#pcbb Weekly Recruiting Update 9/12/14

The last week has been pretty quiet on the Providence recruiting front. We haven’t heard about any other players scheduling visits to PC but there have been some Friar recruits who have given their pledges elsewhere. None are earth shattering and some didn’t ever get an official offer from Ed Cooley but commitments are happening fast and furious all over college basketball. Providence currently has 2 open scholarships for the 2015 class with an eye on point guard Justin Robinson to fill one and possibly bank the other to save for a transfer or Spring addition.

Robinson is on his second of five scheduled official visits this weekend. His first visit during Labor Day weekend was to Buzz Williams and Virginia Tech while visit two is taking place at Maryland. Visits 3 through 5 are scheduled thus: Providence 9/19-9/21, Creighton 9/27-9/28 and UNLV 10/3-10/4. I think some people are discounting UNLV and Creighton because Robinson has played his recruitment fairly close to the vest.

Everyone on the outside has been assuming it will come down to the two local schools in Virginia Tech and Maryland but lately I’ve been thinking he might be looking to get out of the DMV area for college. We’ll see how it plays out as he wants to take all 5 official visits before deciding. He did tell me a few weeks ago before his first visit that it “all depends on how [the visits] go. [I’m] probably trying to go on all [of the visits] but if the feeling is right [a commitment] might happen [while on a visit].” After putting together a highlight mixtape last week for Robinson, our buddy FriarTV made another good one for Robinson this week:

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A new highlight mixtape was released this week for PC commit Alex Owens:

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ESPN updated their Class of 2015 top 100 for the final time this week. Only 1 of Providence’s 3 committed players in 2015 made the list with Alex Owens coming in at #89. The only other recruit Providence is still recruiting closely that made ESPN’s top 100 is Davon Dillard who came in at #93.

New England Recruiting Report released their updated 2015 New England Rankings on Wednesday. You can see those here.

Ed Cooley, Bob Simon and Andre LaFleur have been spotted on the recruiting trail this week since the Recruiting Period began on September 9th. To see where the coaches have been recently, click here.

New England Recruiting Report gave their breakdown of Providence’s last two guard additions in 2014 Tyree Chambers and 2015 Drew Edwards. Click here for that story on Cox Hub.

ESPN updated their Class of 2016 top 60 this week and Providence is involved with 15% of the players on this list. To see those names and where they ranked, click here.

Scout.com also updated their Class of 2016 rankings. This is their first Class of 2016 update of their top 100 since the summer has ended. Click here to see the list of Providence recruits on Scout.com’s list.

The John Lucas Basketball 40/40 Combine event was held in Texas on September 6th and 7th. One Providence recruit got a mention in ESPN’s John Stovall’s recap article:

Best Point Guard
J.J. Caldwell (Houston/Cypress Woods)
2016, PG, 5-11, 170
Caldwell is a pass-first point guard who is a good decision0maker and passer. He is an above-average athlete and a winner. The knock on Caldwell is that he can’t shoot. It is actually not that bad, he just chooses not to shoot since no one can seem to keep him out of the lane.

A new offer came through this week for 2016 Eddie Ekiyor:

Eddie Ekiyor, Class of 2016 PF from the New Hampton School (NH), has picked up offers from Providence and Wake Forest.

— Pat Lawless (@PatLawless_) September 12, 2014

ESPN updated their Class of 2017 top 25 this week and the Friars are involved with 3 players on that top 25 list. Click here for more info on the 2017 recruits.

Coaches from Mich. St., Providence, South Dakota, and Neb.-Omaha at Apple Valley's open gym right now. They have studs Trent Jr. & Bertram.

— Darren Wolfson (@DWolfsonKSTP) September 11, 2014

The player that Bob Simon was there to see is 2017 shooting guard Gary Trent, Jr.  PC offered him in early August.

Here’s a new highlight mixtape for 2017 Tomas Murphy:

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The New England Elite 75 Showcase will take place on Sunday September 14th in Massachusetts and will feature a recent PC pledge:

2017 Providence commit @JavonT_12 will be in attendance at the #Elite75 Frosh/Soph

— New England Recruiting Report NERRHoops (@NERRHoops) September 10, 2014

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