- Fayetteville Observer – Bret Strelow – After year off, former Wake assistant Jeff Battle back where he belongs
- WiseEyeSports.com – Coach Bill – BABC Forward Kevin Marfo talks his cut down list
- BTPowerhouse.com – Grant Labedz – Illinois Basketball: 3 Key Non-Conference Opponents
- ScoutFriars.com – Jeff Ferrucci – August Recruiting Round-up ($)
- Cox Hub – Sheila Sullivan – The Friars Hit the Links at Annual Golf Tournament
- ESPN.com – Tom Farrey – Northwestern players denied request to form first union for athletes
Tag Archives: Kevin Marfo
#pcbb Links of the Day 8/17/15
- ICYMI – Providence Makes Top 10 for 2016 PF Kevin Marfo
- FriarBasketball.com – Craig Leighton – Here and There in Friartown
- NH Union Leader – Zach Ward – The Sensation: Seemingly overnight, Gabriel became coveted
- FriarBasketball.com – Kevin Farrahar – Video Look Back: Henton’s Senior Year
Providence Makes Top 10 for 2016 PF Kevin Marfo
Another 2016 recruit has cut his list down to a more manageable number, according to Adam Finkelstein. 2016 power forward Kevin Marfo has a list of 10 schools he is considering though he told pcbb1917.com that he is yet to set any visit dates. Marfo — a 6’8 New Jersey native attending Worcester Academy in Massachusetts — is considering offers from Boston College, DePaul, George Washington, Georgia Tech, Minnesota, Pittsburgh, Providence, St. Joseph, UMass and URI.
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#pcbb Links of the Day 8/14/15
- Cox Hub – New England Recruiting Report – Do the Friars Have a Shot at Getting Wenyen Gabriel?
- ScoutFriars.com – Richard Coren – Recruiting New England
- Scout.com – Brian Snow – Visits coming soon for Kevin Marfo
- BigEastCoastBias.com – Christopher Novak – A Big East Coast Bias Study: Who had the toughest nonconference schedules since 2005? Part 2
- TheSportsQuotient.com – Grant Hechinger – Top 2016 NBA Draft Prospects Part 2: The Old Guys
- Providence Journal – Mark Divver – College Hockey Journal: PC’s Schaller aiming for full-time NHL job with Sabres
2016 Big Man Dylan Painter Cuts List to 7, Providence Out
While one member of Team Final — Tony Carr — that had Providence in his final 5 schools committed elsewhere on Monday afternoon, Dylan Painter cut his list to a final 7 and did not include the Friars. The 6’10 big man from Hershey, PA cut his list down on Monday night to 7 and Providence made the cut, along with George Washington, NC State, Penn State, St. Joseph’s, URI, Villanova and Xavier. Painter was officially offered by the Friars on July 10th during the 1st live evaluation period of the month. His most recent offer could be a tough team to beat in Villanova. The Wildcats offered Painter earlier on Monday.
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#pcbb Links of the Day 7/28/15
- ICYMI – Providence Recruiting Update: July Recap, Stock Risers & Wenyen Gabriel
- BigEastCoastBias.com is halfway through the Big East in their projected starting lineup posts. I wrote the Providence one last week and there are also posts about Creighton, Georgetown, Marquette and Butler so far. Get to know some of the Big East teams as they will be constituted for the 2015-16 season.
- ESPN.com – Recruiting Nation – Recruiting confidential: Wenyen Gabriel, Sacha Killeya-Jones make Vegas leap (insider)
Providence Recruiting Update: July Recap, Stock Risers & Wenyen Gabriel
The three live evaluation periods of July are now in the books and the Providence coaching staff logged some heavy frequent flier miles tracking their coveted recruits. Ed Cooley spent much of his time sitting front and center at all Mass Rivals games. Rivals features a number of Providence targets but the grand prize in 2016 is Wenyen Gabriel. Gabriel got the Donovan Mitchell treatment in July. More on that later. Some other Friar prospects took some major steps forward and the influence of newly-hired assistant coach Jeff Battle is becoming more clear as new names are added to Providence’s stable of targets.
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