athletic department sites (links are in the table).

If you are interested in a box score for a team without "good" play-by-play, you should be able to find it whenever they play a "Yes" team from the table below.  St. John's is a unique case, where I believe those games played at Carnesecca Arena will have the info I need, but MSG games will not.  I'll keep a page going for the Johnnies, even though that's only four home games this season.  Obviously, any available road games will also be posted.

If you are a fan of one of the "No" schools and would like to see these HD box scores, please e-mail or call your Sports Information Director (SID) or equivalent and ask them to start posting the play-by-play.  I believe most (all?) teams are using StatCrew software, so they should be able to provide the play-by-play if they wanted [MSG games excepted].

Here's what I've got planned for this year:

School           PBP Good?      Comments
Cincinnati         No           No substitution data at team site
Connecticut        No           Seem to provide opponents' stat package
DePaul             No           Box score only at team site
Georgetown         Yes          Preferred style
Louisville         Yes          Same format as G'town
Marquette          Yes          Same format as G'town
Notre Dame         Yes          No 2nd half box score; can handle this
Pittsburgh         Yes          No 2nd half box score; can handle this
Providence         No           Box score only at team site
Rutgers            No           Box score only at team site
St. John's        Maybe         On-campus games only; MSG games have box score only
Seton Hall         Yes          Only pbp and final box score; can handle this
South Florida      No           No substitution data
Syracuse           No           Box score only at team site
Villanova          Yes          Same format as G'town
West Virginia      No           Box score only at team site

To view available box scores, just click on the Big East HD Box Scores link at the top right of the page (just below "Tempo-Free Stats 101"). That will bring you to the Georgetown page, then just click on the link for any available team.  For tonight, here's the direct link to the West Virginia-Seton Hall HD Box score.

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While I'm here, I thought I'd mention that I've added another line to the HD box score.  Going back to an early attempt at tracking fast breaks, I'm now tracking points scored after steals and Off. Efficiency on possessions generated by steals (rather than "points off turnovers", which you can find in most detailed box scores).  If you stop and think about it, this efficiency is simply points after steals divided by steals [then multiplied by 100], but I'll save you the trouble of doing the math.

I'd say that this feature is still in the beta phase, meaning that I've only just added it and am still testing as I go.  Turns out that tonight's game was a lousy test since Seton Hall just doesn't give up the ball very often (WVU had only 1 steal!!).

Big East HD Box Scores 09-10: Seton Hall

Go to:

Cincinnati | UConn | DePaul | Georgetown | Louisville | Marquette | Notre Dame | Pitt
Providence | Rutgers | St. John's | Seton Hall | S. Florida | Syracuse | Villanova | W. Virginia

What's an HD box score? Invented by Ken Pomeroy, it shows both counting stats and opportunities for those stats; see here for more info about HD box scores. If you're looking for a team without a live link, here's why it's not available.

Big East Schedule:

Date        Visitor         Home              HD Box?
26-Dec-09   West Virginia   Seton Hall          Yes
29-Dec-09   Syracuse        Seton Hall          Yes
06-Jan-10   Seton Hall      Connecticut         Yes
09-Jan-10   Cincinnati      Seton Hall          Yes
14-Jan-10   Seton Hall      Georgetown          Yes
21-Jan-10   Louisville      Seton Hall          Yes
24-Jan-10   Pittsburgh      Seton Hall          Yes
28-Jan-10   Seton Hall      South Florida       Yes
02-Feb-10   Seton Hall      Villanova           Yes
06-Feb-10   Seton Hall      Pittsburgh          Yes
11-Feb-10   Notre Dame      Seton Hall          Yes
14-Feb-10   DePaul          Seton Hall
17-Feb-10   Seton Hall      St. John's
20-Feb-10   Seton Hall      West Virginia
23-Feb-10   Rutgers         Seton Hall
28-Feb-10   Marquette       Seton Hall
04-Mar-10   Seton Hall      Rutgers
06-Mar-10   Seton Hall      Providence

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Big East Conf. games only - updated 2/01/10

Player                 Min      On    Off     On/40 Off/40  Net/40
POPE, Herb            271:37   - 32  + 10     - 4.7  + 6.9   -11.6
ROBINSON, Jeff        198:54   - 29  +  7     - 5.8  + 2.1   - 8.0
GARCIA, John          105:46   -  2  - 20     - 0.8  - 3.6   + 2.8
HARVEY, Eugene        165:38   - 53  + 31     -12.8  + 7.5   -20.3
HAZELL, Jeremy        283:51   -  5  - 17     - 0.7  -14.7   +14.0
LAWRENCE, Keon        183:06   - 24  +  2     - 5.2  + 0.5   - 5.8
THEODORE, Jordan      205:33   + 45  - 67     + 8.8  -21.5   +30.3
JACKSON, Jamel        58:50    -  6  - 16     - 4.1  - 2.4   - 1.7
MITCHELL, Robert      127:51   - 23  +  1     - 7.2  + 0.2   - 7.4
HALL, Ferrakohn       48:54    + 19  - 41     +15.5  - 5.8   +21.4

See here for more info on this table; plus-minus stats only tracked for games with available HD box scores.

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West Virginia vs Seton Hall
12/26/09 3:30 p.m. at Newark, N.J. - Prudential Center
Final score: West Virginia 90, Seton Hall 84

West Virginia           Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
JONES, Kevin           40:05  + 5  19/80  5- 9  3- 5  0- 0 14/57  0/18  0/74  2/74  2/47  3/36 11/55   3
SMITH, Wellington      30:55  + 7   7/59  2- 4  1- 4  0- 0  8/41  1/17  0/54  2/51  3/35  3/26  4/43   4
FLOWERS, John          28:38  + 4   5/49  1- 3  0- 1  3- 6  4/39  0/16  1/52  2/50  0/31  1/25  3/43   4
BUTLER, Da'Sean        31:46  +19  21/69  3- 6  2- 3  9-11  9/41  6/18  0/57  1/56  0/39  1/23  5/42   4
EBANKS, Devin          45:00  + 6  22/90  7-10  0- 4  8-10 14/61  7/22  0/83  0/82  1/52  1/38 16/60   2
THOROUGHMAN, Cam       04:35  + 4   0/11  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 5  2/ 4  0/ 7  1/ 7  0/ 4  0/ 1  0/ 4   0
MAZZULLA, Joe          12:10  -16   2/19  0- 0  0- 0  2- 2  0/12  1/ 5  0/28  3/22  0/17  0/ 9  0/18   5
BRYANT, Darryl         13:44  - 4   6/28  1- 4  1- 2  1- 2  6/23  2/ 7  0/24  2/26  0/14  0/15  0/14   2
JENNINGS, Danny        01:09  + 0   0/ 2  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 1  0/ 0  0/ 2  0/ 2  0/ 1  0/ 1  0/ 1   0
PEPPER, Dalton         05:35  - 1   1/13  0- 0  0- 0  1- 2  0/ 8  0/ 2  0/11  0/15  0/ 4  0/ 8  0/ 8   0
MITCHELL, Casey        11:23  + 6   7/30  2- 3  1- 3  0- 0  6/17  0/ 7  0/23  0/25  0/16  0/ 8  1/12   0
TOTALS                 45:00       90    21-39  8-22 24-33    61 19/29  1/83 13/82  6/52 10/35 41/60  24
.                                        0.538 0.364 0.727       0.655 0.012 0.159 0.115 0.286 0.683    

Seton Hall              Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
POPE, Herb             39:54  -12  11/70  5- 9  0- 0  1-10  9/71  2/21  0/71  1/72  2/34  5/52  6/31   3
ROBINSON, Jeff         18:31  - 9   5/31  2- 5  0- 1  1- 2  6/32  0/10  0/31  1/34  0/19  3/24  3/10   5
GARCIA, John           16:13  - 5   2/23  1- 2  0- 0  0- 0  2/28  0/ 8  0/26  0/26  1/17  2/21  2/15   2
HARVEY, Eugene         29:34  -13  10/51  4- 8  0- 1  2- 3  9/54  6/16  2/54  3/53  0/28  0/42  2/22   5
HAZELL, Jeremy         43:18  - 1  41/84 10-14  4-19  9-12 33/79  0/17  0/78  0/80  0/38  3/57  4/38   1
LAWRENCE, Keon         07:10  - 8   0/ 7  0- 2  0- 1  0- 0  3/10  1/ 2  0/12  2/13  0/ 5  0/ 9  1/ 6   2
THEODORE, Jordan       21:34  +14   6/49  0- 4  1- 3  3- 5  7/43  2/16  2/45  0/45  0/16  1/28  1/24   3
JACKSON, Jamel         23:16  - 1   7/53  2- 3  1- 5  0- 1  8/47  0/17  1/44  0/45  0/20  0/34  2/19   1
MITCHELL, Robert       11:19  + 1   0/20  0- 3  0- 0  0- 0  3/20  0/ 8  0/20  0/19  0/10  2/15  0/11   3
HALL, Ferrakohn        14:11  + 4   2/32  1- 2  0- 0  0- 0  2/26  0/ 9  1/29  0/28  0/ 8  1/18  3/14   0
TOTALS                 45:00       84    25-52  6-30 16-33    82 11/31  6/82  7/83  3/39 19/60 25/35  25
.                                        0.481 0.200 0.485       0.355 0.073 0.084 0.077 0.317 0.714    

