Pirates Face First Road Test at No. 18 Alabama on Saturday

Date/Time: Friday, Nov. 13 • 9 p.m. Eastern
Site: Tuscaloosa, Ala. • Coleman Coliseum (13,474)
TV: SECN • Kevin Fitzgerald & Dane Bradshaw
Online: Watch ESPN
Radio: SHU Pirates Mobile App • Gary Cohen & Dave Popkin
SHUPirates.com • Varsity Network App
Seton Hall All-Time vs. Alabama: 1-2 (Streak: W1)

NOTES YOU NEED TO KNOW

Seton Hall eyes its second straight 4-0 start when it travels to Tuscaloosa to face No. 18 Alabama on Friday night.
Seton Hall has not opened the season 4-0 in consecutive years since the 1988-89 and 1989-90 seasons.
A win would give Shaheen Holloway his third 4-0 start to a season in his five years as Seton Hall head coach.
The Pirates are seeking their first true road win over an AP Top 25 team since defeating No. 23 Providence on Jan. 3, 2024.
Seton Hall's last true road win in non-conference action against an AP Top 25 school came against No. 4 Michigan on Nov. 16, 2021.
The Pirates' last win over a ranked SEC team came back on Dec. 8, 2018, when Seton Hall defeated No. 9 Kentucky in overtime, 84-83, at Madison Square Garden.
The Pirates moved to 3-0 with a win over Charlotte, 68-62, on Monday night at The Palestra in Philadelphia.
Roddie Anderson III kept his strong start going with 17 points to lead The Hall. He also eclipsed the 1,000 point mark for his career.
Mihailo Petrovic had his breakout game early in the season, coming off the bench to score 12 points (10 in the first half) along with six assists in 30 minutes.
Devin Williams was called into a larger role due to foul trouble with Terry Copeland. The FAU transfer answered the bell, scoring 16 points in 23 minutes.
Anderson is the first Pirate to score 15+ points in his first three games with the program since Sterling Gibbs in 2013-14.
Elijah Fisher had a strong all-around performance in last Thursday's win over LIU, finishing with 12 points, five rebounds and five assists. It was Fisher's first career game with 10+ points, 5+ rebounds and 5+ assists.
Terry Copeland Jr. has shown great effectiveness on the offensive end so far for Seton Hall, scoring in double figures in each of his first three games while shooting an extremely efficient 9-of-12 (.750) across the three outings.
The Pirates got off on the right foot last Monday night with a 66-42 victory over Saint Peter's at Prudential Center.
Roddie Anderson III led the Pirates with 15 points and knocked down three 3-pointers on the night.
Terry Copeland Jr. had a strong debut in a Pirate uniform, scoring 10 points on an efficient 4-for-5 shooting.
Darien "Payday" Moore had an impressive debut in limited action on Monday night, scoring seven points on a perfect 3-of-3 from the floor in 11 minutes.
Seton Hall's 42 points allowed are the lowest in a season opener since the 2012-13 opener against Kansas City (36).
Holloway was unanimously named BIG EAST Coach of the Year at the conclusion of last season, guiding the Pirates to a 21-12 mark and one of the best turnarounds in college basketball.
Those 21 wins came just one year after the Pirates won only seven contests in the 2024-25 season. That +14 win improvement was good enough to be the third-best turnaround in the nation last season. It also set a new program standard as the biggest single-season turnaround in Seton Hall history.
The Pirates also won 10 BIG EAST games in 2025-26 compared to just two the year before, the third-best win improvement in BIG EAST conference play history.
Holloway became the fourth Seton Hall coach to earn BIG EAST Coach of the Year honors, joining Kevin Willard (2016, Co-Coach), Louis Orr (2003) and P.J. Carlesimo (1988, 1989).
Holloway was also the fourth former-BIG EAST player to earn the league's Coach of the Year honor. All four have Seton Hall ties: Dan Hurley (2023), Willard and Orr.
Holloway was also recognized as the 2026 Lou Carnesecca Met Writers Co-Coach of the Year, an honor he shared with Hofstra head coach Speedy Claxton.

A NEW BAND OF PIRATES

Many new faces will don the Blue & White this season for Seton Hall, 13 to be exact.
Of those 13 newcomers, 10 come to South Orange via the transfer portal while three embark on their first year of college basketball.
Two transfers are no stranger to the BIG EAST Conference in guards Roddie Anderson III and Simeon Wilcher. Anderson spent the last two seasons with Xavier while Wilcher played his first two seasons at St. John's.
Guard Del Jones averaged 17.2 ppg at Radford last season, the highest scoring average from a year ago on the team.
Shooting looks to be an improved aspect of this 2026-27 edition of the Pirates, highlighted by three-point marksmen Rodney Brown (Loyola Marymount) and Kareem Thomas (Dartmouth).
Down low, Devin Williams (FAU) was one of the best shot blockers in the nation last season, bringing another elite rim protector to the table for Seton Hall. Alongside him is Terry Copeland Jr., who was named NJCAA D1 Men's Player of the Year for Howard College in the JUCO ranks.