The obvious hope is to follow the same script as last winter, except to not get excluded from March Madness.
At this time last year, you couldn’t find anyone outside of South Orange, N.J., who thought the Pirates would finish in the top four of the Big East. The league’s coaches picked them ninth. They overachieved to finish fourth in the league, but were an NCAA Tournament snub and won the NIT.
Nothing has changed a year later. Preseason expectations are even lower. Seton Hall was picked 10th out of 11. It is easier said than done. The Pirates lost four starters and six of their top eight scorers. Kadary Richmond is at St. John’s. Dre Davis is at Ole Miss. Al-Amir Dawes is playing professionally in Greece.
Coach Shaheen Holloway has 10 new scholarship players. The lone contributing holdovers are senior guard Dylan Addae-Wusu and sophomore wing Isaiah Coleman. Holloway went to work in the transfer portal, bringing in former top-100 recruits Scotty Middleton , Garwey Dual and Zion Harmon , among others.
“I’m intrigued — I’m intrigued by them,” Holloway said. “I think this team has a really ceiling. … You know me, you know my teams, we get better as the year goes on. So right now, I’m not happy where we are, but I think we’re going to be really good. I think we have a chance.” In case you forgot, Holloway is pretty good at this coaching thing.
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