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Recruiting Junkie Alert: 2015 Recruit C Trevor Manuel Playing At 12pm on ESPN

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2015 C Trevor Manuel and his Oak Hill Academy team will play for the DICK’s Sporting Goods HS National Championship today at 12pm at Madison Square Garden. Oak Hill will play Montverde Academy who beat Jalen Lindsey’s Huntington Prep squad last night in the semifinals.

Manuel is the 50th ranked player in the Class of 2015 according to ESPN and 54th ranked by Rivals.com. The Lansing, MI product has offers from Eastern Michigan, Michigan State, NC State, Providence and Wake Forest.

Here is his ESPN Scouting Report:

SCOUTING REPORT

ESPN Analyst
Updated 01/29/2014

Strengths:
Trevor is an extremely skilled and long forward who is more of a 4-man now but with definite small forward potential. He can handle it, pass it and shoot it. He has the ability to play the 3, 4 or 5 right now. He’s only going to get better.

Weaknesses:
Despite all the talent, Trevor tends to disappear at times during games. He needs to increase his motor and be more assertive and aggressive on the floor.

Bottom Line:
Overall Trevor has some of the most upside of anyone in the 2015 class. As he learns to take over games and get his motor going full time he will become special. He’ll have his pick of colleges.

Recruiting News

#pcbb Weekly Recruiting Update 4/4/14

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  • 2014 PG Kyron Cartwright was on campus over the weekend for an official visit. From reports, he liked the campus and the visit went well but it seems that he left Rhode Island without an official offer. My guess is the staff is being more picky with 2014 HS players at this point and focusing their efforts more strongly on 5th year transfers and JUCO player that will be eligible immediately. Reasons for that would be a) balancing classes b) a bad call will only affect the roster for a year or two vs. four c) need quality contributors right away for 2014-2015.
  • 2015 SG Donovan Mitchell spoke with Rob Howe of HawkeyeInsider.com, an Iowa Scout.com site. He has offers from Boston College, Cincinnati, Connecticut, Creighton, Florida, Fordham, Iowa, Marquette, Providence, Seton Hall and St. John’s. He also said that Kansas and Xavier have been showing a lot of interest. On what he needs to work on: “I have to improve my jump shot.” On what he is looking for in a school: “I am looking for a school where not only can I have a great basketball career but a great academic career.” Kevin San (aka Undercover Friar) posted an article on Mitchell on the ScoutFriars.com site last night. Mitchell talks about how Cooley being front and center at Brewster games and practices “sends a message.” He also mentions that he believes his game fits how they play at PC and that he and his family have a good relationship with the coaching staff in Friartown.

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CoxSportsOnline.com – Video of Cox Basketball Luncheon Awards Winners

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Cox Basketball Luncheon Awards Winners

This past week Cox Sports held its’ annual Awards Luncheon honoring our Division I, II and III players and coaches of the year. There were a few familar faces in this year’s winner’s circle.

Providence College’s Ed Cooley was named Coach of the Year for the Joe Mullaney Award after leading the Friars to the team’s second BIG EAST Tournament title and first since 1994. He also guided the team to a 23-12 mark and the Friars’ first appearance in the NCAA Tournament since 2004.

Bryce Cotton earned the Bill Reynolds Award as the Rhode Island Division I Men’s Players of the Year. Cotton earns the award after leading the BIG EAST in assists with 6.1 apg in league contests. The senior also ranked second in the BIG EAST in scoring (21.8 ppg, 23.4 ppg BIG EAST play). He ranks ninth in the nation in scoring this season at 21.8 ppg.

The men’s basketball team won the Dave Gavitt Award for the Team of the Year. The Friars finished as BIG EAST Tournament Champions and posted a 23-12 overall record.

Click the link above to watch the video.

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Jalen Lindsey and Huntington Prep Advance to Semifinals of DICK’S Sports High School National Tournament

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Lindsey scored 11 points in the 65-63 buzzer beater win over La Lumiere (IN). Former PC recruit JaQuan Lyle hit a 3 at the buzzer to get the Irish the win. Huntington Prep (WV) is now in the semifinals tomorrow at Christ the King at 4:30pm on ESPN2. They will face the winner of Montverde Academy (FL) and the Sagemont School (FL) who will play at 6pm tonight at CTK. I’ll have a review of Lindsey’s play today in the weekly recruiting update that I post every Friday at 12pm.

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Big East News

First Season In the Books: How Did The Big East Do?

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Rewind to Big East media day, October 16, 2013. Val Ackerman, the Big East’s new commissioner said the following to the media: “There’s no doubt the eyes of the basketball world and the eyes of others in college sports are definitely on the Big East.”

How true those words would be. And not surprisingly, the “eyes of the basketball world” were quick to be negative. Without the backing of ESPN, the Big East was constantly knocked and, even when good things happened, not given its full due. It was not an ideal first season for this new basketball-centric league. Marquette and Georgetown were picked 1 and 2 in the Big East Preseason Coaches’ Poll. Many thought that it was crucial for Marquette, a team that has had a good run of success since joining the conference in 2005, and especially Georgetown, a school that was a big part of the original Big East’s foundation, to be successful both in the conference and nationally. Injuries and lack of on court chemistry seemed to do in both the Golden Eagles and Hoyas as the teams would finish 6th and 7th after 18 regular season games. Only two teams were ranked heading into the Big East Tournament and there was a concern that those two teams might even be the only schools to make the NCAA Tournament.

You Only Get One First Impression

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Brice Kofane

BREAKING: PC’s Redshirt Junior, Brice Kofane to Transfer; Will Be Immediately Eligible

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I don’t think this news comes as a shock to anyone at Providence. Once he was celebrated as part of Senior Night at the Dunk in early March, the announcement coming just seemed like a formality.

Kofane never really developed into the kind of defensive force that he showed flashes of early in his career. He will graduate this season and be immediately eligible because of the 5th year transfer exemption.

From all accounts, Brice is a great student and teammate and I will be proud to call him a fellow PC alumnus in May.

In 78 career games, Kofane averaged 1.6 ppg, 2.6 rpg and nearly a block/game. He played sparingly this year but was able to make an impact in a few games, especially a crucial 16 minutes off the bench in the Big East Tournament semifinals against Seton Hall.

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