Goodbye bubble, hello NCAA Tournament.
Entering the week, Seton Hall’s season was on life support. Following a crushing double-overtime loss to Georgetown, the Pirates needed to pull a rabbit out of their hat and defeat both No. 16 Marquette and No. 23 Villanova in the final week of Big East play to flip the script and improve their chances at a fourth consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance. In front of a sold-out Prudential Center crowd, Seton Hall did just that and capped a season-saving stretch with a 79-75 victory over Villanova on Saturday afternoon.
“I’ve been saying this all week, we’re fighters,” said Myles Powell.