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Providence Recruiting Update: This Weekend Kicks Off Big 30 Day Stretch of Visitors for Friars

The recruiting buzz around the Providence program has been steadily picking up over the last few weeks as lists have been cut down and official visits scheduled. This weekend begins a massively important 30 day stretch for Ed Cooley and his staff as they will host 6 recruits and have their annual Late Night Madness. The visitors begin with a wing from the class of 2016 today and end with a slew of recruits at Late Night Madness on October 17th with some other high profile recruits coming to the campus in between.

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Ed Cooley Joins Fellow Big East Coaches Jay Wright, Chris Mack and Kevin Willard on America’s Pregame on FS1

Ed Cooley will be one of 4 Big East basketball head coaches to appear on the Fox Sports 1 show “America’s Pregame” on Wednesday. The show will air at 5pm EDT on Fox Sports 1. The other Big East coaches on the show will be Villanova’s Jay Wright, Xavier’s Chris Mack and Seton Hall’s Kevin Willard.

Also appearing on the show Wednesday will be UFC figher Miesha Tate and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. The show is hosted by Mike Hill and Molly McGrath and airs weeknights at 5pm EST. McGrath was the sideline reporter at the 2015 Big East Tournament at Madison Square Garden.

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2016 Forward Wenyen Gabriel to Visit Providence October 9th

Wenyen Gabriel has sort of gotten lost in the shuffle of Providence recruiting talk over the last couple of weeks. Gabriel blew up this summer and received offers from some of the most blue blood programs in college basketball. He cut his list to a final 5 and included Providence but the Friars were the last of his 5 to have an official visit date set so Friar fans were not feeling optimistic, having been spurned by their top target before in previous recruiting years. Gabriel did set a visit date for an official visit to Providence on Wednesday and Friartown is abuzz with talk of what this means for their chances of landing the top 20 recruit.

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Friars to Receive Official Visit from 2016 PG Justice Kithcart

It’s fair to say that Justice Kithcart‘s recruitment has taken off recently. At this time last year Kithcart’s offer list consisted of only Northern Arizona. The Lumberjacks play in the Big Sky conference. Kithcart has received 10 offers since the first evaluation period in April and 6 of those 10 came from school’s that would be considered high major, including the Friars. Ed Cooley is casting a wide net in his attempt to replace the dynamic Kris Dunn next season and Kithcart likes what Cooley has been saying enough to include Providence as one of the 5 schools that will get an official visit from the North Carolina native.

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