Bracketology: Huskies’ stock rising after dispatching Providence

After being snubbed from the NCAA tournament selection committee’s top 16 reveal last week, UConn has only done good things to bolster their resume come March. The Huskies handled a Seton Hall team teetering on the bubble easily with a 64-55 win at home last Saturday and made a statement Wednesday night with a 87-69 thrashing of No. 20 Providence at Gampel Pavilion.

UConn has now won five of its last six games — the lone loss in that span came on the road to now-No. 19 Creighton — and looks to be playing a version of basketball more akin to the team that started 14-0 than the one that stumbled through the month of January. The Huskies have also crept up to No. 5 in KenPom and No. 7 in the…