Recruiting News: ESPN Released Updated Top 100 for Class of 2016

ESPN updated their class of 2016 rankings on Tuesday with a fresh top 100, which is an expansion from the previous top 60 for the class. They plan to release the expanded class of 2017 top 60 on Wednesday and debut the class of 2018 top 25 on Thursday. Scout.com just released their updated 2016 top 100 on Friday last week.

Providence currently has 2 open scholarships to use in the class of 2016, barring a commitment from a big man prior to the start of next season. It is also highly likely that Kris Dunn’s scholarship will open up after this season as he is almost guaranteed to leave for the NBA. Let’s take a look at where some of Providence’s 2016 targets fell on ESPN’s Top 100:

• #49 – Javin DeLaurier – 6’9 PF – St. Anne’s-Belfield School/Charlottesville, VA
• #52 – Tony Carr – 6’3 PG – Roman Catholic/Philadelphia, PA
• #56 – Bruce Brown – 6’3 SG – Vermont Academy/Wakefield, MA
• #61 – De’Riante Jenkins – 6’5 SF – West Oaks Academy/Santee, SC
• #65 – Curtis Jones – 6’3 CG – Huntington Prep/Highland Springs, VA
• #70 – Mamadi Diakite – 6’9 PF – Blue Ridge School/Guinea, Africa
• #73 – Kevin Huerter – 6’5 SG – Shenendehowa HS/Clifton Park, NY
• #83 – Sedee Keita – 6’11 PF – 22ft Academy/Greenville, SC
• #84 – Wenyen Gabriel – 6’9 PF – Wilbraham & Monson/Manchester, NH
• #88 – Bryce Aiken – 6’0 PG – The Patrick School/Randolph, NJ
• #100 – Kassoum Yakwe – 6’7 PF – Our Savior New American/Centereach, NY
• To see other players Providence is involved with in the class of 2016 click here.
• To see the full ESPN Top 100 click here.
• Only 23 players in the top 100 are committed so far
• The Big East has 2 commitments so far with Omari Spellman (#16) to Villanova and Sam Hauser (#47) to Marquette

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