2025–26 Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball team

2025–26 Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball
2025–26 Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball
Conference	Big East Conference
Record	11–2 (1–1 Big East)
Head coach	Shaheen Holloway (4th season);
Assistant coaches	Rasheen Davis; Ryan Whalen; Corey Lowery; Andrew Francis;
Home arena	Prudential Center; Walsh Gymnasium

2025–26 Big East men's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 4 UConn	2	–	0	1.000	12	–	1	.923
Creighton	2	–	0	1.000	8	–	5	.615
Villanova	1	–	0	1.000	10	–	2	.833
St. John's	1	–	0	1.000	8	–	4	.667
Seton Hall	1	–	1	.500	11	–	2	.846
Butler	1	–	1	.500	10	–	3	.769
Georgetown	1	–	1	.500	9	–	4	.692
Xavier	1	–	1	.500	9	–	4	.692
DePaul	0	–	2	.000	8	–	5	.615
Providence	0	–	2	.000	7	–	6	.538
Marquette	0	–	2	.000	5	–	8	.385

† 2026 Big East tournament winner As of December 23, 2025 Rankings from AP poll

The 2025–26 Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball team represents Seton Hall University in the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They are led by fourth-year head coach Shaheen Holloway. The Pirates play their home games at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, and Walsh Gymnasium in South Orange, New Jersey, as members of the Big East Conference.

Previous season

The Pirates finished the 2024–25 season a school worst 7–25, 2–18 in Big East play to finish in last place.^[1] They were defeated by Villanova in the first round of the Big East tournament.

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Dylan Addae-Wusu	0	G	6'4"	237	Graduate	The Bronx, New York	Graduated
Prince Aligbe	7	F	6'7"	228	Junior	Minneapolis, Minnesota	Transferred to Southern Illinois^[2]
Isaiah Coleman	21	G	6'5"	195	Sophomore	Fredericksburg, Virginia	Transferred to Oklahoma State^[3]
Garwey Dual	33	G	6'5"	205	Sophomore	Houston, Texas	Transferred to McNeese^[4]
Zion Harmon	1	G	6'0"	184	Junior	Temple Hills, Maryland	Transferred to Georgetown College^[5]
Chaunce Jenkins	2	G	6'4"	185	Graduate	Newport News, Virginia	Graduated
Scotty Middleton	7	F	6'7"	181	Sophomore	Miami, Florida	Transferred to Tulane
Emmanuel Okorafor	23	F	6'9"	225	Junior	Abia, Nigeria	Transferred to Wichita State
Yacine Toumi	9	F	6'10"	215	Graduate	Meudon, France	Graduate transferred to Hawaii
David Tubek	6	F	6'7"	220	Sophomore	Juba, South Sudan	Transferred to UTEP
Gus Yalden	19	F	6'9"	258	Sophomore	Appleton, Wisconsin	Transferred to Vermont

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Adam Clark	0	G	5'10"	165	Junior	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Merrimack
Jacob Dar	1	G/F	6'7"	190	Senior	Omaha, Nebraska	Rice
Elijah Fisher	22	G	6'6"	220	Senior	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Pacific
Trey Parker	13	G	6'0"	180	Sophomore	Fayetteville, North Carolina	NC State
Stephon Payne	6	F	6'9"	235	Senior	Jacksonville, Florida	Jacksonville
Josh Rivera	7	F	6'6"	225	Senior	New Brunswick, New Jersey	Fordham
Tajuan Simpkins	2	G	6'4"	190	Junior	Brooklyn, New York	Elon
AJ Staton-McCray	14	G	6'4"	200	Senior	Delray Beach, Florida	Miami
Patrick Suemnick	9	F	6'8"	235	Graduate	Green Bay, Wisconsin	Oklahoma State
Mike Williams	23	G	6'3"	185	Junior	Baltimore, Maryland	LSU

2025 recruiting class

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight	Commit date
Najai Hines #25 SG	Plainfield, NJ	Plainfield	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	265 lb (120 kg)	Jul 22, 2025
Najai Hines #25 SG	Recruit ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: (83)

2026 recruiting class

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight	Commit date
Darien Moore #1 SG	Wolfeboro, NH	Brewster Academy	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Feb 6, 2024
Darien Moore #1 SG	Recruit ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: (82)

