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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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Providence Recruiting Update: Friar Recruits at the 2016 NBPA Top 100 Camp

Providence recruiting has picked up the last few months and the Friar staff had the best Spring recruiting period in Ed Cooley’s time in Friartown. Coaches Battle, Blaney, Cooley and Thomas have turned their attention to the classes of 2017 and 2018 with about 3 weeks to go until the first of the critical July live periods. Another interesting deadline that will be here in just over 12 hours is midnight on June 15th. The clock turning to 12:00 means coaches can begin to contact recruits in the Class of 2018 directly via phone. This is traditionally thought to be a telling time as coaches give hints as to who they are prioritizing in that class. I’ll have a report on who Providence calls later in the week. For now, there is another annual event in June that is drawing some Providence targets to Charlottesville, VA: NBPA Top 100 Camp.

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Recruiting News: Scout Releases Updated Class Of 2017 Top 100 Recruit Rankings

Scout updated their Class of 2017 Top 100 a day after ESPN did the same thing. There are some names that are in similar ranges between the two services, while others appear on Scout’s that don’t appear on ESPN’s, and vice versa. 2017 commit Dajour Dickens makes his debut in Scout’s Top 100, coming in at 98. He was just outside ESPN’s Top 100.

To see the entire Top 100, click here.

PC Recruits in the Top 100:

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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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Recruiting News: ESPN Released Expanded Top 100 for the Class of 2017

ESPN expanded their Class of 2017 rankings from 60 to 100 and Providence continues to be involved with highly-ranked players each recruiting cycle under Ed Cooley. The addition of Ivan Thomas has brought more Boo Williams players onto Providence’s target list but there are still plenty of recruits from the Northeast on the Friar coaching staff’s big board.

Providence recruits in the Top 100:

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Providence Gets Commitment from 2016 Canadian Big Man Kalif Young

Providence got more good news on the Spring recruiting front when 2016 Canadian big man Kalif Young pledged to Providence on Wednesday afternoon. Young announced the commitment on his Twitter page:

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2016 Kalif Young to Visit Providence May 14th

Providence may be officially out of scholarships at the moment, but that hasn’t stopped Ed Cooley and his staff from chasing players. Last week the Friars got a commitment from 2016 Alpha Diallo and that put Providence at 13 scholarships — the maximum allowed — for next season. However, Ben Bentil’s future remains up in the air as he tests the NBA waters and transfers are rampant in college basketball. One of the best available big men left in the class of 2016 is Canadian Kalif Young and Young’s father told Adam Zagoria of Zagsblog.com that Kalif plans to visit Providence for the weekend of May 14th and then make decision soon after that.

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