Seton Hall Heads To D.C. To Take On Georgetown

Game 20: Seton Hall Pirates (12-7, 3-6 BIG EAST) vs. Georgetown Hoyas (6-12, 0-7 BIG EAST)
Tuesday, Feb. 1 • Capital One Arena (Washington, D.C.) • 8:30 p.m.
TV: FS1 with Matt Schumacker & Donny Marshall
Web: FOX Sports App
Radio: AM970 / XM 384 / SXM app 974 / Pirate Sports Network & TuneIn with Gary Cohen & Dave Popkin
Game Notes: Seton Hall | Georgetown

NOTES YOU NEED TO KNOW

The Seton Hall men's basketball team will square off against Georgetown for the 114th time on Tuesday as the Pirates travel to Washington, D.C. for an 8:30 p.m. contest against the Hoyas on FS1.
Seton Hall has started 3-6 in BIG EAST play and recovered to make the NCAA Tournament three previous times (1987-88, 1993-94, 2016-17):
The 2016-17 team under Kevin Willard started 3-6 and then won seven of nine to finish 10-8 while also reaching the BIG EAST Tournament semifinals. The team earned a No. 9 seed in the NCAA Tournament.
KenPom currently ranks Seton Hall's schedule as the 14th toughest in the country.
February has been a good month for the Pirates in recent years as they've gone 27-17 since 2015-16 in the calendar's second month.
Of the Pirates' three league wins this season, two have come on the road.
Seton Hall is currently 42nd in the NET and 44th in KenPom.
Seton Hall is 5-6 this season against Q1 and Q2 competition.
Outside of the loss to St. John's on Jan. 24 at Walsh Gymnasium, Seton Hall's other five losses in conference play were by a combined 26 points and its average margin of defeat was 5.2 points.
Two of those defeats (at No. 21 Providence Dec. 29, vs. No. 22 Villanova Jan. 1) came without two critical interior pieces in 7-2 graduate student Ike Obiagu and 6-10 junior Tyrese Samuel.
The win over St. John's on Jan. 22 at Madison Square Garden marked the ninth time this season that The Hall held its opponent to 65 points or less.
Seton Hall is 10-0 this season when it holds its opponents to 69 points or less and 9-0 when its either leading or tied at halftime.
This is the first season in program history where the Pirates defeated two top 10 non-conference opponents in the regular season.
The Hall is one of seven programs in the country with multiple wins over top 10 teams this season (Baylor, Duke, Gonzaga, Oregon, UCLA, Alabama).
The Pirates are one of only two teams in college basketball, along with Kentucky (at No. 5 Kansas, 80-62) that secured a true top five road win in the non-conference (at No. 4 Michigan, 67-65).
The Pirates rank 46th in the BIG EAST in field goal percentage defense (40.3 percent) and 22nd in the country in total rebounds per game (40.2).
Seton Hall is ranked in the top 75 in KenPom in both adjusted offensive efficiency (75th) and adjusted defensive efficiency (47th).
The Pirates are 106-20 (.841) since 2016-17 when they attempt more free throws than their opponent.
This season, Seton Hall leads the BIG EAST in free throws made (329) and free throw attempts (429) and its 76.7 percent clip from the free-throw line ranks 28th in Division I.
The Hall is 124-18 (.873) since 2015-16 when its lead gets to seven points.
Under Kevin Willard, the Pirates are 88-10 (.898) when they score 80 points or more.
Ike Obiagu has registered a block in 28 consecutive games going back to last season, the longest active streak in the country, and is averaging 4.8 blocks and seven rebounds over the last five games.
Obiagu's four blocks vs. Marquette on Jan. 26 pushed him past Samuel Dalembert to become the program's career leader in blocked shots with 169.
Graduate student Bryce Aiken (Randolph, N.J.) has been a force in closing out games this season with 72 total points in the final five minutes of regulation and overtime through 15 games played (4.8 ppg).
Graduate student Alexis Yetna (Paris, France) is nearly averaging a double-double in BIG EAST play with 9.9 points and 9.5 rebounds per game.