- ICYMI – 2016 Putnam Science Academy PF Sedee Keita Down to Six
- SI.com – David Gardner & Chris Johnson – 64 reasons to be excited for the 2015-16 college hoops season (Nos. 16-1)
- Friars.com – Men’s Hockey Tabbed Third In Hockey East Preseason Coaches Poll
- Mark Divver of the Providence Journal reported on Twitter that Providence Athletic Director has been talking with Providence hockey coach Nate Leaman about a “lifetime” extension.
- Fox Sports Adds Steve Lavin to College Hoops Lineup
- Kenpom.com – Ken Pomeroy – Offense vs. Defense: 2-point percentage
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2016 Putnam Science Academy PF Sedee Keita Down to Six
Providence coaches have begun to zero in on their top targets in the class of 2016 over these last few weeks. One of those players that has been given extra attention is 2016 PF Sedee Keita. Keita, who is now enrolled at Putnam Science Academy, has received at least two visits from the Providence staff since the recruiting period began on September 9th. On Monday night Keita cut his list down to a final six, according to Alex Kline. The cut-down list is made up of LSU, Penn State, Providence, South Carolina, Temple, UNLV. Keita confirmed the news via his Twitter account.
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Providence Recruiting Update: This Weekend Kicks Off Big 30 Day Stretch of Visitors for Friars
The recruiting buzz around the Providence program has been steadily picking up over the last few weeks as lists have been cut down and official visits scheduled. This weekend begins a massively important 30 day stretch for Ed Cooley and his staff as they will host 6 recruits and have their annual Late Night Madness. The visitors begin with a wing from the class of 2016 today and end with a slew of recruits at Late Night Madness on October 17th with some other high profile recruits coming to the campus in between.
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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 Recruiting Update: In-Home Visits & Visits to Friartown
I hope everyone had a lovely Labor Day Weekend and people are ready for the fall to begin. Something that will begin this week is a recruiting period. That means — starting on September 9th — coaches can visit players at their homes and schools. That hasn’t been able to occur since April 22nd. The Providence coaching staff will be very busy on September 9th as they have plans to visit a lot of recruits, either at their homes or at their schools. There are also two more Friar targets that will get attention on and off campus from the Providence coaching staff. More on all of that below.
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Recruiting News: Rivals Class Of 2016 Top 150 Updated Post-Summer
ESPN and Scout.com released their updated recruit rankings for the class of 2016 after the summer grassroots season and now it’s time for Rivals to follow suit. ESPN and Scout had differing views on most of the Providence recruits within their Top 100’s. Rivals’ rankings mirror those of ESPN with Wenyen Gabriel jumping from the 80’s to 17. There is also a Friar recruit who is visiting Providence in October that is making his debut in Rivals’ Top 150 in Maliek White and Kevin Marfo rounds out the Top 150 in the final slot. Providence is visiting him at his school on September 9th.
To see the full list of 150 players, click here.
Here are the player’s PC is recruiting/has interest in:
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#pcbb Links of the Day 9/1/15
- FriarBasketball.com – Kevin Farrahar – Update on 9/9 In-Home Visits
- ScoutFriars.com – Jeff Ferrucci – JJ Matthews Speaks About PC ($)
- Friars.com – Men’s Soccer – Mac Steeves Named BIG EAST Offensive Player Of The Week
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