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Recruiting News: Rivals Updates Class of 2015 Top 150

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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 8/22/14

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There wasn’t a ton of recruiting news this past week as the Friars were in the midst of their Italy trip. I would expect to start hearing more next week when the staff is back in the States. Visits will likely begin to be set up and the picture at the guard positions on the recruiting trail in the class of 2015 should get a little more clear.

As for some of what did occur this past week:

 

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#pcbb Weekly Recruiting Update 8/15/14

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The July live evaluation periods have come and gone and a lot of recruits have cut their lists down to more manageable figures. Some recruits have even already given commitments. Providence obviously got some good news last weekend after their Elite Camp on Saturday with two verbal commitments. The first was from a member of the class of 2017 (rising sophomores) in Javon Taylor. Taylor seems to have a good basketball pedigree and isn’t done growing.

The second commitment came from a member of the class of 2015. Alex Owens gave Ed Cooley his pledge after newly minted associate head coach Bob Simon worked tirelessly as the lead recruiter with Owens. Adding Owens to Ryan Fazekas has vaulted the national class ranking for the Friars to 19th according to the 247Sports Composite Team Ranking. CoxHub had the guys at New England Recruiting Report give a writeup on Alex Owens. It’s an interesting read. Owens is playing for USA South in the Nike Global Challenge in Chicago. His team won their first game against Pan Africa in overtime on Thursday but fell in game two against China Friday morning. Game three is Friday night at 9pm against USA East.

Nike Global Challenge USA South vs Pan Africa Box Score

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Recruiting News: Scout.com Releases Updated Class Of 2015 Top 100 Recruit Rankings

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Scout.com updated their class of 2015 rankings Thursday. This is the first look at how where each player’s stock is at after the July live evaluation periods. Recent PC commit Alex Owens is not among the top 100 after falling out from #96 during the previous update but (get ready for that knife in your back to be twisted) Donovan Mitchell went from unranked to #20. One other note is that 42% of the top 100 is already committed.

To see the entire top 100, click here.

PC Recruits:

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Alex Owens Announces Commitment

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Alex Owens becomes the second player in the class of 2015 to commit to Ed Cooley. Owens spent the weekend on campus and attended the Elite Camp on Saturday. He flew home Monday afternoon but not before announcing his commitment via Twitter:

Owens announced his top 3 schools on July 27th and Providence is the only visit he took since making that announcement. The other schools he was considering were Missouri and Central Florida. He had previously verbally committed to UCF in the fall of 2013. Owens adds another big body to the Friar frontcourt and currently joins PC’s other commit in the class of 2015 Ryan Fazekas.

The next step for Providence is to add a guard or two to the mix in this class and they will have 3 scholarships to do so. Don’t be surprised if they pocket one of those scholarships to try to find a transfer in the winter or spring.

Check out Alex Owen’s Friar Crystal Ball page here.

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2017 Guard Javon Taylor Verbally Commits to Friars

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Ed Cooley and the Friar faithful certainly needed a commitment to get the bad taste out of their mouths after Donovan Mitchell pledged to the Louisville Cardinals. I’m sure everyone was thinking the next commit would be from a player in the class of 2015. Instead, class of 2017 member Javon Taylor gave Cooley his verbal commitment after the Elite Camp held on campus on Saturday.

The Friars are hoping there will be another commitment before the weekend ends with 2015 big man Alex Owens on campus.

Check out Javon Taylor’s Friar Crystal Ball page here.

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Malik Beasley Cuts List to 8

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Malik Beasley announced via his Twitter account that he has cut his list to a top 8.

https://twitter.com/malikk_5/status/497896675290402817

Beasley had a very good spring and summer at camps and on the AAU circuit where he ran with the Georgia Stars. He’s described as “a long athletic true shooting guard” by ESPN’s Scouting Report. The Georgia native is ranked 48th overall in the nation in the class of 2015 by the 247Sports Composite rankings and has visited UCLA, Georgia and Georgia Tech unofficially so far with plans to visit St. John’s unofficially over the weekend while he is in town for the Big Strick Classic at the Gauchos Gym. Beasley is also high school teammates with PC recruits Kaiser Gates (2015) and Kobi Simmons (2016).

I’m not all that surprised to see Providence not make the cut. The Friars will hopefully get some good news over the weekend with big man Alex Owens in town for the Elite Camp Saturday. Owens has Providence in his top 3.

Check out Malik Beasley’s Friar Crystal Ball page here.

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