- ICYMI – Providence RPI Update 1/29/15
- ICYMI – Big East Bracketology Update 1/29/15
- ICYMI – Recruiting News: Scout.com Class Of 2016 Top 100 Recruit Rankings Updated
- Watch yesterday’s DePaul game here courtesy of FriarTV.
- ICYMI – Dunn’s Triple Double Leads Providence Past DePaul, 83-72
- Providence Journal – Kevin McNamara – PC, Kris Dunn, run past DePaul, 83-72 as Friars move into 1st in Big East
- FriarBasketball.com – Craig Belhumeur – Dunn Leads PC Over DePaul
- Providence Journal – Kevin McNamara – Friars Journal: Dunn is always testing teammate Cartwright
- Cox Hub – Watch Ed Cooley’s Press ConferenceFriars Defeat Blue Demons Behind Kris Dunn’s Triple Double
- Cox Hub – Watch Oliver Purnell’s Press ConferencePurnell: Kris Dunn Might Be The Best Player In The Big East
- FriarBasketball.com – Craig Belhumeur – Catching up with Bryce Cotton
Tag Archives: class of 2016
#pcbb Links of the Day 1/22/15
- ICYMI – How Providence Can Boost Their RPI Today 1/21/15
- ICYMI – Recruiting News: ESPN Updated 2015, 2016 and 2017 Recruit Rankings
- ICYMI – Providence’s Henton Named to Lute Olson Award Mid-Season Watch List
- ICYMI – Opening Line: Providence -1.5 vs. Xavier 1/22/15
- Cox Hub – Ed Cooley Scouts the Xavier Musketeers
- Providence Journal – Kevin McNamara – Pair of must win home games kick off important 6-game stretch for PC
- Banners on the Parkway – Caleb Childers – Pre-Duel Pleasantries: Providence
- FriarBasketball.com – Kevin Farrahar – Three to Watch vs. Xavier
- Woonsocket Call – Brendan McGair – Plenty in Reserve: Friars’ Harris has taken to coming off the bench
- Big East Coast Bias – Mike Hopkins – Previewing Xavier vs. Providence with Caleb Childers from Banners on the Parkway
- Providence Journal – Kevin McNamara – Capsule Preview: Xavier at Providence
- Cincinnati Enquirer – Shannon Russell – Xavier seeks first Big East road win at Providence
- FriarBasketball.com – Kevin Farrahar – Recruiting Journal: January 21
- Big East Coast Bias – Pierce Roberson – Power Rankings: Georgetown, Providence swap places, Villanova still on top
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Recruiting News: ESPN Updated 2015, 2016 and 2017 Recruit Rankings
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:
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Providence Extends Offer to 2016 Wing Player from Florida
Providence extended an offer to Jonathan Isaac who is a versatile wing/stretch 4 playing for the International School of Broward in Florida.
Isaac blew up in the Spring AAU season this year following a broken forearm that caused him to miss half of his high school season. The 6’9 wing player had his breakout event at the Bob Gibbons Tournament of Champions in early May 2014 with Scout.com’s Evan Daniels saying the following:
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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
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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
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Recruiting News: Rivals Class Of 2016 Top 150 Released
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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