The recruiting buzz around the Providence program has been steadily picking up over the last few weeks as lists have been cut down and official visits scheduled. This weekend begins a massively important 30 day stretch for Ed Cooley and his staff as they will host 6 recruits and have their annual Late Night Madness. The visitors begin with a wing from the class of 2016 today and end with a slew of recruits at Late Night Madness on October 17th with some other high profile recruits coming to the campus in between.
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#pcbb Links of the Day 9/18/15
- Providence Journal – Kevin McNamara – Putting schedules of R.I.’s four D-I college basketball teams under microscope
- FriarBasketball.com – Kevin Farrahar – Learning More About the Freshmen
- There’s a new highlight mixtape out for 2016 Word of God Christian Academy PG Jalen Harris. Harris is scheduled for an official visit to Providence on October 9th.
- JJ Matthews had successful knee surgery yesterday. He is scheduled to visit Providence the first weekend in October.
- Here is the video of the Big East coaches roundtable from Wednesday night on America’s Pregame on Fox Sports 1 courtesy of FriarTV:
#pcbb Links of the Day 9/11/15
- 2016 guard Shamorie Ponds begins his official visit to Providence today. He got a visit from Ed Cooley and Andre LaFleur on Tuesday during the first day of the recruiting period.
- DraftExpress.com – Mike Schmitz – Top NBA Prospects in the Big East, Part 1: Kris Dunn Scouting Video
- HoopSeen.com – Corey Evans – Aamir Simms is ready to take off
- Friars.com – Ed Cooley Radio Show To Be Taped During Season Ticket Holder Party On Friday
Recruiting News: Rivals Class Of 2016 Top 150 Updated Post-Summer
ESPN and Scout.com released their updated recruit rankings for the class of 2016 after the summer grassroots season and now it’s time for Rivals to follow suit. ESPN and Scout had differing views on most of the Providence recruits within their Top 100’s. Rivals’ rankings mirror those of ESPN with Wenyen Gabriel jumping from the 80’s to 17. There is also a Friar recruit who is visiting Providence in October that is making his debut in Rivals’ Top 150 in Maliek White and Kevin Marfo rounds out the Top 150 in the final slot. Providence is visiting him at his school on September 9th.
To see the full list of 150 players, click here.
Here are the player’s PC is recruiting/has interest in:
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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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Providence Recruiting Update: July Recap, Stock Risers & Wenyen Gabriel
The three live evaluation periods of July are now in the books and the Providence coaching staff logged some heavy frequent flier miles tracking their coveted recruits. Ed Cooley spent much of his time sitting front and center at all Mass Rivals games. Rivals features a number of Providence targets but the grand prize in 2016 is Wenyen Gabriel. Gabriel got the Donovan Mitchell treatment in July. More on that later. Some other Friar prospects took some major steps forward and the influence of newly-hired assistant coach Jeff Battle is becoming more clear as new names are added to Providence’s stable of targets.
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Providence Recruiting Guide to the 3rd July 2015 Live Evaluation Period
The final live evaluation period of the summer is upon us and most of the attention turns to Las Vegas as many of Providence’s targets will be lacing it up in Sin City over the next few days. There is also a big AAU National tournament in Louisville taking place and some events happening in New Jersey. The Rivals — read: Wenyen Gabriel — are in Vegas at the adidas Uprising Championships so I would expect Ed Cooley will be all over them at that event.
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