In his fifth season , Cooley led the Friars to a 24 – 11 , 10 – 8 in Big East play to finish in a tie for fourth place . They defeated Butler in the quarterfinals of the Big East Tournament to advance to the semifinals where they lost to Villanova . They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 9 seed where they faced USC in an exciting First Round matchup and won on a Rodney Bullock layup with 1.5 seconds left to advance to the Second Round where they lost to North Carolina
Big East Tournament
2016 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
Ed Cooley