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Ryan Fazekas to Play in Indiana All-Star Classic

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The 27th annual North-South Indiana All-Star Classic will be played on April 19th at Indiana Wesleyan and a future Friar will be participating. Ryan Fazekas, a member of Providence’s 2015 recruiting class, was selected as an Indiana All-Star and will play for the North squad that will be coached by Brent Brobston.

Joining Fazekas in this game is a fellow Big East commit in Sean McDermott who will attend Butler. Fazekas played on the Indiana Junior All-Stars North team last season

Here are the full rosters for the North and South teams:

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Recap of Providence Recruits During First Live Evaluation Period

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With the first live evaluation period of April in the books as of Sunday here is a recap of the weekend’s action for over 50 Providence recruits. There were players that were being watched by the Friar staff from the classes of 2015, 2016 and 2017 and they were spread out all over the country.
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Eric Paschall Cuts List to Final 5, Will Visit Providence

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Update 4/17: Jon Rothstein is reporting that Paschall will not visit Providence this weekend as planned.

Fordham freshman has cut his final list of schools down to 5, including the school he is currently enrolled at in Fordham. The others on the list are Florida, Kansas, Providence and Villanova. Paschall has visited Villanova and Florida and is scheduled to visit Providence this weekend, per a tweet from Jon Rothstein.

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Providence Involved with Washington Transfer Nigel Williams-Goss

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On April 9th Nigel Williams-Goss announced that he would transfer from the University  of Washington after two seasons. Williams-Goss was a team captain and led the Huskies in scoring, assists and minutes played this past season. There is a USA Basketball connection with Ed Cooley as Williams-Goss played on the U19 USA Basketball team for which Cooley was a training camp court coach in June 2013. The 6’3 lead guard averaged 15.6 points/game, 5.9 assists/game, 4.7 rebounds/game and 1.1 steals/game in 36.8 minutes/game a season ago for Lorenzo Romar and the Huskies.

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Providence Recruiting Guide to the 1st April 2015 Live Evaluation Period

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This will be the first of two live evaluation periods in the month of April. A live evaluation period means college coaches are allowed to attend and evaluate recruits. This will be the first time coaches can see players in their grassroots setting since July 2014. 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. Continue reading Providence Recruiting Guide to the 1st April 2015 Live Evaluation Period →

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Providence Will Host 2015 Lorne Currie on Official Visit

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UPDATE 4/9 1:57pm

It was originally reported on Wednesday that Providence was currently hosting 2015 guard Lorne Currie. It has been subsequently learned from Steve Hartnett of ScoutFriars.com that Currie has not officially visited Providence yet.

Providence will reportedly host a guard in the class of 2015 sometime in the near future. Lorne Currie is a 6’3 combo guard from Los Angeles and the original report was via Twitter on April 1st. Dinos Trigonis of the famed Pangos All-American camps tweeted the news:

The visit has apparently been re-scheduled since that tweet above but no date has been announced as of yet.

Currie apparently just got a good SAT score and has been cleared by the NCAA Clearinghouse, per a subsequent tweet from Trigonis. Currie’s offer listed on the site VerbalCommits.com are from Fresno State, Loyola Marymount and Sam Houston State.

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Lousiville Transfer Anton Gill to Visit Providence

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ESPN’s Jeff Goodman reported on Twitter that Louisville transfer Anton Gill will visit Providence on April 17th. The 6’3 guard played two seasons under Rick Pitino as a Cardinal but his play was inconsistent. Gill indicated he is “looking for a fresh start” in a statement released by the school. The southpaw will have two years of eligibility remaining after he sits a year, per NCAA transfer rules.

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