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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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Recruiting Junkie Alert: Adidas Nations Games on ESPNU Tonight

The 2014 Adidas Nations began on August 1st and will culminate with the consolation and championship games being broadcast live on ESPNU tonight at 7pm and 9pm, respectively (both EDT). The consolation game will be played at 7pm with Team Europe going up against Team Howard. The championship game will be Team Wall vs. Team Lillard. Both games will be played at Long Beach City College.

There are a handful of Providence recruits that will be in these two games tonight. Here is who to watch for and when to watch them:

Consolation Game 7pm on ESPNU

Team Howard

Championship Game 9pm on ESPNU

Team Lillard

Team Wall

#pcbb Links of the Day 7/25/14

Recruiting News: Scout.com Class Of 2016 Top 75 Recruit Rankings Released

Scout.com updated and expanded their class of 2016 rankings. The previous rankings only had a top 50. A number of PC targets made the list.

Scout.com’s Evan Daniels talks about one PC target who made a move into the top 10:

Simmons, at 6-foot-4, is a true combination guard that can fill the role as scorer or distributor. He’s very quick and is a high-level athlete. Much like Smith, Simmons is tough to stop in transition. He’s an improved mid-range scorer and has good vision.

To see the entire top 75, click here.

PC Recruits:

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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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Recruiting News: ESPN Updated Class Of 2016 Top 60 Recruit Rankings

ESPN updated their class of 2016 rankings from the top 25 to the top 60 today. Providence is involved with more than 10% of the ESPN top 60.

Similar to Adam Finkelstein yesterday with the class of 2015, Reggie Rankin offered “Ten things to know about the ESPN 60”. The below are excerpts where a PC recruit is mentioned by Rankin:

3. There are some big-time wing scorers in the Class of 2016. These bucket-getters attack defenders and are difficult to deal with when they have the ball in their hands. Shooting guards Malik Monk and Josh Langford, small forwards Mario Kegler and V.J. King and SG Tyus Battle lead the top 20 players.

5. Combination forward Miles Bridges and point guardDennis Smith are fresh faces in the top 10 because of their consistent production. A few dominant performances this spring on the travel circuit clearly separated them from their peers.

8. There’s a lot of variety and versatility in the 2016 class. Many players can play and excel at two positions, both in the post and on the perimeter. A few examples are Bridges, Omari SpellmanAmir CoffeyVance Jackson and Kobi Jordan-Simmons.

To see the entire top 60, click here.

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