Date: Saturday
December 8th, 2018
Place: XL Center
Hartford, CT
Hartford, CT
Time: 1:00
TV: SNY
No. 1/1 UConn Huskies Seton Hall
8-0 7-1
Prior Meetings
SETON HALL | UCONN LEADS 49-10
H: 23-4 | A: 22-4 | N: 4-2
12/23/78 SHU 75, UConn 61 Storrs, Conn.
12/22/79 SHU 65, UConn 51 Storrs, Conn.
02/14/81 SHU 84, UConn 42 South Orange, N.J.
12/29/81 SHU 62, UConn 57 Queens, N.Y.
01/09/82 SHU 67, UConn 60 Storrs, Conn.
01/15/83 SHU 73, UConn 51 South Orange, N.J.
12/03/83 UConn 69, SHU 67 South Orange, N.J.
x 02/11/84 SHU 74, UConn 63 Storrs, Conn.
01/10/85 UConn 79, SHU 64 Storrs, Conn.
02/09/85 UConn 57, SHU 56 South Orange, N.J.
02/28/85 SHU 87, UConn 73 Syracuse, N.Y.
01/07/86 UConn 63, SHU 47 Storrs, Conn.
02/04/86 UConn 61, SHU 55 South Orange, N.J.
01/06/87 SHU 71, UConn 57 South Orange, N.J.
02/04/87 UConn 76, SHU 62 Storrs, Conn.
01/27/88 UConn 77, SHU 52 Storrs, Conn.
02/27/88 UConn 84, SHU 76 South Orange, N.J.
01/09/89 UConn 72, SHU 64 South Orange, N.J.
02/07/89 UConn 56, SHU 55 Storrs, Conn.
01/10/90 UConn 80, SHU 43 Storrs, Conn.
02/10/90 UConn 83, SHU 70 South Orange, N.J.
01/12/91 #18 UConn 79, SHU 57 Storrs, Conn.
02/13/91 #15 UConn 80, SHU 59 South Orange, N.J.
03/03/91 #13 UConn 69, SHU 54 Washington, D.C.
01/11/92 #23 UConn 67, SHU 53 Storrs, Conn.
02/12/92 UConn 70, SHU 52 South Orange, N.J.
12/22/92 #21 UConn 70, SHU 64 South Orange, N.J.
01/20/93 UConn 72, SHU 53 Storrs, Conn.
03/06/93 UConn 56, SHU 54 (OT) Providence, R.I.
01/05/94 SHU 74, #8 UConn 53 South Orange, N.J.
02/06/94 #9 UConn 76, #18 SHU 65 Storrs, Conn.
03/07/94 #4 UConn 77, #15 SHU 51 Storrs, Conn.
01/13/95 #2 UConn 80, #19 SHU 36 Storrs, Conn.
02/12/95 #1 UConn 84, SHU 62 South Orange, N.J.
03/06/95 #1 UConn 85, SHU 49 South Orange, N.J.
02/11/96 #3 UConn 73, SHU 40 Storrs, Conn.
01/12/97 #1 UConn 86, SHU 56 Storrs, Conn.
02/05/97 #1 UConn 85, SHU 53 South Orange, N.J.
01/22/98 #3 UConn 89, SHU 59 South Orange, N.J.
01/05/99 #1 UConn 84, SHU 56 South Orange, N.J.
01/13/99 #2 UConn 101, SHU 41 Storrs, Conn.
12/08/99 #1 UConn 88, SHU 45 South Orange, N.J.
02/05/00 #1 UConn 86, SHU 34 Storrs, Conn.
02/27/01 #3 UConn 83, SHU 48 South Orange, N.J.
02/06/02 #1 UConn 92, SHU 40 Storrs, Conn.
03/03/02 #1 UConn 78, SHU 48 Piscataway, N.J.
01/15/03 #3 UConn 53, SHU 48 South Orange, N.J.
02/16/03 #1 UConn 84, SHU 44 Storrs, Conn.
03/09/03 #1 UConn 70, SHU 47 Piscataway, N.J.
01/24/04 #5 UConn 71, SHU 63 South Orange, N.J.
01/22/05 #11 UConn 64, SHU 47 Hartford, Conn.
01/10/06 #7 UConn 93, SHU 53 South Orange, N.J.
01/09/07 #7 UConn 106, SHU 58 Storrs, Conn.
02/09/08 #1 UConn 82, SHU 36 South Orange, N.J.
02/28/09 #1 UConn 81, SHU 50 Hartford, Conn.
01/02/10 #1 UConn 91, SHU 24 South Orange, N.J.
