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Providence Recruiting Update: National Prep Invitational at Rhode Island College

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The National Prep Invitational will be played at nearby Rhode Island College starting on Thursday with games running through Sunday afternoon. The Providence coaching staff is expected to spend plenty of time taking in the action at RIC over the next few days. There are more than 15 recruits that Providence is involved with from the classes of 2016, 2017 and 2018 that are expected to play in this event. Cox Hub will be streaming 9 games from the NPSI between Thursday and Saturday. The games that will be streamed can be found at this link and they are in bold with an asterisk below.

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Recruiting Update: Big Man Search Goes North of the Border, ESPN Player Rankings Updated & More

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Recruiting never stops and Providence continues to scowl the landscape for a big man to add to the class of 2016 that currently only includes point guard Maliek White. There are certainly some names that have become well-known to Providence fans over the last few months like Darius Hicks, Levi Cook, Isaiah Whaley and others. But some new ones also surfaced recently. A Friar coach was also spotted at a NEPSAC game on Wednesday. Shifting gears to future classes, ESPN released their updated player rankings for the classes of 2017 and 2018 and there are some notable Friar recruits scattered among the lists. The Friars also extended an offer to a player in the class of 2018 over the weekend after various Friar coaches attended the talent-heavy Hoophall Classic that took place at Springfield College from January 14th-18th.

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Providence Recruits Playing in Hoop Dreams Magazine Prep Classic

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Providence coaches have had a number of good local opportunities to check in on some of their New England area prep recruits and another one presents itself this weekend at Bunker Hill Community College. Fourteen schools will play nine total games from noon on Saturday to 4:30pm Sunday and a handful of Friar recruits are playing in those games.

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Providence Recruits to Play in 2015 Big Strick Classic

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The Big Strick Classic is a basketball-junkie’s dream that takes place each summer after the live periods of July have come and gone. Players from all across the country will travel to NYC to take on the best that NYC has to offer. The 2015 version of the tournament — named in honor of the late NYC streetball legend John “Big Strick” Strickland — is the 5th annual and features a number of Providence recruits, as well as many top national recruits in the classes of 2016, 2017 and a few from 2018.

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Links of the Day

#pcbb Links of the Day 7/22/15

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  • Even though Providence is still looking to add another player in 2015 recruiting doesn’t slow down. The class of 2018 page is now linked with the rest of the classes under the “Friar Crystal Ball” section of the menu. Keep an eye out later today for the Providence Recruiting Guide to the 3rd and final live evaluation period of July.
  • Cox Hub – Daniel James – Utah May Have Struck Gold in Bryce Cotton
  • Cox Hub – Corey O’Leary – 2015 Tremont Waters Summer Mixtape
  • The team underwent some media training yesterday in McPhail’s: