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Providence Hands Out New Offers After Second Live Period

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The second live evaluation period is in the rear view mirror and despite being short-handed on the recruiting trail this weekend the Friar staff managed to hand out some new offers to members of the classes of 2016 and 2017. Providence offered local New England prep players Hasahn French (Commonwealth Academy) and Samuel Japhet-Mathias (Vermont Academy), according to tweets from their high school and AAU coaches. Another offer that went out on Monday was to Oak Hill Academy big man Joe Hampton. Hampton tweeted about the offer Monday night. The other offers that were announced Tuesday were 2016 point guard Tony Carr and 2016 power forward Sedee Keita. Wednesday saw another offer to a member of the PSA Cardinals grassroots team with their Twitter account announcing that Providence was among a few schools to offer 2017 big man Mohammed Bamba.

There will be a full recap of the Friar recruits covered in the 2nd live period’s recruiting guide later in the week but for now let’s take a closer look at these recruits who received scholarship offers this week.

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Report: Fordham Transfer Eric Paschall Expected to Commit to Villanova

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So much for taking that Providence visit. Fordham transfer Eric Paschall is expected to announce a commitment to Villanova on Friday, per a report by Adam Zagoria. Paschall got permission to contact school following the firing of Fordham coach Tom Pecora. Since that time Paschall and his father Juan have visited Villanova and Florida and the elder Paschall told me no decision would be made until they visited Providence. Apparently something changed on that front. Bob Simon going to Alabama may have played a role but I’ve been told that Cooley also has a good connection with the Paschall’s, so it was a little puzzling to me that a visit never happened.

Paschall was the Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year in his only season at Fordham and will have to sit out the 2015-16 season at Villanova, per NCAA transfer rules. He will have 3 years of eligibility remaining with the Wildcats and will only turn 19 this November. This is a very good pickup for Jay Wright and the year off should allow Paschall to develop him body and game to get ready for the jump up to the Big East in 2016-17.

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Providence Recruiting Guide to the 2nd April 2015 Live Evaluation Period

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This is the second of two live evaluation periods in the month of April. A live evaluation period means college coaches are allowed to attend and evaluate recruits. As I did last spring and summer I’ll be providing a guide for fans to follow along and see where Providence’s targets are playing during a given live evaluation period.

I’ll also be doing my best to keep up with the map that tracks where Ed Cooley and his staff are during each live period and any recruiting period in between. This post will be updated as the weekend goes on and more information is known. It should be noted that the basketball team’s end of season banquet is on Saturday, April 25th. Cooley will be off the road for that and also the visit of Washington transfer Nigel Williams-Goss. I expect the assistant coaches will skip the banquet to be out recruiting during this critical live evaluation period.

UPDATE: You can watch live games of the EYBL circuit by clicking this link. The players numbers are next to their names below. Big thanks for Craig Leighton for sending the info about the live stream.

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Providence Recruits to Play in 2015 Mary Kline Classic

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The 2015 Mark Kline Classic is the 5th annual event put on by Alex Kline. Kline has a site called The Recruit Scoop as part of the Rivals.com network and has been named to Forbes’ 30 under 30 list. To date the Mary Kline Classic has raised over $100,000, according to the website and traditionally features some of the best rising college freshman and rising juniors and seniors in high school. Some notable alumni of the game include Tyler Ennis, Karl-Anthony Towns, Rondae Hollis-Jefferson and Isaiah Whitehead. The rosters for the 5th annual game were announced Monday.

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Providence Reaches Out To Miami (FL) Transfer Manu Lecomte

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Adam Zagoria reported that Providence is among a group of schools to recently reach out to Miami (FL) transfer Manu Lecomte. Lecomte is leaving Miami after two seasons and 71 games played. The 5’11 point guard averaged 7.9 points/game and shot an impressive 45.6% from beyond the arc on 114 attempts for Jim Larranaga a season ago.

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2015 Ricky Council Makes It Official, Signs National Letter of Intent with Providence

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Ricky Council made his commitment to Providence official on Wednesday by signing his National Letter of Intent. Council joins a 4-player class coming into Friartown in the Fall of 2015. “Ricky will be a great addition to our program,” Ed Cooley said. “Ricky is the type of player who can help our team from the perimeter as he is an elite shooter. He really matured and got stronger over the last year.”

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Providence Recruits to Play in High School All-Star Game on Friday

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Camp Errol was founded by Calvin Jones and named in honor of Errol Clinton who was killed at the age of 15 by a random act of violence in the city of Providence. E.R.R.O.L. stands for Education, Respect, Responsibility, Opportunity and Leadership. This Friday Camp Errol will be hosting an All-Star game at Jorge Alvarez High School in Providence and there will be 6 Providence recruits between the classes of 2016 and 2017 that will play.

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