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Friartown News and Notes 11.5.12

dave@friarblog —  November 5th, 2012 8:58 PM — Leave a comment

All the notable news, links, pictures, and video in and around Friartown and college basketball all in one digestible, tasty place

picture Ricky Ledo Instagram

Whatever Ricky Ledo decides to do with his future, he will always love the city of Providence. Check out his new tattoo.

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notes According to @StartTheFriars, Ed Cooley was on PC’s radio station and said that Kadeem Batts and Bryce Cotton were still unable to practice today. I imagine that Cotton would be able to go by Saturday, but I have no idea what the deal is with Batts’ bursitis in his shoulder. Anyone have any insight to what type of injury he is dealing with?

link Providence Journal: Friars may lead for Philly recruit Brandon Austin

While this is definitely good news, we saw what happened when PC was the “leader” for Jakarr Sampson, Orlando Sanchez, and Nerlens Noel. I’ll just patiently wait for the official announcement.

It is nearing decision time for Brandon Austin and the highly rated guard from Philadelphia just may be favoring the Providence Friars.

Austin, a 6-5 guard from Imhotep Charter who’s helped his school to two straight PIAA state championships, is looking at PC, Connecticut and Texas. He visited all three schools on successive weekend last month and one of his advisers says Providence is in very good shape.

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Friartown News and Notes 10.26.12

dave@friarblog —  October 26th, 2012 9:43 PM — Leave a comment

All the notable news, links, pictures, and video in and around Friartown and college basketball all in one digestible, tasty place

picture Friars Ticket Office Tweet

If you have season tickets, you probably received this in the mail today. I am very envious.

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link Providence Journal: Friars fans meet Ted Bancroft

Before the Frankenstorm hits the east coast, WHITE LIGHTNING will be hitting Rhode Island.

“Ted will be in the mix, for sure,” Cooley said. “He’s an energy, hustle guy who knows how to handle things on the floor.”

As for what he’s calling his `Iron Seven,’ Cooley knows his core must avoid sloppy fouls and everyone must be ready to contribute.

notes It seems that every day this week there was another ruling on a transfer getting either denied or granted a waiver to play this season. Tavon Sledge from Iona got a hardship waiver earlier in the week, but Manhattan was out of luck with getting Ashton Pankey eligible this year. URI also found out that Ifeanyi Onyekaba had to sit out all season. Is Sidiki Johnson’s name coming up soon? Kevin McNarama mentioned last week that the paperwork was just getting organized, so it’s a little confusing since Sidiki said at PC Media Day that they were awaiting word from the NCAA (and it was a 50/50 chance). Either way, at least Sidiki will be on the court in mid-December. Steve Hartnett of Scout.com tweeted that he’s really taken to playing under Cooley and has been the best transfer so far.

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Josh Sharma to Attend Late Night Madness

dave@friarblog —  October 12th, 2012 9:48 AM — Leave a comment

iPer a source, Josh Sharma will be attending tonight’s Late Night Madness festivities  Sharma is a 7 foot 205 lb. center in the class of 2015. He plays at Northfield Mount Herman High School in Massachuets, and for the Mass Rivals AAU team.

Here is a small blurb from ESPN’s scouting report back in May:

Sharma is long, mobile, and athletic with signs of being able to develop into a skilled face-up type big man. He moves with ease, covers a lot of ground quickly, and gets off his feet in a hurry

Sharma visited PC over the summer along with a ton of other local talent including Noah Vonleh, Kaleb Joseph, Matt Cimino, Jalen Adams, and Jeremy Miller. He currently has offers from PC, UMass, and Lehigh

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