Naturally, word spread quickly across the web of his commitment, yet within two hours of Hatfield’s tweet there were conflicting reports noting that Dickens had not committed to PC. Hatfield, a long-time respected recruiting voice in Virginia, deleted his tweet soon after.
Ed Cooley and Associate Head Coach Andre Lafleur were down in Virginia yesterday to see Dickens and top-ranked Bethel take on Menchville (a 67-45 Bethel victory in which Dickens scored nine points). The feeling around the program is that Providence is very well positioned to land the high-upside big man, who was in attendance last weekend for PC’s victory over Georgetown in a jam-packed Dunkin Donuts Center.