Key PC, URI, Bryant & Brown Recruiting Targets to Play in All-Star Game Saturday
Joe Calabro, GoLocalProv Sports Team
Key PC, URI, Bryant & Brown Recruiting Targets to Play in All-Star Game Saturday
Local basketball recruits including East Providence's Terrell Brown and Tomas Murphy will also be featured in the game. Brown and Murphy have already committed to Pittsburgh and Northeastern respectively.
The game will take place on Saturday, March 25 at CCRI in Warwick.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTDoors open at 5 p.m. with the main all-star game taking place at 7 p.m.
GoLocalProv highlights the players being recruited by PC, URI, Bryant and Brown.
Players to watch - Purple Team
David Duke - 6’3” Guard, Freshman class of 2018
Duke is ranked by Scout.com as four star recruit out of Cushing Academy.
He has scholarship offers from Providence, URI, Kansas, Syracuse, Florida, UConn, Rutgers and Creighton.
About Duke, Scout.com writes “David Duke is one of the faster rising members of the 2018 class. He has terrific athleticism and shows a good feel for the game from the point guard position. In college he should be a tremendous defender because of his lateral movement, length, and quick twitch athleticism. On the offensive end he shows the ability to make shots, though that can be inconsistent, and is an excellent passer who can set up teammates. Duke likely will play point guard, but also should be comfortable off the ball. His upside is tremendous, now it is a matter of putting all of his physical tools together and being consistently dominant game to game."
Duke will be wearing number 2 in Saturday's game.
A.J. Reeves - 6’6” Shooting Guard, freshman class of 2018
Reeves is ranked by ESPN and Rivals.com as a four star recruit out of Brimmer & May School in Massachusetts.
Reeves has scholarship offers from Providence, URI, Syracuse, Louisville, and Villanova amongst others.
Reeves will be wearing number 6 in Saturday's game
Cole Swider - 6’8” forward, freshman class of 2018
Swider is ranked by Scout.com as a three star recruit out of St. Andrew’s School in Portsmouth.
He has scholarship offers from Providence, URI, Creighton, Villanova, Syracuse and UConn.
Swider will be wearing number 9 in Saturday's game.
Tamenang Choh - 6’5” small forward, freshman class of 2017
Choh has committed to Brown University for the freshman class of 2017.
He is from North Andover, Massachusetts and attended the Brooks School.
Choh will be wearing number 10 in Saturday's game.
Players to Watch - Turquoise Team
Sidney Wilson - 6’7” small forward, freshman class of 2018
Wilson is ranked by ESPN as a four star recruit out of Brewster Academy.
He has scholarship offers from Providence, Syracuse, Indiana and St. John’s amongst others.
Wilson will be wearing number 3 in Saturday's game.
Preston Santos - 6’6” shooting guard, freshman class of 2019
Santos is ranked as a two star recruit, according to verbal commits.
He has scholarship offers from Bryant, URI, Monmouth and George Washington.
Santos will wear number 7 in Saturday's game.
Akok Akok - 6’8” power forward, freshman class of 2019
Akok currently attends the Putnam Science Academy and is a two star recruit, according to verbal commits.
Akok has scholarship offers from URI, Manhattan, UMass, Iona and St. Bonaventure.
He will be wearing number 11 in Saturday's game.
RI Teams To Win National Championships
PC Basketball 1960-61 NIT
The Providence College Friars won the National Invitation Tournament(NIT) in 1961, defeating St. Louis 62-59 at Madison Square Garden in New York.
At this time, the NIT was considered to be the National Championship of College Basketball.
The Friars were led by Vinny Ernst and James Hadnot that season.
PC 1962-63 NIT Champions
The Friars won their second NIT Championship two years after the first one. Led by Ray Flynn, John Thompson Jr. and Vinnie Ernst, the Friars won 15 straight games to claim the title.
Providence finished the season with a 24-4 record.
URI Men's Sailing 1965
The URI Rams won their first small boat National Championship in 1965.
The Rams were led by Art Payne and Peter Greene, both of whom were from Rhode Island.
Photo courtesy of urisailing.org
URI Men's Sailing 1975
The URI Rams won their second small boat National Championship and also won the National team race that season.
Photo courtesy of urisailing.org
URI Men's Sailing 1977
The URI men's sailing team won the National Championship in small boat sailing in 1977.
The team was led by two time all Americans Gary Knapp and Ed Adams.
Photo Courtesy of urisailing.org
Brown Men's Crew '93
The Brown Bears won the triple-crown, winning the Eastern Sprints, the IRA and the National Championship.
Brown Men's Crew '94
The Bears repeated their triple-crown performance from the season before, once again winning the Eastern Sprints, the IRA and the National Championship.
The Bears went undefeated on the season.
Photo Courtesy of brownbears.com
Brown Men's Crew '95
Coach Scott Roop leads the Bears to a third straight IRA and National Championship.
Photo courtesy of Brownbears.com
PC Women's Cross Country
The 1995 Providence Friars won the programs first NCAA title. On the way, PC won their first BIG EAST and ECAC Championships.
Head Coach Ray Treacy was named NCAA Division I Women's National Coach of the Year, BIG EAST Men's and Women's Coach of the Year, Rhode Island Words Unlimited Women's Coach of the Year and NCAA District I Women's Cross Country Coach of the Year.
Brown Women's Crew '96
Under head coach John Murphy, the Brown women's crew team won the 1996 eastern Sprints, the IRA's and the Collegiate National Championship.
The team became the first women's crew to win the "Triple Crown" of collegiate racing.
Photo courtesy of Brownbears.com
Brown Women's Crew '97
Brown's varsity four team wins the first NCAA Championship by defeating the University of Washington on Lake Natoma in California.
The Bears finished third as a team overall.
Brown Women's Sailing '98
The Brown Women's Sailing Team won the College Sailing Women's National Championship in 1998.
The championships were held at Tulane University in New Orleans Louisiana.
Brown Women's Crew '99
Brown women's crew won the first NCAA Division I Championship in Brown University History by defeating the University of Virginia by a three-second margin at lake Natoma in California.
Brown also won the Eastern Sprint Championship and the Ivy Championship, setting a new course record in the process.
Photo courtesy of Brownbears.com
Brown Women's Crew 2000
Brown repeated as national Champions in 2000, beating the University of Washington by 3.9 seconds four points.
In addition, Brown's varsity and second varsity won the Eastern Sprint Championship and the IVY league Championship.
Both teams went undefeated on the season.
Brown Women's Crew '02
The Bears won their third National title in four years defeating the defending champion Washington by four points in Indianapolis.
Brown was the only school to qualify all of it's crew for the grand finals.
The Bears went undefeated during the regular season.
Brown Women's Crew '04
Brown won thier fourth title in six years on Lake Natoma in California.
The win made Brown the winningest program in NCAA Championship history.
Brown Women's Crew '07
Brown won their fifth National Championship in 2007 at Melton Hill Lake in Tennessee.
The Bears beat Ohio State and Yale who came in second and third place respectively.
Photo courtesy of taxref/flickr
Brown Women's Crew '08
The Bears won their sixth National Championship on Lake Natoma in California.
The Bears beat Washington by eight points and third place Cal by 14 points to repeat as champions for the first time since 1999-2000.
URI Women's Sailing 2011
The URI Women won the programs first National Championship in small boat sailing in the 79 year history of the program and hoisted the Gerald C. Miller Memorial Trophy at the Sperry Top-Sider/Intercollegiate Sailing Association Women’s National Championship.
The Rams won the title as a club team and were one of two club teams competing for the title. The other club team was Western Washington, who finished 17.
Photo courtesy of uri.edu
Brown Women's Crew 2011
The Bears won their seventh NCAA National Championship in 15 years under head coach John Murphy.
The Bears racked up 45 points in the final race and beat Stanford by five seconds.
The title was their first since 2008.
Photo courtesy of brownbears.com
PC Women's Cross Country
The Providence College Women's Cross Country team won the 2013 National Championship with 141 points.
Emily Sisson was the Friars top finisher as she finished in seventh place at Wabash Valley Family Sports Center.
This was Providence's first title win since 1995.
PC Hockey 2015
The Providence College Friars won the 2015 NCAA Ice Hockey National Championship, defeating Boston University 4-3 at the TD Garden.
The Championship is the first in the program's history and only the third NCAA National Title in Providence College History.
PC goatender Jon Gillies was named Most Outstanding Player.
