14 things you should know about Saint Peter’s, the NCAA Tournament’s scrappiest Cinderella team ever
Who will be their next victim?
Next week in Philadelphia, Saint Peter’s will face the winner of Sunday’s game between No. 6 Texas and No. 3 Purdue, who play at 8:40 p.m. on TNT.Holloway, 35, is the hottest young coach in college basketball right now. The last New Jersey team to reach the Sweet 16 was Seton Hall in 2000, and Holloway was the point guard on that team: “I was a decent player. I’m small. People counted me out. So I had something to prove every time. So I coached that way,” he said.
After the Peacocks’ victory over Murray State on Saturday night, a CBS reporter called him “a Jersey guy,” and Holloway, who was born and raised in New York, corrected her: “I’m a New York guy,” he said. Maybe, but we’re claiming him and we’ll have someone in Trenton pass the “Jersey Guy” resolution ASAP — especially when it appearsIs he really leaving Saint Peter’s?
Apparently. Holloway, who is ready for the next career step, earns around $300,000 a year, and Saint Peter’s can’t afford much more than that. USA TODAY Sports reports that, including bonuses in 2019. For comparison, the new contract that Rutgers coach Steve Pikiell just signed will pay him $29 million through 2029-30. Kevin Willard earned $2.3 million at Seton Hall this season, so Holloway’s salary likely will increase manyfold.
St. Peter's guard Doug Edert looks to get past Fairfield guard TJ Long during the mens basketball game at Yanitelli Center in Jersey City on 3/5/22.You can read all about Edert here, in. Here’s the short version: The kid can shoot. “He has the ultimate green light,” Holloway said. “Sometimes you’ll see him pulling up from almost half court, and you’ll look at me as a coach and ask, ‘What is he doing?’ Those are shots he hits in practice all the time.
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