- ICYMI – Providence Recruiting Update: Time to Turn Attention to 2016
- ICYMI – Recruiting News: New England Recruiting Report Releases Updated Class 2017 Rankings
- FriarBasketball.com – Craig Leighton – The Week that was in Friartown
- ESPN.com – Jeff Goodman – Transfer season’s winners and losers
- FriarBasketball.com – Kevin Farrahar – Influx of Talent at Marquette
Tag Archives: Providence recruiting
Recruiting News: New England Recruiting Report Releases Updated Class 2017 Rankings
New England Recruiting Report is a fantastic resource that covers New England basketball. With so much talent in the New England region in the class of 2017 the Friar coaching staff figures to spend a lot of time traveling to and from the various prep schools. The NERR Top 25 in the class of 2017 unsurprisingly reads like a Providence recruiting list as there are a lot of Friar targets that are in the top 25, including early commitment Javon Taylor.
Here are the Providence recruits in the NERR top 25 for the class of 2017:
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Providence Recruiting Update: Time to Turn Attention to 2016
With NC State forward transfer Kyle Washington committing to Mick Cronin and the Cincinnati Bearcats on Wednesday its time for the Friar staff to turn their attention to the class of 2016 and beyond. The likelihood that there is still a player available that could contribute next season is almost nonexistent. The only scenario out there right now is probably a darkhorse international player but that is in the “massive longshot” category.
The first July live evaluation period is rapidly approaching and the Providence staff needs to be focused on players from the class of 2016 with an eye towards players in 2017. Some Big East compatriots have already gotten off to good starts in 2016 with Butler landing a pair of 4 star recruits in Joey Brunk and Howard Washington, Villanova picking up consensus top 20 recruit Omari Spellman and Xavier dipping into the New England Prep ranks to grab top 125 forward Tyrique Jones.
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#pcbb Links of the Day 7/1/15
- NC State transfer Kyle Washington is going to announce his decision today, per Dan Stack of TodaysU.com. He has visited Marquette, Cincinnati and most recently Providence.
- Providence had 2016 Worcester Academy and BABC big man Kevin Marfo on campus over the weekend, according to a tweet by Worcester Academy coach Jamie Sullivan.
- FriarBasketball.com – Craig Leighton – Here and There in Friartown
- CoachGeorgeRaveling.com – Frank Burlison – 2015 Nike Basketball Academy Recap
- Friars.com – Providence College Men’s Athletics Ranks 13th In Final Capital One Cup Standings
#pcbb Links of the Day 6/30/15
- ICYMI – The Curious Case of Paschal Chukwu
- ICYMI – Carson Desrosiers Signs with Finnish Team Kataja Basket Club
- Boston College’s non-conference schedule was released yesterday and the Friars are hosting the Eagles on December 9th. NYCBuckets.com released their non-conference schedule tracker yesterday also and that indicates that Providence will host Hartford during the non-conference. With those additions we now know of 12 games in the non-conference schedule. Click here to see the schedule so far for 2015-16.
- Interview with 2017 Kimani Lawrence by Hoop Dreams Magazine:
- Providence Athletics had a Vision Cup fundraiser golf outing at Stanwich Country Club in May and with the generosity of those in attendance they were able to raise over $100,000 towards charter flights for the men’s basketball team. Here’s a video from the festivities:
#pcbb Links of the Day 6/25/15
- ICYMI – Recruiting News: Scout.com Releases Class Of 2017 Top 75 Recruit Rankings
- BigEastCoastBias.com – Sean Saint Jacques – NBA Draft 2015: LaDontae Henton’s possible landing spots
- ESPN.com – Andy Katz – NCAA proposes new NBA draft rule to allow early entrants back in school
- Friars.com – Jake Walman Invited To Canada’s National Junior Team Development Camp
Recruiting News: Scout.com Releases Class Of 2017 Top 75 Recruit Rankings
Scout.com has expanded their class of 2017 rankings from a top 50 to a top 75. The class of 2017 has a ton of talent and Providence is already involved with 10 of the 75 players on Scout’s rankings.
To see the entire top 75, click here.
PC Recruits in the top 75:
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