DePaul men’s basketball walked into Madison Square Garden on Wednesday night as the lowest-ranked team in the Big East Tournament. They won just two games in conference play all season. Head coach Dave Leitao and his team didn’t have much to believe in until they outhustled Providence in an eight-point victory to set up Thursday night’s meeting with UConn.
Over the course of that night, the Blue Demons watched top-seeded Villanova get upset by no. 8 Georgetown — and no. 5 Seton Hall take down no. 4 St. John’s in OT.
At 9 p.