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#pcbb Weekly Recruiting Update 9/5/14

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Labor Day weekend figured to be quiet with students moving into their dorms on the PC campus but some unexpected news hit that Friday with the apparent addition of German guard Tyree Chambers to the roster for the 2014-15 season.

Chambers visited Providence back in May and an offer was extended about 3 weeks ago. The connection appears to have been fostered by Associate Head Coach Andre LaFleur which is similar to the Kyron Cartwright recruitment. Chambers is at Providence and enrolled in classes but has not yet been given the go ahead by the NCAA Clearinghouse though he told Jeff Ferrucci of ScoutFriars.com “the clearance shouldn’t be a problem because I never signed a contract. I was just a youth player traveling with the team.” There is a highlight video (below) that shows highlights of Chambers playing in the NBBL which he describes as “the highest level for basketball under the age of 19.”

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2015 Point Guard Recruit Sets Official Visit Dates

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2015 point guard Justin Robinson announced via Twitter that he has set dates for all 5 of his official visits. His first visit will be to Virginia Tech August 29th-31st. He will then take a visit to Maryland September 12th-14th followed by Providence the next weekend, September 19th-21st. His final two visits will be in October with a trip to UNLV October 3rd-4th and Creighton October 17th-19th.

https://twitter.com/5Alive_/status/502928719259111424

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#pcbb Weekly Recruiting Update 8/22/14

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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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#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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2015 Boo Williams Guard Kenny Williams Has a Top 7

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A few days after Justin Robinson of Boo Williams included the Providence Friars in his freshly cut list, AAU teammate Kenny Williams has included PC in his final 7 of Georgetown, Indiana, North Carolina, Oklahoma State, Providence, VCU and Virginia Tech:

https://twitter.com/kwill_24/status/497421422139310080

Providence got in a bit late with Williams so I’m a little surprised to see the Friars in his final 7 but you never know with recruiting. The scuttlebutt among the national writers is that Williams favors North Carolina but it appears that they are waiting out two other players in front of him and with Donovan Mitchell on an official visit to Louisville right now, Ed Cooley may be setting his sights on his next target if Mitchell pops for one of the other 4 schools in his final 5.

Williams is a lights out shooter who shot 43.7% from deep during the EYBL regular season and playoffs for Boo Williams while averaging 13 ppg.

The Friars are also in the mix for another member of Boo Williams in Chris Clarke who is planning to cut his list down soon as well.