The Seton Hall Pirates (20-9, 11-8) earned a big road win over the Creighton Bluejays (20-10, 12-6) Saturday afternoon, adding to their now five-game win streak and putting themselves in position to get a first-round bye in the Big East tournament.
Both teams entered Saturday on a roll. Seton Hall had won four straight games—albeit against the weaker teams in the Big East and was tied with Marquette for fifth place in the conference. The Pirates were rising in analytic rankings, and their average seed in the NCAA Tournament was hovering around eight, per Bracket Matrix. Despite losing Bryce Aiken for the season, they had managed to play well enough to be among the top teams in the Big East, and lock up an at-large bid.