- ICYMI – Providence to Scrimmage Northeastern Behind Closed Doors
- Providence is pursuing another big man in 2016 with Levi Cook. Cook is doing a post-grad year at Elev8 Sports Institute and recently told Zach Smart that Providence is recruiting him the hardest.
- Cox Hub – New England Recruiting Report – Is it Worth Recruiting Against the Blue Bloods?
- Friarbasketball.com – Kevin Farrahar – Quick Hit Recruiting Notes
- Providence Journal – Mark Divver – Bigger, stronger Mark Jankowski is making noise for Friars
- BigEastCoastBias.com – Christopher Novak – Providence contacts 2017 guard JP Moorman
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Providence Offers 2016 Point Guard Jalen Harris, Will Visit PC Officially in October
The search for a point guard is heating up for Ed Cooley and his staff and they have a lot of irons in the fire. They extended another offer to a 2016 lead guard on Monday with Word of God Christian Academy’s Jalen Harris being the recipient. Harris was visited at his home on Sunday by Providence coaches, according to Jamie Shaw of PhenomHoopReport.com. Shaw was the first to report the offer being made and he also tweeted that Harris plans to visit Providence officially on October 9th.
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Providence Recruiting Update: Jeff Battle Making His Presence Felt on the Trail
Bob Simon was Providence’s lead recruiter on many of the Friars’ top targets while he was part of Ed Cooley’s staff. With Simon now associate head coach at Alabama under Avery Johnson the task for Cooley was to bring in another strong recruiting assistant coach. He turned to old friend Jeff Battle. The differences between the two coach’s networks have been easy to spot. Battle has focused much of his attention in the first 4 months with the Friars on recruiting the states of Virginia and North Carolina. Both states are quite fertile with talented basketball prospects and Battle is getting Providence involved with some of the best players in those states, along with a few hidden gems that appear ready for a rise. Let’s jump in and see what Battle has been up to lately.
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Providence Becomes 2015 Ricky Council’s First High Major Offer
Providence coaches began watching Ricky Council play basketball starting with the early summer of 2014 when they were in need of guard depth following the transfer of Josh Fortune just before Memorial Day. Council was a member of the class of 2014 back then and was little known nationally as he had opted to remain at his local public school and play for an AAU team in Brand X that wasn’t sponsored by any of the big shoe companies.The Friar staff opted not pull the trigger on an offer to Council back then.
That changed on Monday night.
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Providence to Watch 2015 Guard Ricky Council
Rick Lewis from Phenom Hoop Report reported on Twitter Sunday night that Providence would travel to Moravian Prep Monday night to watch 2015 Ricky Council. Sources indicated associate head coach Bob Simon will be the coach to take in Council during Moravian’s practice.
This is likely a familiar name to Providence fans as Council was a name in the summer of 2014 as a potential late guard addition to the 2014-15 roster. Council, a native of Durham, NC, never got an official scholarship offer from Ed Cooley though. Council, who had offers from mid-majors like UNC-Wilmington and Appalachian State, following his senior season, opted to do a postgrad year at Moravian Prep. Since arriving at Moravian Council has been putting up gaudy offensive numbers, including a 53 point game at the Pioneer-Swanny’s Classic on Halloween.
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#pcbb Weekly Recruiting Update 7/3/14
With Friday being the 4th of July I am releasing the weekly recruiting update a day earlier than normal. This weekly update will return to it’s normally scheduled Friday next week. This will be the final recruiting update prior to the first July live period which begins at 5pm on July 9th. For more information on the recruiting calendar over the next few weeks, check out this page.
News came down Wednesday afternoon that Josh Fortune was transferring to Colorado. This ends one of the more bizarre and confusing player transfers I’ve ever seen and I doubt the real reasons will ever be truly made public. Whatever the reasons, it seems Fortune was looking for a fresh start and he will get that at Colorado which is much further from his home than Providence, for what that’s worth.
Fortune leaving has left a bit of a hole at the shooting guard position. After the various swings and misses this spring, Ed Cooley and his staff are apparently on the fence about bringing someone in at this late stage. I’m told that Armel Potter is anxious to have the PC coaches watch him play live which is something that hasn’t happened as of yet. Potter is mulling over possibly playing somewhere during the July live periods but no decision has been made on that. I was told that Potter hasn’t spoken with Cooley yet but I get the sense that if Cooley calls with an offer, Potter will be on the next plane to Friartown. The former Florida Atlantic commit has offers from Appalachian State, Ball State, Iona, Niagara, Tennessee Tech and some other mid majors.
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