For the third straight year, Seton Hall coach Shaheen Holloway will face the program he once guided to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament when his Pirates host Saint Peter’s on Monday night in Newark, N.J.Seton Hall was relegated to the NIT in each of Holloway’s first two seasons leading his alma mater, and last spring the Pirates defeated Indiana State 79-77 in the NIT championship game to finish 25-12 overall.While the program surely wants to build on that accomplishment and reach the Big Dance again, almost none of last year’s cast of characters are back. The lone returning starter is Dylan Addae-Wusu, who averaged 8.6 points, 5.3 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.6 steals per game.Eight incoming transfers will form a new core, and the point guard position will be handled by committee, which is how Holloway likes it.”I think we’ve got four guys that can handle the basketball way more than we had in the past,” Holloway said at Big East media day. “I wanted it that way because in the past, when (Kadary Richmond, now at St. John’s) went down, we were in trouble.”The Pirates were picked 10th of 11 teams in the Big East preseason coaches’ poll.
