Adding Context Around the Garwey Dual Commitment, and more recruiting notes
Providence kicked off its 2023 recruiting class with a bang by landing the versatile, 6’5 guard Garwey Dual out of Indianapolis. Most Friar loyalists know the basics of his story by now — Dual transferred from Houston to Carmel, IN last season, wasn’t featured in his new school’s offense, and proceeded to morph from an unknown prospect to a top 100 player according to the top three national recruiting services in the country.
More information came out last week when the Pawtucket Times and Woonsocket Call’s Brendan McGair knocked it out of the park (as he typically does) with a podcast with Dual and AAU coach Mike Saunders from the George Hill All-Indy program. McGair, Dual, and Saunders go in-depth about Dual’s journey from unheralded recruit to Friar commit.
After some digging over the past week, here is a little more I was able to glean about Dual and his recruitment:
One of the top programs in the Big Ten held their team camp in June, hosting roughly 50 high school players, including Dual. Their assistants really liked Dual, who twisted his ankle and didn’t play much during their camp. The assistants on this staff didn’t push their head coach on Dual right away. After watching him in the days following his commitment to Providence, they were kicking themselves and shared with the PC staff that they think the Friars stole one from the Midwest.
Ed Cooley loves bigger guards and always wants someone with the length of David Duke or Kris Dunn in his backcourt who can guard multiple positions. Dual has the length, athleticism, and potential that Providence targets on the recruiting trail. Guards like Dual won’t be taken advantage of on the defensive end.
Dual is thought to be a very good fit for PC not only because of his skill set, but personality-wise as well. You’ll hear “humble” and “hard-working” often when those in the know describe him, and Providence’s staff believes from a make-up perspective he is going to appreciate the environment at Providence and how he is coached and developed here.