Efficiency: West Virginia 1.098, Seton Hall 1.012
eFG%: West Virginia 0.541, Seton Hall 0.415
Substitutions: West Virginia 34, Seton Hall 46

2-pt Shot Selection:
Dunks: West Virginia 1-1, Seton Hall 3-3
Layups/Tips: West Virginia 11-16, Seton Hall 17-33
Jumpers: West Virginia 9-22, Seton Hall 5-16

Fast break pts (% FG pts): West Virginia 2 (3.0), Seton Hall 13 (19.1)
Pts (eff.) after steal: West Virginia 2 (200.0), Seton Hall 10 (166.7)
Seconds per poss: West Virginia 16.1, Seton Hall 16.6

Syracuse vs Seton Hall
12/29/09 9:00 p.m. at Newark, N.J. - Prudential Center
Final score: Syracuse 80, Seton Hall 73

Syracuse                Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
JACKSON, Rick          28:19  + 7   4/60  2- 9  0- 0  0- 1  9/44  2/20  0/52  2/54  2/39  3/24  7/42   2
JOHNSON, Wes           40:00  + 7  20/80  7-13  1- 3  3- 4 16/61  2/21  1/78  4/80  5/51  8/36 11/57   2
ONUAKU, Arinze         22:38  - 3  12/37  6- 8  0- 0  0- 1  8/34  0/ 8  0/46  0/44  1/24  2/22  4/32   4
RAUTINS, Andy          32:50  + 3  10/64  1- 2  2- 5  2- 2  7/50  1/19  1/66  7/68  1/45  0/31  4/48   2
TRICHE, Brandon        21:00  + 2   4/43  1- 6  0- 0  2- 5  6/31  3/15  1/41  4/40  0/24  0/18  0/31   4
JONES, Mookie          03:33  + 8   4/10  1- 1  0- 1  2- 2  2/ 7  0/ 3  0/ 9  0/ 9  0/ 5  1/ 4  2/ 7   0
JARDINE, Scoop         26:16  +13  10/57  4- 8  0- 0  2- 2  8/42  3/17  2/50  2/54  0/33  0/24  2/35   2
JOSEPH, Kris           25:24  - 2  16/49  4- 4  0- 1  8- 9  5/36  0/13  0/48  2/51  0/34  0/21  0/33   0
TOTALS                 40:00       80    26-51  3-10 19-26    61 11/29  5/78 21/80  9/51 14/35 30/55  16
.                                        0.510 0.300 0.731       0.379 0.064 0.263 0.176 0.400 0.545    

Seton Hall              Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
POPE, Herb             37:51  - 8  15/68  7-16  0- 1  1- 4 17/73  1/17  1/75  7/73  2/49  7/54 10/32   4
GARCIA, John           18:37  + 3   0/31  0- 1  0- 0  0- 3  1/29  0/ 8  1/34  0/34  1/25  2/25  1/18   4
HARVEY, Eugene         18:34  -24   2/24  1- 2  0- 0  0- 0  2/35  4/ 8  0/41  2/40  0/27  0/28  1/18   2
HAZELL, Jeremy         37:09  - 1  38/73  6-16  6-15  8- 9 31/71  2/14  5/75  1/72  0/48  2/51  3/34   1
JACKSON, Jamel         08:01  - 5   3/14  0- 0  1- 4  0- 0  4/16  1/ 4  0/18  0/19  0/10  0/12  0/ 8   0
LAWRENCE, Keon         31:59  - 2   5/59  1- 6  0- 2  3- 4  8/61  4/20  4/62  1/59  0/41  5/45  0/28   2
THEODORE, Jordan       21:26  +17   4/49  1- 3  0- 2  2- 4  5/42  2/16  1/39  1/38  0/24  3/29  3/18   1
MITCHELL, Robert       02:51  - 6   0/ 0  0- 1  0- 1  0- 0  2/ 6  0/ 0  0/ 5  0/ 6  0/ 3  1/ 6  0/ 2   0
HALL, Ferrakohn        02:18  - 4   0/ 2  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 6  0/ 1  0/ 6  0/ 6  0/ 2  0/ 6  0/ 2   1
ROBINSON, Jeff         21:14  - 5   6/45  3- 6  0- 1  0- 0  7/46  0/16  1/45  2/43  0/26  3/29  2/20   3
TOTALS                 40:00       73    19-51  7-26 14-24    77 14/26 13/80 14/78  3/51 25/55 21/35  18
.                                        0.373 0.269 0.583       0.538 0.163 0.179 0.059 0.455 0.600    

Efficiency: Syracuse 1.000, Seton Hall 0.936
eFG%: Syracuse 0.500, Seton Hall 0.383
Substitutions: Syracuse 23, Seton Hall 26

2-pt Shot Selection:
Dunks: Syracuse 5-5, Seton Hall 1-1
Layups/Tips: Syracuse 15-30, Seton Hall 15-30
Jumpers: Syracuse 6-16, Seton Hall 3-20

Fast break pts (% FG pts): Syracuse 14 (23.0), Seton Hall 14 (23.7)
Pts (eff.) after steal: Syracuse 3 (60.0), Seton Hall 17 (130.8)
Seconds per poss: Syracuse 13.3, Seton Hall 17.3

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Seton Hall vs Connecticut
01/06/10 9:00 p.m. at Harry A. Gampel Pavilion Storrs, Conn.
Final score: Connecticut 71, Seton Hall 63

Seton Hall              Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
POPE, Herb             23:15  -10  10/36  5-13  0- 0  0- 0 13/49  2/10  0/41  1/40  1/30  3/35 11/18   4
MITCHELL, Robert       29:39  -12   7/45  2- 5  1- 2  0- 0  7/58  1/16  0/50  1/50  1/34  2/39  2/21   2
GARCIA, John           17:43  + 0   4/28  1- 4  0- 0  2- 2  4/29  0/10  0/27  0/29  0/21  1/18  0/15   2
LAWRENCE, Keon         24:43  - 6   4/37  2- 9  0- 2  0- 0 11/52  4/13  1/42  0/43  2/31  2/37  1/21   2
HAZELL, Jeremy         33:44  - 3  13/56  3-12  2- 8  1- 2 20/67  2/20  1/56  0/56  0/35  2/42  1/22   0
THEODORE, Jordan       24:50  + 2   4/42  2- 4  0- 2  0- 0  6/40  4/16  2/39  0/38  0/32  2/20  1/20   1
HARVEY, Eugene         06:46  - 2   0/11  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 8  1/ 5  0/11  3/10  0/ 6  0/ 3  1/ 5   1
JACKSON, Jamel         01:37  - 4   0/ 0  0- 0  0- 1  0- 0  1/ 4  0/ 0  0/ 4  0/ 3  0/ 4  0/ 3  0/ 2   0
HALL, Ferrakohn        07:10  +10   4/16  2- 2  0- 0  0- 0  2/16  0/ 6  0/11  0/11  0/ 4  0/ 6  0/ 2   1
ROBINSON, Jeff         30:33  -15  17/44  7-11  0- 1  3- 4 12/57  0/12  2/54  1/50  0/38  4/37  5/24   5
TOTALS                 40:00       63    24-60  3-16  6- 8    76 14/27  6/67  7/66  4/47 19/48 23/30  18
.                                        0.400 0.188 0.750       0.519 0.090 0.106 0.085 0.396 0.767    

Connecticut             Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
Majok, Ater            13:40  + 8   3/25  1- 2  0- 0  1- 1  2/21  0/ 9  0/23  0/21  3/18  0/11  2/18   1
Robinson, Stanley      37:19  +10  10/67  5- 8  0- 1  0- 0  9/50  3/21  0/62  4/63  1/56  2/28  2/46   0
Oriakhi, Alex          30:01  + 2  12/51  5- 9  0- 0  2- 4  9/38  0/15  0/51  0/52  5/51  1/22  6/41   2
Dyson, Jerome          37:08  + 8  16/69  5-11  1- 2  3- 4 13/50 10/21  1/60  5/63  0/53  0/27  9/41   1
Walker, Kemba          37:06  + 8  15/67  2- 6  1- 3  8- 9  9/50  3/23  1/62  3/63  2/57  1/28  3/48   2
Beverly, Donnell       03:25  + 0   0/ 4  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 3  1/ 1  1/ 5  0/ 4  0/ 4  0/ 2  0/ 1   0
COOMBS-McDANIEL, J     05:02  - 2   0/ 6  0- 1  0- 0  0- 0  1/ 6  0/ 1  0/ 9  0/ 8  1/10  0/ 5  0/ 8   0
Edwards, Gavin         35:00  + 5  15/62  7- 9  0- 0  1- 1  9/46  2/17  0/56  1/58  1/51  0/26  4/36   1
Okwandu, Charles       01:19  + 1   0/ 4  0- 1  0- 0  0- 0  1/ 1  0/ 0  0/ 2  0/ 3  0/ 0  0/ 1  0/ 1   0
TOTALS                 40:00       71    25-47  2- 6 15-19    53 19/27  3/66 13/67 13/60  7/30 29/48   7
.                                        0.532 0.333 0.789       0.704 0.045 0.194 0.217 0.233 0.604    

