Two weeks ago Ed Cooley and his staff got the opportunity to take the short trip down 95 South to New Haven for the National Prep Showcase. That was a great opportunity — a short drive down the road — for Cooley and his coaches to watch, evaluate and be seen by high level recruits. Now in early December, Providence’s coaches have an even more local opportunity to watch, evaluate and be seen by high level recruits with the Zero Gravity Prep Classic taking place this weekend in Barrington, RI at St. Andrew’s — a 20 minute drive from Providence’s Smith Hill campus. Providence is still recruiting hard for 2016 — especially big men — but this will also give the staff a chance to get some face time with some members of the classes of 2017 and 2018. Cox Hub will also have live streams of 3 games Friday night.
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Providence Recruiting Update: Late Night Madness is Here
Brisk mid-October temperatures are heading for the Northeast this weekend but the temperature inside Alumni Hall on Providence College’s campus figures to be red-hot. Senior Associate Athletic Director Steve Napolillo and Ed Cooley have managed to keep the bar high for Providence’s Late Night Madness festivities that will kick off at 8pm on Saturday with the introduction of the men’s and women’s basketball teams by broadcasting legend Bill Raftery. Doors open at 6pm for those students with season tickets and all other students can enter at 6:45pm. The event is open only to Providence College students. Ludacris will perform around 9pm. Cox Hub will have free live streaming of Late Night Madness from 8pm-9pm.
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#pcbb Links of the Day 10/8/15
- ICYMI – Who Is The Next Providence Recruit to Blow Up On The National Stage?
- Cox Hub – Adam Finkelstein – The Upside with Guest Kevin Marfo; Big Man to Choose PC, BC or GW
- Zagsblog.com – Adam Zagoria – 2016 Power Forward Kevin Marfo Announcing Friday
- HoopSeen.com – Corey Evans – Big East Freshman Spotlight: Marquette and Providence
- The Setonian – Sean Saint Jacques – Around the Big East: It’s showtime for Kris Dunn
- Cox Hub – Mike Logan – Friars Hockey Looking to Continue Success Against Miami (OH)
- SBNCollegeHockey.com – Jeff Cox – Parisi Leads Friars’ Attempt at a Repeat
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Who Is The Next Providence Recruit to Blow Up On The National Stage?
Kris Dunn. Abdul-Malik Abu. Donovan Mitchell. Wenyen Gabriel. What do these players all have in common? They were recruited by Providence head coach Ed Cooley before they blew up on the national recruiting scene. Dunn was being recruited by Cooley while the current Friar head coach was at Fairfield. He went from being a recruit on that level to a McDonald’s All-American. Gabriel is probably the closest to Dunn in terms of meteoric rise. Cooley and his staff have shown an uncanny ability to be able to identify these players before they start their upward trajectory as recruits. Who’s the next recruit that Providence is in early on that will blow up nationally? My guess is Aaron Wheeler in the class of 2017.
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Providence Recruiting Update: Providence Hosts Elite Camp, Makes Pair of List Cuts
Providence hosted their annual Elite Camp on August 8th on the school’s campus and this was the first year I attended. A while back when I decided that I would keep that Saturday open so I could attend the camp this year I had ideas in my head of seeing some of Providence’s star recruits in person. That didn’t exactly come to fruition as there were other competing events — namely the Big Strick Classic in NYC — that thinned out the field for the 2015 version of camp. Still, there was a lot to see and some new names that popped up onto my radar. Other recent recruiting news is that the Friars made the top 5 for JJ Matthews and the top 6 for Quentin Jackson. Both players cut down their lists on Monday. More on Elite Camp and these two recruits below.
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Who is Attending Providence’s Late Night Madness?
In addition to Jalen Rose and Big Sean there will be some other special guests in attendance at Providence’s Late Night Madness Friday night: recruits. Here is a list by class that will continually be updated as more names are known:
- 2015 – Ryan Fazekas (commit)
- 2016 – Bruce Brown
- 2016 – Terrell Brown
- 2016 – Temple Gibbs
- 2016 – Jordy Tshimanga
- 2016 – Christian Vitale
- 2017 – Hasahn French
- 2017 – Kimani Lawrence
- 2017 – Tomas Murphy
- 2017 – Jermaine Samuels
- 2017 – Javon Taylor (commit)
- 2017 – Aaron Wheeler
- 2017 – Simon Wright
- 2018 – Kenneth Araujo
- 2018 – David Dukes
- 2018 – Brycen Goodine
- 2018 – Arashma Parks
- 2018 – Preston Santos
- 2018 – Chauncey Sterling
- 2019 – Rivaldo Soares
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