{"id":5530,"date":"2025-07-13T01:08:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T01:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/5530\/"},"modified":"2025-07-13T01:08:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T01:08:04","slug":"seton-hall-sets-2025-26-season-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/5530\/","title":{"rendered":"Seton Hall sets 2025-26 season-opener"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"RFTRXNQA25A7HDTXKPM5MYNGE4\"><a href=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"\">Seton Hall<\/a> has set its season-opener for the 2025-26 season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"Y3YTTYQOG5DTFM63BHM7IDFFH4\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/setonhall\/2025\/07\/seton-halls-holloway-on-new-look-team-i-got-humbled-last-year-and-now-its-time-to-get-to-work.html?outputType=amp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/setonhall\/2025\/07\/seton-halls-holloway-on-new-look-team-i-got-humbled-last-year-and-now-its-time-to-get-to-work.html?outputType=amp\">new-look Pirates<\/a> will host Saint Peter\u2019s on the opening night of the college basketball season, Peacocks coach Bashir Mason told NJ Advance Media.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"BU2I2WZRCBHI7CTUNNZSDEBZSU\">That game is part of an ambitious non-conference schedule for the Peacocks that also includes Georgetown, FDU, VCU , Delaware, Dartmouth and UMass-Lowell<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"LNVXR4R7PZD33BV2SDLO6IEEWI\">The Hall will also compete in the prestigious <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/setonhall\/2024\/05\/seton-hall-to-play-in-prestigious-maui-invitational-in-2025.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/setonhall\/2024\/05\/seton-hall-to-play-in-prestigious-maui-invitational-in-2025.html\">Maui Invitational <\/a>that also includes Baylor, NC State, Oregon, Texas, UNLV, USC and Chaminade, the annual host school.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"ILSWHV7DFJDXFCC6DNU5MNFE7I\">Pirates coach Shaheen Holloway said Seton Hall will again play <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/rutgersbasketball\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/rutgersbasketball\/\">Rutgers<\/a> in the Garden State Classic and that it\u2019s adding several high-profile games, including a home-and-home with Kansas State.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"RXLTZDIXSVADZD6T3JF7ESNOTM\">The Hall will visit Manhattan, KS Dec. 6, with the return game at Prudential Center in the 2026-27 season. Holloway is looking to add one more high-major game to that mix.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"GY5P4GMZPJHTBARH4FWE3MECNE\">\u201cWe\u2019re trying to get two more high-major Power-5 games,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"PHDLYI5QSBGH7GPEH2K7J4TESM\">NJIT SETS SEASON-OPENER<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"IS6D5W65E5B3RCJC2A4653SDAM\">Coach Grant Billmeier and NJIT will open the season Nov. 4 at Fordham, NJ Advance Media has learned.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"HKXLMTNZABFQTCG7HKGWT2HIMU\">Billmeier is entering his third season at the helm of NJIT, while Fordham enters its first under new coach Mike Magpayo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"DOX65LFNLREZRBYSI3JBCXKV5Y\">Thank you for relying on us to provide the journalism you can trust. Please consider supporting us with a subscription.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"EVFOEFCKYJC3FFW6N6VSQRHGXQ\">Adam Zagoria is a freelance reporter and Basketball Insider for NJ Advance Media. You may follow him on Twitter @<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamZagoria\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">AdamZagoria <\/a>and check out his Website at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zagsblog.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ZAGSBLOG.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. 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