Efficiency: Connecticut 1.060, Seton Hall 0.955
eFG%: Connecticut 0.528, Seton Hall 0.375
Substitutions: Connecticut 26, Seton Hall 33

2-pt Shot Selection:
Dunks: Connecticut 7-7, Seton Hall 2-3
Layups/Tips: Connecticut 12-18, Seton Hall 15-26
Jumpers: Connecticut 6-22, Seton Hall 7-31

Fast break pts (% FG pts): Connecticut 26 (46.4), Seton Hall 10 (17.5)
Pts (eff.) after steal: Connecticut 6 (200.0), Seton Hall 8 (133.3)
Seconds per poss: Connecticut 16.3, Seton Hall 19.8

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Cincinnati vs Seton Hall
01/09/10 6:00 p.m. at Newark, N.J. - Prudential Center
Final score: Seton Hall 83, Cincinnati 76

Cincinnati              Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
BISHOP, Rashad         27:49  - 7   6/57  3- 5  0- 4  0- 0  9/40  3/19  1/50  1/49  0/28  2/18  4/18   2
GATES, Yancy           30:48  + 6  14/70  5- 6  0- 0  4- 4  6/44  1/22  1/52  1/53  1/28  1/18  4/20   4
TOYLOY, Steve          23:35  -18   2/35  1- 1  0- 0  0- 0  1/31  1/13  0/41  1/40  0/28  1/17  2/19   1
VAUGHN, Deonta         34:55  -14  20/62  1- 2  6-11  0- 0 13/50  4/18  0/59  4/59  0/35  1/25  1/23   2
STEPHENSON, Lance      33:27  + 3  15/71  6- 8  0- 3  3- 4 11/50  0/22  0/58  6/60  0/33  2/23  2/25   2
WRIGHT, Cashmere       14:51  +13   7/41  2- 3  1- 1  0- 0  4/25  5/13  1/29  1/29  0/10  0/10  2/12   4
DIXON, Dion            09:09  - 9   0/ 7  0- 0  0- 1  0- 0  1/13  1/ 3  0/16  2/15  0/12  1/11  0/10   0
DAVIS, Larry           02:46  - 4   0/ 2  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 2  0/ 1  0/ 5  0/ 4  0/ 2  0/ 1  0/ 2   1
WILKS, Darnell         08:28  - 1   2/13  1- 3  0- 1  0- 0  4/12  0/ 5  0/11  2/13  0/ 9  1/ 6  3/ 6   2
THOMAS, Ibrahima       14:12  - 4  10/22  4- 8  0- 0  2- 3  8/18  0/ 4  0/24  0/23  1/15  2/11  3/15   1
TOTALS                 40:00       76    23-36  7-21  9-11    57 15/30  3/69 18/69  2/40 11/28 23/28  19
.                                        0.639 0.333 0.818       0.500 0.043 0.261 0.050 0.393 0.821    

Seton Hall              Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
POPE, Herb             35:12  - 4  14/70  5- 9  0- 0  4- 5  9/47  1/18  1/60  2/61  1/30  0/26  7/23   2
MITCHELL, Robert       12:30  + 1   2/22  0- 1  0- 1  2- 2  2/20  1/ 7  1/21  1/22  0/12  0/13  2/11   0
GARCIA, John           20:23  + 3   8/44  4- 6  0- 0  0- 0  6/32  1/14  0/35  1/35  0/21  1/16  2/14   3
LAWRENCE, Keon         10:36  - 4   2/19  1- 1  0- 0  0- 0  1/14  2/ 7  0/15  1/16  0/ 8  1/ 7  0/ 4   0
HAZELL, Jeremy         38:28  +10  33/81  5-12  5-10  8- 9 22/53  2/17  4/65  1/66  0/35  1/28  1/27   1
THEODORE, Jordan       27:45  +19   6/66  3- 3  0- 1  0- 0  4/38  3/19  2/50  1/49  0/25  0/18  0/19   2
HARVEY, Eugene         24:48  - 1   7/49  1- 3  1- 2  2- 2  5/32  5/13  1/45  0/43  0/22  0/17  2/18   1
JACKSON, Jamel         05:53  - 4   2/12  1- 1  0- 2  0- 0  3/11  1/ 4  0/11  0/11  0/ 6  0/ 7  0/ 5   1
HALL, Ferrakohn        06:48  + 9   2/15  1- 1  0- 0  0- 0  1/10  0/ 3  0/12  0/11  0/ 8  0/ 6  0/ 7   1
ROBINSON, Jeff         17:37  + 6   7/37  1- 3  0- 0  5- 6  3/23  0/10  1/31  0/31  0/13  1/12  3/12   1
TOTALS                 40:00       83    22-40  6-16 21-24    56 16/28 10/69  7/69  1/36  5/28 17/28  12
.                                        0.550 0.375 0.875       0.571 0.145 0.101 0.028 0.179 0.607    

Efficiency: Seton Hall 1.203, Cincinnati 1.101
eFG%: Seton Hall 0.554, Cincinnati 0.588
Substitutions: Seton Hall 30, Cincinnati 29

2-pt Shot Selection:
Dunks: Seton Hall 4-4, Cincinnati 5-5
Layups/Tips: Seton Hall 12-21, Cincinnati 13-17
Jumpers: Seton Hall 6-15, Cincinnati 5-14

Fast break pts (% FG pts): Seton Hall 12 (19.4), Cincinnati 2 (3.0)
Pts (eff.) after steal: Seton Hall 13 (130.0), Cincinnati 6 (200.0)
Seconds per poss: Seton Hall 16.0, Cincinnati 18.8

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Seton Hall vs Georgetown
01/14/10 7:00 at Verizon Center
Final score: Georgetown 85, Seton Hall 73

Seton Hall              Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
LAWRENCE, Keon         25:13  - 6   6/48  3- 9  0- 0  0- 0  9/37  4/14  2/40  1/43  0/21  0/20  2/14   0
POPE, Herb             22:17  -12   6/34  3- 9  0- 0  0- 2  9/35  2/10  0/37  4/38  1/19  6/22  4/11   5
HAZELL, Jeremy         32:20  -16  17/55  3- 5  3- 9  2- 2 14/48  0/15  2/54  2/55  0/27  0/29  0/13   1
MITCHELL, Robert       24:08  + 3   8/50  2- 5  0- 2  4- 4  7/43  2/16  0/40  0/41  1/17  2/25  2/15   3
HALL, Ferrakohn        17:17  - 3   8/35  4- 5  0- 0  0- 0  5/27  0/ 9  0/30  1/31  1/15  2/15  1/11   4
THEODORE, Jordan       20:44  -11   8/37  2- 4  0- 1  4- 5  5/34  4/13  3/37  2/34  0/17  0/21  1/ 7   1
HARVEY, Eugene         15:46  - 7   7/27  2- 3  0- 0  3- 4  3/23  0/ 7  0/26  1/27  0/16  0/13  0/10   3
JACKSON, Jamel         01:49  + 1   0/ 2  0- 0  0- 2  0- 0  2/ 4  0/ 1  0/ 4  0/ 4  0/ 1  0/ 3  0/ 1   0
GARCIA, John           08:56  - 8   3/11  1- 1  0- 0  1- 1  1/12  0/ 3  0/14  0/14  0/ 8  0/ 8  0/ 4   2
ROBINSON, Jeff         31:30  - 1  10/66  4- 8  0- 0  2- 2  8/52  1/20  2/53  1/53  0/24  4/29  2/14   2
TOTALS                 40:00       73    24-49  3-14 16-20    63 13/27  9/67 12/68  3/33 16/37 13/20  21
.                                        0.490 0.214 0.800       0.481 0.134 0.176 0.091 0.432 0.650    

