Continuing our running series of opponent previews with a few articles looking at the lay of the land in the Big East. We started with the bottom, now we’re here. These three teams are not likely to contend for the regular-season crown, but as we saw last year anything can happen come tourney time.
Seton Hall Pirates
Head Coach: Kevin Willard (12th season)
2020-21 KenPom Rankings: 54th overall
2020-21 record: 14-13 (10-9)
KenPom Preseason rank: 50th | Preseason Coaches’ Poll ranking: 5th (of 11)
2020-2021 in review
The Pirates were the reigning Big East regular-season champions heading into 2020-21, their opportunity to win the conference tournament was taken away by the cancellation of the postseason due to COVID-19.