- The 2015 College Basketball Free Agent list continues to grow. The list is nearing 80 and most of the players are still available.
- FriarBasketball.com – Craig Leighton – Here and There in Friartown
- CBSSports.com – Gary Parrish – The NCAA’s new policy on transfers has one bad unintended consequence
- Breitbart.com – John Pudner – Diploma Or Dollars? Five Days to Decide on NBA
Tag Archives: Ed Cooley
Potential Candidates to Replace Bob Simon
With associate head coach Bob Simon leaving Providence to join newly hired Avery Johnson’s coaching staff at Alabama there is now an open spot on Ed Cooley’s staff. That open spot is a big one as Simon was a tireless recruiter for Cooley and a very good X & O coach. I’m a little disappointed Simon left Providence for a lateral title and not to be a head coach but being the associate head coach for an SEC school will likely help his head coaching prospects. Simon also probably got a nice pay increase from that football money and that money will go farther down in Alabama than it would in Rhode Island.
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#pcbb Links of the Day 4/17/15
- ICYMI – 2015 Ricky Council Makes It Official, Signs National Letter of Intent with Providence
- ICYMI – Providence Reaches Out To Miami (FL) Transfer Manu Lecomte
- Providence Journal – Kevin McNamara – PC adds to 2015 recruit class with signing of Ricky Council
- College Basketball Talk – Rob Dauster – College basketball’s eight most important NBA Draft decisions
- FriarBasketball.com – Craig Leighton – A Closer Look: Wenyen Gabriel
- NBA.com – End of Season Interview: Bryce Cotton
- ScoutFriars.com – Steve Hartnett – National Champions Forever ($)
- USCHO.com – USCHO coach of the year Leaman builds another championship-level program
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Providence Reaches Out To Miami (FL) Transfer Manu Lecomte
Adam Zagoria reported that Providence is among a group of schools to recently reach out to Miami (FL) transfer Manu Lecomte. Lecomte is leaving Miami after two seasons and 71 games played. The 5’11 point guard averaged 7.9 points/game and shot an impressive 45.6% from beyond the arc on 114 attempts for Jim Larranaga a season ago.
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2015 Ricky Council Makes It Official, Signs National Letter of Intent with Providence
Ricky Council made his commitment to Providence official on Wednesday by signing his National Letter of Intent. Council joins a 4-player class coming into Friartown in the Fall of 2015. “Ricky will be a great addition to our program,” Ed Cooley said. “Ricky is the type of player who can help our team from the perimeter as he is an elite shooter. He really matured and got stronger over the last year.”
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Recap of Providence Recruits During First Live Evaluation Period
With the first live evaluation period of April in the books as of Sunday here is a recap of the weekend’s action for over 50 Providence recruits. There were players that were being watched by the Friar staff from the classes of 2015, 2016 and 2017 and they were spread out all over the country.
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Providence Involved with Washington Transfer Nigel Williams-Goss
On April 9th Nigel Williams-Goss announced that he would transfer from the University of Washington after two seasons. Williams-Goss was a team captain and led the Huskies in scoring, assists and minutes played this past season. There is a USA Basketball connection with Ed Cooley as Williams-Goss played on the U19 USA Basketball team for which Cooley was a training camp court coach in June 2013. The 6’3 lead guard averaged 15.6 points/game, 5.9 assists/game, 4.7 rebounds/game and 1.1 steals/game in 36.8 minutes/game a season ago for Lorenzo Romar and the Huskies.
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