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Clad in tuxedos, the 2000-01 Pirates were<br />

introduced as a team for the first time.<br />

Jerry<br />

Walker<br />

pointed<br />

to the<br />

seven postseason<br />

tournament<br />

banners<br />

hanging<br />

from the<br />

Walsh<br />

Gymnasium rafters as he spoke<br />

on behalf of the players and<br />

coaches from the 1990s. In that<br />

decade, arguably <strong>Seton</strong> <strong>Hall</strong><br />

basketball’s most successful<br />

decade, the Pirates made four<br />

NCAA Tournament and three<br />

NIT appearances.<br />

Two of The <strong>Hall</strong>’s winningest head<br />

coaches — P.J. Carlesimo (left)<br />

and Tommy Amaker — toured the<br />

new men’s basketball office<br />

complex prior to the Pirate<br />

Blue Salute.<br />

A Salute to Pirate Tradition<br />

Seven NCAA Tournament appearances in the past 13<br />

seasons ... 11 national post-season tournament berths in<br />

the last 14 years ... two BIG EAST Championship regular<br />

season titles ... two BIG EAST Tournament titles in the<br />

’90s ... and five NBA first-round draft choices since 1988.<br />

The legacy of the <strong>Seton</strong> <strong>Hall</strong> <strong>University</strong> Men’s Basketball<br />

Program is long and strong.<br />

The Pirate Blue Athletic Fund paid homage to that legacy<br />

on September 28, 2000, in its 15th annual Pirate Blue<br />

Salute, “The History and Tradition of <strong>Seton</strong> <strong>Hall</strong> Men’s<br />

Basketball.” Past Pirate players and coaches spoke about the<br />

program’s success and tradition, acknowledging the many<br />

great players who donned the “Blue and White” and gained<br />

honor and distinction in the world of college basketball.<br />

Jerry Izenberg, nationally syndicated columnist for The<br />

Star-Ledger, served as the master of ceremonies. Honored<br />

speakers included the following players or coaches from<br />

each decade:<br />

• James Reynolds (1935-39)<br />

• Frank “Pep” Saul (1942-43/1946-49)<br />

• Arnie Ring (1951-55)<br />

• Charles Mitchel (1963-66)<br />

• Greg Tynes (1974-78)<br />

• P.J. Carlesimo (head coach from 1982-94)<br />

• Jerry Walker (1990-93)<br />

• Tommy Amaker (head coach since 1997).<br />

The evening’s highlight was the introduction of the 2000-01<br />

Pirates and a special presentation by Richie Regan ’53, who<br />

took his No. 12 out of retirement and presented it to freshman<br />

point guard Andre Barrett. Regan is special assistant to the<br />

vice president for <strong>University</strong> Affairs.<br />

Bob Wanzer ’52,<br />

one of <strong>Seton</strong> <strong>Hall</strong>’s<br />

greatest players and<br />

a member of the<br />

National Basketball<br />

<strong>Hall</strong> of Fame, joined his<br />

teammates from the<br />

1940s.<br />

Amaker received a standing ovation<br />

from the nearly 600 people at the<br />

Pirate Blue Salute. He thanked them all<br />

for contributing to the ongoing success<br />

of the <strong>Seton</strong> <strong>Hall</strong> basketball program.<br />

Frank “Pep” Saul spoke on behalf<br />

of the players and coaches from<br />

the 1940s. Saul’s No. 3 was<br />

retired by <strong>Seton</strong> <strong>Hall</strong> and hangs<br />

from the rafters in Walsh Gymnasium.<br />

Following his collegiate<br />

career, he went on to win four<br />

NBA championships.<br />

Richie Regan ’53 (right) took his<br />

No. 12 out of retirement and presented<br />

it to freshman point guard<br />

Andre Barrett during the Pirate<br />

Blue Salute. Regan, as an All-<br />

America guard in the 1950s, led<br />

the Pirates to a national championship<br />

in 1953. He cited Barrett’s<br />

incredible talent and dedication<br />

“both on the court and in the<br />

classroom” as his reason for this<br />

honor. Barrett wore No. 12 during<br />

his high school career at Rice<br />

High School in Bronx, New York.<br />

Former <strong>Seton</strong> <strong>Hall</strong> basketball stars (from left) Bob Wanzer ’52<br />

(1942-43, 1946-47), Bo Hartmann (1947-50) and Gary Cavallo<br />

(1968-71) share basketball memories with Dr. Ed Henry.<br />

WINTER 2001 43

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