After weeks of the college basketball season seeming more like a hopeful concept rather than a well-organized plan, Big East media day reconnected the world with the players and coaches, albeit this year through a screen.
For Seton Hall, that meant coach Kevin Willard, graduate-transfer Bryce Aiken and seniors Myles Cale and Sandro Mamukelashvili were back talking about the Pirates and basketball.
Willard spoke about the progression of his players over this preseason and the elephant in the room that was the COVID-19 pandemic, touching on schedule difficulties and discussing how the team has tended to the mental health needs of his players during a season riddled by pandemic-induced regulations.