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Providence Recruiting Guide to the Second July 2016 Live Evaluation Period

The second July live evaluation period has arrived and the Providence coaching staff will be out and about stalking down talented future Friars all across the country over the next few days. A live evaluation period means college coaches are allowed to attend and evaluate recruits at certified events. This particular evaluation period begins on July 13th at 5pm and is active through 5pm on July 17th. The big event this week will be Under Armour’s UAA Finals being held in Cartersville, GA.
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Providence Recruiting Update: Class of 2018 Phones Ringing

June 15th at 12:00am marked the first time that coaches could directly contact members of the class of 2018 — rising high school juniors. Ed Cooley and his staff worked the phones all day and reached out to a number of targets. Aside from the fact that the NCAA doesn’t seem to mind teenagers having their phones begin to blow up at midnight on a weeknight, Brian Snow of Scout.com had an interesting perspective on the importance of these June 15th calls:

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Recruiting News: ESPN Releases Class Of 2018 Top 60 Recruit Rankings

ESPN updated their Top 100 for the Class of 2017 on Tuesday and on Wednesday they dropped their first release of their Top 60 for the Class of 2018. Though these kids still have two full years of high school left after this year, Providence has been actively recruiting some of the players on ESPN’s list.

Providence Recruits in the Top 60:

  • #4 – Naz Reid – 6’9 PF – Roselle Catholic/Asbury Park, NJ
  • #12 – Keldon Johnson – 6’5 SG – Park View/South Hill, VA
  • #18 – Jalen Smith – 6’8 PF – Mount Saint Joseph/Baltimore, MD
  • #21 – Coby White – 6’4 PG – Greenfield School/Wilson, NC
  • #30 – Isaiah Mucius – 6’7 WF – St. James School/Patchogue, NY
  • #44 – Kiyon Boyd – 6’5 SG – HD Woodson HS/Washington, DC
  • #52 – AJ Reeves – 6’3 SG – Brimmer and May/Roxbury, MA

To see the entire Top 60, click here.

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