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Recruiting Update: 2014 Signee Paschal Chukwu To Play In Jordan Brand Classic Regional Game

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The regional game of the Jordan Brand Classic will be held at the Barclay’s Center on Friday, April 18th at 4:30pm. The rosters for each team include some former PC targets like Abdul-Malik Abu (NC State), Terry Larrier (VCU), Marial Shayok (Marquette) and Jared Terrell (Oklahoma State).

The rosters in the regional game are:

Home Team
Khadeen Carrington (Bishop Loughlin/Brooklyn, NY/Seton Hall)
Adonis De La Rosa (Christ The King/Middle Village, NY/Undecided)
Dwayne Foreman (Massanutten Military Academy/Woodstock, VA/Rutgers)
Terry Larrier (Phelps School/Malvern, PA/VCU)
Abdul-Malik Abu (Kimball Union Academy/Meriden, NH/NC State)
Cheddi Mosely (St. Anthony /Jersey City, NJ/Boston U)
Shavar Newkirk (Cardinal Hayes/Bronx, NY/St. Joe’s)
Trayvon Reed (Life Center Academy/Burlington, NJ/Maryland)
Desi Rodriguez (Abraham Lincoln/Brooklyn, NY/Seton Hall)
Ismael Sanogo (Union Catholic/Scotch Plains, NJ/Seton Hall)
Samson Usilo (Nazareth Regional/Brooklyn, NY/Manhattan)

 

Away Team
Paschal Chukwu (Fairfield College Prep/Fairfield, CT/Providence)
Angel Delgado (The Patrick School/Elizbaeth, NJ/Seton Hall)
Devin Eke (Union Catholic/Scotch Plain, NJ/FDU)
Kobie Eubanks (Our Savior New American/Centereach, NY/Undecided)
Paul Jorgenson (Don Bosco Prep/Ramsey, NJ/GW)
Ja’Quan Newton (SS Neuman-Goretti/Philadelphia, PA/Miami)
Michael Nzei (Our Savior New American/Centereach, NY/Undecided)
Marial Shayok (Blair Academy/Blairstown, NJ/Marquette)
Sterling Taplin (Williamsville/Williamsville, NY/Undecided)
Jared Terrell (Brewster Academy/Wolfeboro, NH/Oklahoma State)
Dominique Uhl (Point Pleasant Beach/Point Pleasant, NJ/Iowa)
Michael Williams (Bishop Loughlin/Brooklyn, NY/Rutgers)
Ed Cooley

BigEast.com’s Sean Brennan: Cooley at Home at Providence #pcbb

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Nice piece by Sean Brennan at BigEast.com with a bunch of good quotes from Coach Cooley.

http://www.bigeast.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/012914aab.html

“I feel very fortunate to be the head coach of Providence College,” said Cooley, now in his third season with the Friars. “Having grown up here in Providence, having seen all the great coaches come through here, I was a Friar fan at birth. I went to the camps here starting with (former Providence coaches) Rick Pitino and Gordie Chiesa and I worked the camps when (former Providence coaches) Rick Barnes and Tim Welsh were here. Being a head coach here really is a dream opportunity. At the end of the day I think jobs are about fit and I think we’re the right fit for one another in this time and place.”

It’s a rare thing when childhood dreams actually come true, even if they are delayed a bit, as was the case for Cooley.

“I wanted to attend Providence College but I wasn’t talented enough” said Cooley, who was a two-time Rhode Island High School Player of the Year at Providence’s Central High before playing collegiately at Stonehill College. “We were brought up on BIG EAST and Providence basketball and being from Providence, there aren’t many people from Providence that aren’t Friars fans. I was probably the biggest Friar fan. I remember Otis Thorpe when he was playing and Ricky Tucker when he played. It’s just a great tradition and for me to be part of this organization, I feel blessed.”