The second July live evaluation period has arrived and the Providence coaching staff will be out and about stalking down talented future Friars all across the country over the next few days. A live evaluation period means college coaches are allowed to attend and evaluate recruits at certified events. This particular evaluation period begins on July 13th at 5pm and is active through 5pm on July 17th. The big event this week will be Under Armour’s UAA Finals being held in Cartersville, GA.
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Providence Recruiting Update: Friar Recruits at the 2016 NBPA Top 100 Camp
Providence recruiting has picked up the last few months and the Friar staff had the best Spring recruiting period in Ed Cooley’s time in Friartown. Coaches Battle, Blaney, Cooley and Thomas have turned their attention to the classes of 2017 and 2018 with about 3 weeks to go until the first of the critical July live periods. Another interesting deadline that will be here in just over 12 hours is midnight on June 15th. The clock turning to 12:00 means coaches can begin to contact recruits in the Class of 2018 directly via phone. This is traditionally thought to be a telling time as coaches give hints as to who they are prioritizing in that class. I’ll have a report on who Providence calls later in the week. For now, there is another annual event in June that is drawing some Providence targets to Charlottesville, VA: NBPA Top 100 Camp.
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Recruiting News: ESPN Releases Class Of 2018 Top 60 Recruit Rankings
ESPN updated their Top 100 for the Class of 2017 on Tuesday and on Wednesday they dropped their first release of their Top 60 for the Class of 2018. Though these kids still have two full years of high school left after this year, Providence has been actively recruiting some of the players on ESPN’s list.
Providence Recruits in the Top 60:
- #4 – Naz Reid – 6’9 PF – Roselle Catholic/Asbury Park, NJ
- #12 – Keldon Johnson – 6’5 SG – Park View/South Hill, VA
- #18 – Jalen Smith – 6’8 PF – Mount Saint Joseph/Baltimore, MD
- #21 – Coby White – 6’4 PG – Greenfield School/Wilson, NC
- #30 – Isaiah Mucius – 6’7 WF – St. James School/Patchogue, NY
- #44 – Kiyon Boyd – 6’5 SG – HD Woodson HS/Washington, DC
- #52 – AJ Reeves – 6’3 SG – Brimmer and May/Roxbury, MA
To see the entire Top 60, click here.
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Ed Cooley Promotes Ivan Thomas to Vacant Assistant Coach Position
Ed Cooley is now being forced to hire a replacement assistant coach for the second straight offseason. Last Spring, Bob Simon left for Alabama. This Spring, Andre LaFleur left for UNLV. Cooley also had to make another coaching hire last offseason that may have flown under the radar, but now seems more significant. Mike Jackson left his position on Cooley’s staff as the Coordinator of Basketball Operations, which was filled by Kevin Kurbec. Kurbec moved up from his position of Associate Director of Player Development/Video Ops. That musical chairs led to Cooley hiring Kecoughtan High School head coach Ivan Thomas to Kurbec’s former position. Fast-forward to the present and Cooley has decided to promote Thomas to the vacant assistant coach position vacated by LaFleur’s departure on April 21st. That’s quite a whirlwind move for a former Virginia high school and AAU coach. Kevin McNamara of the Providence Journal first reported the news of Thomas’ promotion.
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