BIG EAST Announces December's Conference Schedule
10/28/2020 4:01:00 PM | Men's Basketball
NEW YORK – The BIG EAST Conference has announced its December schedule of men's basketball league games and Seton Hall will begin defense of its 2020 BIG EAST regular season championship at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. against DePaul on Friday, Dec. 11, the conference office announced Wednesday.
The remainder of the conference schedule will be announced at a later date along with tipoff times and television designations. The Hall is one of six teams playing on the conference's first day of league games and three of its first five BIG EAST contests will be played at Prudential Center. No fans will be in attendance.
After their opener against the Blue Demons, the Pirates will travel to the Midwest for games against Xavier on Dec. 15 and Marquette on Dec. 17. Seton Hall's December conference schedule then wraps up with home contests against Providence (Dec. 20) and Georgetown (Dec. 23).
Seton Hall's non-conference schedule is still under construction.
The Pirates – who were picked to finish fifth in the 11-team BIG EAST by the league's head coaches – return 44 percent of their scoring, 63 percent of their rebounding and 50 percent of their threes made from last season's conference championship squad, led by senior Sandro Mamukelashvili (Tbilisi, Georgia). They also gain the services of sit-out transfer Takal Molson (Buffalo, N.Y) and coveted graduate transfer Bryce Aiken (Randolph, N.J.), who have combined to score over 2,000 career points at the Div. I level. Seton Hall is primed to continue its string of consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances, 20-win seasons and top-three conference finishes.Â
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Seton Hall's December BIG EAST schedule
Friday, Dec. 11 vs. DePaul
Tuesday, Dec. 15 at Xavier
Thursday, Dec. 17 at Marquette
Sunday, Dec. 20 vs. Providence
Wednesday, Dec. 23 vs. Georgetown
ABOUT PRUDENTIAL CENTERÂ
Prudential Center is the world-class sports and entertainment venue located in downtown Newark, New Jersey. Opened in October 2007, the state-of-the-art arena is the home of the National Hockey League's (NHL) three-time Stanley Cup Champion New Jersey Devils, Seton Hall University's NCAA Division I Men's Basketball program, and more than 175 concerts, family shows and special events each year. The arena is also home to the GRAMMY Museum Experience Prudential Center, which opened its doors to the public on October 2017. The 8,200-square-foot experience marks the first GRAMMY Museum outpost on the East Coast, and features a dynamic combination of educational programming and interactive permanent and traveling exhibits, including a spotlight on legendary GRAMMY winners from New Jersey. Ranked in the Top 8 nationally by Pollstar, Billboard and VenuesNow, Prudential Center is recognized as one of the premier venues in the United States, with over 2 million guests annually. For more information about Prudential Center, visit PruCenter.com and follow the arena on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @PruCenter. Prudential Center is a Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment property.
