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Recruiting News: Rivals Class Of 2016 Top 150 Updated

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With the first live period beginning on Friday it makes sense that Rivals would want to update their rankings for the class of 2016. That class is now the focus for most schools now that the 2014-15 season has been put to bed officially. Providence only currently has 1 open scholarship for the class of 2016 but that could change depending on Kris Dunn’s decision and any other player movements that could occur between now and the fall of 2016.

To see the full list of 150 players, click here.

Here are the player’s PC is recruiting/has interest in:

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Critical Recruiting Season Begins Friday

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That title may be a bit misleading, for a number of reasons. One reason is that recruiting season never really starts or stops. It just always is. Another reason is a little more technical in nature — this upcoming window from April 10th through April 12th is actually called an evaluation period. The majority of time between September and June is actually considered a recruiting period, aside from the occasional dead period that coincides with some holidays, the Final Four and large portions of the month of July. You can read up on all the technicalities of the different periods of the recruiting calendar here.

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Providence Will Get Visit From Fordham Transfer Eric Paschall

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Fordham freshman Eric Paschall visited Villanova on April 1st and is now reportedly going to visit Florida the weekend of April 11th, per a tweet from CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein. Rothstein’s tweet does mention that Providence is “in [the] mix” but there has been no concrete date mentioned for a visit to Friartown. Eric’s father Juan confirmed to me that there is no date set right now but he did tell me that “we will not make any decisions until we visit Providence though.”

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Three Wishes for the Providence Offseason

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The late transfer of Josh Fortune a year ago left Ed Cooley reeling to find some guard help for the 2014-15 Friars. The announcement coming on the Friday before Memorial Day put Cooley in a difficult spot to try and lure anyone that would be eligible immediately. Tyler Harris already announced his intentions to finish his career elsewhere after he graduates from Providence in mid-May. The other outstanding decision is one that needs to be made by Kris Dunn. Dunn has until April 26th to declare for the NBA Draft.

The offseason will get into full swing once the NCAA Tournament concludes on April 6th. The first live evaluation period for recruiting begins on April 10th and the Spring period begins on April 13th. Cooley and his staff won’t be resting on their laurels and once the offseason gets underway they will be looking to upgrade their roster, whether that is the 2015-16 roster or a future roster.

Here are some things that Providence fans want Santa Cooley to put on their wish list:

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Recruiting News: Rivals Releases Expanded Class Of 2017 Top 75 Recruit Rankings

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On Thursday Rivals released their expanded recruit rankings for the class of 2017. Prior to coming out with their top 75 on Thursday they had only ranked the top 25 players. Providence had 2 players in that top 25 and they now have 11 players in this top 75. Also remember that Providence got a commitment from 2017 guard Javon Taylor in August 2014.

PC Recruits in the Top 75:

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2015 Providence Commit Alex Owens Has Torn ACL

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On February 19th 2015 Providence commit Alex Owens announced on his Twitter account that he would miss the remainder of his high school season with a knee injury after having an MRI the previous day. Wednesday Owens’ confirmed the worst fear that the MRI revealed a torn left ACL. Owens will have surgery on Friday, February 27th.

The severity of the tear and length of any rehabilitation are unknown at this time. Some players return to action between 6-9 months while others may take 8-12 months. Owens was having a stellar season for Oak Ridge prior to injuring the knee on February 6th. Providence has a player currently on their roster recovering from a torn ACL in Rodney Bullock.

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Providence Adds Postgrad Guard Ricky Council to 2015 Class

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Providence has been looking to add another guard in the 2015 class for awhile now and there have been some names that popped up over the last few months. A name that Friar fans will remember from the summer of 2014 is Ricky Council. Council was a member of the class of 2014 when Providence first began expressing interest in the 6’4 guard from North Carolina. Following a summer on the grassroots circuit with his non-shoe company affiliated team Brand X, Council opted for a postgraduate year at Moravian Prep and became part of the class of 2015.

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