The Pirates boast a pair of 6-10 juniors in Tyrese Samuel and Tray Jackson.

And it can match Seton Hall on the age and experience aspect. We’ll have the ability to match up with them, no doubt, or play some different ways.” So that could be a challenge for different teams. “They're a big team, tall team, large team, whatever you want to call it. “They’re an older team, experienced,” Beard continued. In that case, the Longhorns’ first-year coach appeared happy to oblige. Maybe Texas required a little hyperbole to get mentally prepped for a rare northeast road test that included a Broadway visit and a couple days of sightseeing in chilly NYC. But Beard’s public gushing seemed more angled toward his own players than the general public. The Wolverines and Buckeyes can attest to that. “We'll see how the separation happens here over the next month, but you just look at Seton Hall and you know they're going to be a team that has a chance to win a championship.” Seton Hall is definitely in that neighborhood,” Texas coach Chris Beard said last Sunday. “I think there's a handful of teams in the country each year as the season goes on that are real contenders. Six days later during an multi-team event in Florida, the Pirates scrapped back from a 12-point second-half deficit to Ohio State before succumbing to a last-second 3-pointer. Seton Hall’s legs tend not to turn to overcooked pasta even under boiling pressure.Ĭoach Kevin Willard’s group went on the road and beat No. 23 Pirates (7-1), for a game that might be even more stressful than Ramey’s long elevator ride into the clouds. 7 Texas (6-1) will cross over the waterway en route to the Prudential Center, home to the No. “He was his usual cool self,” Way said, tweeting out a picture of the bundled-up duo flashing Hook Em’ signs atop the famous skyscraper.Įven from that towering sentry post, you can’t see across the Hudson River to Seton Hall’s campus in South Orange, N.J., or its basketball arena in nearby Newark. At the top, 1,050 feet above Manhattan’s buzzing streets, Ramey regained his footing.

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