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Providence Basketball Monday Hangover News and Notes 2/13/17

Happy Monday, Friar fans! While some of you may be nursing an Alumni & Family Weekend hangover I’ll do my best to give you some news and notes from around the Providence basketball world to get you caught up on the on-court product and recent recruiting tidbits. Obviously Saturday’s win was a big one against 22nd-ranked Butler in front of a sold-out crowd at the Dunk, but the Friars still have a lot of work left to do if they want to keep dancing in March for a fourth straight season.

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Providence Recruiting Update: National Prep School Invitational to Draw Friar Staff

Providence is in the midst of a tough stretch on the court after falling at the hands of St. John’s at home on Wednesday night to fall to 3-6 in Big East play. A stark contrast in guard talent was on display with the Red Storm getting 48 of their 91 points from their starting backcourt of freshmen Marcus LoVett and Shamorie Ponds. Providence coveted Ponds in the 2016 class and the decision ultimately came down to the Friars or Red Storm. Ed Cooley and his staff have certainly shown an eye for identifying talent and the next few days provide yet another opportunity in Providence’s backyard to catch some top prep talent at the National Prep School Invitational being played Thursday through Sunday at Rhode Island College. Here are some of Providence’s targets that will be in action at RIC over the next few days:

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Providence Recruiting Update: Staff Hits the Road During Break in Schedule

Providence coaches are using some of their time between games to hit the recruiting trail hard this week after playing at Georgetown on Monday night. Just on Tuesday night Providence coaches were spotted at multiple games across the country. Their next game isn’t until Saturday afternoon at #1 Villanova, so Ed Cooley and his staff took a day away from practice and film prep to see some old names that Providence fans will recognize as well as new ones that have only been on Providence’s radar for a few weeks.

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Providence Commits Among Updated Rivals Class of 2017 Top 150

Providence fans are probably still shaking off the cobwebs of a brutal loss at DePaul on Tuesday night. This news might help them recover. Rivals.com released their update Top 150 for the Class of 2017 on Wednesday and both of Providence’s committed big men made the cut. In fact, Nate Watson was well inside the Top 100. The Friars are one of the weakest teams in the Big East on the boards and adding the beefy Watson and 7-footer Dajour Dickens to the mix next season should help in that regard.

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Providence Recruiting Update: Holiday Tournaments Galore

Recruiting never stops, even during the course of the college basketball season. That was especially true between Providence’s game on December 10th against UMass and now. Ed Cooley and his staff hit the road shortly after that win over UMass last Saturday and they’ve used the extra time during the final exam break to go see some of their top recruits in action. Cooley was spotted at DeMatha Catholic on Saturday and Sunday where he took in the action and specifically watched 2017 commit Nate Watson and 2018 target Hameir Wright. Watson is already in the fold and is having a very good senior season at Bishop O’Connell.

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2017 Dajour Dickens is Officially Signed

Dajour Dickens has officially signed his National Letter of Intent on the first day of the early signing period. Dickens was also Providence’s first commit in the 2017 class.

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