Tag Archives: Temple Gibbs

Who Will Be Providence’s Next Priority Recruit in 2016?

With the news on Sunday night that 2016 guard Temple Gibbs gave his verbal commitment to Mike Brey and Notre Dame, the Providence staff will now have to shift their focus in the class of 2016. Gibbs had been a priority recruit for the 1 open scholarship that PC has for next year. He had visited Providence for Late Night Madness last October in Bob Simon attended a number of his Seton Hall Prep games throughout the season. The question now becomes, who will the Friar coaches prioritize next in 2016?

Let’s take a look at some potential targets that could become the next priority recruit.

Continue reading Who Will Be Providence’s Next Priority Recruit in 2016?

#pcbb Links of the Day 5/4/15

Providence Recruits to Play in 2015 Mary Kline Classic

The 2015 Mark Kline Classic is the 5th annual event put on by Alex Kline. Kline has a site called The Recruit Scoop as part of the Rivals.com network and has been named to Forbes’ 30 under 30 list. To date the Mary Kline Classic has raised over $100,000, according to the website and traditionally features some of the best rising college freshman and rising juniors and seniors in high school. Some notable alumni of the game include Tyler Ennis, Karl-Anthony Towns, Rondae Hollis-Jefferson and Isaiah Whitehead. The rosters for the 5th annual game were announced Monday.

Continue reading Providence Recruits to Play in 2015 Mary Kline Classic

Recruiting News: Scout.com Class Of 2016 Top 100 Recruit Rankings Updated

Scout.com released their updated class of 2016 top 100. ESPN updated their 2015, 2016 and 2017 rankings on January 21st. Providence is involved with more than 10% of the Scout’s latest top 100 and the Friars can afford to be a little picky with only 2 scholarships available as of now.

To see the entire top 100, click here.

PC Recruits:

Continue reading Recruiting News: Scout.com Class Of 2016 Top 100 Recruit Rankings Updated

Recruiting News: ESPN Updated 2015, 2016 and 2017 Recruit Rankings

ESPN updated all three of their high school basketball recruiting rankings Tuesday. Paul Biancardi also gave some background on how the rankings are done:

We base our rankings on the four Ps: Performance, production potential and projection, among many other factors. First we analyze and evaluate a prospect’s individual performance, his production level now and possibly at the collegiate level, his potential in the college game, and where he could land on a possible professional draft board.

Let’s start with the class of 2015 where Providence currently has 1 open scholarship:

Continue reading Recruiting News: ESPN Updated 2015, 2016 and 2017 Recruit Rankings

#pcbb Weekly Recruiting Update 11/7/14

On the 2015 front there may be another point guard target that the Friars can get involved with, Traci Carter. Carter tore his meniscus in the Spring and missed the AAU season while he recovered so his recruitment fell off a bit. Scout.com has him in their top 100 at 92nd and his 247sports composite national ranking is 139th. To compare that to another point guard Ed Cooley targeted in 2015 Justin Robinson is ranked 86th by Scout.com and 129th by 247sports composite national ranking.

Continue reading #pcbb Weekly Recruiting Update 11/7/14

#pcbb Weekly Recruiting Update 10/24/14

With 2015 point guard Justin Robinson committing to Virginia Tech on October 12th Friar fans have been wondering if Ed Cooley and his staff have any other targets in the class of 2015 or would they just hang on to that scholarship and move on to the 2016 class. The reality is that a coaching staff can never stop recruiting and college rosters can change at seemingly any moment so hanging on to the scholarship might mean they use it on a midyear transfer or a spring commitment. With that said, there doesn’t appear to be any targets in 2015 that Cooley and his staff have zeroed in on after Robinson. Memphis wing LaGerald Vick announced his commitment to Larry Brown’s SMU Mustangs on Wednesday and Vick will also reclassify to 2016. Vick had gotten some late interest from the Friars in August and even scheduled an official visit to Friartown but that visit was ultimately cancelled. Davon Dillard was a name being mentioned in late August but I haven’t heard much of anything about him since he transferred from Bowman Academy (IN) to basketball factory Our Savior New American (NY).

Continue reading #pcbb Weekly Recruiting Update 10/24/14