Georgetown              Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
Wright, Chris          37:10  +14  21/77  8-12  1- 2  2- 5 14/42  6/19  3/61  0/60  1/45  1/20  0/34   2
Monroe, Greg           28:54  +21   8/69  2- 4  0- 0  4- 6  4/33  4/23  3/47  3/46  1/31  0/11  9/28   4
Freeman, Austin        36:41  +16  16/79  5- 6  1- 2  3- 4  8/41  4/21  1/61  5/62  0/45  0/20  4/33   1
Clark, Jason           27:50  +13  20/61  1- 2  4- 4  6- 7  6/31  0/17  1/44  3/44  1/37  0/15  2/27   3
Vaughn, Julian         30:41  +10  13/60  6- 6  0- 1  1- 3  7/35  2/17  0/50  1/50  2/39  1/17  3/27   2
Thompson, Hollis       16:31  + 3   5/38  1- 1  1- 1  0- 0  2/18  0/11  1/30  0/30  1/18  0/ 5  1/16   1
Sanford, Vee           01:49  - 4   0/ 4  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 1  0/ 1  1/ 6  1/ 5  0/ 2  0/ 0  0/ 2   0
Dougherty, Ryan        00:38  - 5   0/ 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 0  0/ 0  0/ 3  2/ 2  0/ 1  0/ 0  0/ 1   0
Benimon, Jerrelle      10:02  + 2   2/24  0- 0  0- 0  2- 2  0/10  0/ 8  0/20  0/18  0/11  0/ 2  0/ 9   3
Sims, Henry            09:44  -10   0/13  0- 2  0- 1  0- 0  3/ 9  0/ 3  0/18  0/18  2/16  3/10  1/ 8   0
TOTALS                 40:00       85    23-33  7-11 18-27    44 16/30 10/68 16/67  8/49  7/20 21/37  16
.                                        0.697 0.636 0.667       0.533 0.147 0.239 0.163 0.350 0.568    

Efficiency: Georgetown 1.269, Seton Hall 1.074
eFG%: Georgetown 0.761, Seton Hall 0.452
Substitutions: Georgetown 24, Seton Hall 33

2-pt Shot Selection:
Dunks: Georgetown 4-4, Seton Hall 1-1
Layups/Tips: Georgetown 15-21, Seton Hall 19-28
Jumpers: Georgetown 4-8, Seton Hall 4-20

Fast break pts (% FG pts): Georgetown 22 (32.8), Seton Hall 8 (14.0)
Pts (eff.) after steal: Georgetown 16 (160.0), Seton Hall 12 (133.3)
Seconds per poss: Georgetown 16.2, Seton Hall 19.4

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Louisville vs Seton Hall
1/21/10 7:00 p.m. at Newark, N.J. - Prudential Center
Final score: Seton Hall 80, Louisville 77

Louisville              Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
BUCKLES, Rakeem        17:09  + 1   7/31  3- 8  0- 1  1- 1  9/31  1/10  0/29  2/28  0/16  3/20  3/13   3
SAMUELS, Samardo       31:48  + 3   9/67  4- 7  0- 0  1- 3  7/55  1/20  1/53  2/56  2/33  5/38  1/23   3
SOSA, Edgar            27:54  + 1  15/59  4- 6  2- 5  1- 3 11/49  2/16  1/48  2/50  0/32  0/33  3/20   3
DELK, Reginald         20:18  - 3   4/34  0- 0  1- 4  1- 3  4/30  0/11  0/31  0/31  0/24  0/22  0/16   2
SMITH, Jerry           21:38  - 6   9/39  1- 4  2- 4  1- 3  8/33  1/11  3/37  1/37  0/24  1/23  2/15   1
KNOWLES, Preston       18:31  + 4   7/41  2- 3  1- 5  0- 0  8/32  1/12  1/32  1/31  0/19  4/20  2/15   0
SIVA, Peyton           12:57  - 7   1/18  0- 1  0- 1  1- 2  2/16  1/ 6  0/22  0/18  0/12  0/11  1/10   3
SWOPSHIRE, Jared       22:51  - 4   7/46  2- 2  0- 2  3- 4  4/33  1/13  0/38  1/39  0/27  2/23  3/17   2
JENNINGS, Terrence     08:11  - 5   8/10  3- 3  0- 0  2- 2  3/ 9  0/ 1  0/13  0/11  1/10  2/ 5  1/ 7   1
MARRA, Mike            18:43  + 1  10/40  2- 3  1- 5  3- 4  8/32  1/12  1/32  3/34  0/18  1/20  0/14   2
TOTALS                 40:00       77    21-37  7-27 14-25    64  9/28  7/67 12/67  3/43 19/42 16/30  20
.                                        0.568 0.259 0.560       0.321 0.104 0.179 0.070 0.452 0.533    

Seton Hall              Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
POPE, Herb             34:33  + 2  10/66  4- 8  0- 0  2- 2  8/47  4/20  1/53  4/53  1/31  2/25  5/32   5
ROBINSON, Jeff         28:33  - 3  12/53  5- 9  0- 1  2- 2 10/39  1/16  0/48  1/47  0/29  4/21  4/32   2
LAWRENCE, Keon         25:11  - 2  10/49  3- 7  1- 1  1- 2  8/30  2/13  0/43  3/42  1/27  0/16  2/31   3
THEODORE, Jordan       31:30  + 4  17/67  4- 8  1- 3  6-10 11/42  4/19  3/56  2/56  0/28  2/22  0/36   2
HAZELL, Jeremy         39:14  + 6  25/80  6- 6  3- 6  4- 6 12/54  2/20  2/66  1/67  0/37  2/29  3/43   0
HARVEY, Eugene         18:53  + 0   0/37  0- 1  0- 0  0- 0  1/30  2/14  0/29  1/29  0/17  2/16  2/15   2
JACKSON, Jamel         01:52  + 3   0/ 3  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 2  0/ 1  0/ 3  1/ 4  0/ 1  0/ 2  0/ 2   1
MITCHELL, Robert       11:31  - 2   4/25  1- 3  0- 1  2- 2  4/20  0/ 7  0/21  0/21  0/ 8  1/13  2/10   2
HALL, Ferrakohn        01:10  + 3   0/ 4  0- 0  0- 0  0- 1  0/ 3  0/ 2  0/ 4  0/ 3  0/ 1  0/ 2  1/ 5   1
GARCIA, John           07:33  + 4   2/16  1- 1  0- 0  0- 0  1/ 8  1/ 4  0/12  0/13  0/ 6  0/ 4  1/ 9   4
TOTALS                 40:00       80    24-43  5-12 17-25    55 16/29  6/67 13/67  2/37 14/30 23/42  22
.                                        0.558 0.417 0.680       0.552 0.090 0.194 0.054 0.467 0.548    

Efficiency: Seton Hall 1.194, Louisville 1.149
eFG%: Seton Hall 0.573, Louisville 0.492
Substitutions: Seton Hall 30, Louisville 36

2-pt Shot Selection:
Dunks: Seton Hall 4-4, Louisville 0-0
Layups/Tips: Seton Hall 13-23, Louisville 14-19
Jumpers: Seton Hall 7-16, Louisville 7-18

Fast break pts (% FG pts): Seton Hall 6 (9.5), Louisville 10 (15.9)
Pts (eff.) after steal: Seton Hall 6 (100.0), Louisville 9 (128.6)
Seconds per poss: Seton Hall 19.6, Louisville 16.2

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Pittsburgh vs Seton Hall
1/24/10 2:00 p.m. at Newark, N.J. - Prudential Center
Final score: Seton Hall 64, Pittsburgh 61

Pittsburgh              Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
Robinson, Nasir        18:28  + 2   5/30  2- 3  0- 0  1- 2  3/22  0/ 8  0/31  3/29  0/19  4/13  2/16   4
McGhee, Gary           27:26  + 9   6/44  2- 2  0- 0  2- 2  2/35  0/12  0/42  1/44  0/28  0/22  4/23   2
Gibbs, Ashton          38:41  + 0  23/61  3- 8  1- 7 14-14 15/50  0/14  0/62  3/64  0/42  1/33  1/31   1
Wanamaker, Brad        37:14  - 2   9/59  2- 9  1- 1  2- 2 10/48  6/14  1/59  4/61  0/39  4/32  4/28   1
Dixon, Jermaine        34:08  + 1  11/55  4- 8  1- 4  0- 1 12/48  2/12  2/55  2/56  0/35  2/32  4/26   2
Woodall, Travon        06:09  - 4   0/ 6  0- 0  0- 1  0- 0  1/ 7  0/ 2  0/13  3/12  0/ 9  0/ 5  0/ 7   1
Adams, Chase           02:51  - 4   0/ 2  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 2  0/ 0  0/ 4  0/ 4  0/ 3  0/ 2  0/ 2   0
Brown, Gilbert         23:57  - 4   7/36  1- 3  1- 4  2- 3  7/31  1/ 7  0/41  3/43  1/27  2/22  4/21   2
Taylor, Dante          07:19  -10   0/ 6  0- 1  0- 0  0- 0  1/ 6  0/ 1  1/13  2/12  0/10  0/ 5  1/ 5   2
Richardson, J.J        03:47  - 3   0/ 6  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 6  0/ 2  0/ 5  0/ 5  0/ 3  0/ 4  0/ 1   0
TOTALS                 40:00       61    14-34  4-17 21-24    51  9/18  4/65 21/66  1/43 16/33 23/31  15
.                                        0.412 0.235 0.875       0.500 0.062 0.318 0.023 0.485 0.742    

