2015 Big Man Steve Enoch Visiting Providence Today
Every year there is a player that comes from relative obscurity and blows up during the early AAU season. The class of 2015’s version of this is Connecticut big man, Steve Enoch.
Enoch attends Norwalk HS and has only played one season on the varsity but its clear he can play. It seems like he didn’t really begin to take basketball seriously until about a year ago and now that he has the interest and offers are flooding in. He also went from nowhere on the list to being ranked 54th in the class of 2015 nationally by Rivals.com’s latest release of their Top 150 and 61st in the class by Scout.com.
Providence was one of a few teams that watched him work out prior to the April live period and liked what they saw. Assistant Coach Brian Blaney was in Pittsburgh during the April live period for the Pittsburgh Jamfest and watched Enoch there with his AAU squad, High Rise Team Up.
Now the Friars will be hosting Enoch for an on campus visit a day after having priority recruit, Donovan Mitchell in Friartown yesterday. Enoch visited UConn yesterday and they offered. I would expect the same to happen today. In addition to PC, Enoch will visit URI today.
Click here to watch some highlights from his high school season.
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#pcbb Links of the Day 6/28/14
- ICYMI – #pcbb Weekly Recruiting Update 6/27/14
- ICYMI – Tyler Harris to Attend Kevin Durant Skills Academy
- ICYMI – Undrafted Free Agent Bryce Cotton to Play for the San Antonio Spurs in the Las Vegas Summer League
- GoLocal Prov – John Rooke – Thinking Out Loud
- Friars.com – Providence College Finishes 71st in Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup Standings – Friars finish 2nd among Division I non-FBS/FCS institutions
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Undrafted Free Agent Bryce Cotton to Play for the San Antonio Spurs in the Las Vegas Summer League
While it was surely disappointing to Bryce Cotton that he wasn’t drafted, sometimes being an undrafted free agent with a lot of interest can be even better because you get to evaluate each situation and find the best fit. It’s sort of like high school recruiting but this time Cotton had multiple teams to choose from. In the end, there was interest from multiple teams but Cotton will play for the San Antonio Spurs in the Las Vegas Summer league. No official word has come from the Spurs themselves but the Providence Journal’s Kevin McNamara is reporting that Cotton will play for the Spurs in Vegas from July 11th-21st.
Looking at the Spurs roster, the most obvious opportunity for Cotton to latch on would be if the Spurs didn’t re-sign Tony Parker’s backup, Patty Mills. Mills seems in line to receive a deal in the JJ Barea range of 4 years and $19 million. Cotton would be on the roster for a fraction of that if he makes the team. Once confirmation comes down from San Antonio I’ll have a more detailed breakdown of the Spurs opportunity.
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#pcbb Weekly Recruiting Update 6/27/14
The NBA Draft showed how silly it can be by leaving a lot of very good college players off the board, including Bryce Cotton. But one thing that stuck out to me was the number of guys that got drafted who were top 100 recruits coming out of high school. It goes to show you just how important recruiting high level talent really is for programs. Obviously not every top 100 guy is going to pan out but it’s a numbers game and the more talent you acquire, the more likely it is that talent will develop and translate to on-court success. As an example, using ESPN’s top 100 high school player rankings, of the 24 non-international players drafted in the 1st round last night, 19 were in the top 100 in their class coming out of high school. Of those 19, 8 were ranked in the top 10. The 5 unranked guys were Nik Stauskas, Elfrid Payton, Doug McDermott, C.J. Wilcox and Josh Huestis.
Ed Cooley has upped the talent level at PC in his time in Friartown and this weekend he will be hosting a lot of talented recruits. 2015 recruits Donovan Mitchell and Steve Enoch will be on campus this weekend with Mitchell already at PC today and Enoch heading to URI and PC tomorrow.
With the news that Tramaine Isabell committed to Missouri on Thursday, Ed Cooley and his staff are going to have to weigh the available options against standing pat and going into the season with what they have right now. The only two names I have heard PC interested in at this point are Armel Potter and Ricky Council. I’ll profile both guys individually early next week.
We learned last week at this time that Wake Forest transfer, Tyler Cavanaugh, had received a call from Ed Cooley. Cavanaugh visited George Washington on Tuesday, per Adam Zagoria. Syracuse.com’s Donna Ditota reported last week that Cavanaugh plans to take 3 to 4 visits before deciding. CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein had this to say today:
Wake Forest transfer Tyler Cavanaugh visited George Washington this past week and is also considering Butler and Dayton. The 6-9 forward averaged 8.8 points and 3.8 rebounds last season and has two years of remaining eligibility.
Continue reading #pcbb Weekly Recruiting Update 6/27/14
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Tyler Harris to Attend Kevin Durant Skills Academy
Tyler Harris will once again attend the Kevin Durant Skills Academy. This year’s camp will be held from June 27th-29th in Washington, DC. Here is a short description of the event from the website:
The 2014 NBA MVP Kevin Durant will host the top 30 high school and top 15 collegiate wing players from across the country at the annual Durant skills academy. Over two and a half days and five workouts, Durant will relay to the next generation of wing players what it takes to be named NBA MVP.
Harris has been down in Houston working with John Lucas this offseason.
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#pcbb Links of the Day 6/27/14
- ICYMI – Bryce Cotton Goes Undrafted
- ICYMI – Class of 2014 Target Tramaine Isabell Commits to Missouri
- ICYMI – PC Men’s Ice Hockey 2014-15 Schedule Released
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