- ICYMI – I’m launching a new site feature – Friartown Fan Voice: I Want to Hear from You Friar Fans
- CityOfBasketballLove.com – Ari Rosenfeld – Donovan Mitchell: ‘Nova “Blew Me Away”
- Providence Journal – Kevin McNamara – Friars’ Dunn confident he’ll be ready when needed
- Friars.com – Softball – Softball Tabs Kathy McLaughlin As Assistant Coach
- Providence recruit Rawle Alkins (2016) posterizes a defender in last night’s Adidas Nations Championship game on ESPNU (courtesy of FriarTV):
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Recruiting Junkie Alert: Adidas Nations Games on ESPNU Tonight
The 2014 Adidas Nations began on August 1st and will culminate with the consolation and championship games being broadcast live on ESPNU tonight at 7pm and 9pm, respectively (both EDT). The consolation game will be played at 7pm with Team Europe going up against Team Howard. The championship game will be Team Wall vs. Team Lillard. Both games will be played at Long Beach City College.
There are a handful of Providence recruits that will be in these two games tonight. Here is who to watch for and when to watch them:
Consolation Game 7pm on ESPNU
Team Howard
- #87 Bennie Boatwright
- #14 Derrick Jones
Championship Game 9pm on ESPNU
Team Lillard
Team Wall
- #26 Rawle Alkins
- #2 Kobi Simmons
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Catching Up After the July Live Periods
Now that the July live periods have come and gone the PC staff will be doing the same thing as the players they were on the road watching all month: evaluate where they stand with players.
The coaching staff will have meetings to discuss where they think they stand with players just as those players will have meetings with their families, mentors and coaches. Players have already begun cutting lists and Providence has even made their way onto some of those lists. Here is a catch up of where Providence stands after the three July live evaluation periods:
Lists Cuts and Commitments Elsewhere
2015 Donovan Mitchell
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PC Recruiting Guide to the Third July Evaluation Period
This will be the last of three live evaluation periods in the month of July where college coaches are allowed to attend and evaluate recruits. These three live periods are so critical as coaches can start to really focus on specific targets and maybe even have a new player catch their eye so they can offer and get involved. I’ll be taking a look at some of the major grassroots events that are in this third live period and giving you a list of PC recruits that will be in attendance at each one. This will be a working document so if/when I see a name that PC is recruiting at one of these events and I don’t have the player listed I will add him. Also, if you want to keep track of where Ed Cooley and the rest of the PC staff is during this live period, click here.
Note: All teams are 17U unless otherwise noted.
Las Vegas Fab 48 (Las Vegas, NV) 7/24-7/27
This is likely where you will see Ed Cooley and the PC staff spending a lot of time because Donovan Mitchell will be at this event. Mitchell isn’t the only one though and the staff will likely be able to go between the Fab 48, the Adidas Super 64, The 8 Tournament and the Las Vegas Classic as the events are all within easy driving distance of each other.
Game times are local to Vegas.
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Second July Live Evaluation Period PC Recruiting Recap
With the way these July live evaluation periods are from Wednesday through Sunday each of these weeks, I thought it would be best to change around the weekly recruiting updates from Friday’s to Monday’s until these live periods end. To see the preview that I put together and updated throughout the second live period, click here. This recap looks similar to the preview except I give some info from each event and how the recruits played. To see where Ed Cooley and the rest of the PC staff were during the second live period, click here.
Nike Peach Jam (N. Augusta, SC) 7/16/-7/20
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PC Recruiting Guide to the Second July Evaluation Period
This will be the second of three live evaluation periods in the month of July where college coaches are allowed to attend and evaluate recruits. These three live periods are so critical as coaches can start to really focus on specific targets and maybe even have a new player catch their eye so they can offer and get involved. I’ll be taking a look at some of the major grassroots events that are in this second live period and giving you a list of PC recruits that will be in attendance at each one. This will be a working document so if/when I see a name that PC is recruiting at one of these events and I don’t have the player listed I will add him. Also, if you want to keep track of where Ed Cooley and the rest of the PC staff is during this live period, click here.
Nike Peach Jam (N. Augusta, SC) 7/16/-7/20
The Peach Jam is the culmination of the Nike EYBL circuit and acts as the playoffs. Only 24 teams qualify and there is a play-in game Wednesday to determine that 24th team. I could write up a big preview of this event but the guys at D1Circuit.com have done an absurdly good job at putting together this preview so I would be doing a disservice to try to write anything further. This is an absolute must read for all recruiting junkies especially because, as you’ll see below, there are a TON of PC recruits at the Peach Jam this year.
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#pcbb Weekly Recruiting Update 7/3/14
With Friday being the 4th of July I am releasing the weekly recruiting update a day earlier than normal. This weekly update will return to it’s normally scheduled Friday next week. This will be the final recruiting update prior to the first July live period which begins at 5pm on July 9th. For more information on the recruiting calendar over the next few weeks, check out this page.
News came down Wednesday afternoon that Josh Fortune was transferring to Colorado. This ends one of the more bizarre and confusing player transfers I’ve ever seen and I doubt the real reasons will ever be truly made public. Whatever the reasons, it seems Fortune was looking for a fresh start and he will get that at Colorado which is much further from his home than Providence, for what that’s worth.
Fortune leaving has left a bit of a hole at the shooting guard position. After the various swings and misses this spring, Ed Cooley and his staff are apparently on the fence about bringing someone in at this late stage. I’m told that Armel Potter is anxious to have the PC coaches watch him play live which is something that hasn’t happened as of yet. Potter is mulling over possibly playing somewhere during the July live periods but no decision has been made on that. I was told that Potter hasn’t spoken with Cooley yet but I get the sense that if Cooley calls with an offer, Potter will be on the next plane to Friartown. The former Florida Atlantic commit has offers from Appalachian State, Ball State, Iona, Niagara, Tennessee Tech and some other mid majors.
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