The earned the Big East West Division 's sixth seed in the 2001 Big East Men 's Basketball Tournament and beat the East Division three seed St. John 's and west two seed Georgetown . They were defeated in the semifinals by east top seed and ended the year at 16 – 15 . They were invited to the 2001 National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to . The following season , Amaker resigned as the Seton Hall head coach and became head coach at Michigan , replacing Ellerbe , who had been fired . Amaker met with Michigan athletic director Bill Martin in a hotel lobby instead of renting a room because Martin wanted to save money . Word of the meeting got back to ESPN and the New Jersey press was not kind to Amaker , hinting that he was devious and selfish
2001 Big East Men 's Basketball Tournament
2001 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
Tommy Amaker