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Myles Cale won’t get to Seton Hall until next year, but after signing his National Letter of Intent on Wednesday he can’t wait to get started.

“I’ve been looking forward ever since I really committed to just getting [the signing] out of the way and getting on campus and working out and playing at the Prudential Center as soon as possible,” Cale said Tuesday by phone.

Ranked the No. 16 shooting guard in the Class of 2017, the 6-foot-5, 195-pound Cale committed to Seton Hall last March over Xavier, James Madison, Temple, St. Joe’s and Delaware.

He is Seton Hall’s lone signee in the Class of 2017, although the staff is recruiting several point guards (Trevon Duval, Nojel Eastern) as well as prioritizing big men like Bourama Sidibe of St. Benedict’s Prep.

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Seton Hall Handing Over Reins to Wake Forest Transfer Madison Jones

October 26, 2016

author: Adam Zagoria

SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. — When Madison Jones was in high school at the Raleigh (N.C.) Ravenscroft School, he considered Seton Hall along with Wake Forest, Georgia Tech and Richmond.

“They recruited me out of high school and they offered me then,” the 6-foot-2 Jones said of Seton Hall on Tuesday. “I actually came up on a visit when I was in high school and I liked it a lot.”

But the North Carolina native ultimately chose Wake Forest, where he spent three years until he was dismissed in August 2015 after he was charged with driving while impaired and had his driver’s license revoked.

Seton Hall stayed in touch and offered him a second chance. After sitting down with head coach Kevin Willard, Jones joined the team in June, as first reported by ZAGSBLOG.

“Everything happens for a reason and now I’m here,” Jones said.

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Kevin Willard Expects Isaiah Whitehead to Spend Time in NBA D-League

October 26, 2016

author: Adam Zagoria

SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. — With the Nets set to open their season Wednesday night in Boston against the Celtics, rookie guard Isaiah Whitehead is listed as inactive and Seton Hall coach Kevin Willard expects his former point guard to spend some time in the NBA D-League this season.

Whitehead was selected at No. 42 in the NBA Draft, and it’s quite common for rookies, especially second-round picks, to get sent down at some point during the season. Last year, 27 players drafted, including 10 first-round selections, played in the NBA D-League.

“He’s up here all the time [at Seton Hall],” Willard told me Tuesday at Seton Hall’s Media Day. “We’re excited for him. He’s a rookie in the NBA. You’re going to be on the inactive list, you’re going to go down to the D-League every once in a while, you’re going to play, you’re going to get your opportunities. That’s part of being a rookie in the NBA. He’s going to have to carry some bags, he’s going to have to do all that.

“The biggest thing we’re talking to him about is just making sure he stays sharp. Get extra reps in, get to the gym a little bit earlier, like he always does.”

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Seton Hall Freshman Myles Powell Has Dropped 45 Pounds, Ready to Go

October 25, 2016

author: Adam Zagoria

NEW YORK — Seton Hall freshman Myles Powell weighed as much as 240 pounds this summer after re-injuring the left foot he initially broke last October.

The 6-foot-2 shooting guard from Trenton, N.J., re-injured the foot in February, left South Kent (Conn.) soon after and arrived on Seton Hall’s campus in May.

From there on, he tried to drop as much weight as he could

“They brought me in to school in May, I started May 25th and they didn’t allow me to go home, I just stayed up there every day,” Powell told me Saturday night at the Sharette Dixon Classic at Gauchos Gym.

“Every day, Monday through Friday, I was just pushing myself every day,” he added. “The trainer that we have, Jason [Nehring], he pushed me every day, even when I thought I couldn’t, he pushed me every day.”

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St. John’s Chris Mullin, Villanova’s Josh Hart Among Those Discussing Potential Social Protests

October 12, 2016

author: Dennis Chambers

By ADAM ZAGORIA & DENNIS CHAMBERS

NEW YORK — Chris Mullin has been keeping an eye on the social protests going on around the sports world and plans to sit down with his players soon to discuss potential options for the St. John’s basketball team.

From Colin Kaepernick to Carmelo Anthony to players in the WNBA, protesting social injustice has become a major issue in pro sports over the last few weeks. And with college basketball season now underway, it is becoming an important topic at the university level, too. Virginia players already posted a photo on social media of the team kneeling in protest of social injustice.

“Probably within the next week or so as a team, we’ll have a nice sit down, just a team meeting, little town meeting type thing, and get everyone’s feelings and just really use it as a teaching tool,” Mullin, a Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer, said Tuesday at Big East Media Day at Madison Square Garden.