One of Ed Cooley’s favorite basketball adages comes from Notre Dame head coach Mike Brey. Cooley often references Brey’s belief that you consistently win in college basketball by “staying old.”
Cooley frequently cited his team’s youth throughout its struggles in 2018-19. While it’s difficult to call a team with three juniors and a fifth year senior in its rotation young, Providence certainly played that way during much of last season.
Judging by Cooley’s approach to recruiting this spring, he made the determination the Friars won’t be young again for quite some time.
Providence picked up a commitment from graduate transfer Luwane Pipkins in March.