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#1 seton hall -9The Seton Hall Pirates find Seton Hall head coach Bobby Gonzalez had his team coming on strong down the stretch during the regular season with seven wins in nine games, but once the Big East Conference Tournament began the struggles were just beginning. The Pirates, posted their second straight win in a span of three days against Providence with a 109-106 decision at Madison Square Garden, but the following day resulted in the team scoring barely half as many points in a 68-56 loss to Notre Dame. Nevertheless, the Hall still finished 19-12 overall.As for the Red Raiders, a fifth seed, they came out of the gate on fire this season with nine straight wins and 12 victories in the first 13 outings. However, a closer look at the schedule reveals an extremely weak non- conference slate and once the Big 12 games began, Tech was clearly overmatched. The Red Raiders finished with a record of 16-14, losing seven consecutive bouts to close out the regular season. A win over Colorado in the conference tournament (82-67) was followed by a loss to top-ranked Kansas (80-68)This game marks the first-ever meeting between these two schools on the hardwood .The Red Raiders built the majority their positive stats during their non- conference schedule when they won 13 of their 16 outings and outscored opponents by almost nine points per contest. When it comes to Big 12 matchups, not only did Tech see its scoring drop from 79.7 ppg to 72.9 ppg, is also allowed a whopping 81.5 ppg, compared to just 70.9 ppg versus teams from outside the league this season. Recognized as two of the better players in the conference are Mike Singletary and John Roberson, both of whom put in serious minutes every game and came up with 14.7 and 14.6 ppg, respectively. Singletary accounted for a team-best 6.8 rpg and Roberson 178 assists as the pair combined to hit 286 of the unit's 590 free-throw conversions this season.
One of the top scorers in the Big East this season, Jeremy Hazell was responsible for 20.9 ppg as he shot 42.5 percent from the field. Hazell was among the league leaders with his 98 three-point baskets, but he converted just 34.3 percent of his tries, almost half of the team's entire total (204) over the course of 31 games. Also putting together a very strong campaign was Herb Pope who averaged a double-double with his 11.8 ppg and 11.1 rpg, the latter placing him among the best in the Big East.
Texas Tech may have played well against non-conference teams this season, but it rarely met an opponent as talented as Seton Hall, especially on the road, which is why the Red Raiders will likely be one-and-done.
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