IU will play at Seton Hall in the 2017 Gavitt Games, IU announced Wednesday in a press release.
The game will be played November 15, 2017, at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. It will be televised on a Fox Network Platform.
The Gavitt Games is an annual eight-game series between teams from the Big East conference and the Big Ten conference. The games are named for Dave Gavitt, the first commissioner of the Big East who was instrumental in the founding of the conference. He also was a coach at Providence College.
This game will be another early-season test for the Hoosiers. In the non-conference season, IU will play three ACC Teams. After playing a home game in the Big-Ten ACC Challenge last season, IU will likely play a road game in the Big Ten-ACC Challenge. The Hoosiers will also play at Louisville on December 9 and against Notre Dame on December 16 in the Crossroads Classic in Indianapolis.
IU is 2-1 all-time against Seton Hall. The Pirates won a Sweet Sixteen matchup over the Hoosiers in 1989 and the Hoosiers won the next two matchups in 1992 and 1998
Seton Hall made the NCAA Tournament last season for the second consecutive season. The Pirates earned a number-nine seed and lost in the First Round to Arkansas.
Seton Hall is led by senior center Angel Delgado, who withdrew his name from the NBA Draft on Monday. Delgado averaged 15.2 points per game last season and was top in the nation with 13.1 rebounds per game. He tallied 27 double-doubles, just behind Purdue’s Caleb Swanigan who had 28 last season.
The Pirates also will return senior guard Khadeen Carrington who averaged 17.1 points per game last season.
Also returning include senior forward Desi Rodriguez who scored 15.7 points per game last season and sophomore guard Myles Powell, who scored 10.7 points per game last season.
The Hoosiers have only played one game in the Gavitt Games, winning in 2015 against Creighton 86-65.
Andrew Hussey
