PROVIDENCE - The introduction of the Providence College players at The Dunk is your first clue.
Friars junior point guard Kyron Cartwright is being introduced over the public-address system with the words "Straight Outta Compton."
As in Compton, Calif.
The small city, just outside of Los Angeles, became infamous in the late 1980s as ground zero for gang violence and "gangsta rap," which was chronicled in the 2015 movie, "Straight Outta Compton."
Some of this probably was media overkill, but there's little question that Compton has a special place in the culture, what with artists and groups such as Dr.