Bobby Gonzalez has been removed as the head coach of the Seton Hall men's basketball team, as announced via Seton Hall Athletics and University President Msgr. Robert Sheeran via broadcast e-mail on Wednesday afternoon.
In a match up that pitted two of the top conferences in college basketball, the No. 4 Seton Hall men's basketball team was eliminated from the National Invitational Tournament when they lost to No. 5 Texas Tech of the Big 12, 87-69, at Prudential Center on Tuesday.
Seton Hall forward Herb Pope has been ejected from the opening round of the Pirates NIT opener against Texas Tech.
Phyllis Mangina will step down as head coach of the women's basketball team, as announced by Athletics Director Joe Quinlan early Monday evening.
Junior forward Robert Mitchell has been removed from the men's basketball team effective immediately.
Following a week full of questions for the Seton Hall Pirates, their post season fate has been released.
Anyone who purchased one of the Pirates' basketball student section t-shirts should grab it and a permanent marker for an important edit: "Seton Hall Basketball – The Time Has Expired."
Tim LeCras can be reached at timothy.lecras@student.shu.edu.
They were cruising into the second round of the 2010 Big East Championships. And then Providence chipped away little by little, almost pulling a miracle comeback to stun the Pirates.
They entered as the worst team in the Big East and departed quickly in the same fashion.
Seeking some déjà vu, it's the Friars on deck for the men's basketball team for the second straight game.
With a shot before the buzzer just falling out of the basket, in overtime, the Pirates' fell to the Marquette Golden Eagles, Sunday February 28, by a score of 84-83.
To end their 2009-2010 season, the women's basketball team lost their fourth straight game by 20 or more points on Monday to No. 12 Georgetown, 71-49
The softball team began their 2010 season by going 1-4 at the UNC-Charlotte Green and White Tournament in North Carolina on Friday.
When Seton Hall and Rutgers take the floor Thursday night at the Louis Brown Athletic Center, a history of close games will be in their favor. The last seven times the two teams have competed, the game has either gone to overtime or been won by a margin no greater than six.
The women's basketball team will play Syracuse for the second time this season on Friday, when they meet in the first round of the Big East Tournament.
The Pirates NCAA Tournament hopes are all but gone after losing to the Marquette Golden Eagles 84-83 in overtime. With the loss the Hall now stands in place in the Big East with a record of 7-9 in conference and 16-11 overall.
With Selection Sunday looming, the Pirates have one more chance to add a key win to their tournament resume before the Big East Championships with their game against Marquette at noon on Sunday at Prudential Center.
Solutions by The State News