The Hall Battles Kansas in NCAA Second Round

2018 NCAA Tournament Second Round [8] Seton Hall Pirates (22-11, 10-8 BIG EAST) vs. [1] Kansas State Jayhawks (28-7, 13-5 Big 12)
Date/Time/Location	Saturday, March 17 \| 7:10 p.m., Eastern \| INTRUST Bank Arena (Wichita, Kan.)
Tickets	NCAA Ticket Exchange
Pregame Reception	Pirate Blue Reception at River City Brewing Company, 3-5 p.m., Central
Television Broadcast	TBS \| NCAA.com March Madness Live
Radio Broadcast	AM970 The Answer \| Westwood One \| WSOU
Game Notes	Seton Hall \| Kansas \| Full Seton Hall Postseason Guide
Links	Live Stats \| Twitter \| Facebook \| Instagram \| Bracket

In the NCAA Tournament, it doesn't matter what round it is or what the name on the jersey says. You're going to play a good team.

And after beating a good team Thursday in NC State, Seton Hall is now tasked with playing what will essentially be a road game. The Pirates will battle top seed Kansas, which will have the majority of the building chanting "Rock Chalk" since the Jayhawks' campus is only 162 miles away.

But this senior-laden group of Pirates has faced adversity and hostile crowds before, and the team won't be afraid. A trip to the Sweet Sixteen is on the line; no time to be afraid.

Saturday's March Madness game will be on TBS with Brad Nessler and Steve Lavin on the call and Evan Washburn on the sidelines. The live stream of the TBS broadcast will be available on NCAA.com and the March Madness mobile app. The dynamic duo of Gary Cohen and Dave Popkin will anchor the radio broadcast on AM970 The Answer with no internet stream simulcast due to Westwood One's rights.

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— Seton Hall Basketball (@SetonHallMBB) March 16, 2018

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— Seton Hall Basketball (@SetonHallMBB) March 16, 2018

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— Seton Hall Basketball (@SetonHallMBB) March 16, 2018

THINGS TO KNOW

Seton Hall is dancing for the third consecutive season under the direction of head coach Kevin Willard, and picked up its first NCAA Tournament win in 14 years on Thursday, a 94-83 triumph over [9] NC State.
Khadeen Carrington scored 26 points, and fellow senior Desi Rodriguez added 20 en route to the victory. Seton Hall led the entire game, but NC State kept things tight for most of the contest. It was a three-point game midway through the second half when Carrington hit a pair of free throws, the Pirates forced a turnover, and Myles Powell converted a layup to go ahead by seven. NC State was in serious foul trouble, and the Pirates took advantage by going 17-for-20 at the free-throw line in the final eight minutes to secure the win.
This is Seton Hall's third all-time NCAA Tournament appearance as the No. 8 seed. In 1988, Seton Hall's first-ever NCAA appearance, the Pirates topped No. 9 seed UTEP, 80-64, at Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles on March 18. Then in 2004, The Hall knocked off No. 9 seed Arizona, 80-76, at RBC Center in Raleigh, N.C., on March 18.
Thursday's win was Seton Hall's first NCAA Tournament win since 2004, snapping a four-game losing streak in March Madness. The Pirates are now 16-11 all-time in the NCAA Tournament.
This is Seton Hall's 12th all-time NCAA Tournament appearance, all of them coming in the last 30 years. This is also Seton Hall's third consecutive NCAA appearance, only the second time in program history that the Pirates have reached three straight. From 1991-94, The Hall advanced to four straight NCAA Tournaments.
The Pirates and Jayhawks meet for just the third time ever on Saturday, and the first time since Kansas came away with an 80-62 victory over the Pirates in the EA Sports Maui Invitational on Nov. 21, 2001. In the first all-time meeting, Seton Hall recorded a 92-81 victory on Nov. 27, 1988 to win the Great Alaska Shootout. Later that season, the Pirates went on to play in the National Championship game.
Thursday's victory was head coach Kevin Willard's 150th at Seton Hall. He is 150-113 with the Pirates and 195-162 overall.
Of the 21 Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association schools, Thursday's win is the first NCAA Tournament win in the round of 64 since 2004.

NCAA Tournament History

This is Seton Hall's 12th all-time NCAA Tournament appearance, all of them coming in the last 30 years, and the Pirates have a 16-11 all-time record. This is also Seton Hall's third consecutive NCAA appearance, only the second time in program history that the Pirates have reached three straight. From 1991-94, The Hall advanced to four straight NCAA Tournaments. Of the 21 schools associated with the Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association, Seton Hall is one of four schools to go to three straight tournaments since the Pirates did so from 1991-94:

Seton Hall (2016, 2017, 2018)

Iona (2016, 2017, 2018)

LIU-Brooklyn (2011, 2012, 2013)

St. John's (1998, 1999, 2000)

The last time Seton Hall advanced to the Sweet 16 was March 19, 2000 when the No. 10 seed Pirates defeated Temple in overtime, 67-65 at HSBC Arena in Buffalo. The Pirates then fell to No. 3 seed Oklahoma State, 68-66 in the regional semifinals at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse.

