I guess I’ll follow it through to the conclusion, even though Barry Rohrssen has faded from contention. Kind of keeping an eye on it, because if Bobby Gonzalez gets the gig, you have to imagine Rohrssen might get serious consideration from Manhattan.

Right now it is at best a 3-man race.

Seton Hall athletic director Joe Quinlan has narrowed the search for the school’s next basketball coach down to three candidates: Tim O’Shea of Ohio University, Bob McKillop of Davidson and Bobby Gonzalez of Manhattan, according to a person familiar with the search.
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A decision could come as soon as today. An announcement is expected by the end of the week.

Once Quinlan makes a decision, he will have to get it approved by Monsignor Robert Sheeran, the school president. It will then be presented to the university’s Board of Regents — although it is believed that group will sign off on whomever Quinlan and Sheeran agree on.

Quinlan may contact John Carroll, who was an assistant to P.J. Carlesimo when Seton Hall advanced to the NCAA title game in 1989, out of courtesy today. Carroll’s biggest obstacle may be that he has not coached in college since serving as the Duquesne head coach for the 1994-95 season.

The Carroll interview will probably happen tomorrow, but it does look very much like a courtesy interview. Perhaps to gauge his interest in coming back as an assistant and lead recruiter for the metro area if O’Shea is hired from Ohio.

More likely, the decision will come down to Gonzalez or O’Shea.