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Recruiting News: Rivals Class Of 2016 Top 150 Released

Eric Bossi from Rivals updated their class of 2016 rankings with a new top 150. While Providence still has a couple open scholarships in the class of 2015, Ed Cooley and his staff have offered/shown interest in a number of highly ranked players in the class of 2016.

To see the full list, click here.

Here are the player’s PC is recruiting:

  • #12 – Kobi Simmons –  6’5 PG – St. Francis/Alpharetta, GA
  • #21 – Miles Bridges – 6’6 SF – Huntington Prep/Huntington, WV
  • #22 – Josh Langford – 6’4 SG – Madison Academy/Madison, AL
  • #29 – Rawle Alkins – 6’4 SG – Christ the King/Brooklyn, NY
  • #38 –  Braxton Blackwell – 6’8 SF – Christ Presbyterian Academy/Nashville, TN
  • #45 – Amir Coffey – 6’6 SG – Hopkins/Hopkins, MN
  • #49 – Sedee Keita – 6’10 C – 22 Feet Academy/Greenville, SC
  • #58 – Bruce Brown – 6’3 SG – Vermont Academy/Saxtons River, VT
  • #68 – JJ Caldwell – 6’0  PG – Cypress Woods/Cypress, TX
  • #75 – Trent Forrest – 6’2 SG – Chipley/Chipley, FL
  • #105 – Devonte Green – 6’1 PG – Long Island Lutheran/Brookville, NY
  • #106 – Wenyen Gabriel – 6’7 SF – Wilbraham & Monson Academy/Wilbraham, MA
  • #147 – Rojaye Campbell – 6’9 PF – Long Island Lutheran/Brookville, NY

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Providence Adds Guard for 2014

Rumors had been boiling the last couple days that Ed Cooley was trying to add another player to his roster for the 2014-15 season. Specifically the rumor was he was trying to supplement his backcourt offensively by adding a foreign guard to the mix. That rumor became fact today when it was learned that German guard Tyree Chambers would be joining the Friar family.

Chambers had previously been mentioned in the late spring as a potential add for next season by Kevin McNamara of the Providence Journal. This move gives Ed Cooley more backcourt insurance in case Kris Dunn needs more time to return from his second shoulder surgery and freshman Kyron Cartwright isn’t ready for big minutes early in his career.

I’ll have more on the Chambers commitment early next week.

2015 Guard Drew Edwards Commits to Providence

2015 guard Drew Edwards has committed to Providence, per Edgar Walker. This kind of caught me by surprise as I heard earlier in the week that Edwards was in the process of scheduling visits in September. Having said that, my gut was that Edwards and another DMV guard, Justin Robinson, were the top two guard targets left on Ed Cooley’s big board. Edwards was also considering Clemson, Dayton, Kansas State, Providence, Richmond and USC.

Drew Edwards is a talented scorer who stayed loyal to his AAU team Maryland 3D. Instead of jumping to a Nike, Adidas or Under Armour team, Edwards stuck with the unaffiliated program and the coaches he had been coaches by since the 4th grade. Edwards will play the shooting guard spot in college but has the ability to handle the ball if necessary as he ran point guard during his AAU season. He will likely not come into Providence and play 30+ minutes per game next season but once he gets his feet wet he will be a nice weapon for Ed Cooley and the Friars.

Recruiting News: Rivals Updates Class of 2015 Top 150

Rivals released their updated class of 2015 top 150 rankings today. The number of recruits PC is still involved with is dwindling from this top 150 list. Having said that, guys like Justin Robinson and Drew Edwards are extremely underrated to not be in the top 150 for Rivals. Shawntrez Davis said in early August that he wanted to visit Providence but Alex Owens committed since then so I’m not sure if the Friars are still recruiting Davis.

To see the entire top 150, click here.

PC Recruits:

  • #108 – Alex Owens – 6’8 PF – Oak Ridge/Orlando, FL
  • #110 – Shawntrez Davis – 6’9 PF – Tri Cities HS/East Point, GA
  • #130 – Alex Illikainen – 6’9 PF – Brewster Academy/Wolfeboro, NH
  • #131 – Davon Dillard – 6’5 SF –  La Lumiere School/La Porte, IN

Big East Commitments:

  • #44 – Jessie Govan – 6’10 C – Wings Academy/Queens, NY – Georgetown
  • #47 – Justin Patton – 6’10 PF – North HS/Omaha, NE – Creighton
  • #89 – Marcus Derrickson – 6’7 PF – Brewster Academy/Wolfeboro, NH – Georgetown
  • #94 – Nick Noskowiak – 6’2 PG – Sun Prairie HS/Sun Prairie, WI – Marquette
  • #108 – Alex Owens – 6’8 PF – Oak Ridge/Orlando, FL – Providence
  • #114 – Donte Divincenzo – 6’4 SG – Salesianum School/Wilmington, DE – Villanova
  • #149 – Matt Heldt – 6’10 C – Neenah HS/Neenah, WI – Marquette

#pcbb Weekly Recruiting Update 8/22/14

There wasn’t a ton of recruiting news this past week as the Friars were in the midst of their Italy trip. I would expect to start hearing more next week when the staff is back in the States. Visits will likely begin to be set up and the picture at the guard positions on the recruiting trail in the class of 2015 should get a little more clear.

As for some of what did occur this past week:

 

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2015 Shooter Announces Commitment

2015 shooter Kenny Williams who had Providence in his final 7 announced via his Twitter that he has given a commitment to Shaka Smart and the VCU Rams.

Ed Cooley and the Friar staff got in a little late with Williams and I was surprised he had Providence on his final list. There was also a rumor that Williams was leaning towards North Carolina after they recently offered. This is a really good get for VCU. Their next target in 2015 may be another PC recruit in Markis McDuffie who they were all over during the July live evaluation periods.

#pcbb Weekly Recruiting Update 8/15/14

The July live evaluation periods have come and gone and a lot of recruits have cut their lists down to more manageable figures. Some recruits have even already given commitments. Providence obviously got some good news last weekend after their Elite Camp on Saturday with two verbal commitments. The first was from a member of the class of 2017 (rising sophomores) in Javon Taylor. Taylor seems to have a good basketball pedigree and isn’t done growing.

The second commitment came from a member of the class of 2015. Alex Owens gave Ed Cooley his pledge after newly minted associate head coach Bob Simon worked tirelessly as the lead recruiter with Owens. Adding Owens to Ryan Fazekas has vaulted the national class ranking for the Friars to 19th according to the 247Sports Composite Team Ranking. CoxHub had the guys at New England Recruiting Report give a writeup on Alex Owens. It’s an interesting read. Owens is playing for USA South in the Nike Global Challenge in Chicago. His team won their first game against Pan Africa in overtime on Thursday but fell in game two against China Friday morning. Game three is Friday night at 9pm against USA East.

Nike Global Challenge USA South vs Pan Africa Box Score

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