- ICYMI – Thoughts from the Road: Friars Outplayed at Xavier
- ICYMI – Big Mystery: Cheickna Dembele No Longer Unknown
- Ed Cooley and an assistant coach hit the recruiting trail on Thursday as they saw 2017 Nate Watson. Providence offered Watson in early February.
- SLAMonline.com – Harrison Malkin – Ed Cooley’s Special Bond With A Young Man
- ScoutFriars.com – Richard Coren – Xavier cruises past the Friars
- Cincinnati.com – Shannon Russell – Xavier’s Davis said he could rebound, and he did
- BigEastCoastBias.com – Phil Neuffer & Sean Saint Jacques – BECB One-on-One Tournament: The Opening Salvo
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2017 C Dajour Dickens Visiting Providence
Providence had a special guest at their shootaround this morning and he’s a tall guest. Dajour Dickens from the class of 2017 is taking an unofficial visit to Providence this weekend. Dickens, a 6’11 center, attends The Miller School and runs with Boo Williams. Providence Associate Director of Player Development/Video Ops, Ivan Thomas, has ties to the Boo Williams grassroots program, as does Ed Cooley. Jeff Battle also has extensive connections in that region of the country. Dickens is ranked 126th by 247Sports composite national ranking.
Dickens has offers from Clemson, Creighton, Memphis, Temple, Virginia and Virginia Tech, among others.
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Recruiting News: Scout.com Releases Updated Class Of 2017 Top 100 Recruit Rankings
Scout released their update top 100 for the class of 2017 on Wednesday. Providence is still working hard in 2016, but they are also continuing to form relationships with 2017 players and those players will be looking to make their mark during the spring and summer grassroots periods. There are some new names in the top 100 and some that fell out. All in all, Providence is involved with a lot of talented and highly ranked players in the class of 2017.
To see the entire Top 100, click here.
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#pcbb Links of the Day 2/6/16
- ICYMI – Game Notes & Preview: (11) Providence (18-5, 6-4) vs (3) Villanova (19-3, 9-1) 2/6/16
- ICYMI – Opening Line: (11) Providence +5 vs (3) Villanova 2/6/16
- ICYMI – Where to Gamewatch: (11) Providence vs. (3) Villanova 2/6/16
- ICYMI – Providence Offers 2017 Big Man Nate Watson
- ICYMI – Ben Bentil Named a Finalist for Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award
- Woonsocket Call – Brendan McGair – Shaking the injury bug hasn’t been easy for Bentil, Friars
- Cox Hub – Vin Parise – #11 Friars Welcome Rematch with #3 Villanova
- WEEI.com – John Rooke – Thinking Out Loud: Providence’s slip up inevitable, especially considering Ben Bentil injury
- Friarbasketball.com – Kevin Farrahar – Behind the Numbers: Ben Bentil
- ESPN.com – Seth Greenberg, Dan Dakich & Fran Fraschilla – Coaches Roundtable: Providence among this season’s most surprising teams
- CampusRush.com – Brian Hamilton – Shootaround: Ghana-born Big Man Ben Bentil Adjust to Life in America, Breakout Role with Providence
- Boston Globe – Joe Sullivan – It’s time for Providence to win a big home game
- ScoutFriars.com – Alex Simeone – National Prep School Invitational – Day One ($)
- Cox Hub – Nick Rojas – Around Friartown with Tom Planek and Jarrod Neumann
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Providence Offers 2017 Big Man Nate Watson
While the Friar coaching staff is focusing on preparing for Villanova on Saturday and attending a local prep invitational at nearby Rhode Island College, they also managed to extend an offer to a player from Virginia on Thursday. Nate Watson is a 2017 big man who is enrolled at Bishop O’Connell is Virginia is the recipient of the latest Providence offer. The news was first reported by Corey Evans of hoopseen.com. Watson is ranked 157th in the class of 2017 by 247Sports.
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#pcbb Links of the Day 2/4/16
- ICYMI – Thoughts from the Road: Friars Drop First Road Game at DePaul
- ICYMI – Providence Recruiting Update: National Prep Invitational at Rhode Island College
- Cox Hub – Daniel James – Friars Lose First Road Game to DePaul (Yes, DePaul)
- Providence Journal – Kevin McNamara – No update on Ben Bentil’s ankle injury
- Friarbasketball.com – Craig Leighton – NPSI Taking Place This Week at RIC
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Providence Recruiting Update: National Prep Invitational at Rhode Island College
The National Prep Invitational will be played at nearby Rhode Island College starting on Thursday with games running through Sunday afternoon. The Providence coaching staff is expected to spend plenty of time taking in the action at RIC over the next few days. There are more than 15 recruits that Providence is involved with from the classes of 2016, 2017 and 2018 that are expected to play in this event. Cox Hub will be streaming 9 games from the NPSI between Thursday and Saturday. The games that will be streamed can be found at this link and they are in bold with an asterisk below.
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