{"id":245284,"date":"2025-09-22T02:20:19","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T02:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/245284\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T02:20:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T02:20:19","slug":"friars-make-their-pitch-to-caleb-holt-nations-top-shooting-guard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/245284\/","title":{"rendered":"Friars Make Their Pitch to Caleb Holt, Nation\u2019s Top Shooting Guard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!Yk5p!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e00141-7c05-488b-97e3-86a4a7a09040_684x397.png\" data-component-name=\"Image2ToDOM\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"image-link image2 is-viewable-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/51e00141-7c05-488b-97e3-86a4a7a09040_684x.jpeg\" width=\"684\" height=\"397\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/51e00141-7c05-488b-97e3-86a4a7a09040_684x397.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:397,&quot;width&quot;:684,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:248209,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image\/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/friarbasketball.substack.com\/i\/174197921?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e00141-7c05-488b-97e3-86a4a7a09040_684x397.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}\" alt=\"\"   fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"sizing-normal\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Caleb Holt, the top shooting guard in the country per 247 Sports, took an official visit to Providence this weekend, sharing photos and videos from the trip on Instagram Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/DO3vMuqjQX2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"instagram-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/__ss-rehost__IG-meta-DO3vMuqjQX2.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 17-year-old Alabama native has been busy this fall, with recent stops at Kentucky, Alabama, and Arkansas. He\u2019ll play his final high school season at national powerhouse Prolific Prep in Florida.<\/p>\n<p>At 6\u20195 and 200 pounds, Holt is a physical, downhill scorer with elite athleticism and defensive instincts. <a href=\"https:\/\/247sports.com\/college\/basketball\/recruiting\/article\/summer-scouting-series-caleb-holt-colben-landrew-neiko-mundey-lead-3ssbs-top-guards-252477717\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">According to 247 Sports\u2019 Scouting Director Adam Finkelstein<\/a>, he boasts a 6\u20199 wingspan, finishes efficiently at the rim (68% in Adidas 3SSB play), and excels defensively in passing lanes with 2.5 steals per game.<\/p>\n<p>Providence faces stiff competition from SEC heavyweights, including Alabama and Auburn. \u201cCaleb\u2019s an Alabama kid through and through,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zagsblog.com\/2025\/09\/15\/five-star-guards-relationship-with-alabama-enhanced-by-visit\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">his father told On3 after their Tuscaloosa visit<\/a>. \u201cThe interest and the relationship was only enhanced by way of this weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Still, the Friars are still in the mix. Travis Branham of 247 Sports wrote, \u201cProvidence is a real factor here and could prove to be a real contender as they\u2019re in the midst of a strong push for Holt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Friars are swinging big \u2014 fighting it out for one of the most electric prospects in America.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a look at Holt in action this summer:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfa5 Looking for more Friar Basketball content on Instagram? Follow Friar Basketball on our new account for retro videos, recruiting film, and player highlights!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/friar_films\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/friar_films\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Caleb Holt, the top shooting guard in the country per 247 Sports, took an official visit to Providence&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":245285,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[1339,1317,1337,1338,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-245284","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-basketball","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-ncaa","10":"tag-ncaa-basketball","11":"tag-ncaabasketball","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115245562146559491","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}