Friars Tote First Top Seed as Big East Hits Big 4-0 at MSG

Friars Tote First Top Seed as Big East Hits Big 4-0 at MSG
Providence head coach Ed Cooley raises the trophy after winning the Big East regular season title following an NCAA college basketball game against Creighton, in Providence, R.I on Feb. 26, 2022. Stew Milne/AP photo
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NEW YORK—For the past four decades, the Providence Friars have been coming to Madison Square Garden to play the Big East Tournament. But in a sense, they’ve never really been here before.

Not as the No. 1 seed, anyway.