2016–17 Seton Hall Pirates Men's Basketball Team
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The 2016–17 Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball team represented
Seton Hall University Seton Hall University (SHU) is a Private university, private Catholic Church, Catholic research university in South Orange, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1856 by then-Bishop James Roosevelt Bayley and named after his aunt, Saint Elizab ...
in the
2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season The 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 11, 2016. The first early-season tournaments were the 2K Sports Classic, Charleston Classic, and Puerto Rico Tip-Off. The season ended with the 2017 NCAA Division I men' ...
. The Pirates played home games in
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at the
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, with one exhibition and one regular season game at Walsh Gymnasium in
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. They were coached, for the seventh year, by
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. They were members of the
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. They finished the season 21–12, 10–8 in Big East play to finish in a four-way tie for third place. As the No. 5 seed in the Big East tournament, they defeated Marquette before losing to Villanova in the semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as a No. 9 seed in the South region where they lost to
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in the first round.


Previous season

The
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finished the 2015–16 season 25–9, 12–6 in Big East play to finish in third place. They defeated Creighton, Xavier, and Villanova to win the Big East tournament. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament where they lost in the first round to Gonzaga.


Preseason

Prior to the season, Seton Hall was picked to finish in a tie for fourth place in a poll of Big East coaches. Khadeen Carrington and Angel Delgado were named to the preseason All-Big East second team.


Departures


Incoming transfers


Incoming recruits


Roster


Schedule and results

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Rankings


References

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Seton Hall Seton Hall University (SHU) is a Private university, private Catholic Church, Catholic research university in South Orange, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1856 by then-Bishop James Roosevelt Bayley and named after his aunt, Saint Elizab ...
Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball seasons
Seton Hall Seton Hall University (SHU) is a Private university, private Catholic Church, Catholic research university in South Orange, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1856 by then-Bishop James Roosevelt Bayley and named after his aunt, Saint Elizab ...
Seton Hall Seton Hall University (SHU) is a Private university, private Catholic Church, Catholic research university in South Orange, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1856 by then-Bishop James Roosevelt Bayley and named after his aunt, Saint Elizab ...
Seton Hall Seton Hall University (SHU) is a Private university, private Catholic Church, Catholic research university in South Orange, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1856 by then-Bishop James Roosevelt Bayley and named after his aunt, Saint Elizab ...
2010s in Newark, New Jersey