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#pcbb Weekly Recruiting Update 6/27/14

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The NBA Draft showed how silly it can be by leaving a lot of very good college players off the board, including Bryce Cotton. But one thing that stuck out to me was the number of guys that got drafted who were top 100 recruits coming out of high school. It goes to show you just how important recruiting high level talent really is for programs. Obviously not every top 100 guy is going to pan out but it’s a numbers game and the more talent you acquire, the more likely it is that talent will develop and translate to on-court success. As an example, using ESPN’s top 100 high school player rankings, of the 24 non-international players drafted in the 1st round last night, 19 were in the top 100 in their class coming out of high school. Of those 19, 8 were ranked in the top 10. The 5 unranked guys were Nik Stauskas, Elfrid Payton, Doug McDermott, C.J. Wilcox and Josh Huestis.

Ed Cooley has upped the talent level at PC in his time in Friartown and this weekend he will be hosting a lot of talented recruits. 2015 recruits Donovan Mitchell and Steve Enoch will be on campus this weekend with Mitchell already at PC today and Enoch heading to URI and PC tomorrow.

With the news that Tramaine Isabell committed to Missouri on Thursday, Ed Cooley and his staff are going to have to weigh the available options against standing pat and going into the season with what they have right now. The only two names I have heard PC interested in at this point are Armel Potter and Ricky Council. I’ll profile both guys individually early next week.

We learned last week at this time that Wake Forest transfer, Tyler Cavanaugh, had received a call from Ed Cooley. Cavanaugh visited George Washington on Tuesday, per Adam Zagoria. Syracuse.com’s Donna Ditota reported last week that Cavanaugh plans to take 3 to 4 visits before deciding. CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein had this to say today:

Wake Forest transfer Tyler Cavanaugh visited George Washington this past week and is also considering Butler and Dayton. The 6-9 forward averaged 8.8 points and 3.8 rebounds last season and has two years of remaining eligibility.

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The Ed Cooley Radio Show Taping in Lower Slavin from 10am-11am Today

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PROVIDENCE’S ED COOLEY RADIO SHOW TO

TAPE ON THURSDAY AT 10:00 A.M. IN SLAVIN CENTER ON

PROVIDENCE COLLEGE CAMPUS

 

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Ed Cooley Radio Show will be taped on Thursday, June 26 from 10-11 a.m. in the lower Slavin Center (next to Dunkin’ Donuts) on the Providence College campus.  The show will air on Sports Radio 103.7 WEEI-FM at a later date.  The Ed Cooley Radio Show is hosted by the voice of the Friars John Rooke.

Recruiting News

Class of 2014 Target Tramaine Isabell Commits to Missouri

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The spring misses continue for Ed Cooley and the Friars. Seattle guard Tramaine Isabell has committed to Kim Anderson and the Missouri Tigers after visiting Columbia last weekend. He left there without committing but his comments indicated that he may never make it to Providence for a visit and it appears he decided to make his decision on his birthday, June 27th.

Isabell told Scout.com’s Evan Daniels, “me and my mom thought it was the right decision…We enjoyed our visit a lot. I got a good relationship with the coaches and the players.”

Ed Cooley is just returning from Colorado with a gold medal from the FIBA Americas games but he had yet to win a recruiting battle this spring in his search for guards after Josh Fortune announced his transfer. The pickings are getting slim at this point with former Florida Atlantic commit, Armel Potter and German guard Tyree Chambers possible drawing more interest now.

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#pcbb Links of the Day 6/25/14

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USA Basketball U18 Team First Game Tonight

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The FIBA Americas began today in Colorado and the Billy Donovan led squad with assistant coaches Ed Cooley and Sean Miller will tip their first game of the tournament tonight at 7:30pm EDT. You can watch the game live right here:

 

Recruiting News

#pcbb Weekly Recruiting Update 6/20/14

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I took last week off from the weekly recruiting update but it’s back this week and there is plenty to mention. Since the last update on June 6th, Niagara graduate transfer Antoine Mason committed to Auburn which is another Spring miss for Ed Cooley and staff.

Next up is Seattle guard Tramaine Isabell who is currently on a visit at Missouri with plans to visit Providence after that and then decide. Though he told ShowMeMizzou.com “that if he likes Missouri enough, there’s a chance he might not need to take any other visits.”

The Providence Journal’s Kevin McNamara mentioned that PC had a German guard on campus for a visit a few weeks ago and UndercoverFriar revealed that player to be Tyree Chambers. That doesn’t seem to be anything more than interest and an offer was never made.

One other guard option that has been mentioned in recent weeks is 2014 guard Armel Potter. Jeff Ferrucci of ScoutFriars.com spoke with Potter last week. Potter revealed that PC hasn’t offered but is “showing high interest.” The scoring guard visited Tennessee Tech last week and is also being recruited by Appalachian State, Ball State, Iona, Niagara, Winthrop along with some other mid majors.

If I had to choose between Isabell and Potter, I would definitely take Isabell despite the rumors of him possibly having some issues qualifying because he is definitely the more talented player but Potter is a guy that can score the ball despite being undersized. We’ll see how Isabell’s visit to Missouri shakes out but I would expect interest in Potter to increase from Coach Blaney if Isabell commits to the Tigers before leaving Columbia.

One other note on the recruiting front is a potential transfer candidate in former Wake Forest PF Tyler Cavanaugh. He was granted his release this week and has already spoken to Ed Cooley who recruited him out of high school when Cooley was still at Fairfield. He never overlapped with PC redshirt Senior Carson Desrosiers at Wake but I wouldn’t be surprised if Cooley put the two in touch to discuss the transition from Wake to PC. Cavanaugh, a native of Dewitt, NY (upstate near Syracuse) told Syracuse.com’s Donna Ditota, “I want to try to come a little bit closer to home, but I want to be open to any opportunity. I just want to make sure I find the perfect fit for my last two years of eligibility.” He also said that he plans to narrow down schools to 3 schools to visit and decide within “the next couple weeks.” He would have to sit this upcoming season and would have two years of eligibility remaining. The 6’9 stretch power forward averaged 19 mpg, 7 ppg and 3.2 rpg in 64 career games for the Demon Deacons, including 28 career starts.

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#pcbb Links of the Day 6/20/14

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  • FriarBasketball.com – Recruiting Rankings: June 19
  • The 2014 FIBA Americas U18 Championship begins today in Colorado Springs. Ed Cooley is an assistant coach on Billy Donovan’s staff for Team USA and PC recruit Isaiah Briscoe made the team. All games will be streamed live online at www.fibaamericas.com and www.YouTube.com/FIBAAmericas. All of Team USA’s preliminary round games are at 7:30pm EDT:

June 20 – 7:30pm vs. Uruguay

June 21 – 7:30pm vs. Mexico

June 22 – 7:30pm vs. Argentina

June 23 – Semifinals TBA

June 24 – Finals TBA