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Jon Rothstein: Notre Dame ‘potential bubble team’ for NCAA Tournament

This would be huge.

Notre Dame is working its way back toward relevancy. While it’s not yet at the point where it can compete with the best in college basketball, all signs point to the program being on an upward trajectory. The Irish widely are expected to make some sort of progress during the 2024-25 season.

To that end, CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein has been in contact with [autotag]Micah Shrewsberry[/autotag]. Rothstein wrote on social media that Shrewsberry told him he has high defensive expectations for [autotag]Tae Davis[/autotag], the former Seton Hall forward who is entering his second season with the Irish just like Shrewsberry is.

More importantly, Rothstein feels the Irish could make a run at a 2025 NCAA Tournament spot. To already be a bubble team in Shrewsberry’s second season would be a tremendous sign of progress.

Even if the Irish fell short of March Madness, that almost certainly would mean getting into the NIT, which would be a valuable experience for a team ahead of the top 2025 recruiting class in the country arriving.

While the women’s basketball team easily will have the better season, the future for the men is looking very bright.

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Eric LeGrand makes a Rutgers basketball bet with Barstool Sports’ ‘Frank The Tank’

Rutgers legend Eric LeGrand made a bet with ‘Frank The Tank’ for Rutgers basketball to defeat their instate rival the Seton Hall Pirates.

This week, Rutgers football Eric LeGrand joined Frank Fleming, also known as ‘Frank the Tank’ from Barstool Sports, on one of his famous Frank Walks around SHI Stadium.

Celebrities and inspirational people have joined Frank on these walks as LeGrand represented the Scarlet Knights. Fleming, an icon of Barstool Sports, chatted with LeGrand as they strolled throughout the stadium.

During their walk, LeGrand made a bet with Fleming, previewing the instate showdown against Rutgers basketball and Seton Hall this upcoming season. Last season, the Scarlet Knights defeated Fleming’s Pirates 70-63 and ‘Frank The Tank’ is looking for revenge.

LeGrand bet that if the Scarlet Knights defeat the Pirates, Fleming needs to dress up in all Rutgers gear, and if Seton Hall wins, LeGrand has to dress in Pirates apparel while advertising his coffee brand.

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On October 16, 2010, Eric LeGrand’s life changed forever. While covering a kickoff for Rutgers, LeGrand suffered a severe spinal cord injury. The collision left LeGrand paralyzed from the neck down.

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Erasing his mind from all the negativity, LeGrand accepted the challenge and continued to fight back. Over the years, LeGrand has been a sign of hope and an inspirational leader for Rutgers football, as his No. 52 hangs over SHI Stadium.

LeGrand continues to show signs of recovery as he helps raise money for spinal injury research with his coffee and whisky brands.

 

 

Former Wisconsin Badgers forward commits to Seton Hall

Another former Badger finds his new transfer home:

Former Wisconsin Badgers freshman forward Gus Yalden committed to Seton Hall on Saturday.

Yalden entered the portal on March 28 after redshirting his only season in Madison. The former top recruit was a center for fan excitement coming out of La Lumiere High School. But he dealt with numerous off-the-court issues in 2023-24 and quickly fell out of favor with the coaching staff.

Related: An updated list of Wisconsin basketball’s transfer portal targets

Yalden was 247Sports’ No. 122 player in the class of 2023, No. 17 center and No. 4 recruit from the state of Indiana. He brings an impressive recruiting potential to the Pirates, though it is potential he still needs to fulfill.

He joins a Seton Hall program that went 25-12 in 2023-24. Head coach Shaheen Holloway took over the program in 2022-23 after longtime head coach Kevin Willard took the Maryland job. These transfer moves are still Holloway working to build his program.

Yalden is one of eight Badgers to enter the portal since the end of the 2023-24 season. Several have found new homes, including Chucky Hepburn at Louisville and A.J. Storr at Kansas.

Greg Gard and his staff continue to work to replace those players as the program moves toward a pivotal 2024-25 season.

