The 2008 &ndash; 09 season saw the Pirates notch an identical record to the previous year &mdash; a 17 &ndash; 15 overall record and a 7 &ndash; 11 Big East record . As the 11th seed in the 2009 Big East Men 's Basketball Tournament , they defeated 14th-seed South Florida 68 &ndash; 54 for their first win in the conference tournament in six years . However , they lost the next day to Syracuse , 89 &ndash; 74 . School officials rewarded with Gonzalez a contract extension that would have kept him at Seton Hall until 2015
2009 Big East Men 's Basketball Tournament
2009 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
Bobby Gonzalez