Roster

2025–26 Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Adam "Budd" Clark	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Jr	Merrimack	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
G/F	1	Jacob Dar	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Sr	Rice	Omaha, Nebraska
G	2	Tajuan Simpkins	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jr	Elon	Brooklyn, New York
F	6	Stephon Payne	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Sr	Jacksonville	Jacksonville, Florida
F	7	Josh Rivera	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Sr	Fordham	New Brunswick, New Jersey
F	9	Patrick Suemnick	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	GS	Oklahoma State	Green Bay, Wisconsin
G	13	Trey Parker	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	So	NC State	Fayetteville, North Carolina
G	14	AJ Staton-McCray	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Sr	Miami	Delray Beach, Florida
G	15	Jasheem Felton	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	So	Combine Academy (NC)	Charlotte, North Carolina
G	22	Elijah Fisher	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Sr	Pacific	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
G	23	Mike Williams	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Jr	LSU	Baltimore, Maryland
F	25	Najai Hines	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	265 lb (120 kg)	Fr	Plainfield High School (NJ)	Plainfield, New Jersey
C	35	Assane Mbaye	7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	So	The Patrick School (NJ)	M'Bour, Senegal
G	41	David Gabriel (W)	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Sr	North Bergen High School	North Bergen, New Jersey
C	54	Godswill Erheriene	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	So	Long Island Lutheran (NY)	Ughelli, Nigeria

Head coach

Shaheen Holloway (Seton Hall)

Assistant coach(es)

Rasheen Davis (New Rochelle)
Ryan Whalen (Saint Joseph's)
Corey Lowery (Rutgers)
Andrew Francis (Southampton)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 3, 2025* 7:30 p.m., ESPN+	Saint Peter's	W 77–50	1–0	12 – Hines	9 – Hines	3 – Dar	Prudential Center (6,312) Newark, NJ
November 7, 2025* 7:30 p.m., ESPN+	Wagner	W 68–61	2–0	19 – Fisher	11 – Payne	6 – Clark	Walsh Gymnasium (1,308) South Orange, NJ
November 10, 2025* 8:00 p.m., ESPN+	Fairfield	W 82−59	3−0	13 – Staton-McCray	10 – Hines	4 – Clark	Walsh Gymnasium (1,297) South Orange, NJ
November 13, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Monmouth	W 70−58	4−0	14 – Simpkins	8 – Tied	6 – Clark	Prudential Center (6,179) Newark, NJ
November 18, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	New Haven	W 68−45	5−0	18 – Simpkins	11 – Payne	5 – Clark	Prudential Center (6,201) Newark, NJ
November 24, 2025* 2:30 p.m., ESPN2	vs. No. 23 NC State Maui Invitational Quarterfinals	W 85–74	6–0	22 – Staton-McCray	8 – Staton-McCray	3 – Tied	Lahaina Civic Center (2,400) Lahaina, HI
November 25, 2025* 5:00 p.m., ESPN	vs. USC Maui Invitational Semifinals	L 81–83	6–1	18 – Clark	5 – Tied	7 – Clark	Lahaina Civic Center (2,400) Lahaina, HI
November 26, 2025* 5:30 p.m., ESPN2	vs. Washington State Maui Invitational 3rd Place Game	W 75–61	7–1	20 – Staton-McCray	7 – Payne	7 – Clark	Lahaina Civic Center (2,400) Lahaina, HI
December 3, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Central Connecticut	W 77–61	8–1	12 – Tied	7 – Tied	12 – Clark	Walsh Gymnasium (1,219) South Orange, NJ
December 6, 2025* 12:00 p.m., ESPNU	at Kansas State	W 78–67	9–1	16 – Tied	6 – Tied	4 – Staton-McCray	Bramlage Coliseum (9,195) Manhattan, KS
December 13, 2025* 8:00 p.m., FS1	Rutgers Garden State Hardwood Classic	W 81–59	10–1	18 – Staton-McCray	6 – Tied	7 – Clark	Prudential Center (11,153) Newark, NJ
Big East regular season
December 19, 2025 6:30 p.m., FS1	at Providence	W 72–67	11–1 (1–0)	22 – Simpkins	16 – Payne	7 – Clark	Amica Mutual Pavilion (10,993) Providence, RI
December 23, 2025 7:00 p.m., Peacock	Villanova	L 56–64	11–2 (1–1)	13 – Fisher	10 – Payne	3 – Stanton-McCray	Prudential Center (11,153) Newark, NJ
December 30, 2025 7:00 p.m., FS1	at Marquette						Fiserv Forum Milwaukee, WI
January 4, 2026 12:00 p.m., Peacock	Creighton						Prudential Center Newark, NJ
January 10, 2026 6:00 p.m., FS1	at Georgetown						Capital One Arena Washington, D.C.
January 13, 2026 8:00 p.m., TruTV	UConn						Prudential Center Newark, NJ
January 17, 2026 12:00 p.m., TNT/TruTV	Butler						Prudential Center Newark, NJ
January 20, 2026 7:00 p.m., FS1	at St. John's						Madison Square Garden New York, NY
January 24, 2026 5:00 p.m., TruTV	at DePaul						Wintrust Arena Chicago, IL
January 28, 2026 7:30 p.m., Peacock	Xavier						Prudential Center Newark, NJ
January 31, 2026 12:00 p.m., Peacock	Marquette						Prudential Center Newark, NJ
February 4, 2026 6:30 p.m., Peacock	at Villanova						Wells Fargo Center Philadelphia, PA
February 7, 2026 6:00 p.m., Peacock	at Creighton						CHI Health Center Omaha Omaha, NE
February 11, 2026 7:30 p.m., Peacock	Providence						Prudential Center Newark, NJ
February 15, 2026 6:00 p.m., FS1	at Butler						Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
February 18, 2026 8:00 p.m., TruTV	DePaul						Prudential Center Newark, NJ
February 21, 2026 6:00 p.m., FS1	Georgetown						Prudential Center Newark, NJ
February 28, 2026 12:00 p.m., FS1	at UConn						Harry A. Gampel Pavilion Storrs, CT
March 3, 2026 7:00 p.m., TruTV	at Xavier						Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH
March 6, 2026 9:00 p.m., FS1	St. John's						Prudential Center Newark, NJ
Big East tournament
March 11–14, 2026 TBD							Madison Square Garden New York, NY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Final
AP ^[6]	—	—	—	—	RV	RV	RV	RV
Coaches	—	—	—	—	—	RV	RV	RV

