- ICYMI – Previewing the 2015 Providence Jam Fest
- ICYMI – Report: Sean Miller To Take Reigns of U19 USA National Team, Ed Cooley to Stay on Staff
- ESPN.com – Dana O’Neil – Graduate transfer problem needs to be fixed now
- KSL.com – Andy Slater – Emboldened by Cotton’s success, Jazz pre-draft workouts come early
Tag Archives: USA Basketball
Report: Sean Miller To Take Reigns of U19 USA National Team, Ed Cooley to Stay on Staff
One domino that may not have been immediately considered by some was that Billy Donovan taking the head coaching job with the Oklahoma City Thunder of the NBA meant that Donovan could no longer coach the U19 USA National team this summer. Ed Cooley and Sean Miller were named as Donovan’s assistants in January 2015. They both served on Donovan’s staff for the U18 USA National team last summer.
Washington Transfer Nigel Williams-Goss Picks Gonzaga Over Providence, Others
Nigel Williams-Goss announced his intention to transfer from the University of Washington on April 9th. The Oregon native has chosen Gonzaga over Providence and UNLV. Williams-Goss was also scheduled to visit Ohio State on May 8th. He went on visits to UNLV and Providence prior to committing while on his visit to Gonzaga and entertained in-home visits from Georgetown, Texas and Providence during the recruitment process. The Providence visit was on April 25th and Williams-Goss and his parents attended the Friars’ end of season banquet that evening.
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Providence Involved with Washington Transfer Nigel Williams-Goss
On April 9th Nigel Williams-Goss announced that he would transfer from the University of Washington after two seasons. Williams-Goss was a team captain and led the Huskies in scoring, assists and minutes played this past season. There is a USA Basketball connection with Ed Cooley as Williams-Goss played on the U19 USA Basketball team for which Cooley was a training camp court coach in June 2013. The 6’3 lead guard averaged 15.6 points/game, 5.9 assists/game, 4.7 rebounds/game and 1.1 steals/game in 36.8 minutes/game a season ago for Lorenzo Romar and the Huskies.
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#pcbb Links of the Day 1/14/15
- ICYMI – Providence Basketball All Business for St. John’s
- ICYMI – How Providence Can Boost Their RPI Today 1/13/15
- ICYMI – Ed Cooley to be Assistant on Billy Donovan’s Staff of USA U19 Team
- ICYMI – Opening Line: Providence -2.5 vs St. John’s 1/14/15
- ICYMI – Providence Expected to Watch 2016 Guard Trent Forrest
- Providence Journal – Kevin McNamara – PC’s size has been a big factor in early season success
- NY Post – Howie Kussoy – St. John’s finds itself in a familiar, unfortunate hole
- Providence Journal – Kevin McNamara – Preview Capsule: St. John’s at Providence
- Friars.com – Men’s Basketball – Kris Dunn Named ECAC Division I New England Player of the Week
- Arthur ’63 & Patricia Ryan made a historic gift of $5 million towards the construction of the Providence College School of Business‘ new facility which will now be named the Arthur & Patricia Ryan Center for Business Studies.
http://nypost.com/2015/01/13/st-johns-finds-itself-in-a-familiar-unfortunate-hole/
Ed Cooley to be Assistant on Billy Donovan’s Staff of USA U19 Team
After a successful campaign at the FIBA Americas U18 Championship that saw Team USA dominate the competition and finish 5-0 to get the gold medal last summer, USA Basketball announced on Tuesday that University of Florida head coach Billy Donovan and his entire coaching staff would return to coach the U19 team for the 2015 U19 World Championships. That means Providence head coach Ed Cooley and Arizona head coach Sean Miller will again join Donovan on the Team USA coaching staff.
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#pcbb Links of the Day 1/13/14
- ICYMI – Providence to Watch 2015 Ricky Council
- ICYMI – Bracketology Update 1/12/15
- ICYMI – National Polls Update: Week 10
- ICYMI – Providence Guard Kris Dunn is Big East Player of the Week
- ICYMI – Providence Becomes 2015 Ricky Council’s First High Major Offer
- Cox Hub – Kris Dunn and Ed Cooley Scout St. John’s
- Providence Journal – Kevin McNamara & Bill Koch – Pick and Pop College Hoops Podcast: A huge game looms for URI
- SB Nation – Tyler Tynes – The Big East is booming, and better than imagined
