- ICYMI – #pcbb Weekly Recruiting Update 6/27/14
- ICYMI – Tyler Harris to Attend Kevin Durant Skills Academy
- ICYMI – Undrafted Free Agent Bryce Cotton to Play for the San Antonio Spurs in the Las Vegas Summer League
- GoLocal Prov – John Rooke – Thinking Out Loud
- Friars.com – Providence College Finishes 71st in Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup Standings – Friars finish 2nd among Division I non-FBS/FCS institutions
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#pcbb Links of the Day 6/27/14
- ICYMI – Bryce Cotton Goes Undrafted
- ICYMI – Class of 2014 Target Tramaine Isabell Commits to Missouri
- ICYMI – PC Men’s Ice Hockey 2014-15 Schedule Released
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Class of 2014 Target Tramaine Isabell Commits to Missouri
The spring misses continue for Ed Cooley and the Friars. Seattle guard Tramaine Isabell has committed to Kim Anderson and the Missouri Tigers after visiting Columbia last weekend. He left there without committing but his comments indicated that he may never make it to Providence for a visit and it appears he decided to make his decision on his birthday, June 27th.
Isabell told Scout.com’s Evan Daniels, “me and my mom thought it was the right decision…We enjoyed our visit a lot. I got a good relationship with the coaches and the players.”
Ed Cooley is just returning from Colorado with a gold medal from the FIBA Americas games but he had yet to win a recruiting battle this spring in his search for guards after Josh Fortune announced his transfer. The pickings are getting slim at this point with former Florida Atlantic commit, Armel Potter and German guard Tyree Chambers possible drawing more interest now.
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#pcbb Links of the Day 6/21/14
- ICYMI – #pcbb Weekly Recruiting Update 6/20/14
- FriarBasketball.com – Kevin Farrahar – A Look Back: Tyler Cavanaugh at the Boston Shootout
- FoxSports.com’s Sam Amico (Fox Sports Ohio) has Bryce Cotton going in the 2nd round. Click here to see where he has Cotton being picked.
- GoLocal Prov – John Rooke – Thinking Out Loud
- Friars.com – Providence College Women’s Athletics Tied for 32nd In Final Capital One Cup Standings
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#pcbb Links of the Day 6/20/14
- FriarBasketball.com – Recruiting Rankings: June 19
- The 2014 FIBA Americas U18 Championship begins today in Colorado Springs. Ed Cooley is an assistant coach on Billy Donovan’s staff for Team USA and PC recruit Isaiah Briscoe made the team. All games will be streamed live online at www.fibaamericas.com and www.YouTube.com/FIBAAmericas. All of Team USA’s preliminary round games are at 7:30pm EDT:
June 20 – 7:30pm vs. Uruguay
June 21 – 7:30pm vs. Mexico
June 22 – 7:30pm vs. Argentina
June 23 – Semifinals TBA
June 24 – Finals TBA
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PC Recruits at the NBPA Top 100 Camp
The NBPA Top 100 Camp in Charlottesville, VA is widely considered one of the best camps each summer. There are a lot of instructors/coaches/speakers that the players recognize including current and former NBA players and the talent pool of the campers is very deep.
Here are the PC recruits that are in attendance this week:
- Kobi Simmons – 2016 – 6’5 PG – St. Francis HS/Atlanta, GA
- Levan Alston – 2015 – 6’4 SG – Haverford School/Haverford, PA
- Eric Davis – 2015 – 6’2 SG – Arthur Hill/Saginaw, MI
- Antonio Blakeney – 6’4 SG – Oak Ridge/Orlando, FL
- Braxton Blackwell – 6’6 SF – Christ Presbyterian Academy/Nashville, TN
- Jalen Coleman – 6’2 SG – La Lumiere/Indianapolis, IN
- Malik Beasley – 6’4 SG – St. Francis HS/Atlanta, GA
- Trevor Manuel – 6’9 PF – Oak Hill Academy/Oak Hill, VA
- Steve Enoch – 6’9 PF – Norwalk HS/Norwalk, CT
- Cheick Diallo – 6’9 PF – Our Savior New American/Centereach, NY
- Alex Illikainen – 6’10 C – Brewster Academy/Wolfeboro, NH
A couple of the PC recruits even got up extra early to do work on their own before camp started today:
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Niagara Transfer Antoine Mason Commits to Auburn
Well the Spring struggles continue for Ed Cooley and the Providence Friars. Antoine Mason choosing Auburn is a blow to PC’s quest to find a guard to fill the void after Josh Fortune bailed on Providence a few weeks ago.
While it’s slightly different because it’s a 5th year graduate transfer, this adds to Cooley’s Spring whiffs that most notably includes former Brewster Academy and St. John’s player Jakarr Sampson. While logic seemed to dictate that Mason should end up at Providence because of the plethora of minutes available at the shooting guard position and the chance to be on a team that went to the NCAA Tournament a year ago, for Mason it seems like the relationship that his dad has with Auburn assistant coach Chuck Person and Person’s NBA pedigree were deciding factors. Mason told Adam Zagoria “It was close but [I liked the intangibles].”
Where To Go From Here
Well as I said to someone last night, PC is now scraping at the bottom of the barrel to try to find someone to play a significant role for this team next season. There have been mentions of PC’s interest in guys like Amari Hamilton and Armel Potter. If I had to pick one of those two I’d take Potter because he can scored a ton in high school and PC needs some scoring on this roster. There is also the possibility of Tramaine Isabell who is visiting Missouri on June 19th. Isabell is better than the two guys I mentioned above but there have been whispers about him being able to qualify next year. It will be interesting to see if maybe they try to pressure a kid like Dupree McBrayer, who they just had on campus for a visit last weekend, to go back to 2014 and come to PC next season. I also wouldn’t be surprised if a name we have never heard of surfaced, possibly an international player. Cooley and staff have made trips to the Canarias Basketball Academy in Spain in the past so maybe there is a guy they can pull from there. There is no question the Friars have a hole at the 2 guard spot right now and their roster doesn’t seem to have an obvious answer.
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