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While some worry about who will be primary, experienced SJU ball handler, remember UConn’s Demary is NOT a natural PG nor is Ball. We, however, have a natural set up guy in Darling, though not with BE level experience admittedly. I am confident he will orchestrate quite capably here however, but we’ll see.
 
paultzman said:
While some worry about who will be primary, experienced SJU ball handler, remember UConn’s Demary is NOT a natural PG nor is Ball. We, however, have a natural set up guy in Darling, though not with BE level experience admittedly. I am confident he will orchestrate quite capably here however, but we’ll see.
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My contributions as a player were more valuable when I was 4th or 5th on the floor. Better players made me more effective
 
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My contributions as a player were more valuable when I was 4th or 5th on the floor. Better players made me more effective
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Same. When you're a role player and you're asked to do too much the limitations show up. But when you get to just play within yourself and feed the big dogs, you look better and the team is better because you aren't taking shots that someone else should be taking. Cough cough Jenkins cough cough
 
paultzman said:
While some worry about who will be primary, experienced SJU ball handler, remember UConn’s Demary is NOT a natural PG nor is Ball. We, however, have a natural set up guy in Darling, though not with BE level experience admittedly. I am confident he will orchestrate quite capably here however, but we’ll see.
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It is ingrained in our fandom to immolate an entire season before practices have officially begun based on an imperfection that folks are zeroing in on, instead of looking at the whole picture.

Sure some other teams may have more of a traditional PG that can cause this team problems.

But conversely, this team is deep and will get after it on the boards. The depth is its greatest attribute, and will wear down opponents.

This goes even for the PG who was a pest for the first 30 minutes, will be less apt to drive and more inclined to be short on his shots late because of fatigue. And the team’s fresh legs will help in the rebounding department as well.

It will be very hard to find another roster that is compromised of essentially two teams. Let other teams worry about exhaustion and surviving the last 5 minutes against a fresh SJU.
 
paultzman said:
While some worry about who will be primary, experienced SJU ball handler, remember UConn’s Demary is NOT a natural PG nor is Ball. We, however, have a natural set up guy in Darling, though not with BE level experience admittedly. I am confident he will orchestrate quite capably here however, but we’ll see.
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While Demary and Ball are not natural point guards, Malachi Smith is.
 
paultzman said:
While some worry about who will be primary, experienced SJU ball handler, remember UConn’s Demary is NOT a natural PG nor is Ball. We, however, have a natural set up guy in Darling, though not with BE level experience admittedly. I am confident he will orchestrate quite capably here however, but we’ll see.
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Malachi Smith is, though, and he is wildly underrated on here. Uconn is one of the most skilled teams in the nation too. Karaban at the 4...this new kid Reibe...this recruiting class is crazy skilled. Ball is probably the single best offensive player without the ball in his hands in the entire country too. I can't believe they retained so many players too. Makes no sense.
 
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Malachi Smith is, though, and he is wildly underrated on here. Uconn is one of the most skilled teams in the nation too. Karaban at the 4...this new kid Reibe...this recruiting class is crazy skilled. Ball is probably the single best offensive player without the ball in his hands in the entire country too. I can't believe they retained so many players too. Makes no sense.
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No sense but lots of dollars lol.
 
Do we have any info on who the actual real No. 1 PG target was this offseason? I believe Darling is going to be good for us, but probably would have been more wise to have recruited Smith, which I don't think we did at all. So who did staff think they were getting?

Was there a kid they thought was in the bag but slipped away? I definitely have heard some conflicting stories.
 
L J S A said:
Do we have any info on who the actual real No. 1 PG target was this offseason? I believe Darling is going to be good for us, but probably would have been more wise to have recruited Smith, which I don't think we did at all. So who did staff think they were getting?

Was there a kid they thought was in the bag but slipped away? I definitely have heard some conflicting stories.
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IIRC between the mishmash of reliable sources on the discord, it seemed like their #1 target was luring Bruce Thornton into the portal.

Then after that didn't pan out, they seemed confident in Xaivian Lee -- despite a lot of the (correct) public perception of being a strong lean to FL. There was also apparently disconnect of targeting Elliot Cadeau and Silas Demary, despite Rick not seeing them as adequate PG options.

So to answer your question, I'd guess the answer is Bruce and Xaivian. But maybe hindsight also says Elliot or Silas.

The process never really seemed to make that much sense to me, frankly. There was a very finite amount of point guards. I'm thankful we got Darling because there was no one behind him that was remotely interesting. Its why I'm still a little surprised we didn't seriously pursue Boogie either, and not surprised at all that Rick's already backtracking from Ian being PG.
 
Marillac2 said:
Malachi Smith is, though, and he is wildly underrated on here. Uconn is one of the most skilled teams in the nation too. Karaban at the 4...this new kid Reibe...this recruiting class is crazy skilled. Ball is probably the single best offensive player without the ball in his hands in the entire country too. I can't believe they retained so many players too. Makes no sense.
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should be some great battles against UConn this year. We’re stronger in the frontcourt and they’re looking stronger in the backcourt. If reed can stay out of foul trouble, they’re a definite title contender
 
Seton Hall is the 9th Big East men's team to share a non-conference schedule. The last holdouts are Connecticut and Villanova.

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South Orange, N.J. - Seton Hall men's basketball has announced its non-conference schedule for the upcoming 2025-26 season, which features the annual Garden ...
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2025-26 Seton Hall Non-Conference Schedule

11/03 – Saint Peter's
11/07 – Wagner
11/10 – Fairfield
11/13 – Monmouth
11/18 – New Haven
11/24 – vs NC State (Maui Invitational, Lahaina HI)
11/25 – vs Boise State or USC (Maui Invitational, Lahaina HI)
11/26 – vs Arizona State, Chaminade, Texas, or Washington State (Maui Invitational, Lahaina HI)
12/03 – Central Connecticut
12/06 – at Kansas State
12/13 – Rutgers

Previously announced non-conference schedules in this thread:

Butler
Creighton
DePaul
Georgetown
Marquette
Providence
St. John's
Xavier
 
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