The Big East tournament final is expected to feature two of the league's top three teams.
The Providence Friars enter Madison Square Garden as the top seed after winning their first Big East regular-season crown. Providence had a fantastic season, but it displayed some flaws in February, contesting a handful of one-score games and losing twice to the Villanova Wildcats.
Villanova is aligned with the Connecticut Huskies on the bottom half of the bracket. The potential semifinal clash between those sides could produce one of the best power-conference tournament games this year.
The three ranked sides controlled Big East play for the past two months, but there is one variable that needs to be mentioned ahead of Wednesday's start.