SEATTLE – Seattle University men's basketball tips off the 2022-23 season on Monday, Nov. 7, traveling to La Jolla, Calif., to face UC San Diego in a 7 p.m. tilt at LionTree Arena.
FOLLOW THE REDHAWKS
- Monday, November 7 at 7 p.m. PT
- Seattle U (0-0, 0-0 WAC) at UC San Diego (0-0, 0-0 BWC)
- LionTree Arena, La Jolla, CA
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SEASON OPENERS
Seattle University will be seeking its fourth consecutive season-opening win when the 2022-23 campaign begins Monday at UC San Diego. The Redhawks won their 2021-22 opener in thrilling fashion as Cameron Tyson drained a three at the buzzer to lift Seattle U to a 69-66 victory over Alcorn State on Nov. 10, 2021. The Redhawks won their 2020-21 season opener with an 84-72 victory over Portland, and their 2019-20 season-opener in convincing fashion, 98-64, over Pacific Lutheran. This is the fourth time in the last six seasons that Seattle U has opened the season on the road.
ABOUT THE SERIES VS UC SAN DIEGO
This marks just the second all-time meeting between the Redhawks and Tritons. The first ever meeting came on Dec. 12, 2021 at Climate Pledge Arena as Seattle U shot better than 54% from the field en route to a 73-51 victory. Darrion Trammell had a game-high 29 points and Riley Grigsby added 17 points in the win.
PRESEASON HONORS
Cameron Tyson and Riley Grigsby were both named to the Preseason All-Western Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Teams, as voted on by the league's 13 head coaches. Tyson was selected to the eight-member First Team while Grigsby was selected to the eight-member Second Team. A redshirt junior guard hailing from Bothell, Wash., Tyson is the Redhawks' top returning scorer, averaging 14.7 points to go with 5.2 rebounds per game in 2021-22. He earned Second Team All-WAC and WAC All-Newcomer Team honors at the conclusion of last season. He led the WAC in three pointers made (105) and attempts (279), and was 10th in the nation in three-point field goals per game (3.2). Tyson also earned selection to the Media Preseason All-WAC Team, composed of eight members. Grigsby, a guard/forward combo from San Jose, Calif., returns for a fifth season in 2022-23. He last earned Preseason All-WAC honors in 2021-22, and finished that season as a Second Team All-WAC selection, averaging 17.8 points and 5.2 rebounds per game. Last year, he averaged 12.8 points and 3.6 rebounds per game, while becoming the fifth Seattle U player to reach the 1,000 career-point mark in the modern Division I era.
WAC PRESEASON POLLS
In what is expected to be a highly-competitive conference, Seattle U was picked to finish sixth in the Preseason Coaches Poll and the Preseason Media Poll.
SAN FRANCISCO ON MY MIND
Over the past three seasons, Seattle U has found a hotbed of talent who began their collegiate careers at City College of San Francisco. A total of five players have gone from the Rams' program to the Redhawks. In 2022-23, junior Seyi Reiley joins senior Emeka Udenyi on the Seattle U squad. Reiley, a Negri, Jamaica native, led the Rams to a CCCAA State Championship in 2021-22, while being named Coast Conference Player of the Year, Coast Conference Defensive Player of the Year and All-State. During his two years at CCSF, Reiley compiled a 60-1 record. Previous Rams-to-Redhawks included Darrion Trammell, Nate Robinson and Kyree Brown.
GRIGSBY EYES LONGEVITY RECORDS
A rare fifth-year senior thanks to the extra year of eligibility allowed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Riley Grigsby will look to become Seattle U's all-time leader in games played in this season. Entering his final season, Grigsby has appeared in 105 games, 19 shy of the all-time reocrd held by William Powell (2014-17). Grigsby also sits in third with 2,799 minutes played, trailing No. 2 Powell (3,178 minutes) and all-time leader Morgan Means (2017-20, 3,737 minutes), who has returned to the program as a graduate assistant this year.
A HISTORIC 2021-22
The 2021-22 season was one for the ages as the Redhawks compiled one of the earned their first ever WAC regular season title and compiled a 23-9 overall record. The run through the banner year included a 9-4 non-conference record, 17-2 home record, 8-1 mark in a first season at Climate Pledge Arena and a nine-game win streak that included an 8-0 start to WAC play for the first time in 10 years competing in the league. The Redhawks took just 26 games to reach 20 wins, marking the 15th 20-win season in program history. The 23-win marker was last achieved in 1957-58, is fifth most for a season in program history and the most by a head coach in their first season at Seattle U.
The team would finish ranked first in the WAC in free-throw percentage (76.6) and three-point field goals (9.7 per game and 309 total), while also ranking second in scoring (74.8 ppg). Individually, Tyson finished first in three-point field goals (3.4 per game, 105 total) and Trammell was first in steals (2.5 per game, 78 total), second in assists (5.0 per game, 155 total) and fifth in scoring (17.3 ppg) and free-throw percentage (82.1).
Nationally, the Redhawks' finished the year ranked 13th in three-point field goals per game, 21st in free-throw percentage and 25th in total three pointers. Trammell and Tyson also finished ranked among the nation's best. Trammell was fifth in total steals and steals per game, 19th in free throws and 39th in assists per game. Tyson finished 10th in three-pointers per game and 12th in total threes.
Awards rolled in for both players and staff as Trammell and Tyson were both named First Team All-WAC. Trammell was also named to the WAC All-Defensive Team as well as NABC First Team All-District. Tyson also claimed WAC All-Newcomer Team honors. Victor was named the Don Haskins WAC Coach of the Year, NABC District 6 Coach of the Year, and was a finalist for both the Joe B. Hall Coach of the Year and Hugh Durham Coach of the Year awards.
The season culminated with a third WAC Tournament semifinals appearances in the past four tournaments. The Redhawks earned a final NET ranking of 129 and final KenPom ranking of 139, both massive jumps from final rankings of 236 (NET)/213 (KenPom) from 2020-21.
HOME COURT ADVANTAGE
Seattle U went 17-2 at home last season, including a 9-1 mark at the Redhawk Center and 8-1 record at Climate Pledge Arena. Seattle U has compiled a 257-157 (.622) record in the Redhawk Center, including a 15-game winning streak that began Nov. 5, 2008 with a perfect 10-0 mark during the 2008-09 season. In 2017-18, the Redhawks went 9-1, in 2018-19, the Redhawks went 12-6 and in 2019-20 they were 9-3. In 2020-21, the Redhawks went 6-3.
GET YOUR TICKETS
Single-game tickets and season packages are available for purchase, including a limited number of full 14-game packages as well as a special four-game, Climate Pledge-only package. Season ticket holders receive exclusive access to special offers and always receive the best value. All ticket options may be purchased online at goseattleu.com/tix or over the phone at 206-398-GOSU.
UP NEXT
Seattle U returns home following the season opener at UCSD, hosting its home opener on Wednesday, Nov. 9 against Puget Sound. Tip off from the Redhawk Center is set for 7 p.m. Pregame, the Redhawks will celebrate their 2021-22 WAC regular season championship with a ring presentation and banner unveil.
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