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Thursday, November 1, 2001 - It's not done yet, but our Philadelphia/Eastern Pennsylvania/South Jersey Editor Allen Rubin tells us that 6'3 Randy Foye from Newark (East Side) NJ, has a press conference scheduled for tomorrow and that he will pick Villanova.  When this happens, it will move the Wildcats recruiting class, which also includes 6'1 Allan Ray from Bronx (St. Raymond's) NY and 6'6 Curtis Sumpter from Brooklyn (Bishop Loughlin) NY from #22 to #11 on our list of the Top Recruiting Classes To-Date.  Foye is an athletic combo guard with good ball handling and passing skills, excellent moves to the basket, and the ability to thrive in an uptempo setting.  He also should be the perfect complement to Ray, who also  falls into that combo guard category, as he too is a prolific scorer and a tremendous natural talent.  This also is significant, because it means that first-year head coach Jay Wright, who is widely regarded as one of the rising stars in the business, will have landed three players who are ranked among the top 50 seniors nationally (Ray is ranked #22, Sumpter is ranked #37, and Foye is ranked #49 nationally) by the HOOP SCOOP, as well as three of the top five seniors from the New York Metropolitan area.  The other two are 6'1 Elijah Ingram from Jersey City (St. Anthony) NJ, who picked St. John's earlier this fall, and 6'8 Jason Fraser from Amityville (H.S.) NY, who is still considering Villanova, St. John's, Louisville, and North Carolina.  If Fraser, who is ranked #19 nationally in the senior class by the HOOP SCOOP, picks Villanova, their recruiting class would move up to #2 nationally behind Duke and ahead of Florida.  It also would send a strong signal that New York City is still the backyard for Wright, who made a living getting many of the better players in the city during the last seven years to stay home and attend Hofstra (i.e. Speedy Claxton).  Right now we think Villanova is the leader for Fraser, but this is a must recruit for St. John's head coach Mike Jarvis.  As a matter of fact, Fraser might be the most important player Jarvis has ever recruited.  Remember, Fraser is the 6'8 shot blocker/rebounder/defender who is exactly what the doctor ordered to solved the Red Storm's inside deficiencies. 

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