02/22/11 #1 UConn 80, SHU 59 Hartford, Conn.
12/09/11 #2 UConn 70, SHU 37 South Orange, N.J.
02/23/13 #3 UConn 90, SHU 30 Storrs, Conn.
UConn hasn't played Seton Hall since 2013. As part of the Big East, UConn played them early and often. In the late 70's and early 80's prior to Geno coming on board, Seton Hall won the first 6 games they played. The last time that Seton Hall won was in 1994 and since then UConn has won the last 29 times these two teams have met.
No current game highlights but I found a couple of other videos from years past.
This one is hysterical. Someone obviously video'd this from their TV. Just a couple of basketball highlights, but the cup incident is so funny. I didn't know they shared!
I love this video. A great flash from the past to see how
terrific this team was, especially Maya!!
Team Overviews
Seton Hall
No. 1 UConn is now 8-0 after beating St. Louis 98-42 in the game after their destruction of Notre Dame where they won 89-71. UConn opened the season with a solid 85-53 win over Ohio State. They followed that with another very good win against Vanderbilt 80-42. In winning the Paradise Jam, the Huskies beat Ole Miss 90-50, St. John's 65-55 and Purdue 86-40. And in their last game they put the hammer to DePaul winning 99-63. That's seven Power-5 Conference teams with 2 against the SEC, 2 against the Big Ten along with two wins against Big East teams and one against the ACC. UConn looks to go 3-0 against the Big East....ahh...the good old days.
The stats for Seton Hall are really impacted by the really weak schedule. Really.
Seton Hall
Seton Hall has had a terrific start to the season, only losing to UCLA 78-62. They have won all seven of their other games and only the Princeton game at 70-66. They are averaging well over 90 points per game in the other 6 games. But those games are against a really weak schedule. They beat Wagner (RPI 320) 95-40, Kennesaw State (RPI 269) 102-80, University of Texas San Antonio (RPI 255) 84-53 and in their last three games since the loss to UCLA they beat up on St. Francis (BKN) (RPI 227) 100-77, UMass Lowell (RPI 297) 90-57 and Saint Peters (RPI 248) 90-47. Not exactly a tough schedule.
UConn
No. 1 UConn is now 8-0 after beating St. Louis 98-42 in the game after their destruction of Notre Dame where they won 89-71. UConn opened the season with a solid 85-53 win over Ohio State. They followed that with another very good win against Vanderbilt 80-42. In winning the Paradise Jam, the Huskies beat Ole Miss 90-50, St. John's 65-55 and Purdue 86-40. And in their last game they put the hammer to DePaul winning 99-63. That's seven Power-5 Conference teams with 2 against the SEC, 2 against the Big Ten along with two wins against Big East teams and one against the ACC. UConn looks to go 3-0 against the Big East....ahh...the good old days.
Comparative Team Statistics
UConn Seton Hall
86.5 PPG 86.6
52.3 Defensive PPG 62.3
34.5 Scoring Margin 24.3
52.2 Field Goal % 46.2
31.4 Defensive FG% 37.1
41.1 Three Point % 36.9
24.5 Defensive 3PT% 27.7
73.2 Free Throw % 63.7
42.8 Rebounds/game 40.0
9.6 Rebounding Margin .2
20.1 Assists per game 22.1
10.8 Turnover per game 17.6
1.9 Assists/TO ratio 1.3
6.8 Steals per game 13.9
2.9 Blocks per game 4.3
The stats for Seton Hall are really impacted by the really weak schedule. Really.
UCONN
UConn Starters
24 Napheesa Collier
6'1" Senior Forward
5'11" Freshman Guard
10 Kyra Irwin
6'2" Junior Forward
UConn Bench
25 Molly Bent
5'9" Junior Guard
32 Batouly Camara
6'2" RS Junior Forward
4 Mykala Coombs
5'8" Sophomore Guard
20 Olivia Nelson-Ododa
6'4" Freshman Forward
6'4" Freshman Forward
Out Sick
3 Megan Walker
6'1" Sophomore Guard/Forward
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Seton Hall Pirates
Ok, I count 16 players. Walk-ons?????
Seton Hall Coach
Anthony Bozzella
THE BOZZELLA FILE
- Led Seton Hall to the NCAA Tournament in 2015, its first NCAA Tournament berth since 1995, and the third in program history
- Followed that with another NCAA Tournament bid in 2015-16, going 23-9 and finishing second in the BIG EAST despite the graduation of four starters from the '14-15 squad
- Has earned a postseason bid in four of five seasons at Seton Hall, with WNIT berths in 2014 and 2018 sandwiching two NCAA bids
- Earned his 400th career head coaching victory on Jan. 14, 2018
- Named the 2015 BIG EAST Coach of the Year, the Maggie Dixon Divison I Coach of the Year, and named one of 10 finalists for the Naismith Division I Women's College Coach of the Year award.
