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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#pcbb Links of the Day 9/17/15
- ICYMI – 2016 PF Kevin Marfo Cuts List to Final 5
- ICYMI – Friars to Receive Official Visit from 2016 PG Justice Kithcart
- ICYMI – 2016 Forward Wenyen Gabriel to Visit Providence October 9th
- CBSSports.com – Matt Norlander – The United States of College Basketball: Top program in each state
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2016 PF Kevin Marfo Cuts List to Final 5
Providence was among 10 teams to make 2016 PF Kevin Marfo‘s cut down list in mid-August. Marfo’s plan was to entertain all 10 of those schools and for each of them to present their case to the New Jersey native during visits to his school. The first day that could happen was September 9th when the recruiting period began and schools trekked to Worcester Academy to try to convince the powerful big man to buy their recruiting pitch. Marfo decided to cut his list down even further on Tuesday night to a final 5.
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#pcbb Links of the Day 9/16/15
- 2016 PF Kevin Marfo of Worcester Academy and BABC cut his list to a final 5 last night and Providence was among the finalist. The other 4 schools on the list are Boston College, DePaul, George Washington and Rhode Island.
- ICYMI – Several Providence Recruits Among 57 Invited to USA Basketball Junior National Team Minicamp
- CBSSports.com – Sam Vecenie – 2016 NBA Draft Preseason Big Board: Labissiere, Simmons lead way
- Salt Lake Tribune – Aaron Falk, Tony Jones and Steve Luhm – Utah Jazz content to let point guards battle after Exum injury
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#pcbb Links of the Day 9/12/15
- Ed Cooley was at Worcester Academy yesterday to meet with 2016 PF Kevin Marfo, according to this tweet by Eric Hoffses.
- FriarBasketball.com – Craig Leighton – 15 in 40: Where Are They Now?
- WEEI.com – John Rooke – Thinking Out Loud: NFL’s feud with Patriots far from over
- Friars.com – Athletic Department Holds Season Ticket Holder Appreciation Party
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Providence Recruiting Update: Friars Out for Jackson, Will Visit Marfo
August in recruiting means players are cutting and narrowing their lists and schools are trying to make their pitches to get those players onto their campuses for official visits. The Friars have been in that rhythm over these last few weeks, both making and missing list cuts. The next step is to get players that included Providence on their lists to campus. So far there are two recruits that have scheduled visits to Friartown — a guard in Shamorie Ponds and a power forward in JJ Matthews. Ponds is also visiting St. John’s and Minnesota after already visiting Creighton. Matthews is visiting Towson and Murray State before his trip to Providence in early October.
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#pcbb Links of the Day 8/19/15
- ICYMI – Providence Recruits to Play in Under Armour Elite 24 Event in NYC
- FriarBasketball.com – Kevin Farrahar – 15 in 40: Finding the Range from Deep
- Cox Hub – National Champion Friars Get Their Rings
- Friars.com – Men’s Soccer – Mac Steeves And Julian Gressel Named To Preseason All-BIG EAST Team
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