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#pcbb Weekly Recruiting Update 9/26/14

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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.

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Recruiting News: Rivals Releases Class Of 2017 Top 25 Recruit Rankings

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Rivals released their initial top 25 recruit rankings for the class of 2017. Only 2 Providence recruits made the initial list but in addition to the top 25 list they also graded an additional 25 players as 4 star recruits. A few Providence recruits fell into this category and would essentially be ranked somewhere between 26-50 if the list was expanded to a top 50.

To see the entire top 25, click here.

PC Recruits in the top 25:

PC Recruits Outside the top 25 graded as 4 star recruits:

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#pcbb Weekly Recruiting Update 9/19/14

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After the last couple of weeks being pretty quiet after the commitment of 2015 guard Drew Edwards this upcoming weekend is a big one in Friartown. Not only will Edwards be taking his official visit to Providence this weekend but he will be joined by the first player to commit to Ed Cooley in the class of 2015, Ryan Fazekas. But the most important visitor this weekend and a player that Edwards and Fazekas will try to help recruit is 2015 point guard recruit Justin Robinson. This will be Robinson’s 3rd official visit with the first two being at local schools Virginia Tech and Maryland. Robinson plans to take his other two visits after this weekend in Providence but Ed Cooley and the Friar Faithful are hoping that Robinson will give Cooley a commitment before returning home on Sunday.

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Recruiting News: Scout.com Class Of 2016 Top 100 Recruit Rankings Released

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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:

  • #8 – Kobi Simmons – 6’5 PG – St. Francis/Alpharetta, GA
  • #17 – Josh Langford – 6’5 SG – Madison Academy/Madison, AL
  • #31 – Rawle Alkins – 6’4 SG – Christ the King/Brooklyn, NY
  • #34 – Miles Bridges – 6’5 SF – Huntington Prep/Flint, MI
  • #35 – Amir Coffey – 6’6 SF – Hopkins Sr HS/Minnetonka, MN
  • #39 – Braxton Blackwell – 6’6.5 SF – Christ Presbyterian Academy/Nashville, TN
  • #53 – Bruce Brown – 6’3 SG – Vermont Academy/Wakefield, MA
  • #70 – Trent Forrest – 6’4 SG – Chipley/Chipley, FL
  • #90 – Jordy Tshimanga – 6’10 C – The MacDuffie School/Springfield, MA
  • #95 – JJ Caldwell – 5’11 PG – Cypress Woods/Cypress, TX
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#pcbb Weekly Recruiting Update 9/12/14

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The last week has been pretty quiet on the Providence recruiting front. We haven’t heard about any other players scheduling visits to PC but there have been some Friar recruits who have given their pledges elsewhere. None are earth shattering and some didn’t ever get an official offer from Ed Cooley but commitments are happening fast and furious all over college basketball. Providence currently has 2 open scholarships for the 2015 class with an eye on point guard Justin Robinson to fill one and possibly bank the other to save for a transfer or Spring addition.

Robinson is on his second of five scheduled official visits this weekend. His first visit during Labor Day weekend was to Buzz Williams and Virginia Tech while visit two is taking place at Maryland. Visits 3 through 5 are scheduled thus: Providence 9/19-9/21, Creighton 9/27-9/28 and UNLV 10/3-10/4. I think some people are discounting UNLV and Creighton because Robinson has played his recruitment fairly close to the vest.

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Recruiting News: ESPN Updated Class Of 2017 Top 25 Recruit Rankings

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ESPN updated their class of 2017 Top 25 rankings Thursday.

To see the entire top 25, click here.

PC Recruits:

  • #20 – Jermaine Samuels – 6’6 SF – The Rivers School/Mansfield, MA
  • #23 – Jordan Tucker – 6’7 SF – Stepinac/White Plains, NY
  • #24 – Tomas Murphy – 6’9 PF – Northfield-Mt. Hermon/Wakefield, RI
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Recruiting News: ESPN Updated Class Of 2016 Top 60 Recruit Rankings

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ESPN updated their class of 2016 Top 60 rankings Thursday. Providence is involved with 15% of the ESPN top 60.

To see the entire top 60, click here.

PC Recruits:

  • #7 – Miles Bridges – 6’6 SF – Huntington Prep/Flint, MI
  • #13 – Joshua Langford – 6’6 SG – Madison Academy/Huntsville, AL
  • #20 – Kobi Simmons – 6’4 PG – St. Francis HS/Alpharetta, GA
  • #25 – Amir Coffey – 6’7 SF – Hopkins HS/Minnetonka, MN
  • #31 – Braxton Blackwell – 6’8 SF – Christ Presbyterian Academy/Nashville, TN
  • #35 – Sedee Keita – 6’9 PF – 22ft Academy/Greenville, SC
  • #36 – Rawle Alkins – 6’4 SF – Christ the King HS/Brooklyn, NY
  • #50 – Trent Forrest – 6’4 SG – Chipley HS/Chipley, FL
  • #56 – Bruce Brown – 6’3 SG – Vermont Academy/Wakefield, MA