Shaheen Holloway’s makeover of Seton Hall after a dismal 7-25 season has been an unquestioned success. The Pirates rolled to a 14-2 start and achieved a Top 25 ranking for the first time since 2022.

Since then, however, the Pirates (17-8, 7-7 Big East) have labored. They’ve fallen to No. 53 in the NET Rankings and seen their hopes fade for an NCAA Tournament berth.

In the midst of playing four straight games against teams in the bottom six of the Big East, Seton Hall has a chance to put together a late resume-building winning streak.

Next up is a matchup with struggling Butler (13-12, 4-10) on Sunday in Indianapolis.

It is a chance for the Pirates to avenge perhaps their worst loss this season, 77-66, at home four weeks ago as they surrendered 25 points to Finley Bizjack.

That defeat came amid a four-game losing streak. Since then, Seton Hall has won three of five behind Adam Clark. During the run, Clark has averaged 22.4 points and 5.0 assists per game.

His best performance of the year came Wednesday in an 87-80 victory at home over Providence, as he scored 31 points on 11-of-16 shooting and delivered eight assists and five steals.

“Just being more confident, being more efficient,” Clark said. “Just trying to find ways to win.”

While Seton Hall has found a second gear, Butler has been riddled by injuries and lost five straight, each by double-digit margins.

In an 80-70 defeat Wednesday at home against No. 6 UConn, the Bulldogs’ two most productive players were ineffective.

Bizjack took just six shots from the floor and scored a season-low five points. Meanwhile, Big East rebounding leader Michael Ajayi provided seven points and a season-low five rebounds.

After suffering an apparent arm injury late in the game, Bizjack’s status is uncertain, though Friday on 107.5 The Fan, coach Thad Matta ruled out a broken wrist.

“We’ll go with what we got, which is nine guys right now. The other night against UConn, I think we used six different guys at the point guard position,” Matta said. “We’ve got to be creative.”

Seton Hall lost the first meeting with Butler despite a 45-27 edge on the boards, led by Najai Hines (11 points, 16 rebounds).

–Field Level Media

Micah Robinson scored a game-winning layup with 18 seconds left in overtime, as TCU held off Oklahoma State 95-92 in a Big 12 game Saturday in Stillwater, Okla.

David Punch led the Horned Frogs (16-9, 6-6) with 19 points and six rebounds before fouling out with 27 seconds left in overtime.

Parsa Fallah led the Cowboys (16-9, 4-8) with 27 points and six rebounds in the battle of two NCAA Tournament bubble teams.

The Cowboys trailed through the whole second half, but Fallah was able to tie it at the buzzer and force overtime.

Liutauras Lelevicius made one of two free throws with six seconds left to give TCU an 84-82 lead.

Jaylen Curry took a 31-foot shot that missed the rim, but rebounded right to Fallah, who went straight back up for the layup as the horn sounded.

Anthony Roy had 16 points for the Cowboys; Kayne Clary had 13 points and nine assists before fouling out in the closing minute of regulation.

Jayden Pierre also had 16 points and six rebounds for TCU.

The Horned Frogs led by as many as nine in the first half, but Fallah completed a three-point play with 50 seconds left to cut the lead to five at halftime.

TCU led 22-13 with 12:48 left but went scoreless for more than three minutes and didn’t hit a field goal for nearly five minutes as the Cowboys climbed back within three.

The Horned Frogs only shot 35.3% from the floor (12-of-34), but they were 7-for-13 from beyond the 3-point line to build the lead.

Five different players nailed 3-pointers for TCU, led by two each from Pierre, who led the Horned Frogs with eight first-half points, and Brock Harding.

Fallah led the Cowboys with 11 points, hitting 4-for-5 shots from the floor.

The Cowboys made 40% of their field goals (12-of-30) in the first half.

Punch only had two points in the first half and left the game with 4:54 left in the half when he took an inadvertent shot to the face from Fallah on a loose ball. He returned in the final minute of the first half.

Roy hit a 3-pointer with 2:24 left in the half to cut the TCU lead to 36-31, but Harding answered with a 3-pointer to give TCU an eight-point lead in the final two minutes.

–Field Level Media

Yaxel Lendeborg had 17 points and eight rebounds as No. 2 Michigan ran away in the second half to earn an 86-56 Big Ten win over UCLA on Saturday in Ann Arbor, Mich.

Michigan (24-1, 14-1), which led 40-38 at halftime, maintained a two-game lead in the conference standings and figures to be the top-ranked team in the country for the first time since 2013 when the Associated Press poll comes out Monday as Arizona lost to Kansas earlier this week.

Morez Johnson Jr. posted 15 points, L.J. Cason scored 13 points, Nimari Burnett had 12 points and UCLA transfer Aday Mara added nine points, eight rebounds and three blocks for Michigan, which never trailed while winning its 10th in a row.

Trent Pery scored 14 points while Donovan Dent and Tyler Bilodeau each added 10 points for UCLA (17-8, 9-5), which had won five of its last six. Senior guard Skyy Clark, who had been out since Jan. 3 with a hamstring injury, contributed eight points in 16 minutes off the bench.

Leading 43-40 early in the second half, Michigan went on a 13-4 spurt to take a 56-44 lead with 13:22 remaining in the game after layup by Trey McKenney.

Michigan continued to grow its lead as Cason scored five points in a 9-0 run to seize a 68-47 lead with 8:17 to play.

During that Michigan spree, UCLA went nearly six minutes without a field goal and 4:06 without scoring.

UCLA had a brief flurry to cut Michigan’s lead to 70-54 with 6:34 left after a 3-pointer by Clark. But Michigan answered with six straight points – highlighted by Mara’s reverse alley-oop dunk of an Elliot Cadeau lob — to take a 76-54 lead with 5:09 remaining and all but put the game away.

Michigan got off to a strong start, taking a 22-12 lead on Cason’s deep 3-pointer with 10:54 remaining in the first half.

Michigan held a 39-28 lead with 2:39 to go until halftime, but UCLA ended the half on a 10-1 run to make it 40-38 Michigan at intermission. Bilodeau started the spree with a 3-pointer and a layup.

–Field Level Media