Most people would consider a verbal commitment in the fall of a high school basketball player's junior year as an early commitment. But for DaShaun Wiggins, a 6'3" guard from Bridgton (Me.) Academy, he waited long enough, at least when it came to Seton Hall University and Assistant Coach Dermon Player. Wiggins said Player, who he has known since he was about 11 years old. Click here for mor]]> Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:09:00 GMT When discussing some of the top shooting guards in the country, new Seton Hall commit Jesse Morgan is not one of the first names mentioned. That doesn't faze him, nor did it affect his recruitment by the Pirates and for that matter, his recruitment by Louisville, Connecticut, Rutgers and the myriad other schools that Morgan decided against. Click here for more on Jesse Morga]]> Fri, 16 Oct 2009 03:53:00 GMT In the final player interview of the off season, Roman Turk spends some time with the top returning two guard in the Big East, Jeremy Hazell. Hazell was recently named to the Preseason Wooden Award List and is one of the most feared shooters in the country. Click below for Roman's interview with Jeremy Hazell]]> Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:25:00 GMT Last season Jordan Theodore was a highly regarded freshman out of Paterson Catholic who used his first year in the Big East as a learning experience to help him become a better player. This year after dealing with the rigors of playing against the best competition in the country Jordan feels it's his time to step up and help lead the Pirates to the NCAA Tournament. Read on to see what Jordan's been up to this summer and what he expects of himself and his teammates this season.]]> Wed, 26 Aug 2009 04:30:00 GMT Tue, 18 Aug 2009 02:48:00 GMT Busy. That's the one word to describe Roman Turk's two days in Philadelphia. In his latest piece for PirateCrew.com Roman catches up with several more Pirate recruiting targets. In part two, Roman spends a few minutes with prospects Kyle Anderson, Sidiki Johnson, Tyrone Johnson, Devon Collier and Shaquille Stokes. Click here for the part two interviews.]]> Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:35:00 GMT Busy. That's the one word to describe Roman Turk's two days in Philadelphia. In his latest piece for PirateCrew.com Roman catches up with several of the Pirate's recruiting targets. In part one Roman spends a few minutes with prospects such as Fuquan Edwin, Sterling Gibbs, Jabari Hinds, JJ Moore and Vaughn Gray. Part two will follow shortly. Click here for the Part One interviews]]> Tue, 14 Jul 2009 02:21:00 GMT Fri, 3 Jul 2009 02:31:00 GMT Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:19:00 GMT Here are SPK's recruiting rankings for this past season. These rankings do not include transfers as they just never do. Counting transfers would certainly help Seton Hall's ranking but a number of other schools are bringing in some decent transfers too like Villanova, Syracuse, Notre Dame, South Florida, and Cincinnati. SPK puts Villanova at the top of his rankings. Click here to see where he puts Seton Hall and the other Big East Schools]]> Sun, 21 Jun 2009 16:01:00 GMT Coach Bobby Gonzalez and the Seton Hall staff were caught double dipping last week when they signed their second spring recruit of the week in Memphis's Ferrakohn Hall. Hall was ranked as highly as the 78th best recruit overall by Rivals before the summer evaluation period last year. Due to an injured ankle, Hall did not perform as well as he would've like and his rankings fell. Here is what Ferrakohn Hall had to say when interviewed by PirateCrew.com's Roman Tur]]> Thu, 30 Apr 2009 02:52:00 GMT Seton Hall picked up a big time shooter this past weekend when Jamel Jackson from TCI sent in his letter of intent. Jamel is originally from Abraham Lincoln High school and was a member of Daily News' 2005 All-City team. In the latest interview by Roman Turk, Jamel Jackson takes some time to answer some questions. For the interview with the newest Pirate Jamel Jackson click here... ]]> Tue, 21 Apr 2009 03:19:00 GMT This is another in a series of Prep Profiles by HallDan of the players that he observed saw at the Primetime Shootout. This Profile is of Devon Collier: Potential big time lefty combo forward with good athletic skills and nice size. Collier is about 6-7 210 pounds and has a nice size frame that will fill out. One Big East assistant coach from a competing school told me he is the only Big East type recruit on St Anthony's beside Dom Cheek.]]> Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:47:00 GMT Seton Hall (16-14, 7-11) has earned the 11th seed at the 2009 Big East Tournament and will face the #14-seed South Florida Bulls (9-21, 4-14) on Tuesday night at 9PM at Madison Square Garden. Seton Hall has not won a Big East Tournament game since 2003 and South Florida has never played at MSG. The Pirates finished the regular season with their best conference win of the year, a 67-63 overtime victory on the road against Cincinnat]]> Tue, 10 Mar 2009 01:45:00 GMT The Pirates (15-14) wrap up the 2009 Big East regular season with a Noon game at Cincinnati (18-12) on Saturday. Cincinnati is 13-4 at home this season, including 5-3 in conference play. Of their 8 BE wins, only 1 has come against a team above them in the standings, which was a 65-61 victory over West Virginia in their last home game. The other 7 have come against teams below them in the standings, including sweeps of Georgetown (6-11) and St. John's (6-11)]]> Sat, 7 Mar 2009 02:32:00 GMT The Pirates (15-13) travel to Kentucky on Wednesday night to take on the nation's 6th-ranked team, the Louisville Cardinals (23-5). Game time is scheduled for 7PM. The Cardinals have won 5 consecutive games and own an overall record of 15-2 at Freedom Hall. On the flipside, Seton Hall is 3-6 on the road this season, just 2-5 against Big East conference opponents. Seton Hall upended Louisville last season at The Rock, 92-8]]> Tue, 3 Mar 2009 22:23:00 GMT This is one of a series of articles by HallDan profiling the top prep players who recently performed at the Prome Time Shootout. This profile is of Michael Gilchrist: Slender SF who is playing the post at St Patrick's because of his size. Gilchrist is a big time player and could very well be a one and done when he goes to college. Gilchrist is rated on most lists as the best sophomore in the countr]]> Mon, 2 Mar 2009 20:10:00 GMT For the second time this season, the Seton Hall Pirates (15-12, 6-9 RPI 102 SOS 76) will host the #1 team in America in front of a sold-out crowd at the Prudential Center, this time in the form of the Pittsburgh Panthers (25-3). Tip-off is scheduled for Saturday night at 8:30PM, and the game can been seen locally on SNY. Saturday night's game also marks "Senior Night" for the program. The lone honoree this year will be combo guard Paul Gause]]> Sat, 28 Feb 2009 05:17:00 GMT This week marks the final home-stand of the season for the Pirates (14-12, 5-9 RPI 101, SOS 61), a season characterized by a consistent flow of dramatic ups & downs: *An 8-1 start to the season with wins against USC and Virginia Tech. *1-8 thereafter with losses to IUPUI, and at James Madison. *An 0-6 to start conference play. *A 5-game winning streak, including a notable win over then-#14 Georgetow]]> Wed, 25 Feb 2009 01:39:00 GMT Mon, 23 Feb 2009 05:09:00 GMT