Seton Hall              Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
POPE, Herb             37:27  + 7  19/60  8-11  0- 1  3- 4 12/54  3/17  1/61  2/61  1/32  2/30  7/32   2
ROBINSON, Jeff         31:55  + 9  15/57  5- 8  0- 0  5- 6  8/45  0/17  2/51  1/51  1/26  1/24  2/27   4
LAWRENCE, Keon         24:40  - 1   2/35  1- 6  0- 1  0- 0  7/36  1/14  0/41  1/40  2/22  0/21  2/20   2
THEODORE, Jordan       27:06  + 4   5/43  1- 5  0- 1  3- 4  6/37  6/16  3/45  2/44  0/23  0/21  3/20   3
HAZELL, Jeremy         16:18  - 4   9/27  3- 6  1- 2  0- 0  8/21  0/ 6  0/26  0/28  0/16  1/12  0/14   4
HARVEY, Eugene         28:30  + 2   9/49  4- 5  0- 2  1- 1  7/40  4/14  6/47  3/46  1/24  0/23  2/27   4
JACKSON, Jamel         16:22  + 4   2/23  1- 2  0- 4  0- 0  6/25  0/ 8  0/29  0/27  0/11  0/16  1/14   0
MITCHELL, Robert       15:20  - 4   3/22  0- 0  1- 2  0- 0  2/20  0/ 8  1/26  1/24  0/14  1/11  0/14   1
GARCIA, John           02:22  - 2   0/ 4  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 2  0/ 0  0/ 4  0/ 4  1/ 2  1/ 2  0/ 2   0
TOTALS                 40:00       64    23-43  2-13 12-15    56 14/25 13/66 10/65  6/34  8/31 17/33  20
.                                        0.535 0.154 0.800       0.560 0.197 0.154 0.176 0.258 0.515    

Efficiency: Seton Hall 0.985, Pittsburgh 0.924
eFG%: Seton Hall 0.464, Pittsburgh 0.392
Substitutions: Seton Hall 27, Pittsburgh 23

2-pt Shot Selection:
Dunks: Seton Hall 3-3, Pittsburgh 1-1
Layups/Tips: Seton Hall 13-19, Pittsburgh 8-14
Jumpers: Seton Hall 7-21, Pittsburgh 5-19

Fast break pts (% FG pts): Seton Hall 13 (25.0), Pittsburgh 6 (15.0)
Pts (eff.) after steal: Seton Hall 16 (123.1), Pittsburgh 4 (100.0)
Seconds per poss: Seton Hall 17.3, Pittsburgh 19.3

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Seton Hall vs USF
01/28/10 7 p.m. at Tampa, Fla. (Sun Dome)
Final score: USF 76, Seton Hall 74

Seton Hall              Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
POPE, Herb             41:08  + 5   5/71  2-10  0- 0  1- 4 10/62  1/26  1/60  3/60  0/37  5/38 12/31   4
GARCIA, John           13:59  + 3   0/26  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/23  0/11  0/18  0/17  1/12  0/13  0/10   3
LAWRENCE, Keon         33:34  + 5  10/57  5-13  0- 1  0- 0 14/48  2/16  0/48  1/48  0/29  2/31  4/28   3
THEODORE, Jordan       30:38  - 4   9/46  3- 4  1- 3  0- 0  7/46  4/13  0/43  1/41  0/29  2/30  1/21   1
HAZELL, Jeremy         43:20  + 4  28/74  4- 7  5-13  5- 6 20/61  1/19  1/63  1/62  1/40  2/38  1/32   3
HARVEY, Eugene         22:47  - 8   5/38  2- 3  0- 0  1- 2  3/36  2/13  0/38  3/38  0/24  0/25  0/15   1
MITCHELL, Robert       20:33  - 4  11/31  3- 4  1- 3  2- 3  7/32  0/ 7  1/33  1/33  2/20  3/25  1/19   4
ROBINSON, Jeff         19:01  -11   6/27  2- 6  0- 0  2- 4  6/27  0/ 7  0/32  0/31  0/24  3/20  1/14   1
TOTALS                 45:00       74    21-47  7-20 11-19    67 10/28  3/67 10/66  4/43 20/44 23/34  20
.                                        0.447 0.350 0.579       0.357 0.045 0.152 0.093 0.455 0.676    

USF                     Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
HOWARD, Chris          42:31  + 3  12/72  4- 9  0- 3  4- 5 12/51  2/19  1/63  1/64  0/46  4/32  2/43   2
CRATER, Anthony        26:41  - 3   5/41  0- 1  1- 3  2- 2  4/33  1/11  2/40  1/38  0/28  1/23  1/29   3
RIVAS, Alex            03:25  + 5   0/ 8  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 5  0/ 3  0/ 6  1/ 6  1/ 3  0/ 2  2/ 6   1
KARDOK, Ryan           08:35  + 2   3/16  0- 0  1- 1  0- 0  1/14  0/ 6  0/14  0/14  0/ 5  0/ 8  0/ 8   1
JONES, Dominique       45:00  + 2  28/76  9-14  0- 2 10-11 16/54  3/15  0/66  3/67  1/47  0/34  4/44   3
FAMOUS, Jarrid         41:35  - 3  15/68  4- 9  0- 0  7-11  9/49  0/17  1/60  1/61  2/44  4/32 10/38   3
FITZPATRICK, Toarlyn   27:55  + 1   7/48  1- 3  1- 2  2- 2  5/30  0/10  0/38  2/40  0/31  1/20  0/26   3
MERCER, Mike           29:18  + 3   6/51  3- 7  0- 0  0- 0  7/34  1/15  3/43  0/45  1/31  0/19  4/26   1
TOTALS                 45:00       76    21-43  3-11 25-31    54  7/24  7/66  9/67  5/47 11/34 24/44  17
.                                        0.488 0.273 0.806       0.292 0.106 0.134 0.106 0.324 0.545    
Efficiency: USF 1.134, Seton Hall 1.121
eFG%: USF 0.472, Seton Hall 0.470
Substitutions: USF 16, Seton Hall 27

2-pt Shot Selection:
Dunks: USF 2-3, Seton Hall 1-1
Layups/Tips: USF 7-19, Seton Hall 16-28
Jumpers: USF 12-21, Seton Hall 4-18

Fast break pts (% FG pts): USF 6 (11.8), Seton Hall 6 (9.5)
Pts (eff.) after steal: USF 6 (85.7), Seton Hall 1 (33.3)
Seconds per poss: USF 20.5, Seton Hall 20.0

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Seton Hall vs Villanova
02/02/10 7:00 PM at The Pavilion (Villanova, Pa.)
Final score: Villanova 81, Seton Hall 71

Seton Hall              Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
POPE, Herb             27:59  + 7   6/60  3- 9  0- 0  0- 0  9/53  3/22  0/46  0/50  3/30  3/30  4/25   4
ROBINSON, Jeff         28:48  -10   9/53  4- 8  0- 0  1- 2  8/49  2/19  3/51  0/52  1/31  2/28  5/24   4
LAWRENCE, Keon         16:38  - 9   2/31  1- 3  0- 0  0- 0  3/29  0/13  1/31  3/32  2/19  0/16  0/14   3
THEODORE, Jordan       30:53  -10   5/54  2- 6  0- 2  1- 2  8/52  5/20  1/54  3/55  0/32  2/31  2/31   4
HAZELL, Jeremy         34:04  -12  32/64  6-11  6-12  2- 4 23/59  1/14  2/62  2/64  0/45  0/35  3/38   3
HARVEY, Eugene         29:05  - 6   9/49  3- 7  0- 1  3- 4  8/48  7/17  0/53  4/53  0/36  1/31  2/32   1
JACKSON, Jamel         09:02  - 7   0/12  0- 0  0- 2  0- 0  2/13  0/ 4  0/15  0/15  0/10  0/10  0/10   0
MITCHELL, Robert       14:56  + 0   8/21  4- 4  0- 2  0- 0  6/20  0/ 3  0/27  0/28  4/16  0/15  0/19   0
HALL, Ferrakohn        05:46  - 4   0/ 4  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 7  0/ 2  0/ 8  0/ 9  0/ 5  0/ 5  0/ 4   1
GARCIA, John           02:49  + 1   0/ 7  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 5  0/ 2  0/ 8  0/ 7  1/ 6  0/ 4  2/ 8   3
TOTALS                 40:00       71    23-48  6-19  7-12    67 18/29  7/71 12/73 11/46 11/40 20/41  23
.                                        0.479 0.316 0.583       0.621 0.099 0.164 0.239 0.275 0.488    

