The 2026–27 Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball team will represent Seton Hall University in the 2026–27 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They are led by fifth-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 2025–26 season 21–12, 10–10 in Big East play to finish in fourth place. They beat Creighton in the first round of the Big East tournament, but were defeated by number one seeded St. John's in the second round. Following the team's loss in the Big East tournament, they announced that they would not participate in any postseason tournaments.
On July 11, 2026 Holloway agreed to a six-year contract extension with Seton Hall
On August 20, 2026, assistant coach Corey Lowery was hired as the head coach of the Texas Southern. He was replaced by former Wagner head coach Donald Copeland . Copeland was previously an assistant coach for the Pirates during the 2021 season.
Departures All players listed as "graduated" are tentative departures unless otherwise noted. Seton Hall departuresNameNumberPos.HeightWeightYearHometownReason for departure Budd Clark 0 G 5'10" 225 Junior Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Transferred to Ole Miss Jacob Dar 1 G/F 6'7" 190 Senior Omaha, Nebraska Transferred to Rice Tajuan Simpkins 2 G 6'4" 190 Junior Brooklyn, New York Transferred to Mississippi State Stephon Payne 6 F 6'9" 235 Senior Jacksonville, Florida Transferred to New Mexico State Josh Rivera 7 F 6'6" 225 Senior New Brunswick, New Jersey Transferred to Tennessee State Patrick Suemnick 9 F 6'8" 235 Graduate Green Bay, Wisconsin Graduated AJ Staton-McCray 14 G 6'4" 200 Senior Delray Beach, Florida Graduated Jasheem Felton 15 G 6'5" 205 Sophomore Charlotte, North Carolina Transferred to Alcorn State Mike Williams 23 G 6'3" 185 Junior Baltimore, Maryland Transferred to Tulsa Najai Hines 25 F 6'10" 265 Freshman Plainfield, New Jersey Transferred to UConn Assane Mbaye 35 C 7'2" 190 Sophomore M'Bour, Senegal Transferred to Florida A&M David Gabriel 41 G 6'1" 175 Senior North Bergen, New Jersey Graduated Godswill Erheriene 54 C 6'9" 225 Sophomore Ughelli, Nigeria Transferred to Incarnate Word
Incoming transfers Seton Hall incoming transfersNameNumberPos.HeightWeightYearHometownPrevious school Del Jones 0 G 6'3" 187 Junior Arlington County, Virginia Radford Kareem Thomas 2 F 6'5" 195 Junior Wilmington, Delaware Dartmouth Simeon Wilcher 4 G 6'4" 200 Senior Plainfield, New Jersey Texas Rodney Brown Jr. 6 G 6'6" 185 Senior Perris, California Loyola Marymount Terry Copeland Jr. 9 F 6'9" 225 Junior Orange, New Jersey Howard College Mayar Wol 15 F 6'8" 196 Senior Raleigh, North Carolina Bowling Green Mihailo Petrović 17 G 6'3" 180 Sophomore Prokuplje, Serbia Illinois Devin Williams 22 F 6'10" 205 Junior Riverside, California Florida Atlantic Roddie Anderson III 23 G 6'3" 185 Graduate Orange County, California Xavier Abdulai Fanta Kabba 77 C 7'0" 235 Junior Kenema, Sierra Leone Western Carolina
2026 recruiting class
2027 Recruiting Class
Roster
Schedule and results
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