Men's Basketball Announces 2025-26 Non-Conference Schedule
8/11/2025 2:00:00 PM | Men's Basketball
South Orange, N.J. - Seton Hall men's basketball has announced its non-conference schedule for the upcoming 2025-26 season, which features the annual Garden State Hardwood Classic against in-state rival Rutgers at Prudential Center on Dec. 13 as well as battles against talented metropolitan area foes. The Pirates will also take part in the Southwest Maui Invitational during feast week, perennially one of the most prestigious multi-team events on the college basketball calendar.
Season tickets for all games at Prudential Center, the four non-conference games and 10 BIG EAST games, are on sale now, and fans can email tickets@shu.edu, call (973) 275-4255 or submit a season ticket interest form to purchase. Tip times and the full 20-game BIG EAST schedule will be announced at a later date.
Entering season four guiding the men's basketball program, head coach Shaheen Holloway brings in an exciting revamped roster for this upcoming season.
Seton Hall will host Saint Peter's at Prudential Center on Monday, Nov. 3 to open up the campaign, marking the third straight year in which the Pirates and Peacocks will meet on opening night. The Pirates will then play their next two games on campus inside historic Walsh Gymnasium, facing Wagner (Nov. 7), led by former Pirate guard Donald Copeland, before taking on Fairfield (Nov. 10) for the first time since 1980.
The Pirates return to Prudential Center for two final tune-ups before their cross-country trip to Hawaii. Monmouth comes to Newark on Thursday, Nov. 13 before a matchup with newly-minted Division I foe New Haven on Tuesday, Nov. 18.
During Thanksgiving week, the Pirates will travel west to take part in the Maui Invitational for the second time in program history. Seton Hall will open up the tournament on Monday, Nov. 24 with a showdown against NC State, marking the first meeting between the schools since the Pirates' 94-83 win in the first round of the 2018 NCAA Tournament. The Pirates' second game of the week will be played on Tuesday, Nov. 25 against either Boise State or USC, and the tournament finale will take place on Wednesday, Nov. 26 with the opponent to be determined.
Upon returning to the east coast, Seton Hall heads back inside Walsh Gym on Wednesday, Dec. 3 to welcome in Central Connecticut State. The Blue Devils are coming off a 25-win campaign and are the reigning NEC regular season champions.
The non-conference slate rounds out with a pair of power conference tilts. First, the Pirates head to the Little Apple in Manhattan, Kan., to square off against Kansas State in the first game of a home-and-home series with the Wildcats. This will mark just the second ever meeting between the schools and the first since Dec. 30, 1940. The Pirates will round out non-conference play at Prudential Center in the Garden State Hardwood Classic against Rutgers on Saturday, Dec. 13. This will be the 76th all-time meeting between the in-state rivals, and Seton Hall has won four of its last five home matchups against the Scarlet Knights.
