While the Big East has dominated the NCAA Tournament (UConn, Creighton and Marquette are a combined 6-0), Seton Hall is the league’s last remaining team in the NIT. The Pirates, one of the many notable March Madness snubs, is still playing high-level postseason basketball in the season’s most important month.
No. 1 Seton Hall pulled out an overtime win over Saint Joseph’s in the first round, then suffocated North Texas (72-58) in the second round to advance to the NIT quarterfinals. The Pirates are small favorites Tuesday night at home against UNLV, trying to punch their ticket to the semifinals.