Shaheen Holloway promised the Seton Hall basketball team would get markedly better. His Pirates proved him right, perhaps sooner than anyone expected. Postgrad guard Chaunce Jenkins scored 22 points and reserve forward David Tubek drilled a dagger 3-pointer to lift them to a 69-66 overtime upset of VCU in Thursday’s Charleston Classic quarterfinals – an enormous leap forward for a squad whose back was against the wall after a tough start.

BOTTOM LINE: VCU faces Seton Hall in Charleston, South Carolina. VCU went 24-14 overall with a 10-6 record in non-conference games during the 2023-24 season. The Rams averaged 71.0 points per game while allowing opponents to score 66.7 last season.