Seton Hall Basketball: 3 concerns Pirates have to address after Villanova loss

They are so easy to scout

The major obstacle that is going to prevent Seton Hall from achieving great heights this March is that they are extremely easy to scout. They have all the pieces to be a very good team, they just are not putting them together to be one of the best.

When you come up against a coach like Jay Wright, who arguably could be labeled the Coach of the Decade, you will be exposed by Wright on the sidelines, especially when in-game adjustments are evident from the fan’s couches.

The centerpiece of the team is clearly Myles Powell, at 21.5 points per game, he is the second-leading scorer in the Big East and in the conversation for not only the Big East Player of the Year but National Player of the Year. The fact that Powell is not ‘guaranteed money’ every game is what will prevent him from winning the National Player of the Year and prevent Seton Hall from making a deep run into the tourney.

Powell has the ultimate green light to do whatever he wants on the court. In the last six games, Powell is shooting over 45% from 2-point  and just a shade over 25% from beyond the arc while averaging three more three-pointers per game. Easy to prevent that, do not let a player use his clear advantage of quickness, and let him shoot from further away from the basket.

Romaro Gill as mentioned is not a threat offensively, which makes the pick’n’roll with Powell less effective. Gill could have the opportunity to score twenty-five to thirty points versus Villanova, but he is not good enough to capitalize on not being guarded.

With Mamukelashvili being underutilized on consistent bases and Quincey McKnight out there for defensive stops and getting whichever scraps Powell leaves, opponents of Seton Hall are going to be more than prepared in March. Which will be an advantage during the second game of a weekend.