Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball
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| University | Seton Hall University | ||
| Conference | Big East | ||
| Location | South Orange, NJ | ||
| Head coach | Kevin Willard (7th year) | ||
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Prudential Center (Capacity: 18,711) |
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| Nickname | Pirates | ||
| Colors | Blue and White |
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| NCAA Tournament runner-up | |||
| 1989 | |||
| NCAA Tournament Final Four | |||
| 1989 | |||
| NCAA Tournament Elite Eight | |||
| 1989, 1991 | |||
| NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen | |||
| 1989, 1991, 1992, 2000 | |||
| NCAA Tournament Round of 32 | |||
| 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 2000, 2004 | |||
| NCAA Tournament appearances | |||
| 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2016, 2017 | |||
| Conference tournament champions | |||
| 1991, 1993, 2016 | |||
| Conference regular season champions | |||
| 1992, 1993 | |||
The Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball program is the NCAA Division I intercollegiate men's basketball program of Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey. The team competes in the Big East Conference and plays their home games in the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
Seton Hall's first season of basketball occurred in 1903–04, but the school did not field a team again until 1908–09, the year in which the university achieved their first winning season. The school adopted the Pirate mascot in 1931, and the teams soon gained national prominence with the arrival of John "Honey" Russell in 1936. During an 18-year span, the Pirates racked up a 295–129 record that included an undefeated 19–0 record in 1939–40 as part of a 41-game unbeaten streak. Walsh Gymnasium was opened in 1941 to permanently house the basketball team and featured one of the best Seton Hall teams of all time, termed the "Wonder Five", which led by All-American Bob Davies, earned the school's first NIT bid in 1941. Following World War II, the Pirates were led by stars Frank Saul and Bobby Wanzer and regularly played games at Madison Square Garden. The peak of this era occurred in 1953 when Richie Regan and Walter Dukes defeated rival St. John's University for the NIT title. Perhaps the low point for the team occurred in 1961 when a point shaving scandal sullied the program, but the Pirates rebounded to return to the NIT in 1974 under coach Bill Raftery. Seton Hall became a charter member of the Big East Conference in 1979.
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