As the old adage goes, it's definitely not about how you start, it's how you finish.
The first day of the NIT Tip-Off Tournament at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn did not go as planned.
"It was a learning experience," said Seton Hall's Michael Nzei, of the Pirates’ loss to Rhode Island. "It was just a bad game. You learn from the mistakes you amde in the game. We went over film with coach and he pointed out the things we did better."
Neither did the first half of the consolation game against Vanderbilt.