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We're just about finished with the first month of the season in the metropolitan area, and it's become quite obvious who the best team in the area is right now. Seton Hall has gotten off to a 6-1 start, which includes a pair of gutty comebacks in Puerto Rico to finish third in that in-season tournament. Jeremy Hazell has shown himself to be one of the most explosive scorers in the Big East; what has come in his sophomore campaign (23.3 ppg; tops in the Big East) is a level of consistency that wasn't always present last season.

 

2008-09 St. Peter’s Basketball Preview

Coach Dunne continues to build in Jersey City

 

 

Schedule (key games in bold)

 

November 15^th Lehigh 

19^th @ Wagner (Seahawks are also replacing some key contributors from a year ago)

22^nd @ Boston University 

26^th LIU 

30^th @ Rutgers 

December 5^th @ Fairfield (conference opener against team picked to finish second)

7^th Canisius

10^th @ NJIT  

 

Now we come to the bottom of the poll, where there wasn’t much in the way of positives to be found this season. NJIT (0-29) completed a historically bad season, the worst winless campaign in the history of Division I basketball. With head coach Jim Casciano stepping down at season’s end the Highlanders are also in need of a head coach. Whoever steps into that opening will have a lot of work to do in terms of talent along with the confidence level of the returning players.