I don't recall the connection, but there was a direct connection b/w EC Matthews and the
URI coaching staff. I want to say it was Nate Oats, who was the coach at Romulus and eventually an assistant to bobby Hurley at Buffalo and now the head coach at Buffalo.
Plus, IIRC, Scooch declared to UD about a week prior to EC Matthews; I don't know if this is fact, but that always felt like a tipping point in UD's recruitment. EC Matthews could score, but I'll take Scooch every day of the week