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Coach Cooley to be Assistant on USA U18 Team #pcbb

It was announced yesterday that Coach Cooley will be one of Billy Donovan’s assistants, along with Arizona’s Sean Miller, for the USA Basketball U18 team that will compete in the FIBA Americas. All players who participate must be born on or after January 1, 1996 so the team will be comprised of current high school students. The last U18 team for USA in 2012 consisted of:

NAME POS HGT WGT SCHOOL
Nathaniel Britt II G 6’1 158 Gonzaga College H.S., D.C./#North Carolina
Sam Dekker F 6’7 200 Sheboygan Lutheran H.S./*Wisconsin
Shaq Goodwin F 6’8 235 Southwest DeKalb H.S./*Memphis
Jerami Grant F 6’7 190 DeMatha Catholic H.S./*Syracuse
Montrezl Harrell F 6’8 230 Hargrave Military Academy, VA/*Louisville
Jake Layman F 6’7 180 King Phillip Regional H.S./*Maryland
Rodney Purvis G 6’4 190 Upper Room Christian Academy/*North Carolina State
Julius Randle F 6’8 235 Prestonwood Christian Academy
James Robinson G 6’3 198 DeMatha Catholic H.S./*Pittsburgh
Marcus Smart G 6’3 210 Marcus H.S./*Oklahoma State
Jarnell Stokes F 6’8 245 University of Tennessee
Rasheed Sulaimon G 6’4 190 Strake Jesuit College Prep/*Duke
* Indicates the college or university where the player has signed a National Letter of Intent.
# Indicates the college or university where the player has verbally committed.

This is great for Cooley’s exposure and should be a big help on the recruiting trail. They will conduct a training camp in Colorado Springs from June 10-19.  Players on the U17 team who were born on or after January 1, 1996 are:

NAME
POS
HGT
WGT
SCHOOL
Tyus Battle
G
6’5
170
Gill St. Bernard’s School
Terrell Brown
C
6’10
185
St. Andrew’s School
Thomas Bryant
F
6’9
210
Bishop Kearney H.S.
Amir Coffey
G
6’6
150
Hopkins H.S.
Bryant Crawford
G
6’2
179
Gonzaga College H.S. (DC)
Eric Davis
G
6’3
161
Arthur Hill H.S.
Juwan Durham
C
6’9
200
Tampa Preparatory School
Henry Ellenson
F/C
6’9
250
Rice Lake H.S.
Terrence Ferguson
G
6’6
170
Prime Prep Academy
DeAaron Fox
G
6’2
175
Cypress Lakes H.S.
Daniel Giddens
F/C
6’10
225
Wheeler H.S.
Harry Giles
F
6’9
210
Wesleyan Christian Academy
Quentin Goodin
G
6’2
175
Taylor County H.S.
Jessie Govan
F
6’9
255
St. Mary’s High School
Mustapha Heron
G
6’4
190
Wilbraham & Monson Academy
Josh Jackson
G/F
6’6
175
Consortium College Prep H.S.
Chase Jeter
C
6’8
195
Bishop Gorman H.S.
*Stanley Johnson
F
6’7
226
Mater Dei H.S.
Derrick Jones
F
6’6
180
Arch Bishop Carroll H.S.
*Tyus Jones
G
6’0
171
Apple Valley H.S.
V.J. King
G/F
6’6
175
St. Vincent – St. Mary H.S.
Joshua Langford
G/F
6’5
198
Madison Academy
T.J. Leaf
F
6’8
200
Foothills Christian H.S.
*Kevon Looney
C
6’8
190
Hamilton H.S.
Malik Monk
G
6’3
170
East Poinsett County H.S.
Doral Moore
C
6’11
215
Luella H.S.
Malik Newman
G
6’4
185
Callaway H.S.
Payton Pritchard
G
6’0
170
West Linn H.S.
Ivan Rabb
F
6’10
210
Bishop O’Dowd H.S.
Devearl Ramsey
F
5’10
170
Sierra Canyon H.S.
Kobi Simmons
G
6’4
170
St. Francis H.S.
Horace Spencer
F
6’9
200
William Tennent H.S.
Diamond Stone
F/C
6’10
254
Dominican H.S.
Jayson Tatum
G
6’7
175
Chaminade College Prep
Derryck Thornton
G
6’2
160
Findlay Prep (NV)
*Myles Turner
C
6’11
225
Trinity H.S.
*Rashad Vaughn
G
6’6
203
Findlay Prep (NV)
D.J. Williams
F
6’7
186
Simeon Career Academy
Seventh Woods
G
6’2
170
Hammond School

Coach Cooley Postgame Press Conference #pcbb

http://coxsportsonline.com/2014/02/st-johns-86-providence-76/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_content=3769776

#pcbb Links of the Day 2/5/14

Game Recaps

General News

  • Rocky’s Road – Why the Providence Friars Will Make or Miss the NCAA Tournament
  • No rest for the weary – Ed Cooley is expected to be in Huntington, WV tonight to take in the matchup of Huntington Prep and Carlisle. While Carlisle features the #1 player in the class of 2016 in Thon Maker, Cooley is likely more interested in the immediate term with watching 2014 PG recruit JaQuan Lyle who just returned from a weekend official visit to Oregon. I’m sure Cooley also wants to check in on 2014 commit Jalen Lindsey who has been playing very well this season for Huntington Prep.

Dear Providence College Students, Getcha Heads in the Game #pcbb

With the news breaking on Twitter last night that the game will be blacked out in the dorms, that’s one more excuse to throw by the wayside. We’ll see if they just straight up don’t care if they don’t show tonight.

http://thecowl.com/opinion/dear-providence-college-students-getcha-heads-in-the-game

Dear Providence College Students, Getcha Heads in the Game

The members of the Men’s Basketball Team, who proudly wear the colors of our school, have been exceeding expectations and surging their way toward the top of the Big East. It seems, however, that many of you have failed to notice the accomplishments and efforts of your fellow classmates. Attendance and participation on the part of the student body have been flat-out pathetic.

