The NCAA Tournament train never stops this time of the year.
As the drama and passion wraps up in one city, the winners move on to bigger games while the losers go back to sociology class. The joy and exuberance of the Sweet 16 stands in stark contrast to the painful finality of defeat, especially for seniors who’ve just experienced their personal basketball pinnacle.
While the NCAA train will pull into TD Garden on Friday night, the ball has stopped bouncing for the only two New England entries in the tournament. Providence College says goodbye to four seniors who will be remembered for their wild inconsistency, four straight NCAA seasons but only one victory.