It has change into routine for Shaheen Holloway.
His teams are typically neglected.
They’re dismissed.
It happened at Saint Peter’s and it’s happening at Seton Hall.
Last yr, Seton Hall was picked to complete ninth within the Big East by the league’s coaches and so they were one in every of the large surprises of the season by coming in fourth and winning the NIT.
A yr later, nothing has modified.
The Pirates are projected to be tenth, ahead of only perennial doormat DePaul.
Now, it needs to be noted, Seton Hall did lose star players Kadary Richmond (St. John’s) and Dre Davis (Ole Miss) to the transfer portal.
Al-Amir Dawes is playing professionally in Greece.
The roster is sort of completely latest, the lone key returnees are Dylan Addae-Wusu and Isaiah Coleman.
It’s difficult to predict Seton Hall.
“It’s what it’s, brother,” Holloway said on Wednesday because the Big East held media day on the Garden. “People got time to take a seat around and pick other people’s teams, it’s sort of nuts. I’m not nervous about no person else. … You already know me, I don’t really care if we’re [picked] first or last. Oh well.
“It doesn’t mean anything. It’s preseason. I just care about my team. You already know me, you already know my teams, we get well because the yr goes on. So immediately, I’m not blissful where we’re, but I believe we’re going to be really good. I believe we’ve got a probability.”
Holloway doesn’t want anyone feeling bad for Seton Hall after it was hurt by the transfer portal, and he doesn’t expect any sympathy, either.
It’s the way in which of the game now.
Plus, he seems to love what he has.
He sees depth, more options at point guard than last yr’s team had and potential on this group.
Two of the important thing newcomers, Scotty Middleton (Ohio State) and Garwey Dual (Windfall), didn’t have big freshmen seasons at their former schools, but they were highly regarded, four-star prospects.
“Scotty and ‘G’ have something to prove, to themselves and everybody else,” Holloway said. “With me, they got a fresh start, a latest start. I’m curious to see how they benefit from it.”
Coleman has been encouraged up to now.
He believes there’s more talent on this roster than last yr’s NIT champion, despite Richmond and Davis moving on.
Perhaps most significantly, it’s a bunch of men with a desire to enhance, and now they’ll have even extra motivation.
“The blokes, they’re hungry to get within the gym and just get well. Guys are hitting me, you attempting to get some shots up, attempting to get this workout in,’” Coleman said. “Guys are itching to get within the gym. That’s good to know.”
It’s a part of why Holloway is “intrigued” by this team, a bunch of players with a chip on their shoulders.
Nonetheless, the Pirates are even a mystery to him.
But there’s reason to consider the person who took tiny Saint Peter’s to the Elite Eight and overachieved a yr ago with the Pirates will maximize the roster’s talent.
Presently last yr, no person expected much out of Seton Hall, and look how that turned out.
It has change into routine for Shaheen Holloway.
His teams are typically neglected.
They’re dismissed.
It happened at Saint Peter’s and it’s happening at Seton Hall.
Last yr, Seton Hall was picked to complete ninth within the Big East by the league’s coaches and so they were one in every of the large surprises of the season by coming in fourth and winning the NIT.
A yr later, nothing has modified.
The Pirates are projected to be tenth, ahead of only perennial doormat DePaul.
Now, it needs to be noted, Seton Hall did lose star players Kadary Richmond (St. John’s) and Dre Davis (Ole Miss) to the transfer portal.
Al-Amir Dawes is playing professionally in Greece.
The roster is sort of completely latest, the lone key returnees are Dylan Addae-Wusu and Isaiah Coleman.
It’s difficult to predict Seton Hall.
“It’s what it’s, brother,” Holloway said on Wednesday because the Big East held media day on the Garden. “People got time to take a seat around and pick other people’s teams, it’s sort of nuts. I’m not nervous about no person else. … You already know me, I don’t really care if we’re [picked] first or last. Oh well.
“It doesn’t mean anything. It’s preseason. I just care about my team. You already know me, you already know my teams, we get well because the yr goes on. So immediately, I’m not blissful where we’re, but I believe we’re going to be really good. I believe we’ve got a probability.”
Holloway doesn’t want anyone feeling bad for Seton Hall after it was hurt by the transfer portal, and he doesn’t expect any sympathy, either.
It’s the way in which of the game now.
Plus, he seems to love what he has.
He sees depth, more options at point guard than last yr’s team had and potential on this group.
Two of the important thing newcomers, Scotty Middleton (Ohio State) and Garwey Dual (Windfall), didn’t have big freshmen seasons at their former schools, but they were highly regarded, four-star prospects.
“Scotty and ‘G’ have something to prove, to themselves and everybody else,” Holloway said. “With me, they got a fresh start, a latest start. I’m curious to see how they benefit from it.”
Coleman has been encouraged up to now.
He believes there’s more talent on this roster than last yr’s NIT champion, despite Richmond and Davis moving on.
Perhaps most significantly, it’s a bunch of men with a desire to enhance, and now they’ll have even extra motivation.
“The blokes, they’re hungry to get within the gym and just get well. Guys are hitting me, you attempting to get some shots up, attempting to get this workout in,’” Coleman said. “Guys are itching to get within the gym. That’s good to know.”
It’s a part of why Holloway is “intrigued” by this team, a bunch of players with a chip on their shoulders.
Nonetheless, the Pirates are even a mystery to him.
But there’s reason to consider the person who took tiny Saint Peter’s to the Elite Eight and overachieved a yr ago with the Pirates will maximize the roster’s talent.
Presently last yr, no person expected much out of Seton Hall, and look how that turned out.
