Isaiah Whitehead is returning to Seton Hall — and he can’t wait

Isaiah Whitehead is returning to Seton Hall to play basketball.

No, the Most Outstanding Player of the 2016 Big East Tournament is not using his final two years of eligibility.

But he will suit up in Walsh Gym this summer as the leader of the Pirates’ entrant into The Basketball Tournament (known as TBT), an intercollegiate alumni tourney that airs on Fox Sports 1 and offers $2 million in prize money to the winning squad.

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And it’s not just Whitehead repping his alma mater. The Brooklyn native has recruited two other starters on the Hall’s 2016 title team to play alongside him – fellow guard Khadeen Carrington and wing Desi Rodriguez. Also committed are guard Anthony Nelson, forward KC Ndefo, and centers Romaro Gill and Darnell Brodie.

Isaiah Whitehead as a Pirate

“It’s time,” Whitehead said by phone. “With Seton Hall’s struggles with NIL and things like that, this will be a good spark for the program, to get fans back and rejuvenated. There’s nothing like having guys who did what the program is striving to do come back and show face again.”

Seton Hall alum Ryan Mulvaney, an attorney and sports agent who is the team’s de facto general manager, said 2016 sixth man Derrick Gordon and former All-Big East wing Jared Rhoden are considering joining the team if their schedules allow. Elisha Boone, Seton Hall’s director of player development and a former teammate of Whitehead’s at Lincoln High School in Brooklyn, will serve as the coach.

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Angel Delgado, the star center of the 2016 squad, is sidelined by a recent surgery but is expected to make an appearance.

“Angel said he’s going to come,” Whitehead said.

This year’s TBT format is two eight-team brackets – one bracket features alums repping their schools, and another is non-alumni. Seton Hall’s team, named “Hall In,” opens with a best-of-three series against Syracuse, with game one scheduled for July 21, 7 p.m. at Walsh Gym in South Orange and airing live on Fox Sports…

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