Run With Anyone

The Pirates have proven the ability to play with the best of them this season, and have delivered 15 victories over 11 teams currently in the KenPom Top-100:

Indiana - 72 (W, 84-68)

Vanderbilt - 86 (W, 72-59)

Texas Tech - 12 (W, 89-79)

Louisville - 33 (W, 79-77)

Creighton - 28 (W, 90-84)

St. John's - 78 (W, 75-70 / W, 81-74 OT)

Butler - 24 (W, 90-87 / W, 77-70)

Georgetown - 97 (W, 74-61)

DePaul - 100 (W, 86-70 / W, 82-77)

Providence - 65 (W, 73-57 / W, 89-77)

NC State - 46 (W, 94-83)

Terrific Twenties

Seton Hall has its third-consecutive 20-win season and the fourth under head coach Kevin Willard. Only twice before in program history has Seton Hall had three consecutive 20-win seasons: 1951-53 under head coach Honey Russell and 1991-93 under head coach P.J. Carlesimo.

Willard's four 20-win seasons are the third-most in Seton Hall history behind P.J. Carlesimo and Honey Russell, who each have five.

Seton Hall has finished with at least a .500 BIG EAST record for the third consecutive year. The program has accomplished this feat only one other time since the start of the conference: 1991-93.

Special Senior Class

This year's senior class of Khadeen Carrington, Angel Delgado, Ismael Sanogo and Desi Rodriguez were honored on March 3 against Butler in the final home game of their career.

The quartet have had a truly special four years that includes three NCAA Tournament berths and the third BIG EAST Tournament Championship in program history.

They have combined to score over 5,400 points and pull down over 3,000 rebounds in over 13,500 minutes of court time throughout the last four seasons.

When Delgado and Carrington step on the court Saturday night they will become Seton Hall's all-time leaders in games played, surpassing John Morton and Gerald Green, who played 131 games from 1985-89. Delgado is already the school's leader in all-time starts (130).

Trio of Veteran Scorers

Between just Rodriguez, Carrington and Delgado, the Pirates have an incredible trio of experienced scorers - the three have a combined 5,038 career points.

Jersey Strong

Seton Hall's 12 all-time NCAA Tournament bids places it second among the eight New Jersey Div. I schools, and only The Hall and Princeton have gone three straight years:

Princeton – 25 (Last 2017)

Seton Hall – 12 (Last 2018)

Rutgers – 6 (Last 1991)

Fairleigh Dickinson – 5 (Last 2016)

Monmouth – 4 (Last 2006)

Rider – 3 (Last 1994)

Saint Peter's – 3 (Last 2011)

NJIT – None

Higher Seed The Key

When Seton Hall is the higher seed in the NCAA Tournament, the Pirates are 11-2. They are 5-8 when they are the lower seed, and they are 0-1 when the seeds were equal (1989 National Championship game).

8 Seed History

This is Seton Hall's third all-time NCAA Tournament appearance as the No. 8 seed. In 1988, Seton Hall's first-ever NCAA appearance, the Pirates topped No. 9 seed UTEP, 80-64, at Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles on March 18. They then fell to No. 1 seed Arizona two days later, 84-55. Then in 2004, The Hall knocked off No. 9 seed Arizona, 80-76, at RBC Center in Raleigh, N.C., on March 18. Two days later, the Pirates fell to No. 1 seed Duke, 90-62.

Finish Strong

The Pirates pride themselves on defense, and have proven the ability to hold off late pushes by the opposition.

In fact, Seton Hall is 64-7 in its last 71 games (dating back to the start of the 2015-16 season) when holding a lead of seven or more at any point in the contest.

In the Polls

The Pirates ended the regular season receiving votes in the Associated Press Top-25 and USA Today Coaches Poll.

Earlier this season Seton Hall was No. 13 in the rankings, the highest since Jan. 2, 2001.

Seton Hall has been in the weekly national rankings 111 times in program history, and 11 times this season.

We Go As He Goes

Seton Hall is 38-14 all-time and 11-1 this season when Carrington connects on two or more three-pointers.

Over Carrington's last five games, he is averaging 22.6 points, 5.4 rebounds and 4.6 assists while shooting 45.3 percent from the field, 50.0 percent from long range, and 85.7 percent from the free throw line.

Sharing is Caring

A total of five different Pirates have recorded five assists or more in a single game this season (Carrington, Delgado, Powell, Rodriguez, Walker).

Seton Hall has finished with an even or positive assist-to-turnover ratio in 27 of 33 games.

Dependable Desi

The Pirates are 11-3 this season when Rodriguez is the team's leading scorer, and 36-14 all-time when he scores at least 15 points.

Getting to the Line is Key

The Pirates are 33-6 over the last 39 games and 18-4 this season with they have more free-throw attempts than their opponent.

