Game #142. RTC Live is back in Newark for an interesting game between the semi-reeling Villanova Wildcats and always dangerous Seton Hall.
If rivalries are measured by duration and number of games played, when the Pirates of Seton Hall and the Wildcats of Villanova look to each other, they see long and strong rivals. In a series that predates the Big East, the Big 5 and even the NIT. The two teams will play their 100th game Tuesday night in a series that dates back to February of 1921, Villanova’s first “season of record” in NCAA basketball. Seton Hall is only the second opponent to play Villanova 100 (or more) times, and Villanova is Seton Hall’s first 100 game opponents. The road this season has many twists and turns as both teams have taken a few bumps and bruises on the way. The Pirates lost Jeremy Hazell for nearly two months when the senior wing broke his wrist two games into the Pirates’ schedule. First year Coach Kevin Willard dismissed senior Keon Lawrence and Jamel Jackson earlier this week. Villanova lost freshman prospect JayVaughn Pinkston before the season began, and has limped along with the slow rehabilitation of freshman guard/forward James Bell and the loss of senior Corey Stokes, who cannot shake a nasty case of turf toe he picked up late in January. These old rivals would like to get their season’s back on track. And the place to start is the Rock on Tuesday night. Join RTC Live for the 8:00 tip-off at the Rock in Newark, New Jersey as Villanova visits Seton Hall.