Meaningful February basketball is back in South Orange.
Seven games remain in the Big East regular season, and the Seton Hall men’s basketball team currently boasts a 17-6 overall record with a 7-4 record in conference play.
Excitement around the Pirates this late in the season feels strange. Not since 2011-12 have they played true meaningful bas- ketball in February. Back then, the team was 19-9 and coming off a win over then-No. 9 Georgetown. Two games remained – home against Rutgers and an away contest at DePaul. Analysts predicted the Pirates would secure an NCAA Tournament bid if they could put away those two sub-par teams.