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Seton Hall (7-4)
#84 in KenPom
#84 in KenPom
This year’s stat highlights:
- 15th in D1 experience (2.94 years)
62nd in Offensive efficiency
- 17th in offensive rebounding rate
- Bediako 2nd nationally; Davis 395th
- 52nd in 2PA/FTA ratio (68.5%); 64th w/ a 54.2 2P%; 30.5 3P% (274th)
- 57th in FT% (75.3%); 150th in FT Rate
- Davis, Richmond, Coleman, Addae-Wuwu all capable basket attackers
- 131st in offensive tempo (16.9 seconds/possession)
- 196th in TO prevention
- 214th in A/FGM (48.5%)
125th in Defensive efficiency
- 51st in defensive possession length (18.2 seconds/possession)
- 54th in steal rate
- Addae-Wusu, Coleman and Richmond all rank top-150ish nationally
- 76th in opp. 2p% (46.6%)
- 97th in block rate
- Bediako 62nd nationally; Davis 376th
- 151st in defensive rebounding rate
- Bediako and Richmond ~ 350th nationally
- 164th in FTA/FGA prevention; 329th in opp. FT% (75.4%)
- 270th in A/FGM (55%)
- 314th in 3PA/FGA prevention (42.5%); opp. 35.1 3P% (265th)
Results from key games:
- L 63-71 to USC; neutral site (KP 44)
- L 72-85 to Iowa; neutral site (KP 50)
- L 60-78 at Baylor (KP 15)
- L 63-70 vs. Rutgers (KP 77)
- W 93-87 at Missouri; in Kansas City (KP 85)
PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP: 1 through 4 gets 28-32 mpg; Bediako 24 mpg
Kadary Richmond 6’6 210 senior
- 14.7p, 6.1r, 4.4a, 3.0 TO, 1.9 STL, 54.5 2P%, 12.5 3P%, 10% FGAs from 3, 75 FT%
Al-Amir Dawes 6’2 180 fifth-year returnee
- 13.0p, 1.9r, 2.3a, 1.6 TO, 0.8 STL, 48.8 2P%, 2/3rds FGAs from 3, 32.1 3P%, career 37% from 3, 2.0 FTA, 90/9 FT%
Dylan Addae-Wusu 6’4 230 senior (transfer from St. John’s)
- 8.1p, 4.6r, 2.5a, 1.6 TO, 2.0 STL, 45.9 2P%, 32.4 3P%, ½ FGAs from 3, 65.5 FT%
Dre Davis 6’6 212 senior
- 12.6p, 5.8r, 1.4a, 1.3 TO, 50.6 2P%, 38.1 3P%, 20% FGAs from 3, 3.4 FTA, 78.4 FT%, 0.8b
Jaden Bediako 6’10 245 grad transfer from Santa Clara
- 10.2p, 7.9r, 1.5b, 61 FG%, 0 3PA, 66.7 FT%
FREQUENTLY USED BENCH PIECES - 24.7% minutes (313rd in nation)
Isaiah Coleman 6’5 186 freshman - 18.5 mpg
- 6.8p, 2.9r, 1.2s, 57.1 2P%, 26.7 3P%, ¼ FGAs from 3, 68.2 FT%
Elijah Hutchins-Everett 6’11 255 junior (transfer from Austin Peay) - 15.3 mpg
- 4.0p, 3.3r, 60 2P%, 2 3PA, career 31.1 3P%, 1.0 TO, career 71.1 FT%
In Year 2 under Shaheen Holloway, a lot looks the same for Seton Hall: a long, physical and athletic team that returns its starting backcourt of Kadary Richmond and Al-Amir Dawes. The three-quarter court pressure is back and a lot of the players share a scrappiness and a strong center of gravity.
However, the emergence of senior Dre Davis provides the Pirates a projectability that makes their offense look more than what they were mostly last year: give the ball to your best athlete and see what they can do.
Playing last season as a combo forward, this year Davis is cemented as the Pirates’ power forward, a position that was mostly shared last year between Davis non-scorers/shooters KC Ndefo and Tae Davis. At the 4, Davis’ three-level scoring ability and overall efficiency allows for more spacing than last year for Seton Hall’s slashers, bucket-attackers and low-post room for Richmond and the bigs.
Following the graduations of Tyrese Samuel, Tray Jackson and KC Ndefo, Seton Hall’s center rotation is brand new. Santa Clara grad transfer Jaden Bediako has stepped up in his second straight season as a full-time starter. At 6’10 240, the lefty Bediako is the smaller of the two bigs. With active feet on defense and the more capable rim-runner out of the two, Bediako arrives at Seton Hall from Herb Sendek’s 1-through-5 switching defense, making Bediako one of the most versatile defenders on the team.
From what little I’ve seen from Elijah Hutchins-Everett, I am not overly impressed. Even as a junior, the Putnam Science Academy product is a raw, long and large-framed big with less-than-average athleticism and footwork, but an ability to shoot from the elbow and beyond. 6’10 218 sophomore Sadraque NgaNga, a Boise State transfer, played more regularly during Hutchins-Everett’s five game absence, but will only get minutes against UConn if there’s an injury or foul trouble between the two bigs. The former top-100 prospect is the best athlete out of the bigs and has a projectable ceiling, but for now, he’s developing at his own pace.
Between Richmond and Dawes, there’s a familiarity in the backcourt. We might still have nightmares of Richmond posting up on RJ Cole, but the championship shine helps forget that now distant memory. Few point guards match Richmond’s length and strength, but he is a non-factor on the perimeter and still guilty of giving up too many turnovers due to his high dribble and mindset that sometimes overcomplicates when the simple play is the right play. A constantly pestering defender, Richmond was a key factor why Missouri’s smaller guards were unable to convert from inside the arc.
Dawes is back in his familiar role as the team’s top perimeter shooter who also limits mistakes with the ball and has solid vision as a secondary distributor. Like last year, however, he is the starting lineup’s weakest defender, so whether it’s Spencer or Newton, one of these two should feast when Dawes is defending.
Replacing Femi Odukale at the 3-guard is St. John’s transfer Dylan Addae-Wusu. The 6’4 215 senior has slimmed down 15 pounds since his time at St. John’s, which has helped him become more dangerous in the open court and quicker on defense. A physical, unselfish two-way guard, Addae-Wusu is very switchable on defense, is a capable secondary ball-handler/distributor and brings more outside shooting than Odukale. However, like Richmond, Addae-Wusu is mistake-prone and has a wide variability of what you get from him: he had an amazing game yesterday against Missouri, but played awfully against Monmouth and Rutgers. In addition to starting at the 3-guard, Addae-Wusu is also the primary backup to Dre Davis at the 4.
Off the bench, Isaiah Coleman has impressed so far in his freshman year. With a career night against Monmouth (17 points, 4 rebounds, two steals and two blocks in 27 minutes), Coleman showcased his fluidity and athleticism on offense and versatility on defense, as he can comfortably guard 1-through-3 and smaller 4s. Already a gifted slasher and strong rebounder for his position, Coleman is not a shooter or a good passer.
Sophomore guards Jaquan Sanders and JaQuan Harris, along with freshman Malachi Brown, got more regular minutes against weaker competition, and I do not expect either to play much, if at all on Wednesday.
With a few exceptions, the top-seven of Seton Hall make up a group of strong (save for Dawes and Coleman) and (save for Dawes and Hutchins-Everett) versatile defenders. Personally, I see a stronger offensive group than last year and more balance across the team thanks to Davis’ breakout. Always a pain in the butt to play against, I will never discount a Shaheen Holloway coached squad.
