Gray May Head to Big East, Decommits From Mississippi State

The 16th ranked point guard by ESPN in the class of 2012, Josh Gray (Houston, Texas) has announced that he has decided not to play for Mississippi State and has spoken with the Seton Hall coaching staff.Adam Zagoria, from Zags Blog reports that the Pirates lead recruiter is Shaheen Holloway. Georgia State, Nebraska, and Penn State have all also contacted Gray but he says "He really wants to play in the Big East". One bad thing though about this process is that it is reported that Big East officials have contacted The University of Houston about joining the conference and getting news of this, Gray took an unofficial visit to a Houston football game with officials yesterday and was on campus all day. As all recruiting processes go, it will probably turn out to be an up and down battle between a few different school. We will see what happens.

Pirates Picked 13th in Big East.....Comments Anyone?

Hot off the press the Pirates have been picked to finish 13th in the Big East Conference two spots below where they were picked to finish last year. Mike Rice's squad, Rutgers has been picked to finish 11th, after a controversial loss to The Johnnies in the second round of the Big East Tournament. Personally, I believe Rutgers shouldn't have gotten that far in the first place because The Hall should have closed the deal in the First round. But the past is the past and We at The Hall Zone would like to hear your comments on the Big East Standings and all things Pirate Basketball.

Temple, Boise State, and Central Florida Rumored to Be Headed to Big East

Before everyone writes off the Big East as a major conference anymore, the conference has been exploring new schools to head join as Football and Basketball schools. Temple, Boise State, and central Florida have all been in talks with Big East officials about mending the gaping hole Syracuse and Pitt will leave once everything is all said and done. The biggest lock to be joining the conference is Central Florida, who has been in exclusive talks with officials about leaving Conference USA. The only snag has been that only the football officials have been talking even though basketball is rumored to be joining as well. The addition of Temple would be a big boost for The Big East who needs another solid basketball power to fit in to the conference. Boise State would also be a nice addition as a football school and front the publicity of the conference as a perennial football power.

Canty Verbally Commits to Marshall, Hall in Mitchell's Top Five

For now, the Kyle Anderson back-up plan for The Pirates has stalled as Kareem Canty announced that he has verbally chosen to play Division 1 basketball for Marshall. Canty as we reported on September 25th was down to Marshall and Seton Hall as his final two schools and eventually has decided to head to Ohio. We at The Hall Zone wish Kareem the best in his college hoops future.

The South Orange Juice has confirmed that 6"7 Power Forward Charles Mitchell from Wheeler, Georgia, has Seton Hall in the top 5 of top schools. The class of 2012 forward averaged 19 PPG and 9 RPG last season as a member of the Wheeler High School Basketball squad. Mitchell's top 5 also include Maryland, Florida State, Iowa, and Rhode Island. Since the fall contact period ends today the Pirates coaching staff may have to scramble to finish recruiting for now.