On Tuesday night on the Dunkin’ Donuts Center, the tension was palpable. With a Big East regular season title possibly hanging in the balance, the game received top billing. It did not disappoint.
Forty minutes of basketball were played between the #8 Providence Friars and #10 Villanova Wildcats. More than half of that - 20:41, to be precise - were played with a margin of three points or less. Just 2:20 of the game came with a team leading by more than six.
Still, despite how close the game looked, Villanova had control from start to finish.