Last year, Kyron Cartwright stepped up and led the charge for the Providence Friars throughout the Big East Tournament. He elevated his play in a way that was big time, as he and the Friars circumvented overtime games and pulled off upset victories.
This season, it looks like Maliek White is trying to do the same thing.
The eighth-seeded Providence Friars had swept the ninth-seeded Butler Bulldogs throughout the regular season, because of this, maybe they had felt they were a lock to advance to take on the Big East regular season champion Villanova Wildcats in a rematch of last season’s dramatic championship game.