Richmond Named All-BIG EAST First Team; Coleman Tabbed BIG EAST All-Freshman
3/10/2024 1:01:00 PM | Men's Basketball
NEW YORK — After turning in one of the best all-around seasons by a player in the conference this season, senior guard Kadary Richmond (Brooklyn, N.Y.) has been named All-BIG EAST First Team, the conference office announced Sunday.
Additionally, freshman Isaiah Coleman (Fredericksburg, Va.) has been named to the BIG EAST All-Freshman Team. Coleman is Seton Hall's first All-Freshman Team selection since Isaiah Whitehead and Angel Delgado were both named to the All-Rookie Team in 2015.
One of the most unique and dynamic players in college basketball, Richmond collected six weekly conference honors this season, including BIG EAST Player of the Week recognition in back-to-back weeks on Jan. 8 and Jan. 15. Richmond was one of only two players in the BIG EAST to finish in the top 11 in league play in scoring (10th, 17.1 points per game), rebounding (11th, 6.9 rpg), assists (fifth, 5.1 apg) and steals (second, 2.1 spg). He also shot 82 percent from the free-throw line in league play, which tied for 11th in the conference.
Nine of Richmond's 13 career 20-point games came against BIG EAST competition this season. The first of which was a 23-point, six-rebound and five-assist performance in Seton Hall's 75-60 win over No. 5 UConn on Dec. 20. Arguably Richmond's most impressive performance of the season when he scored a season-high 24 points to go along with 12 rebounds and five assists in a Quad 1 road victory at Butler on Jan. 13. He also posted just the second triple-double in program history on Jan. 20 against Creighton when he put up 21 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists.
Richmond is tied for second nationally in Division I with eight 20-point, five-rebound, five-assist games this season. He scored his 1,000th-career point at Butler on Jan. 13 and registered his 1,000th point as a Pirate in the win over Villanova on March 6. Richmond is part of a group that features Terry Dehere, Shaheen Holloway, Andre Barrett, Khadeen Carrington and Myles Powell as the only Pirates to collect 1,000 points, 400 rebounds and 300 assists in their Seton Hall careers. Richmond ranks 45th on Seton Hall's all-time scoring list with 1,024 points. He's also tied for 14th in career assists (379) and ranks 13th with 167 career steals.
Coleman has put together one of the best seasons for a Seton Hall freshman in recent memory. He played in all but one BIG EAST game this season, missing the contest due to illness. Coleman was twice named BIG EAST Freshman of the Week on Nov. 20 and Dec. 4, becoming Seton Hall's first two-time Freshman of the Week recipient since Whitehead, Delgado and Khadeen Carrington all accomplished the feat in 2014-15.
Coleman registered three double-figure scoring games this season in BIG EAST play, including a 14-point performance in the Pirates' victory over Xavier on Feb. 14. He also had 15 points, three rebounds, two assists and two steals in Seton Hall's road win at DePaul on Jan. 30.Â
