Friar Basketball · Oct 2, 2017
How Ed Cooley Reshaped his Frontcourt
There’s a reason why Ed Cooley jumped into his pool after Nate Watson committed to Providence on Cooley’s birthday last September.Yes, Watson is talented — so much so that he received an offer from Kansas in April of 2016 and North Carolina dropped by his school to see him a few weeks later.
He was one of, if not the, top priority of Providence’s recruiting efforts at the time, and his commitment capped a furious seven-month run in which the future of the Friar frontcourt was secured after a period of instability.
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For all Cooley’s success in his tenure at Providence, the one thing that has eluded him has been a trip to the second week of the NCAA Tournament.