New England Recruiting Report

March Madness is upon us and as usual, New England is well represented in all four regions. So in the event you're calling out of work Thursday and Friday (reportedly the two most popular sick days of the year in the U.S. economy) here are the local products to watch for: South Bracket Kellan Grady, Davidson...

Bol Bol is perhaps the most intriguing high school basketball prospect in the country. The son of former NBA player Manut Bol, Bol Bol is five inches shorter than his late father was, and he's still 7-feet and 2-inches tall. That frame also extends to a 7-foot-8 wingspan and 9-foot-7 standing reach, all extraordinary for players...

It was almost ten years ago that I first started covering college basketball and recruiting in the state of Rhode Island. One of my first observations, candidly, was what I considered somewhat unrealistic expectations of the collective local fan base. Rhode Island won 20 or more games for four consecutive seasons and 19 or more...

Recruiting is the lifeblood of any successful college basketball program but some recruits are more important than others. For Will Wade, from the moment he was introduced as LSU's new head coach, and perhaps even earlier, Javonte Smart became priority 1A. Smart isn't just a top ranked national point guard and the type of guy who...

  Rhode Island native Cole Swider announced his verbal commitment to Villanova University on Thursday afternoon during a ceremony from the St. Andrew's School gymnasium. Villanova came out on top of a final four that also included Duke, Syracuse and Xavier while numerous others, including Providence, had already been eliminated from his list. His commitment culminated what...

The 2018 recruiting class is an absolutely pivotal one for Ed Cooley and Providence College as they are set to potentially lose not just four starters but also their four leading scorers and rebounders. The good news is that there are already some quality replacements in house with the likes of Makai Ashton-Langford, Alpha Diallo,...

New LSU head coach Will Wade has wasted no time proving his recruiting prowess to the local fan base and those efforts were punctuated on Monday when Tremont Waters signed on to become the final member of his 2017 class. At 5-foot-10 with a fairly pedestrian frame, Waters may not look the part of a...

Makai Ashton-Langford is coming to Providence and Ed Cooley has his next dynamic point guard prospect to groom. And, Langford just picked up some valuable tips for his arsenal from none other than Allen Iverson himself at the recent Allen Iverson Roundball Classic in Hampton Roads, Virginia. Ashton-Langford has been a prized recruit for virtually...

Before Ed Cooley was known as a developer of point guards, his reputation was actually just the opposite - a big man's coach. His history of evaluating and developing big men dated back to his time working under Al Skinner at Boston College and then followed him to Fairfield and then to Providence. So while the...

  Ed Cooley and Providence College landed a huge verbal commitment on Monday night from Brewster Academy and Mass Rivals point guard Makai Ashton-Langford. A consensus top 50 prospect in the country, Ashton-Langford is the highest ranked prospect to commit to the Friars since the loaded 2012 class which included both Kris Dunn and Ricky Ledo. Ashton-Langford...