The Dunkin Donuts Center has always been a venue that has made life uncomfortable for opposing teams, even moving some opponents to tell ESPN Magazine that they hated and dreaded playing at the Dunk. The student section has always been a main contributor to these antics.

Any proud Friar alum will tell you that attending Men’s Basketball games as a student and witnessing big moments, such as wins over Michigan in 1976, UNC in 1978, and Pittsburgh in 2009, were highlights of their time on campus.

It is beyond disappointing that during syllabus week, on a Saturday afternoon, against Xavier, a team the Friars may be fighting for an NCAA Tournament bid, many of you failed to show up. You are depriving yourselves of one of the better experiences you can have at PC. Trust us, when you graduate, you’ll wish you had gone to more of these.

With that, we encourage you to put on your black, white, and silver and show up, stand up, and get loud on February 4th for the next Friar home game vs. St. John’s and at the remaining home games this year. Show your support for Coach Cooley, Bryce, Kadeem, LaDontae, and the rest of the team, who are putting together a very special season.

A major Division I college basketball atmosphere is not the same without the student body.

Sincerely,

Rick Treleaven ‘09, Ryan Holt ‘09, and Fellow Friar Fanatics from PC Class of 2009

FriarBasketball.com’s NPSI Tournament Recap #pcbb

Fantastic job as always by the guys at FriarBasketball.com. Kevin Farrahar and Craig Leighton give their thoughts on the weekend’s action by ranking the top 3 performers of the weekend, describing how some of PC’s targets fared, talking about who else impressed them, giving their pick for who they want to end up at PC the most of all players in attendance (coincidence they both picked PC recruits? Cooley has really changed things in Friartown), identifying a few under the radar prospects and discussing how the talent level this year measured up against prior years. Awesome stuff and a definite must read for recruiting junkies.

http://friarbasketball.com/2014/02/04/live-providence-ri-national-prep-school-invitational/

#pcbb Links of the Day 2/4/14

Game Previews

General News

Game Notes & Preview: PC vs. St. John’s 2/4/14 #pcbb

Where: Dunkin’ Donuts Center – Providence, RI

When: 7:00pm

How: Fox Sports 1/WEEI 103.7 FM

Game Notes

Stat Review

In conference games this season, St. John’s is last in the Big East in FT Rate on offense (29.0) , likely because they seem to shoot so many jumpshots and “tough 2’s”. Also, the Johnnies give up the highest % of offensive rebounds in the conference (33.8%). They are the best at Turnover rate (20.2%), Block % (17.6% – nearly double the national avg), and Steal % (10.8%) though.

On the flipside, in conference games this season, Providence is leading the Big East in FT Rate on offense (47.3). The Friar offense pulls down the highest % of offensive rebounds in the conference (34.8%) and has the best Block rate (6.4%) and FT % (74.9%) in the Big East.

Game Preview

In the last matchup between these two teams on January 16th in Queens, PC got out to a fast start and then let St. John’s back into the game as the first half wore on. Ultimately, this would be a gutty performance by the entire squad but especially the man, the myth, the legend – Bryce Cotton. Cotton played all 50 minutes of that game including sinking the game winner in the 2nd overtime. Kadeem Batts played one of his better games of the year. He and Cotton worked the pick and roll nicely. Batts did most of his work on offense from the free throw line where he went 11/12. Hopefully Batts gets back to being aggressive and taking it hard to the rim because if he has another rough game, PC could very easily let this crucial home win slip away. There isn’t a ton of margin for error at this point in the season. The Friars need to take care of business at home, especially when they are nearly 5 point favorites.

Last game the group of Cotton, Batts, Henton and Harris accounted for 73 of PC’s 84 points or 87% of the scoring. Fortune and Desrosiers were the only other Friars to even score. Fortune’s only bucket, despite playing all 50 minutes, came just over 1 minute into the 1st overtime to tie the game at 72 and Desrosiers scored his 8 points in the first 35 minutes of the game but didn’t play much at all in either overtime session. It will be critical for the Friars to get production from at least 4 guys again tomorrow. I expect Cotton to put up around 20 points and Henton to put up around 15 points. After that, it’s kind of a mystery game to game. Harris played very well against DePaul on Saturday to rebound from a brutal game at Marquette on Thursday night. I think Harris will have another good game tomorrow and put up around 16 points. That gets PC to 51 points between those 3 players. Can Batts deliver 12-15 points? I believe he can and will. Fortune will try to do his best to slow down D’Angelo Harrison again but Harrison is playing much better lately as is the entire SJU team. Harrison led all scorers on Saturday with 27 points against Marquette. Chris Obekpa had 7 blocks against the Golden Eagles as well. This will be a different team than Providence saw less than 3 weeks ago. But it’s still a team coached by Steve Lavin and they haven’t really seemed to be able to get into any kind of rhythm on offense. They dribble the ball way too much and rely on guys like Harrison to create and hit tough shots. Many SJU fans complained about Lavin’s coaching during and after our game at Carnesseca and they had nothing but high praise for Ed Cooley.

The key to this game for the Friars will be to get Kadeem Batts involved early. In Providence’s 6 losses, Batts has averaged 7.5 ppg and only reached double digits once – the blowout loss against Villanova – when he scored 10 points in 27 minutes. In Providence’s 16 wins, Batts has averaged 13.8 ppg.

Prediction: St. John’s 65 Providence 67