For more on Wisconsin basketball’s ongoing transfer portal activity, check out our ongoing tracker of the Badgers transfer portal visits and targets.

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Rutgers baseball gets a win over in-state rival Seton Hall

Rutgers baseball got back on the winning track with a win over Seton Hall.

On Tuesday, Rutgers baseball (20-12) defeated their in-state rival the Seton Hall Pirates (17-15) 8-1 during mid-week action. The Scarlet Knights combined for ten hits, producing eight runs in a winning effort.

Rutgers starting pitcher Jordan Falco went 4.2 innings, recording three strikeouts and one earned run. Falco gave up five hits and one walk in a no-decision. In relief for Falco, pitcher Sonny Fauci picked up his fourth victory on the season after getting the final out in the bottom of the fifth inning.

At the plate, Rutgers first baseman Ty Doucette (3 RBIs) and left fielder Pete Durocher (3 RBIs) combined for six of the eight runs for the Scarlet Knights. Doucette launched a three-run home run over the scoreboard in right field in the top of the seventh inning, recording his sixth home run of the year. With his three RBI day, the Rutgers first baseman bumped up his season RBI total to 26.

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Second baseman Cameron Love also picked up an RBI as shortstop Josh Kuroda-Grauer recorded a three-hit day.

The Scarlet Knights return to action on Friday as they host Nebraska in a three-game series at Bainton Field.

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Georgia routed by Seton Hall, ending NIT run

The Georgia Bulldogs run to the NIT semifinals ended Tuesday night with a defeat to the Seton Hall Pirates.

The Georgia Bulldogs run to the National Invitational Tournament semifinals ended Tuesday night in Indianapolis in an 84-67 loss to the Seton Hall Pirates. This loss ends head coach Mike White’s second season with a final record of 20-17, a slight improvement on last season’s 16-16 finish.

The Pirates got off to a hot start, while the Bulldogs struggled to find any rhythm offensively, leading to a halftime score of 42-25 in favor of Seton Hall. The two teams would score an even 42 in the second half, but Georgia never cut the lead to fewer than 11 points.

Silas Demary Jr. was the Bulldogs leading scorer, with 19 points in addition to four assists and three rebounds. The Dawgs as a team shot only 38.5% from the field and 19.2% from three, while the Pirates managed to shoot 47.1% and 40% respectively and also outrebounded the Dawgs 45 to 32.

Seton Hall will advance to the NIT final against the Indiana State Sycamores, while Georgia will begin to prepare for the 2024-2025 season.

UConn crushed by Seton Hall as Donovan Clingan suffers ankle injury

The UConn Huskies got ran out of their own gym by the Seton Hall Pirates to open up Big East conference play.

UConn was absolutely rolling heading into the Big East conference opener at home against Seton Hall on Wednesday, boasting a 10-1 record with wins over Indiana, Texas, North Carolina, and Gonzaga and only a narrow loss to Kansas.

40 minutes of gameplay later and the Huskies had their tail between their legs after suffering a 75-60 loss at the hands of an 8-4 Seton Hall squad whose only other Power-6 win came against Missouri.

As if that wasn’t bad enough, UConn saw star center Donovan Clingan exit the game in the second half with what is being described as an ankle sprain, and his status for his team’s next game on Saturday against Saint John’s remains up in the air.

The Huskies were stymied by Seton Hall’s trademark aggressive defense, turning the ball over a whopping 17 times while shooting just 37.9% from the field and 19% (4-21) from three point land.

For the Pirates, veteran guard Kadary Richmond led the charge – dropping 23 points with eight steals, six rebounds, and five assists.

It was a clear reminder to UConn, and college basketball fans, that winning in the Big East is never ever easy, and while the Huskies remain a favorite to win the national title they are by no means impervious to a bad offensive night.

Notre Dame to play in 2024 Rady Children’s Invitational in San Diego

Make your travel plans for Thanksgiving weekend next year.

