We shouldn't scoff at 5* players visiting PC because I seem to remember Dunn and Ledo committing last year. Now all he has to do is actually find a way to keep his good players once they realize how much of a bummer of a city Providence is. (Yes I know Storrs is cow country)
What was the deal with Cotton and Coleman. Scared they were going to lose PT? Is Ledo going to qualifiy?
Not a PC fan, but: Coleman is off to Gonzaga, which I consider a step up. Coleman didn't like that he was told he would lose time to Ledo/Dunn. It wasn't exactly a question if he would, Ledo and Dunn were going to play ahead of him.
Cotton is still at PC. Cotton took it better and probably had fewer choices given his talent level. He likely wasn't going up by transferring.
Bigger question is what the heck is up with Sidiki Johnson???
Ledo is likely going to qualify (or has, but needs confirmation from the NCAA).
Going backwards, I'm not sure how seriously UConn recruited either Dunn or Ledo. Ledo was never really on UConn's radar and was likely never leaving his hometown. Cooley signed him, but he would have signed with almost any halfway decent PC coach.
Dunn was a steal for them, but had a lot to do with Cooley being on him when Cooley was at Fairfield. Dunn came a bit out of the blue and UConn came on too late, realized he wasn't interested and gave up pretty quickly (despite UConn consistently being mentioned in his top 3).
UConn went after Ledo and Dunn with less urgency because they knew/thought they had Napier/Boatright (PC recruit) coming back as well as Omar Calhoun coming in. Calhoun may not be as highly thought of as Ledo and Dunn but he's not far behind.
UConn won the Drummond recruitment.
PC also won the Coleman recruitment a few years ago, UConn got some bum (sarcasm) named Jeremy Lamb who didn't start on his high school team until he was a senior.
Both UConn and PC struck out on Noel.
This is truly a great time for PC. Calhoun may retire soon. UConn is banned from the 2012-2013 NCAAT, much like PC the past 10 or so years. Cooley is an energetic coach. There is a ton of top talent close in the Northeast, which helps PC immensely. PC may compete with UConn on local recruits, but PC isn't a national recruiter like UConn is (historically). PC also doesn't do a great job with NYC recruits (SJU really hurts them there).
I expect PC will get a decent -> very good recruit from the next two classes from this area, because there is just a ton of talent in the area. UConn will pull someone from somewhere who will be at least as good. I doubt Vonleh goes to PC with the interest he is getting from UK, UNC, Cuse, UConn, etc. Neither Dunn nor Ledo had as many top suitors as Vonleh does.
