Throughout a grueling Big East slate, Seton Hall made its name and built up its NCAA Tournament by going on the road and racking up Quadrant I wins.
Unfortunately, the Pirates didn’t have one last road kill left in them.
With an outright Big East regular-season title on the line, Seton Hall couldn’t overcome a red-hot shooting Creighton squad, falling by a final score off 77–60. With the loss, the Pirates settle for only a share of the regular-season title and finish with the No. 3 seed in the Big East Tournament.
Trailing 50-47, Creighton ripped off a 14-3 run to build a 61-54 lead – a lead that wound up being enough for the Jays to secure their first Big East regular-season title and the No.