Villanova               Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
Pena, Antonio          27:16  - 9  16/52  7-12  0- 0  2- 3 12/45  1/13  0/50  2/49  0/35  3/27  5/26   1
Reynolds, Scottie      29:36  +10  15/63  5- 8  1- 4  2- 3 12/50  5/18  1/53  3/53  1/38  0/30  4/30   2
Fisher, Corey          23:57  + 1  12/45  3- 6  2- 5  0- 1 11/43  2/13  0/42  2/42  0/30  0/29  3/23   4
Redding, Reggie        28:39  + 2   7/59  3- 6  0- 1  1- 2  7/41  4/19  2/54  1/51  1/38  4/22  0/31   2
Stokes, Corey          24:21  +10  11/44  1- 3  3- 5  0- 0  8/36  2/11  0/40  1/38  0/23  1/26  4/26   3
Wayns, Maalik          11:01  + 3   6/24  1- 6  0- 1  4- 5  7/20  1/ 6  1/23  1/22  0/11  0/13  1/11   0
Yarou, Mouphtaou       11:09  + 3   2/24  1- 1  0- 0  0- 0  1/22  0/ 8  0/22  0/21  0/12  2/13  3/ 8   1
Cheek, Dominic         09:59  + 9   7/23  1- 2  0- 0  5- 6  2/17  0/ 5  0/18  0/17  1/ 9  3/11  0/ 9   0
King, Taylor           19:58  +13   3/45  1- 2  0- 4  1- 2  6/33  0/15  0/37  2/37  1/27  1/18  4/24   2
Armwood, Isaiah        14:04  + 8   2/26  0- 0  0- 0  2- 2  0/23  0/ 8  1/26  1/25  1/17  2/16  3/17   1
TOTALS                 40:00       81    23-46  6-20 17-24    66 15/29  5/73 13/71  5/48 21/41 29/40  16
.                                        0.500 0.300 0.708       0.517 0.068 0.183 0.104 0.512 0.725    

Efficiency: Villanova 1.141, Seton Hall 0.973
eFG%: Villanova 0.485, Seton Hall 0.478
Substitutions: Villanova 45, Seton Hall 28

2-pt Shot Selection:
Dunks: Villanova 2-3, Seton Hall 1-2
Layups/Tips: Villanova 14-28, Seton Hall 15-23
Jumpers: Villanova 7-15, Seton Hall 7-23

Fast break pts (% FG pts): Villanova 15 (23.4), Seton Hall 11 (17.2)
Pts (eff.) after steal: Villanova 6 (120.0), Seton Hall 7 (100.0)
Seconds per poss: Villanova 15.6, Seton Hall 18.4

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Seton Hall vs PITT
02/06/10 6:00 PM at Petersen Events Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Final score: PITT 83, Seton Hall 58

Seton Hall              Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
POPE, Herb             21:09  -13   9/24  3-13  0- 0  3- 6 13/30  0/ 5  0/31  3/30  2/25  4/24  2/14   5
MITCHELL, Robert       24:10  - 9  11/42  3- 7  1- 1  2- 2  8/31  0/10  0/43  0/39  2/32  1/19  6/27   2
ROBINSON, Jeff         29:27  -22   6/40  2- 6  0- 0  2- 3  6/43  1/12  1/48  1/48  0/31  2/32  4/18   3
THEODORE, Jordan       19:03  - 7   4/26  2- 3  0- 1  0- 0  4/27  1/ 9  0/31  0/29  0/23  0/17  1/16   1
HARVEY, Eugene         29:01  -19  12/44  3- 5  0- 0  6- 7  5/41  2/11  1/48  2/47  0/33  1/29  0/21   1
HAZELL, Jeremy         32:12  -30   2/43  1- 2  0- 5  0- 0  7/45  3/14  1/53  3/51  0/38  0/32  0/22   2
JACKSON, Jamel         23:48  -10  11/35  1- 3  3- 7  0- 0 10/34  0/ 8  0/38  0/39  0/28  0/24  1/19   1
HALL, Ferrakohn        09:36  - 6   3/16  1- 1  0- 0  1- 2  1/11  0/ 3  1/16  0/17  0/13  0/ 8  4/ 8   3
GARCIA, John           10:42  - 4   0/20  0- 2  0- 0  0- 0  2/17  2/ 8  0/19  0/18  2/11  0/ 9  1/10   1
OLIVER, Melvyn         00:52  - 5   0/ 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 1  0/ 0  0/ 3  0/ 2  0/ 1  0/ 1  0/ 0   2
TOTALS                 40:00       58    16-42  4-14 14-20    56  9/20  4/66  9/64  6/47 11/39 19/30  22
.                                        0.381 0.286 0.700       0.450 0.061 0.141 0.128 0.282 0.633    

PITT                    Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
Robinson, Nasir        12:11  - 2   0/15  0- 2  0- 0  0- 0  2/17  2/ 6  0/17  0/21  0/15  2/11  2/11   2
McGhee, Gary           23:27  +22  12/49  4- 6  0- 0  4- 7  6/36  0/13  0/35  3/39  0/26  4/20  7/26   2
Gibbs, Ashton          31:09  +13  11/63  2- 4  1- 3  4- 6  7/47  3/19  0/49  2/53  0/38  0/27  3/31   2
Wanamaker, Brad        29:43  +26  13/64  4- 8  1- 2  2- 2 10/42  7/18  1/46  2/47  1/30  0/20  6/31   2
Dixon, Jermaine        32:56  +27  15/70  5-12  1- 1  2- 3 13/47  4/20  2/50  2/52  1/35  1/22  0/33   4
Woodall, Travon        18:38  + 7   2/35  1- 2  0- 0  0- 0  2/27  2/14  1/32  2/31  0/20  1/14  1/17   2
Adams, Chase           02:05  + 1   3/ 6  0- 0  1- 1  0- 0  1/ 4  0/ 1  0/ 5  0/ 4  0/ 1  0/ 2  0/ 2   0
Brown, Gilbert         28:20  +27  23/65  7-10  2- 4  3- 3 14/44  2/15  2/44  0/46  0/27  0/22  4/26   2
Taylor, Dante          12:25  - 4   2/23  1- 1  0- 0  0- 0  1/18  0/ 9  0/22  0/20  1/13  2/ 9  0/ 8   1
Rivers, Nick           00:55  + 1   0/ 2  0- 0  0- 1  0- 0  1/ 3  0/ 1  0/ 2  0/ 2  0/ 0  0/ 2  0/ 1   1
Miller, Dwight         02:37  + 0   0/ 7  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 5  0/ 3  0/ 7  0/ 5  0/ 2  0/ 2  1/ 3   0
Frye, Tim              01:26  + 0   0/ 5  0- 0  0- 1  0- 0  1/ 4  0/ 2  0/ 4  0/ 3  0/ 0  0/ 2  0/ 1   0
Richardson, J.J        04:08  + 7   2/11  1- 2  0- 0  0- 0  2/ 6  0/ 3  0/ 7  0/ 7  1/ 3  0/ 2  2/ 5   1
TOTALS                 40:00       83    25-47  6-13 15-21    60 20/31  6/64 11/66  4/42 11/30 28/39  19
.                                        0.532 0.462 0.714       0.645 0.094 0.167 0.095 0.367 0.718    

Efficiency: PITT 1.258, Seton Hall 0.906
eFG%: PITT 0.567, Seton Hall 0.393
Substitutions: PITT 31, Seton Hall 43

2-pt Shot Selection:
Dunks: PITT 5-6, Seton Hall 1-1
Layups/Tips: PITT 10-19, Seton Hall 10-20
Jumpers: PITT 10-22, Seton Hall 5-21

Fast break pts (% FG pts): PITT 8 (11.8), Seton Hall 10 (22.7)
Pts (eff.) after steal: PITT 10 (166.7), Seton Hall 7 (175.0)
Seconds per poss: PITT 18.9, Seton Hall 18.3

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Notre Dame vs Seton Hall
2/11/10 7:00 p.m. at Newark, N.J. - Prudential Center
Final score: Seton Hall 90, Notre Dame 87