References

^ Jones, Childs (March 17, 2025). "A Lost Season Finally Comes to an End for the Seton Hall Pirates". Seton Hall. Retrieved November 4, 2025.
^ McCaughan, Tim (May 29, 2025). "SIU Men's Basketball adds Prince Aligbe to recruits". TheSouthern. Retrieved November 4, 2025.
^ White, Ivan (April 4, 2025). "Oklahoma State Lands Seton Hall's Leading Scorer in Transfer Portal". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved November 4, 2025.
^ Gazzolo, Jim (April 24, 2025). "McNeese gets big guard". American Press. Retrieved November 4, 2025.
^ Oaks, Kal (October 23, 2025). "Men's basketball: Former high school phenom Harmon joins No. 3 Tigers". News-Graphics. Retrieved November 4, 2025.
^ "AP Top 25 Men's College Basketball Poll". AP News. Retrieved October 14, 2025.

[1] Jones, Childs (March 17, 2025). "A Lost Season Finally Comes to an End for the Seton Hall Pirates". Seton Hall. Retrieved November 4, 2025.

[2] McCaughan, Tim (May 29, 2025). "SIU Men's Basketball adds Prince Aligbe to recruits". TheSouthern. Retrieved November 4, 2025.

[3] White, Ivan (April 4, 2025). "Oklahoma State Lands Seton Hall's Leading Scorer in Transfer Portal". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved November 4, 2025.

[4] Gazzolo, Jim (April 24, 2025). "McNeese gets big guard". American Press. Retrieved November 4, 2025.

[5] Oaks, Kal (October 23, 2025). "Men's basketball: Former high school phenom Harmon joins No. 3 Tigers". News-Graphics. Retrieved November 4, 2025.

[6] "AP Top 25 Men's College Basketball Poll". AP News. Retrieved October 14, 2025.

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NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

Previous season

Offseason

Departures

Incoming transfers

2025 recruiting class

2026 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

Rankings

See also

References