Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle.
A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013.
He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.
After losing to Notre Dame in the second round of the Big East tournament last Wednesday, Seton Hall guard Jeremy Hazell confessed that the Pirates’ chances of making the NCAA tournament were dim.
“Our destiny going to postseason and the NCAA tournament is in other people’s hands,” Hazell said in the Seton Hall locker room.
Destiny has taken the Pirates (19-12) to the NIT, where they will host Texas Tech (17-15) in a first-round game at the Prudential Center on Tuesday night (9 p.m.).
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