Notre Dame              Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
NASH, Tyrone           28:52  - 4  13/62  5- 7  0- 0  3- 4  7/36  1/17  1/51  2/49  0/32  1/17  5/23   5
ABROMAITIS, Tim        38:20  - 2  18/85  0- 2  2- 5 12-12  7/48  2/24  0/70  2/70  0/41  1/25  7/32   1
HARANGODY, Luke        29:14  +14  13/70  3- 9  1- 1  4- 4 10/38  2/18  0/49  2/50  1/30  1/18  5/24   2
JACKSON, Tory          40:00  - 3  25/87  5- 6  4- 6  3- 5 12/50  6/18  1/72  6/71  0/41  0/26  0/33   2
HANSBROUGH, Ben        31:37  -15  10/55  2- 3  2- 4  0- 0  7/38  1/13  1/56  2/55  0/33  0/22  3/23   4
PEOPLES, Jonathan      14:51  + 0   0/39  0- 0  0- 1  0- 0  1/20  1/12  0/30  0/28  0/14  1/10  1/14   2
BROOKS, Joey           06:17  - 1   3/13  1- 1  0- 0  1- 2  1/ 5  0/ 2  1/12  0/11  0/ 6  0/ 3  0/ 6   2
SCOTT, Carleton        10:49  - 4   5/24  1- 3  1- 2  0- 0  5/15  1/ 4  0/20  0/21  0/ 8  0/ 9  4/10   0
TOTALS                 40:00       87    17-31 10-19 23-27    50 14/27  4/72 14/71  1/41  6/25 26/32  18
.                                        0.548 0.526 0.852       0.519 0.056 0.197 0.024 0.240 0.812    

Seton Hall              Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
POPE, Herb             36:29  - 3   6/82  3- 7  0- 0  0- 1  7/55  1/27  2/67  2/66  2/29  1/29  8/22   3
ROBINSON, Jeff         22:01  +10  14/55  7-10  0- 0  0- 0 10/35  1/14  0/38  0/40  1/19  1/16  3/17   5
LAWRENCE, Keon         29:50  + 5   6/64  3- 8  0- 2  0- 1 10/44  5/21  1/53  1/54  1/25  1/23  3/21   0
HARVEY, Eugene         27:54  + 1   9/61  0- 2  1- 1  6- 6  3/44 10/22  1/51  1/52  0/24  0/26  1/23   3
HAZELL, Jeremy         36:10  + 6  35/83  4- 5  8-11  3- 5 16/54  1/18  4/64  2/65  0/29  1/29  2/25   1
THEODORE, Jordan       17:34  - 1   9/38  2- 2  1- 2  2- 2  4/23  5/10  1/31  2/31  0/11  0/14  0/ 7   1
JACKSON, Jamel         01:37  - 1   0/ 6  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 2  0/ 2  0/ 3  0/ 3  0/ 0  0/ 0  0/ 0   1
MITCHELL, Robert       18:11  - 2   8/42  1- 6  2- 3  0- 0  9/28  0/12  0/32  0/33  0/10  0/16  0/ 9   3
HALL, Ferrakohn        04:34  + 0   2/10  1- 1  0- 0  0- 0  1/ 9  0/ 3  0/ 8  0/ 8  0/ 4  1/ 6  0/ 1   1
GARCIA, John           05:40  + 0   1/ 9  0- 0  0- 0  1- 4  0/ 6  0/ 3  0/ 8  0/ 8  1/ 4  0/ 6  0/ 5   1
TOTALS                 40:00       90    21-41 12-19 12-19    60 23/33  9/71  8/72  5/31  6/32 19/25  19
.                                        0.512 0.632 0.632       0.697 0.127 0.111 0.161 0.188 0.760    

Efficiency: Seton Hall 1.250, Notre Dame 1.225
eFG%: Seton Hall 0.650, Notre Dame 0.640
Substitutions: Seton Hall 28, Notre Dame 24

2-pt Shot Selection:
Dunks: Seton Hall 1-2, Notre Dame 0-0
Layups/Tips: Seton Hall 6-12, Notre Dame 13-17
Jumpers: Seton Hall 14-27, Notre Dame 4-14

Fast break pts (% FG pts): Seton Hall 10 (12.8), Notre Dame 11 (17.2)
Pts (eff.) after steal: Seton Hall 13 (144.4), Notre Dame 1 (25.0)
Seconds per poss: Seton Hall 16.4, Notre Dame 17.1

Recap: Seton Hall 65, Georgetown 60

Sorry for the tardy post - real life is getting very busy for me these days.


There was an ugly incident in Newark, NJ on Sunday, masquerading as a college basketball game. In the end, the Seton Hall Pirates played less-poorly to pull out a five point win, their first against Georgetown since 2004.

Let's run the numbers:

TEMPO-FREE BOX SCORE
 
.            Visitor                         Home      
.            GU                              Seton Hall 
.            1st Half  2nd Half   Total      1st Half  2nd Half   Total
Pace            30        32        62

Effic.         88.1     101.6      95.4        84.8     120.0     103.3

eFG%           42.0      29.6      35.6        39.3      46.2      42.6
TO%            35.9      18.5      27.0        19.6       9.2      14.3
OR%            53.3      50.0      51.5        29.4      45.0      37.8
FT Rate        28.0      74.1      51.9        14.3      88.5      50.0

Assist Rate    60.0      57.1      58.8        54.5      66.7      60.9
Block Rate      5.6       0.0       2.4         6.7      20.0      13.3
Steal Rate      9.8       3.1       6.4        16.3       6.2      11.1

2FG%           60.0      33.3      46.7        61.1      52.2      56.1
3FG%           10.0      16.7      13.6         0.0       0.0       0.0
FT%            85.7      85.0      85.2       100.0      65.2      70.4

Well, the Hoyas made their free throws and got half of their own missed shots . . . and that's about all the good news from yesterday.

If you tuned in to the game to watch a shooting exhibition, you came away disappointed. Georgetown made 3/22 3 FG (2/5 by J. Sapp, 1/17 by everyone else) - not to be outdone, Seton Hall went 0/13 3FG (0/10 by J. Hazell). While some of those missed shots were rushed as the shot clock was winding down, a number were open shots in the rhythm of the offense. The Hoyas also shot poorly from outside against WVU (2/16 3FG), and as I pointed out in that game recap, the offense tends to break down when there is no scoring from beyond the arc.

The Hoyas also were very sloppy with the ball in the 1st half, committing 12 turnovers on 32 offensive possessions. The fact that they lead at the half is attributable to their defense, and to making 2 pt. jumpers (5/8) rather than inside shots (4/7 on dunks, layups and tip-ins), which is usually not a sustainable strategy.

It wasn't, but not in the way you'd expect.

Georgetown was able to get more 2-pt shots from close in during the 2nd half, but many consisted of out-of-control drives: the Hoyas were 3/10 on dunks, layups and tip-ins in the 2nd half, and 2/5 on 2-pt jumpers. Coupled with more cold outside shooting (2/12 3FG, both made by Sapp), G'town became dependent upon getting to the FT line (17/20 FT), but couldn't make enough defensive stops to win the game.

INDIVIDUAL NET POINTS STATS

GU                    Off    Poss           Individ     Def             Individ                
Player                Poss   Used    ORtg   Pts Prod    Poss    DRtg   Pts Allow   Net Pts
Summers, DaJuan        54    17.6    64.1    11.3        50    105.3     10.5       +0.8
Monroe, Greg           56     7.2   180.1    13.0        55     98.5     10.8       +2.2
Wright, Chris          60    12.2    76.3     9.3        59     99.0     11.7       -2.4
Freeman, Austin        43     8.7    64.1     5.5        44     90.6      8.0       -2.4
Sapp, Jessie           57     8.2    97.0     8.0        57     87.2      9.9       -2.0
Mescheriakov, Nikita    4     0.1   200.0     0.1         5    120.0      1.2       -1.1
Clark, Jason           22     3.5    29.5     1.0        21     98.4      4.1       -3.1
Vaughn, Julian          9     1.2   200.0     2.5         9     77.6      1.4       +1.1
Wattad, Omar           20     5.0    85.3     4.3        20     77.3      3.1       +1.2
TOTALS                 65    63.8    86.5    55.2        64     95.0     60.8       -5.6    

Seton Hall            Off    Poss           Individ     Def             Individ             
Player                Poss   Used    ORtg   Pts Prod    Poss    DRtg   Pts Allow   Net Pts
MITCHELL, Robert       64    13.4   133.3    17.9        65     94.2     12.2       +5.6
GARCIA, John           40     7.2    80.9     5.9        40     63.4      5.1       +0.8
HARVEY, Eugene         50     7.9    71.7     5.7        49    101.8     10.0       -4.3
HAZELL, Jeremy         59    23.1    90.5    20.9        60     77.4      9.3      +11.6
GAUSE, Paul            55     7.9    96.4     7.6        57     89.5     10.2       -2.6
THEODORE, Jordan       28     2.1   205.3     4.2        29     77.0      4.5       -0.2
DAVIS, Mike             3     0.0     -       0.0         5    200.0      2.0       -2.0
CAJUSTE, Matt           5     0.0     -       0.0         3    141.7      0.9       -0.9
WALTERS, Brandon       16     1.5    48.6     0.7        17    114.5      3.9       -3.2
TOTALS                 64    63.0    99.7    62.8        65     89.2     58.0       +4.8

Jessie Sapp was modestly efficient in the game, and did so while using 14% of available possessions (8.2/57). He was also the most effective defensive starter for the Hoyas. Hopefully, this is a sign that he's coming out of his mid-season funk.

