The Seton Hall Pirates are the intercollegiate athletic sports teams representing

Seton Hall University Seton Hall University (SHU) is a Private university, private Catholic Church, Catholic research university in South Orange, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1856 by then-Bishop James Roosevelt Bayley and named after his aunt, Saint Elizab ...

, located in

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. The Pirates compete as a member of the

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level (non-football sub-level), primarily competing in the

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for all sports since the 1979–80 season. Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, soccer and swimming & diving, while women's sports include basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, swimming & diving, tennis and volleyball. Seton Hall canceled football (which was played in Division III) in 1982. The university's

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is Bryan Felt. The program's mascot is The Pirate and colors are blue, gray, and white.

Sports

Men's

Basketball

The university first sponsored men's basketball in 1903. The program won the

National Invitation Tournament The National Invitation Tournament (NIT) is an annual men's college basketball tournament operated by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Since 2023, all rounds of the tournament are played at various sites across the country whi ...

(NIT) in 1953 and lost in the final of the 1989 NCAA Tournament to

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, 80–79 in overtime.

Former programs

Football

Seton Hall first fielded a football team in 1882, with an initial success that was interrupted in 1906 when the university decided to drop the program. After a brief comeback in 1913, the sport would be prohibited the following year. It was not until 1922 when football was reissued by the university, with a 30-0 victory over Cooper Union. The Pirates became an official NCAA team in 1973. The sport's second stint at the school came in Division III. After several years of poor success, football was dropped in 1982.Former programs
on shupirates.comThe Fall, Rise, and Fall of Seton Hall Football
By Matthew Soetebeer on ''The Setonian'', 27 Mar 2024

Wrestling

The sport of

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was sponsored by the school until 2001 when the school decided to drop varsity sponsorship for financial purposes.

References

External links

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Seton Hall University Athletics Collection
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