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#pcbb Weekly Recruiting Update 8/15/14

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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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PC Commit Alex Owens with 2 Games Today at Nike Global Challenge

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Alex Owens‘ USA South team has two games today in the Nike Global Challenge. Coming off a strong  performance in their overtime win on Thursday against Pan Africa, Owens will look to continue to bang on the boards against China this morning and then USA East tonight. In the Pan Africa game, Owens recorded 15 points on 7/8 shooting and grabbed 13 rebounds while dishing out 3 assists and swatting 1 shot. You can catch the games at High School Cube at the below links (H/T Craig Leighton):

Note: Alex Owens wears #13 for USA South

11am vs. China:

http://www.highschoolcube.com/event/usa-south-vs-china-2014-nike-global-challenge-boys-358689

9pm vs. USA East:

http://www.highschoolcube.com/event/usa-east-vs-usa-south-2014-nike-global-challenge-b-358696

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Recruiting News: Scout.com Releases Updated Class Of 2015 Top 100 Recruit Rankings

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Scout.com updated their class of 2015 rankings Thursday. This is the first look at how where each player’s stock is at after the July live evaluation periods. Recent PC commit Alex Owens is not among the top 100 after falling out from #96 during the previous update but (get ready for that knife in your back to be twisted) Donovan Mitchell went from unranked to #20. One other note is that 42% of the top 100 is already committed.

To see the entire top 100, click here.

PC Recruits:

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Recent Providence Commit Alex Owens Playing at 12:30pm

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The newest addition to Ed Cooley’s 2015 recruiting class Alex Owens will be playing for USA South in the Nike Global Challenge today against Pan Africa at 12:30pm. You can catch the game at High School Cube at the below link (H/T Craig Leighton):

http://www.highschoolcube.com/event/pan-africa-vs-usa-south-2014-nike-global-challenge-358684

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Alex Owens Announces Commitment

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Alex Owens becomes the second player in the class of 2015 to commit to Ed Cooley. Owens spent the weekend on campus and attended the Elite Camp on Saturday. He flew home Monday afternoon but not before announcing his commitment via Twitter:

Owens announced his top 3 schools on July 27th and Providence is the only visit he took since making that announcement. The other schools he was considering were Missouri and Central Florida. He had previously verbally committed to UCF in the fall of 2013. Owens adds another big body to the Friar frontcourt and currently joins PC’s other commit in the class of 2015 Ryan Fazekas.

The next step for Providence is to add a guard or two to the mix in this class and they will have 3 scholarships to do so. Don’t be surprised if they pocket one of those scholarships to try to find a transfer in the winter or spring.

Check out Alex Owen’s Friar Crystal Ball page here.

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Providence College Elite Camp Attendees

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Last year’s Elite Camp was very memorable because there was a lot of talk about a PC ‘Fab 5’ with Abu, Chukwu, Lindsey, Joseph and Terrell. PC coordinator of basketball ops Mike Jackson even set up a phone call for Abu, Chukwu, Joseph, Terrell and 2015 Donovan Mitchell (Lindsey was not at the Elite Camp) with former Michigan Fab Five member, Chris Webber. All of the stops were being pulled out.

Chukwu and Lindsey obviously wound up at PC (and Lindsey was already committed prior to the Elite Camp last summer) but Abu chose NC State, Joseph chose Syracuse and Terrell chose Oklahoma State then URI. Donovan Mitchell wasn’t planning on attending this year’s camp anyway due to a family reunion but I would think Thursday night’s commitment to Louisville solidifies his absence.

Here are the players that I have confirmed will be at this year’s Elite Camp by class and last name (I’ll update this if more names are confirmed):

Watch some video from last season’s Elite Camp courtesy of our friend FriarTV:

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