The Seton Hall Pirates are the
intercollegiate athletic sports teams representing
Seton Hall University
Seton Hall University (SHU) is a private Catholic research university in South Orange, New Jersey. Founded in 1856 by then-Bishop James Roosevelt Bayley and named after his aunt, Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, Seton Hall is the oldest diocesan un ...
, located in
South Orange, New Jersey
South Orange, officially the Township of South Orange Village, is a suburban township in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the village's population was 16,198, reflecting a decline of 766 (4.5%) fro ...
. The Pirates compete as a member of the
NCAA Division I
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level (non-football sub-level), primarily competing in the
Big East Conference
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for all sports since the 1979–80 season.
Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, soccer and swimming & diving; women's sports include basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, swimming & diving, tennis and volleyball. Seton Hall canceled football (which was played in Division III) in 1982.
The university's
athletic director
An athletic director (commonly "athletics director" or "AD") is an administrator at many American clubs or institutions, such as colleges and universities, as well as in larger high schools and middle schools, who oversees the work of coaches and ...
is Bryan Felt.
The program's mascot is
The Pirate and colors are blue, gray, and white.
Teams
Men's
Basketball
The university first sponsored men's basketball in 1903.
The program won the
National Invitation Tournament
The National Invitational Tournament (NIT) is a men's college basketball tournament operated by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Played at regional sites and traditionally at Madison Square Garden (Final Four) in New York City ...
(NIT) in 1953
and lost in the finals of the
1989 NCAA Tournament to
Michigan
Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and the ...
, 80–79 in overtime.
Defunct
Football
The school sponsored football from 1882 to 1932 and from 1973 to 1982. The sport's second stint at the school came in Division III. The sport was dropped in 1982.
External links
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Seton Hall University Athletics Collection SHU 0020, Seton Hall University
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