Overview
- Big East coaches voted Holloway the league’s top coach on Wednesday after The Associated Press gave him the same honor a day earlier.
- Picked last after a 7-25 season, Seton Hall finished 20-11 and fourth in the conference with 11 newcomers, including guard Budd Clark.
- Coaches and reporters noted the achievement came with a bottom-three roster budget, highlighting the program’s resource constraints.
- Boosters and former coach P.J. Carlesimo urged increased university support and stronger NIL fundraising, pointing to a lightly attended $500-per-head fundraiser.
- Fourth-seeded Seton Hall faces No. 5 Creighton in Thursday’s Big East quarterfinals in New York, with Holloway saying a deep run is needed for an NCAA bid as Carlesimo predicts larger programs will target him.