NEW YORK – It is that time of year when college basketball talk is all about the NCAA tournament, bubble, resume´, seeding and RPI.
It is easy to forget the most important thing: How is your team playing now?
Take it from those who have faced Butler before: This is not the same Butler. Providence coach Ed Cooley said the Bulldogs are playing with a “different identity” and “big-time purpose.”
No. 5 seed Butler (21-9) will meet No. 4 seed Providence (22-9) in a Thursday quarterfinal of the Big East tournament at Madison Square Garden (2:30 p.