On Thursday, Seton Hall set a program record for free-throws made in an NCAA Tournament game (31).

Filling the Box Score

Ismael Sanogo is one of the most well-rounded players in the BIG EAST, and although not all of his skills are reflected in the statistics, he does an outstanding job of checking the boxes.

He has had seven games this season with at least one point, rebound, block, assist and steal.

He has found his shooting stroke from the field lately, and is coming off his first career double-double (10 pts, 10 reb) against NC State on Thursday. Over the last five games, he is 18-for-26 (69.2 percent) from the field averaging 9.0 points and 6.8 rebounds. Over the previous 16 games, he is 44-for-76 (57.9 percent) from the field and 11-for-17 (64.7 percent) from three-point range.

Rebounding on Both Ends

Delgado's ability to rebound on both ends of the floor has earned him national attention.

He was named a finalist for the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award, as well as the Senior CLASS Award.

His 3.9 offensive boards per game are good for eighth in the country. Overall, Delgado's 11.5 rebounds per game are also sixth-best in the nation.

Against Vanderbilt earlier this season, Delgado was held without an offensive rebound, snapping a streak of 71 games with one or more offensive boards.

He has grabbed one or more offensive rebounds in 128 of 131 career games and 98 of the last 99.

Delgado led the BIG EAST in offensive, defensive, and total rebounding.

Better With Age

Myles Powell, AKA "Cheese", has had a tremendous sophomore campaign, and on March 4, was named the 2018 BIG EAST Most Improved Player. His scoring this year has increased by 137 percent, his assists have increased by 300 percent, and he is shooting five percent better from the field.

He is the second Pirate ever to receive the award (Shaheen Holloway, 2000).

He scored a career-high 30 points against Xavier on Feb. 14 on 10-of-20 shooting from the floor.

Cheese has scored in double-figures in 29 of 33 games this year.

He is already 12th all-time in school history with 158 career three-point field goals.

His 90 made threes so far are the seventh-most in a single season in program history.

Pirates Can Fill It Up

Seton Hall has shown the ability to score in chunks and put together stretches of efficient and dangerous offense.

So far this season, the Pirates have scored 80 or more points 17 times, the most in a season since the 2009-10 squad also had 17.

Seton Hall is 14-3 this season when scoring 80 or more points.

Furthermore, the Pirates have shot 50.0 percent or better in 10 games and 40.0 percent or better in 31 of 33 games.

A New King

Angel Delgado had already cemented his name in the BIG EAST record book entering the season. But at DePaul on Jan. 28, with his second rebound, BIG EAST career rebound No. 702, he broke Syracuse's Derrick Coleman's (1986-90) all-time BIG EAST career rebound record that had stood for 28 years.

The big man is also second on the BIG EAST's all-time rebounding average list (11.50) behind only Michael Smith (Providence, 1991-94, 11.66 rpg).

Delgado has now won the BIG EAST's rebounding championship for the third time, tying him with Michael Smith of Providence (1992-94), for most ever in conference history.

Double-Double Machine

Angel Delgado is 18th on the NCAA all-time leaderboard for career double-doubles (71).

With his 69th career double-dip, against Providence, he passed some big names - Larry Bird (Indiana State), David West (Xavier) and Paul Millsap (Louisiana Tech).

Tom Gola, La Salle - 96

Tim Duncan, Wake Forest - 87

Kenneth Faried, Morehead State - 86

Ralph Sampson, Virginia - 84

Derrick Coleman, Syracuse - 83

Lionel Simmons, La Salle - 83

Malik Rose, Drexel - 80

Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati - 79

Michael Brooks, La Salle - 79

Jerry Lucas, Ohio State - 78

Mel Counts, Oregon State - 78

Lew Alcindor, UCLA - 78

Shawn Long, Louisiana-Lafayette - 75

Keith Lee, Memphis - 74

David Robinson, Navy - 74

Don May, Dayton - 72

Bill Walton, UCLA - 72

Paul Silas, Creighton - 71

Gary Winton, Army - 71

Angel Delgado, Seton Hall - 71

A Place in History

Angel Delgado has made his way into the NCAA Division I record book for career rebounds. Since the NCAA's creation of the Division I, II & III model in 1973, he has the 8th-most career boards (1,432). Only nine others have Amassed 1,400 or more rebounds since 1973.

Kenneth Faried, Morehead State ('11) - 1,673

Tim Duncan, Wake Forest ('97) - 1,570

Derrick Coleman, Syracuse ('90) - 1,537

Malik Rose, Drexel ('96) - 1,514

Ralph Sampson, Virginia ('83) - 1,511

Pete Padgett, Nevada ('76) - 1,464

Shawn Long, UL Lafayette ('16) - 1,447

Angel Delgado, Seton Hall (present) - 1,432

Lionel Simmons, La Salle ('90) - 1,429

Anthony Bonner, Saint Louis ('90) - 1,424