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Casual college basketball fans might remember the name Shaheen Holloway for his legendary March Madness run as head coach at Saint Peter’s. Well, the 48-year-old faced his former team on Monday to begin his third season in the same role at Seton Hall and ended his night at the hospital.
He injured his wrist after the Pirates allowed the Peacocks to hang around during the first half.
Holloway, a McDonald’s All-American in 1996, was a two-time Second-Team All-Big East player at Seton Hall from 1996-2000. The New Jersey-native scored 1,588 points during his four-year career and finished as the program’s all-time assist leader, which still holds today.
Fast forward to March 2022, when Seton Hall hired its former point guard as head coach after his remarkable run to the Sweet 16. The Pirates won 17 games in year one. They won the NIT in year two.
Now in year three, there is an expectation that Shaheen Holloway can reach the NCAA Tournament and maybe win a game or two— even though he only returns two rotation guys from last season.
Monday’s season-opener does not necessarily bode well for those March Madness hopes. Seton Hall only beat Saint Peter’s by four and actually lost the second half by one. It was not great.
The Pirates only led by five at halftime after a sloppy start and Holloway must’ve been furious because he managed to break his wrist doing “coaching stuff” in the locker room. No further information was provided about what he was doing but he showed up to his postgame press conference with a wrap.
Holloway’s left wrist is wrapped. “I think I broke my wrist at halftime.”
— Jerry Carino (@NJHoopsHaven) November 5, 2024
How?
“Coaching stuff” pic.twitter.com/nNHdggwrNQ
As soon as Shaheen Holloway wrapped up his session with the media, it was off to the hospital!
To describe the incident as “coaching stuff” leaves a lot of room for interpretation. But also not really..
What could he possibly have done to break his wrist at halftime? Well, he definitely wasn’t shaking hands with his players to tell them what a great job they were doing!