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

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

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

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

Recruiting News: ESPN Updated Class Of 2016 Top 60 Recruit Rankings

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

Recruiting News: ESPN Final Class Of 2015 Top 100 Recruit Rankings

ESPN updated their class of 2015 rankings to include the final post-Summer updates.

To see the entire top 100, click here.

PC Recruits:

  • #89 – Alex Owens – 6’8 PF – Oak Ridge HS/Orlando, FL
  • #93 – Davon Dillard – 6’5 SF – Our Savior New American/Centereach, NY

List of Big East commitments in Top 100:

  • #23 Jalen Brunson – 6’1 PG – Stevenson HS/Lincolnshire, IL
  • #58 Jessie Govan – 6’10 C – Wings Academy/Manhasset, NY – Georgetown
  • #69 Nick Noskowiak – 6’2 PG – Sun Prairie HS/Sun Prairie, WI – Marquette
  • #79 Haanif Cheatham – 6’5 SG – Pembroke Pines/Fort Lauderdale, FL

Recruiting News: Rivals Updates Class of 2015 Top 150

Rivals released their updated class of 2015 top 150 rankings today. The number of recruits PC is still involved with is dwindling from this top 150 list. Having said that, guys like Justin Robinson and Drew Edwards are extremely underrated to not be in the top 150 for Rivals. Shawntrez Davis said in early August that he wanted to visit Providence but Alex Owens committed since then so I’m not sure if the Friars are still recruiting Davis.

To see the entire top 150, click here.

PC Recruits:

  • #108 – Alex Owens – 6’8 PF – Oak Ridge/Orlando, FL
  • #110 – Shawntrez Davis – 6’9 PF – Tri Cities HS/East Point, GA
  • #130 – Alex Illikainen – 6’9 PF – Brewster Academy/Wolfeboro, NH
  • #131 – Davon Dillard – 6’5 SF –  La Lumiere School/La Porte, IN

Big East Commitments:

  • #44 – Jessie Govan – 6’10 C – Wings Academy/Queens, NY – Georgetown
  • #47 – Justin Patton – 6’10 PF – North HS/Omaha, NE – Creighton
  • #89 – Marcus Derrickson – 6’7 PF – Brewster Academy/Wolfeboro, NH – Georgetown
  • #94 – Nick Noskowiak – 6’2 PG – Sun Prairie HS/Sun Prairie, WI – Marquette
  • #108 – Alex Owens – 6’8 PF – Oak Ridge/Orlando, FL – Providence
  • #114 – Donte Divincenzo – 6’4 SG – Salesianum School/Wilmington, DE – Villanova
  • #149 – Matt Heldt – 6’10 C – Neenah HS/Neenah, WI – Marquette

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

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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Alex Owens Announces Commitment

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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