:Seton Hall Pirates

{{Short description|Intercollegiate sports teams of Seton Hall University}}

{{Infobox college athletics

| name = Seton Hall Pirates

| logo = Seton Hall Pirates logo.svg

| university = Seton Hall University

| conference = Big East

| association = NCAA

| division = Division I

| director = Bryan Felt

| location = South Orange, New Jersey

| teams = 14 (6 men's, 8 women's)

| stadium =

| basketballarena = Prudential Center (men’s)
Walsh Gymnasium (men’s and women’s)

| baseballfield = Owen T. Carroll Field

| softballstadium = Mike Sheppard, Sr. Field

| soccerstadium = Owen T. Carroll Field

| icehockeyarena = Richard J. Codey Arena

| lacrossestadium =

| arena2 = Richie Regan Recreation & Athletic Center

| symbol =

| mascot = The Pirate

| nickname = Pirates

| fightsong = "Onward Setonia"{{cite web|title=Fight Song - Alma Mater|url=https://shupirates.com/news/2012/7/5/Fight_Song_Alma_Mater|website=SHUPirates.com|date=July 5, 2012|access-date=March 13, 2022}}

| pageurl = https://shupirates.com/

| altlogo = 70px

}}

The Seton Hall Pirates are the intercollegiate athletic sports teams representing Seton Hall University, located in South Orange, New Jersey. The Pirates compete as a member of the NCAA Division I level (non-football sub-level), primarily competing in the Big East Conference for all sports since the 1979–80 season.{{cite web|url=http://www.bigeast.org/ViewArticle.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=19400&ATCLID=1150047 |title=NCAA Division 1 Varsity Sports |publisher=Seton Hall University |access-date=June 6, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090422185051/http://www.bigeast.org/ViewArticle.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=19400&ATCLID=1150047 |archive-date=April 22, 2009 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.bigeast.org/ViewArticle.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=19400&ATCLID=1150047 |title=Member Schools |publisher=BIG EAST Conference Athletics |access-date=June 6, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090422185051/http://www.bigeast.org/ViewArticle.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=19400&ATCLID=1150047 |archive-date=April 22, 2009 }}{{cite web |title=A History of the Big East |url=http://www.enquirer.com/bearcats/2003/11/05/wwwuc1hist.html |work=Enquirer.com |publisher=The Cincinnati Enquirer |access-date=June 6, 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130102131630/http://www.enquirer.com/bearcats/2003/11/05/wwwuc1hist.html |archive-date=January 2, 2013 |date=November 5, 2003 |url-status=dead }}

Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, soccer and swimming & diving, while women's sports include basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, swimming & diving, tennis and volleyball. Seton Hall canceled football (which was played in Division III) in 1982.

The university's athletic director is Bryan Felt.{{cite web|title=Bryan Felt Named Seton Hall's Director of Athletics|url=https://shupirates.com/news/2019/7/18/general-bryan-felt-named-seton-halls-director-of-athletics.aspx|website=Seton Hall University Athletics|access-date=January 30, 2020 |date=July 18, 2019}} The program's mascot is The Pirate{{cite web|last=Brennan|first=Eamonn|title=Seton Hall Updates Mascot Look |url=https://www.espn.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/post/_/id/36213/seton-hall-updates-mascot-look|publisher=ESPN|access-date=June 6, 2012|date=October 5, 2011}} and colors are blue, gray, and white.{{cite web|title=Seton Hall University Graphic Standards Manual|url=http://www.shu.edu/offices/technology/upload/graphics-manual.pdf#page=19|work=Seton Hall University|date=July 16, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100331050423/http://www.shu.edu/offices/technology/upload/graphics-manual.pdf#page=19|archive-date=March 31, 2010|access-date=December 15, 2015|url-status=dead}}

Sports

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BaseballBasketball
BasketballCross country
Cross countryGolf
GolfSoccer
SoccerSoftball
Swimming & divingSwimming & diving
Tennis
Volleyball

=Men's=

==Basketball==

{{main|Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball}}

The university first sponsored men's basketball in 1903.{{cite web|url=http://domapp01.shu.edu/depts/affairs/setonian.nsf/d5b2806150d5195f85256adc006592cd/0734fa0cae690ff785256c870007a89a?OpenDocument|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060922113740/http://domapp01.shu.edu/depts/affairs/Setonian.nsf/d5b2806150d5195f85256adc006592cd/0734fa0cae690ff785256c870007a89a?OpenDocument|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 22, 2006|title=New book spotlights history of SHU b-ball|publisher=The Setonian|access-date=June 6, 2012}} The program won the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) in 1953{{cite web|title=1953 Men's NIT Basketball Tournament|url=http://www.artofelimination.com/Results/003_1953/1953-mens-nit-basketball-tournament|work=ArtofElimination.com|access-date=June 6, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160119153838/http://www.artofelimination.com/Results/003_1953/1953-mens-nit-basketball-tournament|archive-date=2016-01-19|url-status=dead}} and lost in the final of the 1989 NCAA Tournament to Michigan, 80–79 in overtime.{{cite web |last=Luicci|first=Tom|title=Reunion of Seton Hall's 1989 Final Four Team Brings P.J. Carlesimo to Tears |url=http://www.nj.com/setonhall/index.ssf/2009/01/reunion_of_seton_halls_1989_fi.html |work=NJ.com|access-date=June 6, 2012|date=January 25, 2009}}

= Former programs =

==Football==

File:Seton hall early football team.jpg

Seton Hall first fielded a football team in 1882, with an initial success that was interrupted in 1906 when the university decided to drop the program. After a brief comeback in 1913, the sport would be prohibited the following year. It was not until 1922 when football was reissued by the university, with a 30-0 victory over Cooper Union. The Pirates became an official NCAA team in 1973.

The sport's second stint at the school came in Division III. After several years of poor success, football was dropped in 1982.{{cite news|title=Football Dropped|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1665&dat=19820302&id=b28dAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2CQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5445,190496|access-date=June 6, 2012|newspaper=The Times-News|date=March 2, 1982|location=Hendersonville, North Carolina|page=12}}[https://shupirates.com/sports/2016/7/10/trads-seha-football-html?id=75 Former programs] on shupirates.com[https://www.thesetonian.com/article/2024/03/seton-hall-football The Fall, Rise, and Fall of Seton Hall Football] By Matthew Soetebeer on The Setonian, 27 Mar 2024

==Wrestling==

The sport of wrestling was sponsored by the school until 2001 when the school decided to drop varsity sponsorship for financial purposes.{{cite news|title=Seton Hall to Discontinue Wrestling|url=https://shupirates.com/news/2001/3/23/Seton_Hall_to_Discontinue_Wrestling_Program|access-date=January 1, 2024|website=shupirates.com|date=March 23, 2001}}

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