Greg Monroe (Player of the Game) was his usual efficient offensive self, although in suprisingly few possessions used (13%). This was the first time since the Savannah St. game that Monroe used less than 20% of the possessions he played; also, Greg finished with no assists in the game - he had had at least 1 assist in each half played since the game against FIU.

Julian Vaughn played well in limited minutes, and Omar Wattad game some serviceable relief.

And that's about it for the Hoyas.


Today's tip-of-the-cap goes to Robert "Stix" Mitchell, one of only three positive contributors for the Pirates. While J. Hazell got his through quantity (39% poss used!), Mitchell shot an efficient 8/11 on 2FG to produce 18 points for Seton Hall.

HD BOX SCORE

GU vs Seton Hall
01/25/09 2:00 p.m. at Newark, N.J. - Prudential Center
Final score: Seton Hall 65, GU 60

GU                      Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
Summers, DaJuan        30:24  - 4  12/49  0- 2  1- 6  9-11  8/39  0/12  0/50  6/54  1/34  2/26  4/30   3
Monroe, Greg           33:00  - 5  17/53  6- 7  0- 0  5- 7  7/43  0/ 8  0/55  1/56  0/35  2/30  5/30   2
Wright, Chris          36:03  -11  11/51  2- 7  0- 3  7- 7 10/47  3/11  1/59  3/60  0/38  0/34  2/33   3
Freeman, Austin        25:27  - 9   4/36  1- 6  0- 3  2- 2  9/35  1/ 9  2/44  3/43  0/26  3/24  1/23   4
Sapp, Jessie           36:04  + 3   8/58  1- 3  2- 5  0- 0  8/48  4/14  0/57  3/57  0/37  2/31  7/36   3
Mescheriakov, Nikita   03:55  + 0   2/ 6  1- 1  0- 1  0- 0  2/ 8  0/ 2  0/ 5  0/ 4  0/ 3  0/ 6  0/ 2   0
Clark, Jason           13:52  - 3   0/16  0- 0  0- 1  0- 0  1/13  1/ 5  0/21  2/22  0/12  1/ 8  0/10   1
Vaughn, Julian         07:00  + 0   4/ 7  2- 2  0- 0  0- 0  2/ 9  0/ 1  0/ 9  0/ 9  0/ 6  0/ 5  1/ 7   2
Wattad, Omar           14:15  + 4   2/24  1- 2  0- 3  0- 0  5/18  1/ 6  1/20  1/20  0/14  3/11  1/14   4
TOTALS                 40:00       60    14-30  3-22 23-27    52 10/17  4/64 20/65  1/41 17/33 23/37  22
.                                        0.467 0.136 0.852       0.588 0.062 0.308 0.024 0.515 0.622    

Seton Hall              Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
MITCHELL, Robert       40:00  + 5  20/65  8-11  0- 1  4- 6 12/54  3/15  0/65  2/64  2/30  4/37  3/35   2
GARCIA, John           24:43  +14   5/44  2- 5  0- 0  1- 1  5/39  2/15  1/40  3/40  1/14  2/25  4/16   5
HARVEY, Eugene         30:58  + 0   7/49  3- 6  0- 0  1- 2  6/40  2/14  0/49  3/50  0/23  0/28  2/28   1
HAZELL, Jeremy         37:20  + 6  23/61  5-11  0-10 13-17 21/51  1/16  3/60  2/59  0/29  3/36  4/34   2
GAUSE, Paul            33:50  - 3   6/51  3- 6  0- 1  0- 0  7/48  5/16  2/57  2/55  0/27  2/35  2/30   2
THEODORE, Jordan       17:52  +12   4/34  2- 2  0- 1  0- 0  3/23  1/10  1/29  0/28  0/11  1/12  0/13   0
DAVIS, Mike            02:02  - 9   0/ 1  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 0  0/ 0  0/ 5  0/ 3  0/ 3  0/ 1  0/ 3   5
CAJUSTE, Matt          03:42  + 2   0/ 6  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 4  0/ 2  0/ 3  0/ 5  0/ 4  0/ 2  0/ 6   0
WALTERS, Brandon       09:33  - 2   0/14  0- 0  0- 0  0- 1  0/11  0/ 4  0/17  0/16  1/ 9  1/ 9  0/10   3
TOTALS                 40:00       65    23-41  0-13 19-27    54 14/23  7/65 12/64  4/30 14/37 16/33  20
.                                        0.561 0.000 0.704       0.609 0.108 0.188 0.133 0.378 0.485    

Efficiency: Seton Hall 1.016, GU 0.923
eFG%: Seton Hall 0.426, GU 0.356
Substitutions: Seton Hall 24, GU 24

2-pt Shot Selection:
Dunks: Seton Hall 0-0, GU 0-0
Layups/Tips: Seton Hall 16-28, GU 7-17
Jumpers: Seton Hall 7-13, GU 7-13

Fast break pts: Seton Hall 14 (0.304), GU 0 (0.000)
Seconds per off. poss: Seton Hall 18.5, GU 18.9

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As I mentioned at the top, I'm super busy these days and the updates of stats and Big East HD box scores are falling behind. I'll try to make a push to get caught up tonight, but things may be lagging for a week or so until I can get some free time.

Seton Hall Preview

In the spirit of the somewhat ridiculous number of explanations and excuses for the rather sulfuric-smelling egg that the Hoyas laid versus a very good West Virginia team on Thursday, I'd like to take personal responsibility for the Hoyas' loss.

I did not post a preview. Obviously, the Hoyas were so distraught at the lack of attention that they felt no will to compete. I'm late today, but I won't let them down.

The Pirates:

.                    Offense         Defense

Adj. Efficiency     108.6 (66)      102.2 (201)
eFG%                 48.6 (180)      48.9 (170)
Turnover %           17.5 (19)       20.8 (174)
Off Rebound %        33.6 (162)      37.7 (308)
FT Rate              35.4 (187)      47.1 (325)

My prediction: our offensive "transformation" is going to look pretty good. In our last two games, we've faced the 5th and 3rd ranked defenses in college basketball, so it isn't exactly a shock that the offense didn't look spectacular.

Seton Hall's defense isn't special. They have little height. They don't rebound well. They foul. They don't turn the ball over. They don't force a lot of bad shots.

If the game gets close, one key will be the Hoyas making any kind of effort on the offensive boards. In some games, the Hoyas have managed to offset their own poor defensive rebounding with some good offensive rebounding (the UConn game comes to mind). In others, like WVU, they almost give up on grabbing those extra possessions and that cripples the offense. Seton Hall provides opponents with a great chance for offensive rebounds. The Hoyas need to take it.

When the Hall does play good defense, it is because they force turnovers. They haven't been nearly as good as WVU or Duke at that this year, but the Hoyas are vulnerable. The Hoyas have been sloppy with the ball recently, and no one should be looking forward to a Jason Clark - Paul Gause matchup.

Offensively, the Hall isn't a good three point shooting team, but they are streaky, especially Jeremy Hazell, who is taking over 30% of the shots while he is on the floor. That's a level of usage similar to Luke Harangody, except Hazell is only as efficient once every few games. He's an extremely streaky shooter, and if he is hot, the Hoyas' suddenly awful perimeter defense could be a huge issue.

Like any small team, the thing the Hall tends to do well when they win is offensive rebound. It's not a shock at this point to see the Hoyas outrebounded by a smaller team. The Hall isn't Duke -- small but immensely talented -- or WVU -- small but talented and strong. But if the Hoyas play lethargic, they will get many more shots than the Hoyas.

The Hoyas have lost four of six, but to very good teams. The Hall has lost eight of nine and the first two of those were to IUPUI and James Madison (in their defense, the next six were in the Big East). The Hoyas are projected to win 86% of the time by Pomeroy.

That's not crazy. West Virginia and Duke neutralized the Hoyas by going small and challenging the Hoyas to take them down low -- and Greg Monroe and the Hoyas couldn't make them pay for going small either in the low post or by crashing the offensive boards. And by playing a smaller man on Monroe, they took away his quickness advantage versus bigs. Against better teams, the Hoyas need to learn to punish teams that go small.

But Seton Hall doesn't look like a team who can take advantage of that. They could go small and play someone like Stix Mitchell on him. But I don't think they are athletic enough, and as a result the Hoyas wll likely be able to score down low and offensive rebound.

Defensively, if the Hoyas can rotate properly if they help on defense and put up any fight on the boards, they should be able to control a Seton Hall team that gets almost nothing down low.

There is a blueprint for an upset. If the Hall shoots well, rebounds, and pesters the Hoyas into another turnover filled game, they can get their first Big East win.

That said, this game is very much what Thompson always says: it's about the Hoyas. If they rebound, protect the ball and put forth the effort on defense, this should be around a ten point win on the road.