- Guided Seton Hall to the first regular season BIG EAST title in program history and the No. 1 seed in the BIG EAST Tournament for the first time
- His SHU teams have posted three of the top-five scoring seasons in program history, scoring a record 2,569 points in 2014-15
- Has mentored 10 All-Conference performers and a pair of Honorable Mention All-Americans in four seasons
- Saw Shakena Richardson become the first WNBA Draft Pick in program history following the 2015-16 campaign, going to the Dallas Wings in the third round
- Seton Hall went 20-14 in 2013-14, qualifying for the WNIT for its first postseason berth since 2007, while advancing to the tournament's third round for a first time
- Stresses academic success, with the Pirates placing a program-record 13 members on the BIG EAST Academic All-Star Team in 2016
- Has turned every program he has ever been around into a perennial contender for a conference title and postseason berth
- Took an Iona program that was mired in 20-straight losing seasons and went to the postseason five times, reaching the MAAC title game on three occasions
- At Southampton, he took a team that never had a winning record and guided them to six-straight postseason appearances
- Guided LIU Brooklyn to the NEC Championship and the NCAA Tournament in just his first season despite inheritting a program that had never posted a winning record prior to his arrival
Full BIO if you are interested.
Seton Hall Starters
24 Shadeen Samuels
6' Junior Forward
21 Nicole Jimanez
5'2" Senior Guard
3 Victoria Cardaci
5'5" Grad Student Guard
1 Kaela Halaire
5'2" Junior Guard
20 Kimi Evans
6'4" Sophomore Center
Seton Hall Bench
5 Inja Butina
5'9" Senior Guard
22 Whitney Howell
6'1" Freshman Forward/Center
25 Desiree Elmore
5'10" Sophomore Forward/Guard
15 Femi Funaus
6'2" Freshman Forward
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Game Analysis
I'm mostly going by box scores and roster info for this analysis. I looked for a current game replay but no luck. We will see how accurate this turns out.
Seton Hall is a small team that looks to rely on quickness on defense to trigger their offense and once in an offensive set, look to find an open three point shot. There, how's that for box score and roster analysis?!!
They have started only 3 players every game in 6' forward Shadeen Samuels, 5'5" guard Nicole Jimanez and 5'2" guard Victoria Cardaci. They started 5'9" guard Inja Butini but she has missed the last two games. I looked for an injury update, but no luck on that front. Instead, I'm guessing they will start 6'4" center Kimi Evans and 5'2" guard Kaela Hilaire.
The bench sees plenty of time as they have 11 players with double digit minutes. But against UConn, it's always hard to say who the Seton Hall coach will trust. Their only size off the bench are 6'2" freshman forward Femi Finous and 6'1" freshman forward Whitney Howell.
Seton Hall is a high scoring team, averaging even more than UConn at 86.6 point per game. How do they do it? Well, they shoot around 30 three pointers every game and hit a very nice percentage of 37%. They are led by Samuels at 41%, Jimanez at 36% and Cardaci at 42%. Amazingly, Jimanez has taken 91 shots and 75 have been three pointers.
It looks like they like to turn defense into offense. They steal the ball an amazing 14 times per game! Is that because they press or do they get into passing lanes? I'm guess at their size they press a big. It could be more effective than normally with Megan Walker out and Kyla Irwin in. We could see more of Coombs if Irwin struggles and turns the ball over.
UConn has a tremendous size advantage in this game and will look to use it. The Pirates have no one to match up with any of the front court players in 6'3" Samuelson and the 6'1" Collier. They will post up and kick back out when Seton Halls doubles down low, and they will have to do that in order to stop easy inside buckets. When the Hall presses, UConn has the players to break it. Yes, the Huskies will occasionally turn it over, but with Dangerfield and Williams controlling the ball and Samuelson and Collier giving them big targets, UConn should score off the press more than they turn it over.
UConn's matchup zone defense will give the Pirates a ton of problems. I certainly don't see them scoring anywhere near their average points per game.
Final Prediction
It should be a fun game to watch. Seton Hall clearly likes to get up and down the court and will try to speed up UConn. Geno will want to play at his pace. Fast but not too fast.
The Huskies defense will give Seton Hall fits and if they can't turn UConn over, they won't be able to put a lot of points on the board.
The Huskies in a run away. 30+.
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