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#pcbb Weekly Recruiting Update 10/24/14

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With 2015 point guard Justin Robinson committing to Virginia Tech on October 12th Friar fans have been wondering if Ed Cooley and his staff have any other targets in the class of 2015 or would they just hang on to that scholarship and move on to the 2016 class. The reality is that a coaching staff can never stop recruiting and college rosters can change at seemingly any moment so hanging on to the scholarship might mean they use it on a midyear transfer or a spring commitment. With that said, there doesn’t appear to be any targets in 2015 that Cooley and his staff have zeroed in on after Robinson. Memphis wing LaGerald Vick announced his commitment to Larry Brown’s SMU Mustangs on Wednesday and Vick will also reclassify to 2016. Vick had gotten some late interest from the Friars in August and even scheduled an official visit to Friartown but that visit was ultimately cancelled. Davon Dillard was a name being mentioned in late August but I haven’t heard much of anything about him since he transferred from Bowman Academy (IN) to basketball factory Our Savior New American (NY).

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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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#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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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
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Recruiting News: Rivals Class Of 2016 Top 150 Released

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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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