Seton Hall-UConn Notes; Hoophall Classic; Sports Career Seminar Tuesday

HARTFORD, Conn. — I left NYC early this morning and risked life and limb driving through the snow up here to Hartford for the Seton Hall-UConn game. Apparently they haven’t heard of snowplows in this state yet, since Route 84 is a snow-filled adventure.

Anyway, I’m covering the game and will then head tonight to Springfield, Mass. for the Hoophall Classic. Four games are being televised Monday on ESPNU, including tilts featuring St. Anthony, St. Benedict’s and Lincoln. Both St. Anthony (to Plainfield) and Lincoln (to Jamesville-DeWitt) lost on Saturday night.

In the meantime, here are some notes from this game.

Four high school teams from the Hoophall Classic made the trip down Route 91 for the game: Mater Dei (Calif.), South Atlanta (Ga.), Lincoln (N.Y.) and Mount Vernon (N.Y.)…Jarrid Famous, a 6-11 center from Westchester Community College, is expected to attend the game. Famous is being courted by both UConn and Seton Hall, as well as New Mexico, DePaul, West Virginia, Missouri and others….Seton Hall assistant Scott Adubato watched Quincy Hankins of Polk (Fla.) Community College drop 24 points on St. Petersburg Saturday in Winter Haven, Fla….Dermon Player, another Seton Hall assistant, is flying to Seattle to check out 6-5 sophomore shooting guard Tony Wroten of Seattle (Wash.) Garfield. Wroten (pictured above) is considering Louisville, Syracuse, Villanova, Memphis, Maryland, Seton Hall and Washington, according to an interview he gave last summer with Alex Schwartz.

SPORTS CAREER SEMINAR TUESDAY

I’m involved in a Sports Career Seminar on Tuesday at the Yogi Berra Museum at Montclair State University hosted by Diamond Sports. In case anyone wants to come check it out and learn about the sports industry, here are the various panelists:

10:00-11:00 AM Media and Journalism

David Kaplan, Moderator

Steve Politi, Columnist, Newark Star Ledger

Barry Wilner, Associated Press

Adam Zagoria, SportsNet New York (SNY)

Allen St. John, Author and Reporter

Art Berke, COO, Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center, former VP Comm, SI

11:00 to 12:00PM Sales and Marketing

Jeffrey Taylor, Sr Director Sports Management, ESPN

Marty Rotberg, Consultant, Former VP Velocity Sports

Matt Cacciatto, SVP Affiliate Sales & Mktg, YES Network

Ben Wittkowski, GM, Sussex Skyhawks Baseball Club

Sheereen Miller, MTV, Formerly w/Sports Illustrated

12:00- 12:30 Networking and Lunch

12:30-1:30 Keynote Speaker(s) and Panel

Lou Lamoriello, General Manager, New Jersey Devils

Richard Ensor, Commissioner Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference

John Samerjan, VP Public Affairs & Communications NJ Sports & Expo Authority

1:30 –2:00 Break/Networking

2:00 –3:00 Entrepreneurship

Shawn Garrity, CEO Union Square Sports

Marc Zwerdling, CEO Generation Z Marketing

Jordan Kern, CEO My Sports Dreams

John Lane, SVP Partnerships and Media, Major League Gaming

Dave Popkin, VP/Partner, Positive Impact Partners

Mitch Hoffman, Bobby Valentine Sports Academy

3:00 PM-4:00 Sports Career Development

Moderator: Walter J. Recher, Diamond Sports Business Careers

Scott Carmichael, CEO Prodigy Sports

Janine Fortunato, NY Yankees, Coordinator, Corporate Sales and Sponsorships

Lee Igel, Professor Sports Program, NYU

Dave Torromeo, Director, Manhattanville College, Sport Business Management

For info and Directions to The Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center

Tel 973.655.2378