Notre Dame’s 2023-24 season won’t start for another two months, but we already know one event on its calendar for the 2024-25 season. The Irish will take part in the 2024 Rady Children’s Invitational in San Diego. Also participating are Purdue, BYU and latest entry Arkansas. The first edition of this invitational will take place this Thanksgiving weekend, so it’s safe to assume next year event also will happen at the same time.

Breaking the mold for the invitational in 2023 will be USC, Seton Hall, Iowa and Oklahoma. The Irish have their own multi-day event this season in the Legends Classic in Brooklyn. They’ll tip that tournament off against Auburn and then play either Oklahoma State or St. Bonaventure.

The difference between this year’s Legends Classic and next year’s Rady Children’s Invitational is that in the latter tournament, [autotag]Micah Shrewsberry[/autotag] will have a team more in line with what he’s looking for. Until then, he’ll go through some first-year struggles with a young roster that was patched together quickly out of necessity. It shows how different things can be from one season to the next.

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Notre Dame lands commitment from 2024 forward recruit Garrett Sundra

Nice get.

Notre Dame has been lacking impact players down low for some time now. Sure, there’s been some talent there, but none of it has been good enough to build the lineup around. Might that change with 6-foot-10 power forward [autotag]Garrett Sundra[/autotag]? We soon will get an answer to that question after Sundra committed to the Irish:

Per 247Sports, Sundra is a four-star recruit and the fourth-best player out of Virginia in the 2024 class. Sundra made his official visit to Notre Dame on Aug. 1. In fact, it was the only official visit he made to any school. That was bad news for the others interested in him, including Butler, Providence, Seton Hall, Virginia Tech, Miami, Maryland and Iowa.

[autotag]Micah Shrewsberry[/autotag] still has a long way to go in building the team he wants. [autotag]Cole Certa[/autotag] is the only other 2024 commit he currently has, and that’s not counting all the inexperience on this coming season’s roster. The Irish eventually will get to where they want to be, but it’s going to require time and patience. Hopefully, everybody understands that.

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Indianapolis native Tae Davis transfers to Notre Dame

Add another forward to the roster.

Consistent with his goal of tapping into the state of Indiana’s talent pool, [autotag]Micah Shrewsberry[/autotag] has struck again.

Although the news was made known June 1, Notre Dame finally announced the addition of Indianapolis native and former Seton Hall forward [autotag]Tae Davis[/autotag]. This marks the fourth player with Indiana roots on the Irish’s roster, joining [autotag]J.R. Konieczny[/autotag], [autotag]Markus Burton[/autotag] and [autotag]Logan Imes[/autotag]. The program hasn’t had this many players from the Hoosier State on their roster since the 2015-16 season.

In Davis’ lone season with the Pirates, he averaged 2.8 points and 2.8 rebounds over 32 games. He started twice and achieved his season scoring high of 11 points during his first collegiate game against Monmouth. He also had 10 points and seven rebounds in a win over Division II Lincoln.

Davis becomes the 11th player on the 2023-24 roster and the fourth forward for a program that continues to be guard-heavy. Here’s hoping Shrewsberry and his staff can add one more big before the season tips off.

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Small School Victory: 4-star SG Isaiah Coleman commits to Seton Hall

Score one for the small schools.

Usually, the recruiting game is dominated by prominent programs with massive budgets to spend. Every now and then, a small school scores a big win, though. Here’s one such example.

Word of God Academy (NC) four-star shooting guard Isaiah Coleman announced his commitment to Seton Hall on Monday, per Joe Tipton at On3.

Coleman (6-foot-5, 180 pounds) had previously been signed with the College of Charleston and had 14 offers overall, including ones from Mississippi State, UConn and Georgetown.

Jamie Shaw’s scouting report on Coleman at On3 commends his confidence, length and athleticism, as well as no glaring skill weaknesses in his game.

According to the composite rankings, Coleman is 110th overall in the class of 2023. While landing him is an undeniable coup for Seton Hall, his arrival only boosts their recruiting ranking up to No. 89 in the country.

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