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General News

It’s Officially the College Basketball Offseason and I Need Your Support

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The calendar has turned to April and with last night’s result in the books it’s officially the offseason in college basketball for all 351 schools. The coaching carousel is in full swing and the recruiting wire is buzzing with de-commitments, re-commitments, transfers and more. Providence has had great success these last 4 years and I’ve been lucky enough to cover the team for the last 3. Before I get any further into this post I want to express my deep gratitude and appreciation to everyone that has visited the site, tweeted, emailed, messaged or discussed Providence hoops at a bar with me these last 1,170 days since pcbb1917.com went live back on January 21, 2014. There have been more than 1.24 million views here since then and I think that’s pretty cool for a fanbase of a small Catholic school in Rhode Island.

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Links of the Day

#pcbb Links of the Week 4/1/17

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Recruiting News

2017 Makai Ashton-Langford Granted Release from UConn, Re-Opening Recruitment

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The rumor mill had been buzzing that 2017 point guard Makai Ashton-Langford was considering re-opening his recruitment after signing a binding National Letter of Intent with UConn in November. On Friday, it became a reality. ESPN.com’s Adam Finkelstein reported that the top-40 recruit out of Brewster Academy was in fact asking UConn to be released from his NLI. The rumor mill began it’s buzzing after Glen Miller, longtime assistant coach and lead recruiter for Ashton-Langford for the Huskies, left the program last week. A report by Gavin Keefe of The Day indicated Miller was asked to leave. UConn is now looking at the possibility of losing one of their prized 2017 recruits in Ashton-Langford and two current players, Vance Jackson and Steven Enoch, to transfer since the news of Miller’s departure.

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Player News, Ricky Council II

Providence Sophomore Guard Ricky Council II to Transfer

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Providence now has their second offseason departure with the news that sophomore guard Ricky Council II will transfer, he announced on his Instagram page. The North Carolina native spent two seasons at Providence with very limited minutes. In 19 career games at Providence, Council averaged 0.9 points/game and 0.5 rebounds/game in 3.5 minutes/game. Council came to Providence after doing a post-graduate year at Moravian Prep and was billed as a shooter and scorer. His best game at Providence was in November of his freshman year when he scored 5 points in 9 minutes in a blowout win over Brown.

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Recruiting News

Providence Walk-On Andrew Fonts, Recruit Cole Swider Playing in All-Star Game in Portsmouth

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It’s apparently All-Star game season in Rhode Island. Friar fans had the unique opportunity to witness three of Providence’s top local recruiting targets play on the same team last Saturday in the “All About the Buckets” All-Star game in Warwick benefiting Camp ERROL. On Wednesday night one of those targets, Cole Swider, will be playing in the 2nd Annual Rhode Island Higher Learning Sports Spring Classic at Portsmouth High School. A portion of the events proceeds will benefit the James L. Maher Center in Middletown, RI. For more on the work that is done at the Maher Center, click here.

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Recruiting News

Top Providence Targets Playing in 3rd Annual “All About the Buckets” All-Star Game in Warwick

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Camp Errol was founded by Calvin Jones and named in honor of Errol Clinton who was killed at the age of 15 by a random act of violence in the city of Providence. E.R.R.O.L. stands for Education, Respect, Responsibility, Opportunity and Leadership. This Saturday Camp Errol will be hosting an All-Star game at CCRI Warwick and there will be several Providence recruits playing, including top local targets in the Class of 2018.

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Player News, Ryan Fazekas

Providence Sophomore Ryan Fazekas to Transfer

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The first offseason defection occurred on Wednesday when news broke that Providence sophomore wing Ryan Fazekas would transfer, per Jeff Goodman of ESPN. Fazekas saw his minutes and role diminish greatly in his second season at Providence after starting off hot in his freshman season until that year was derailed by mononucleosis.

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