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#pcbb Links of the Day 9/5/14
- ICYMI – Recruiting News: Rivals Class Of 2016 Top 150 Released
- BigEastCoastBias.com – Sean Saint Jacques – What are the top 5 rivalries in the current Big East Conference?
- Bloomberg.com – Eben Novy-Williams – Big East Starting Year-Round
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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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#pcbb Links of the Day 8/28/14
- ICYMI – Recruiting News: Rivals Updates Class of 2015 Top 150
- ScoutFriars.com – Mike Hopkins – Takeaways from PC’s Italy Trip
- ESPN.com – Eamonn Brennan – The art of talent evaluation
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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
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#pcbb Weekly Recruiting Update 7/3/14
With Friday being the 4th of July I am releasing the weekly recruiting update a day earlier than normal. This weekly update will return to it’s normally scheduled Friday next week. This will be the final recruiting update prior to the first July live period which begins at 5pm on July 9th. For more information on the recruiting calendar over the next few weeks, check out this page.
News came down Wednesday afternoon that Josh Fortune was transferring to Colorado. This ends one of the more bizarre and confusing player transfers I’ve ever seen and I doubt the real reasons will ever be truly made public. Whatever the reasons, it seems Fortune was looking for a fresh start and he will get that at Colorado which is much further from his home than Providence, for what that’s worth.
Fortune leaving has left a bit of a hole at the shooting guard position. After the various swings and misses this spring, Ed Cooley and his staff are apparently on the fence about bringing someone in at this late stage. I’m told that Armel Potter is anxious to have the PC coaches watch him play live which is something that hasn’t happened as of yet. Potter is mulling over possibly playing somewhere during the July live periods but no decision has been made on that. I was told that Potter hasn’t spoken with Cooley yet but I get the sense that if Cooley calls with an offer, Potter will be on the next plane to Friartown. The former Florida Atlantic commit has offers from Appalachian State, Ball State, Iona, Niagara, Tennessee Tech and some other mid majors.
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#pcbb Weekly Recruiting Update 6/27/14
The NBA Draft showed how silly it can be by leaving a lot of very good college players off the board, including Bryce Cotton. But one thing that stuck out to me was the number of guys that got drafted who were top 100 recruits coming out of high school. It goes to show you just how important recruiting high level talent really is for programs. Obviously not every top 100 guy is going to pan out but it’s a numbers game and the more talent you acquire, the more likely it is that talent will develop and translate to on-court success. As an example, using ESPN’s top 100 high school player rankings, of the 24 non-international players drafted in the 1st round last night, 19 were in the top 100 in their class coming out of high school. Of those 19, 8 were ranked in the top 10. The 5 unranked guys were Nik Stauskas, Elfrid Payton, Doug McDermott, C.J. Wilcox and Josh Huestis.
Ed Cooley has upped the talent level at PC in his time in Friartown and this weekend he will be hosting a lot of talented recruits. 2015 recruits Donovan Mitchell and Steve Enoch will be on campus this weekend with Mitchell already at PC today and Enoch heading to URI and PC tomorrow.
With the news that Tramaine Isabell committed to Missouri on Thursday, Ed Cooley and his staff are going to have to weigh the available options against standing pat and going into the season with what they have right now. The only two names I have heard PC interested in at this point are Armel Potter and Ricky Council. I’ll profile both guys individually early next week.
We learned last week at this time that Wake Forest transfer, Tyler Cavanaugh, had received a call from Ed Cooley. Cavanaugh visited George Washington on Tuesday, per Adam Zagoria. Syracuse.com’s Donna Ditota reported last week that Cavanaugh plans to take 3 to 4 visits before deciding. CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein had this to say today:
Wake Forest transfer Tyler Cavanaugh visited George Washington this past week and is also considering Butler and Dayton. The 6-9 forward averaged 8.8 points and 3.8 rebounds last season and has two years of remaining eligibility.
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