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#pcbb Weekly Recruiting Update 2/28/14

The Providence staff was down in Nashville on Tuesday night, along with a few other high majors, to check in on Braxton Blackwell (2016) who plays for CPA which is Jalen Lindsey’s old squad. CPA won the game PC attended, the region semifinals, and Blackwell scored 31 points. On Wednesday night, they played the 6-AA region finals and won to improve to 32-2 on the season. Blackwell scored 15 points in the win and was named the All-Region MVP. The 6’8 215 lbs (SF) 17th ranked player in the class of 2016 according to ESPN holds offers from Auburn, Cincinnati, Florida, Indiana (attended Hoosier Hysteria this year), LSU, Memphis, Mississippi St, N.C. State, Providence, Tennessee, Vanderbilt (his HS coach played there), Virginia and Virginia Tech. He also has interest from Kentucky, Michigan State and North Carolina. This would be the most impressive get if Cooley could somehow pull this off. He is a consensus top 30 player in the class of 2016 and has no ties to Rhode Island like Jalen Lindsey so getting him from Nashville to Providence would be a huge coup. So far he has visited Louisville (1/2/13 coincidentally when they played PC), Vanderbilt (9/4/13, 2/5/14), Memphis (9/20/13), Indiana (10/4/13 for Hoosier Hysteria) and Auburn (11/30/13).

The NEPSAC playoffs started on Wednesday and there are a lot of PC recruiting targets taking part in the action. Click here to see the names from Wednesday’s post. For results of Wednesday’s game click this link to the NERR.

Paschal Chukwu and the Fairfield Prep Stags finished the regular season undefeated (20-0) after winning at home against Hamden last Saturday night. It was Senior Night for Prep and Chuwku went for 21 points in the win. The next step will be the playoffs starting tomorrow morning 11am at Branford HS against Notre Dame-West Haven. Fairfield Prep handled ND-WH both times they met during the regular season by 15 and 16 points respectively. In national recruiting news, ESPN’s Adam Finkelstein lists Chukwu as one of his “Five Prospects Who Project Long Term”. He had this to say:

In case you missed it on Wednesday – #pcbb interviewed 2014 PG recruit Austin Tilghman. Click here to read that story.
2014 PG recruit Tarin Smith and the St. Anthony Friars won a close game earlier this week as they traveled to Long Island Lutheran who features 2016 PG Devonte Green. Green, the St. Mary’s transfer, had 22 points in the loss. Green is the younger brother of former UNC player and current NBA player, Danny Green. Tarin Smith led St. Anthony in scoring with 14 points and was the only Friar in double figures.
Paschal Chukwu and the Fairfield Prep Stags remained undefeated (17-0) after winning at Xavier on Tuesday night. Chuwku poured in 20 points in the win with 14 of his points coming on dunks. Xavier’s head coach had this to say of Chukwu:

BannersOnTheParkway.com – The Big East at the Halfway Point: Part Two
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Cox Sports Recruiting – Adam Finkelstein – NPSI Preview: Cushing Academy
Cox Sports Recruiting – Adam Finkelstein – NPSI Preview: Notre Dame Prep
Cox Sports Recruiting – Adam Finkelstein – NPSI Preview: South Kent
Cox Sports Recruiting – Adam Finkelstein – NPSI Preview: Vermont Academy
Zagsblog.com – Syracuse Could Reach Final Four Without Leaving New York State; Providence Making a Move Toward Big Dance
In case you missed this last night – Doug McDermott led all scorers with 39 points (including moving to 18th all time on the NCAA list for most points scored in a career) including nailing the game winner against St. John’s in Omaha.