Pirates Talk

Seton Hall women's basketball coach Tony Bozzella joins this week's podcast as he discusses his team's start, its need to better, the Big East, and more.

Seton Hall is off to a 2-0 start but they face a huge test on Tuesday night against #4 ranked Michigan. Asbury Park Press and app.com writer Jerry Carino joins me to discuss tomorrow's matchup, the last time these teams met 32 years ago in Seattle (who can forget?), and to give the 411 on this year's Pirates squad.

Welcome to the third season of "Pirates Talk"! We kick things off with a visit from John Fanta, a rising media star and a fountain of information about college basketball, the Big East and Seton Hall. It's a preview of the 2021-22 college basketball season.

Jerry Carino is this week's guest as the college basketball writer for the Asbury Park Press discusses the Big East Tournament. Can Seton Hall bounce back from its four-game season-ending losing streak and make some NCAA noise? Plus, hear from head coach Kevin Willard on what happened during the streak and from Sandro Mamukelashvili as he accepts the Big East Player-of-the Year Award.

The Seton Hall women's basketball team traveled a bit of a rocky road this season en route to finishing third in the Big East Conference. Head Coach Tony Bozzella guided his team through COVID pauses, incorporating new faces into the lineup, his own harrowing experience with coronavirus, and more.

Harvey Araton, New York Times best-selling author, and former NBA columnist for The Times, is my guest this week as he discusses his latest book, "Our Last Season, A Writer, A Fan, A Friendship".

Seton Hall has righted the ship with two consecutive road wins, including Saturday's wire-to-wire victory over UConn. With the Pirates in the middle of a week off before their next game, I had a chance to speak with head coach Kevin Willard about where his team stacks up, what happened during that three-game losing streak, what lies ahead and more, including a good story about the late, great, high school hoops guru, Tom Konchalski.

Now in her eighth year as commissioner of the Big East Conference, Val Ackerman discusses her path to her current position, her Jersey roots, David Stern's influence, what the future holds, and more.

From waiting for the KGB (yes, THE KGB) to decide his fate, to his coming to America; and from his time at Seton Hall, to his work in the NBA; Arturas Karnisovas, the Chicago Bulls Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations, discusses his basketball travails and travels. What a ride it has been!

A member of the Seton Hall Athletics Hall-of-Fame, and currently an assistant coach for the Toronto Raptors, Adrian Griffin is my guest on this edition of "Pirates Talk." We discuss how a kid from Kansas made it to South Orange, playing for P.J. Carlesimo, the pursuit of his PhD (getting close), and so much more!