Complex sentence: The earned the ninth seed in the 1999 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament and beat eighth-seeded in the first round before being beaten by one point by top-seeded Connecticut, who went on to win the national championship.
Split into simpler sentences: The earned the ninth seed in the 1999 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament. They beat eighth-seeded in the first round, but lost by one point to top-seeded Connecticut, who went on to win the national championship.