Staying Up-To-Date on the URI Basketball Recruiting Trail: 5/1/17
The new list of players that the Rhode Island men's basketball coaching staff has been linked to includes (but is not limited to): SG Jalen Poyser (UNLV Sophomore), PG Frankie Hughes (Missouri Freshman), PF Obadiah Toppin (2017), PG Sylvain Francisco (2017), SF William Vedder (2017), PG Jalen Carey (2018), PG Serrel Smith (2018), PG Malik Johnson (2018), PG Caleb McConnell (2018), SG Malik Martin (2018), SG Omar Silverio (2018), SG Michael 'Mike' Devoe (2018), SG Jeenathan Williams (2018), SG D.J. Mitchell (2018), Landers Nolley (2018), PG Jalen Carey (2018), PG Anthony Nelson (2018), PG Carlos Curtis (2018), G/F Ikcaven "KK" Curry (2018), G/F Samba Diallo (2018), SF Terrance Boykin (2018), SF Philmon Gebrewhit (2018), SF Sloan Seymour (2018), G/F Frankie Policelli (2018), PF Jermain 'Jermaine' Harris (2018), PF Cole Swider (2018), SG A.J. Reeves (2018), PG Immanuel Quickley (2018), SG David Duke (2018), SG Nate Hinton (2018), SG Demetrius Mims, Jr. (2018), SG Saddiq Bey (2018), SG Tyrese Martin (2018), SG Amir Harris (2018), SG D.J. Mitchell (2018), SF Chimezie Offurum (2018), PF Tyrese Samuel (2018), SF Kris Monroe (2018), PG Rasir Bolton (2018), PG Taelon Martin (2019), SG Preston Santos (2019), SF Dana Tate (2019), SG Jalen Lecque (2019), PF Akok Akok (2019), C Kofi Cockburn (2019)
I am not scared of the subtractions that have been made to the initial list from March 6, 2017 and of course, I am intrigued by the additions to the list. After a weekend trip to a Nike EYBL event in Richmond, Virginia, many class of 2018 recruits have been offered or contacted by Rhode Island men's basketball. At this point, there is a considerable probability that Dan Hurley and his staff uses their final scholarship on a player for the future, as opposed to a graduate transfer for next season.
Just like I said the last time, this is the most fitting image for recruiting college basketball players:
