Scout.com released their updated class of 2016 top 100. ESPN updated their 2015, 2016 and 2017 rankings on January 21st. Providence is involved with more than 10% of the Scout’s latest top 100 and the Friars can afford to be a little picky with only 2 scholarships available as of now.
To see the entire top 100, click here.
PC Recruits:
Continue reading Recruiting News: Scout.com Class Of 2016 Top 100 Recruit Rankings Updated
ESPN updated all three of their high school basketball recruiting rankings Tuesday. Paul Biancardi also gave some background on how the rankings are done:
We base our rankings on the four Ps: Performance, production potential and projection, among many other factors. First we analyze and evaluate a prospect’s individual performance, his production level now and possibly at the collegiate level, his potential in the college game, and where he could land on a possible professional draft board.
Let’s start with the class of 2015 where Providence currently has 1 open scholarship:
Continue reading Recruiting News: ESPN Updated 2015, 2016 and 2017 Recruit Rankings
After last weekend’s flurry of visitors Ed Cooley and his staff didn’t sit at home and rest on their laurels. Cooley and his staff were spotted all over the country this past week checking in on future prospects in 2016 and 2017 but also making a point to be seen by primary 2015 target Justin Robinson. To see where the staff was this week, check out the site feature called “Where is Ed Cooley and the staff?” which is linked at the top of the page on the menu bar.
Continue reading #pcbb Weekly Recruiting Update 9/26/14
Scout.com released their updated post-summer Class of 2016 rankings. Just as with the ESPN rankings there are a number of PC recruits on the list.
To see the entire top 100, click here.
PC Recruits:
USA Basketball announced the final 12 man roster for the U17 team that will play in the FIBA U17 World Championships beginning on August 8th in Dubai. 33 players were invited to try out overall, including 6 PC recruits. Only 1 of those 6 actually made the final cut:
2016 Tyus Battle (Gill St. Bernard’s School/ Edison, N.J.)
The other 5 PC recruits that tried out but didn’t make the team are:
USA’s first game in the preliminary round of Group A play in Dubai is August 8th against Greece. The other preliminary round games will be August 9th against Angola and August 11th against the Philippines. The USA is a two-time defending champion at the FIBA U17 World Championships.
Ed Cooley was on Billy Donovan’s staff for the U18 FIBA Americas games in June. These players will be trying out for the U17 USA squad that will compete in the FIBA U17 World Championships from August 8th-16th in Dubai. Per USA Basketball, July 25th will be the only day of the tryouts that college coaches will be allowed in to evaluate the 33 players trying out for the team during the third and final live evaluation period.
Here are the 6 PC recruits, all in the class of 2016 except Eric Davis, that are trying out for the U17 USA team in Colorado Springs:
This will be the last of three live evaluation periods in the month of July where college coaches are allowed to attend and evaluate recruits. These three live periods are so critical as coaches can start to really focus on specific targets and maybe even have a new player catch their eye so they can offer and get involved. I’ll be taking a look at some of the major grassroots events that are in this third live period and giving you a list of PC recruits that will be in attendance at each one. This will be a working document so if/when I see a name that PC is recruiting at one of these events and I don’t have the player listed I will add him. Also, if you want to keep track of where Ed Cooley and the rest of the PC staff is during this live period, click here.
Note: All teams are 17U unless otherwise noted.
This is likely where you will see Ed Cooley and the PC staff spending a lot of time because Donovan Mitchell will be at this event. Mitchell isn’t the only one though and the staff will likely be able to go between the Fab 48, the Adidas Super 64, The 8 Tournament and the Las Vegas Classic as the events are all within easy driving distance of each other.
Game times are local to Vegas.
Continue reading PC Recruiting Guide to the Third July Evaluation Period
pcbb1917.com - Providence College Basketball 