Providence Friars

Not only are the Jayhawks returning national POY candidate Hunter Dickinson for his COVID year, but Kansas also boasts fifth-year guard Dajuan Harris Jr. along with veteran portal additions Rylan Griffen, AJ Storr, Riley Kugel and Zeke Mayo.

Providence guard Devin Carter is declaring for the NBA draft.

With all three Big East teams into the Sweet 16, UConn coach Dan Hurley says the conference should have had more teams in the tourney.

— Claudell Harris Jr. scored 17 points, including a go-ahead 3-pointer with 52.1 seconds left, and Boston College knocked off Providence 62-57 on Tuesday night in the NIT.

The Big East said it is "very disappointed" over the conference's historically low number of schools selected for the NCAA tournament.

First-year St. John's coach Rick Pitino told the NIT selection committee that the team didn't want to play in the also-ran event. Oklahoma and Pitt also said they didn't want to take part.

In a span of 48 hours, bid thieves changed everything for the 2024 field. March, it seems, came early, and will have a new quartet of teams on edge.

Is UConn the overall top seed? Who will be the fourth 1-seed? Where does all the bid stealing leave the final field? We have a lot of questions for the selection committee.

— Facing a raucous crowd that made it feel like a road game and a fired-up bunch of Providence Friars, Kam Jones, Oso Ighodaro and No. 10 Marquette responded with the poise of a champion.

— Devin Carter and his Providence teammates are doing all they can at Madison Square Garden to remove any doubt about their NCAA Tournament prospects.