One year has made all the difference for Seton Hall head coach Kevin Willard.
On Sunday, Feb 28, his Pirates cemented their status as an NCAA Tournament team, knocking down No. 5 Xavier, 90-81, at the Prudential Center. It was the Hall’s 21st win of the season – its 11th conference win – and it came in front of a thunderous sellout crowd of 10,353 people chanting “Let’s Go Pirates.”
A year ago there were Seton Hall fans who would have said none of this was possible. A year ago Willard was worried about job security, not whether his team would be a seven, eight or nine seed once March Madness starts.