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Crier Recruiting Corner: Introducing 5-Star Guard Nasir Anderson

The 5-star bump is coming.

We’ve seen this in the past: when PC gets a new coach a jolt in high school recruiting typically follows. When Kim English took the job, he quickly landed a commitment from Oswin Erhunmwunse, who was a 5-star prior to him reclassifying and enrolling early, and later Jamier Jones, whom at the time of his commitment was rated a 5-star but ultimately fell just below when the final rankings came out.

Ed Cooley before him landed Kris Dunn and Ricardo Ledo who are still PC’s top two highest rated recruits ever to come to Friartown.

Even Keno Davis got pledges from Ricardo Ledo and Naadir Tharpe, although both would later decommit from the program.

Enter Bryan Hodgson, who is already labeled as one of the best recruiters in the country, and he’s already after several top players in the 2027 and 2028 high school classes.

Nasir “Rudy” Anderson is a five star who will be visiting Friartown for an official visit. He has a packed fall itinerary, as one would expect for a likely one and done point guard.

We preview his game below.

Crier Recruiting Corner- Introducing Forward Triston Hawthorne

Triston Hawthorne, the 123rd ranked prospect in the Class of 2027 per 247Sports, cut his list of schools to six today and the Friars were included. Hawthorne is a big man who is a bit undersized at 6-8 but his 7-4 wingspan more than makes up for it. He is viewed as one of the best defensive prospects in the class and continues a trend with Coach Hodgson and staff. While known for having a modern offense that can put up points, Hodgson has made it clear that defense will not be put on the backburner. We have seen this through the way he built the current Friar roster from scratch and with the offers and visits of prospects within his first high school recruiting class at Providence.

We break down his game below.

Crier Recruiting Corner: Introducing 2027 Wing Asa Montgomery

In Bryan Hodgson’s first high school recruiting class since taking the job at Providence don’t be surprised if ‘The Shark” is looking to make a splash or two. Asa Montgomery would certainly qualify as that as the 6-6 wing is considered one of the better players in the Class of 2027. Montgomery will be taking a visit to Friartown this fall.

Montgomery is a wing out of Powder Springs, GA where he plays for Hillgrove High School. If you recall former Friar Kadeem Batts finished his high school career in Powder Springs, albeit for Hillgrove’s rival McEachern High School. Montgomery checks in as the 42nd overall recruit in the Class of 2027 per 247Sports however several other recruiting services have him rated higher including ESPN who slot him as the 26th rated player in their SC Top 100.

We break down his game below.

OTE Prospect Commits to Friartown; Will Reclassify

Coach Hodgson and staff welcomed Ryan Mela and the 10 transfer portal additions to campus earlier this week and there’s more players on the way. The Friars landed Overtime Elite wing Clyde Walters. The Birmingham, Alabama native was the 82nd ranked prospect per 247sports composite in the 2027 class. Instead the six-seven wing will reclassify and enroll at Providence immediately.

Providence Crier Portal Player Preview- Jacob Bannarbie

The Friars roster rebuild is nearly complete. Coach Hodgson and staff have been busy this spring building the Friars roster from the ground up. Currently the Friars have ten players on the roster with the ability to add five more. With the additions that they’ve made thus far, they seem to be mainly guys who will be major contributors on next year’s team. Now the staff is tasked with filling out the rest of the roster. In steps UNLV forward Jacob Bannarbie, who per Kevin McNamara is completing a visit at Providence.

Hearing that Providence's latest visit is from Jacob Bannarbie, played at UNLV last two seasons. Long 6-9 forward with two seasons of eligibility.
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— Kevin McNamara (@KevinMcNamara33) May 5, 2026

Friars Add Italian Wing Leonardo Marangon

European pros have infiltrated the college game these past few seasons. Last season you saw the Friars embrace this trend by adding Estonian guard Stefan Vaaks and Latvian big man Peteris Pinnis in the offseason.

