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Providence Recruiting Update: Class of 2018 Phones Ringing

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June 15th at 12:00am marked the first time that coaches could directly contact members of the class of 2018 — rising high school juniors. Ed Cooley and his staff worked the phones all day and reached out to a number of targets. Aside from the fact that the NCAA doesn’t seem to mind teenagers having their phones begin to blow up at midnight on a weeknight, Brian Snow of Scout.com had an interesting perspective on the importance of these June 15th calls:

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Report: 2016 Center Khalea Turner Visting Providence

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Steve Hartnett of ScoutFriars.com tweeted that Providence is hosting 2016 center Khalea Turner on an unofficial visit. Ed Cooley is still looking to bring in frontcourt size for next season and Friar fans can now add Turner’s name to a list that includes Canadian big man Kalif Young. Turner’s recruitment has been slow, which can be explained largely by the fact that he was waiting for clearance from the NCAA Clearinghouse. Turner got clearance on April 19th, according to his Twitter account.

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Providence Recruiting News and Notes: Grassroots Circuits Underway

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This past weekend marked the kickoff for all three shoe-sponsored leagues and Providence had coaches at all of three of those events, while also monitoring some events that aren’t run by the sneaker companies. I was between the Nike EYBL session in Brooklyn and the Under Armour Association in lower Manhattan. Joining me going between these events all weekend was Associate Head Coach Andre LaFleur. Brian Blaney was in Dallas for the adidas Gauntlet series’ opening event, while Jeff Battle was spotted in Staten Island at the Elevate Hoops event. Ed Cooley wasn’t on the road this weekend as he was back on campus hosting a pair of transfer targets. More on that later.

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2016 Putnam Science Academy PF Sedee Keita Down to Six

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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 Recruits to Play in Under Armour Elite 24 Event in NYC

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Under Armour will be hosting an event — the 10th annual — on August 21st and 22nd in Brooklyn, NY from Pier 2. The Under Armour Elite 24 brings together some of the best players from the Under Armour Association circuit — along with a few players from other shoe company circuits — that is played from April through July, culminating this year with The Finals held in Atlanta during the second of three live evaluation periods of July.

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Providence Recruiting Update: Incoming Transfer, Still Recruiting in ’15, PC in a Top 5 & New Offers, Interest

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With the first two live evaluation periods under their belts the Providence coaching staff has managed to add a player for 2016 already. That player is George Mason transfer Isaiah Jackson. They are still looking for a big man that can contribute in 2015-16 and also have continued their dogged pursuit of 2016 top target Wenyen Gabriel, while also handing out new offers and expressing interest in some new players. Finally the Friars made 2016 top-60 point guard Tony Carr‘s final list of 5. All of that in detail below.

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