This year under new head coach Bryan Hodgson and staff that trend doesnt seem to be changing anytime soon. The Friars got a commitment from Italian wing Leonardo Marangon, who played professionally for UEB Gesteco Cividale in Italy’s Serie 2 division.

We provide a glimpse into his game and what he’ll bring to the 2026 Friars.

Providence Crier Portal Player Preview- Arrinten Page

The Friars got on the board with the first big man addition to the team yesterday with Samson Aletan, but the staff is not done. Insert Arrinten Page, who was spotted on campus today, the 6-11 big man from Northwestern. Page had previous stops at USC and Cincinnati before finally breaking out for the Wildcats this past season. He started 16-of-29 games and averaged 10.2 PPG (54.6% FG), 4.5 RPG, 1.8 APG, and 1.2 BPG.

We preview his game below.

Hodgson and Staff Continue to Add: Yale’s Samson Aletan Latest Commit

Bryan Hodgson and his staff had another surprise in store for Wednesday evening. After learning earlier in the day that Buffalo’s all-time leader in three points made in a season, Ryan Sabol, was committing to Providence it seems that would be all the commitments for the day. After all there were no shark gifs from Bryan Hodgson’s twitter account after Sabol’s commitment.

Well Sabol wasn’t the only commitment to Friartown that’d be announced Wednesday. The shark gif was just a little late.

Yale big man Samson Aletan committed to Providence, and the Friars have their first true big on the roster. We discuss the impact of his commitment and fit with the 2026-2027 Friars below.

Friars Continue to Add in The Portal: Sharpshooter Ryan Sabol the Latest to Commit to PC

Another day, another shark gif, and another commitment for the Providence Friars. Per ESPN’s Jeff Borzello Ryan Sabol, a 6-3 guard from the University of Buffalo committed to Coach Hodgson and staff on Wednesday. Sabol had visited this week and quickly made his decision to join the Friars for his senior season.

We break down the commitment below.

Providence Crier Portal Player Preview- Ryan Sabol

Ryan Sabol is a 6-3 guard and comes from a program familiar to Bryan Hodgson. Sabol has started 89 games over the past three seasons for the University of Buffalo, where Hodgson spent four years as an assistant under Nate Oats. Through his three seasons at Buffalo Sabol has only gotten better. The Gonzaga College High product earned third team all-MAC averaging 18.8 PPG.

Sabol was rumored to be on campus earlier this week for a visit to Friartown. We break down his game and fit with Providence.

Ryan Sabol has been an outstanding college player. It’ll be interesting to see whether he transfers for his final year of eligibility. He’s averaging 18.4 points per game, shooting 40% from three and an impressive 54.2% on top-of-the-key threes.

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— JPR (@Scouting_Col) March 5, 2026

Providence Crier Player Preview- Devin Vanterpool

Devin Vanterpool is a 6-4 guard who really broke on the scene this past year in his sophomore season at Florida Atlantic.

Vanterpool in his freshman season at FAU didn’t get a ton of time, as is expected for most freshman. He only averaged 8 minutes per game and 2 points per contest. This past season he took on a larger role and seized the opportunity. He started in all 24 games he was available to play, leading the Owls in scoring at 15.8 PPG. He would end up winning AAC Most Improved award this past season.

We break down his game below in more detail and how he’d fit with the Friars.

Hodgson and Staff End Thursday’s Big Recruiting Day with a Stunner: Land Westchester Knicks Guard Dink Pate

The Friars had a great Thursday when they landed arguably the best on ball defender in the portal in Miles Byrd from San Diego State, but The Shark wasn’t quite done. Bryan Hodgson tweeted out another shark gif at 8:34 in the evening, and the speculation was off to the races. Lucky for Friar fans they didn’t have to wait long as 27 minutes later it was reported by ESPN’s Jeff Borzello that Hodgson and staff landed a commitment from Dink Pate in a stunner of all stunners.

The 6’7/6’8 big body shooting guard/wing from Texas is a Friar. We recap the commitment below.

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— TheProvidenceCrier (@ProvidenceCrier) April 10, 2026