Bradley University - end of first semester

[tornado]

First semester final exams begin today and conclude next Wednesday, December 17.
Thus the entire 1st semester will be done by our next game.
Here's a couple thoughts...

-now that 1st semester is concluding - will there be top caliber kids looking to transfer from schools elsewhere that we might land as a mid-season pickup...
I would love to use that scholarship that we didn't fill last month on someone that will help us a lot over the next couple years - they pay for one semester then get the ride in 2015.

we are already beginning to hear of some decent transfers - such as this big 6-9 kid from VCU

http://www.si.com/college-basketball/2014/12/10/antravious-simmons-vcu-transfer-basketball-rams

and these guys...

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/12004883/deonte-burton-john-dawson-transfer-marquette-golden-eagles

http://www.twincities.com/sports/ci_27094962/gophers-basketball-josh-martin-will-transfer-immediately?source=rss&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

-also now that the entire team is of Geno's selection - how's our GPA gonna look - anxious to see if Amerson's academic problems extend his grades here

-our next several games will struggle to get 5000 with holiday & students gone

[Da Coach]

We do not have any open scholarships until fall of 2015.

[wily coyote]

We do not have any open scholarships until fall of 2015.

Did we fill Barnes ride and I missed it?

[Da Coach]

Did we fill Barnes ride and I missed it?

No. That is the one I was referring to- it will not be available to use for a mid-semester transfer. It can only be promised to a 2015 recruit.

[wily coyote]

No. That is the one I was referring to- it will not be available to use for a mid-semester transfer. It can only be promised to a 2015 recruit.

Got ya . I still think when it's all done we will have at least 3 possibly 4 total counting Barnes ride.

[LongTimeFan]

At least three, maybe four, is my guess.

[Da Coach]

Got ya . I still think when it's all done we will have at least 3 possibly 4 total counting Barnes ride.

I agree 3 or 4 seems likely to me.

[Vent]

I'm not sure we know how to use scholarships. After three seasons how can we still not have a point guard. I may be wrong, but isn't Bell the only freshman Ford has recruited that has stayed after his sophomore year? That is incredible. No matter how you slice that cake, it doesn't taste very good. Either he and his staff is a bad judge of talent or a bad judge of character and that is not intended to be critical of the current members of the team. I believe there is some talent on this team, but so far it has looked like a full-court Gus Macker team or an AAU team. They are lacking badly in grade school fundamentals and discipline. I would like to see what Joe Stowell or Dick Versace would do with this team. We can't even run an inbounds play.

[Chico]

I'm not sure we know how to use scholarships. After three seasons how can we still not have a point guard. I may be wrong, but isn't Bell the only freshman Ford has recruited that has stayed after his sophomore year? That is incredible. No matter how you slice that cake, it doesn't taste very good. Either he and his staff is a bad judge of talent or a bad judge of character and that is not intended to be critical of the current members of the team. I believe there is some talent on this team, but so far it has looked like a full-court Gus Macker team or an AAU team. They are lacking badly in grade school fundamentals and discipline. I would like to see what Joe Stowell or Dick Versace would do with this team. We can't even run an inbounds play.

Versace anyway.

[tornado]

more kids looking to transfer, one a full time starter - both among their top 6 scorers.. Millinghaus was a prolific scorer in HS - almost 30 ppg along with 17 rebs, and the other kid's high school coach was hired as an assistant at USM just to get the kid as part of a package deal!

https://twitter.com/TheRecruitScoop/status/543467474344505344

[tornado]

Latrell Sprewell's nephew is transferring

http://www.wbko.com/sports/headlines/Ayinde-Sprewell-Leaves-WKU-285667901.html

[Da Coach]

Latrell Sprewell's nephew is transferring
http://www.wbko.com/sports/headlines...285667901.html

He was a pretty hotly recruited junior college kid out of Daytona State College. One of his offers was from Illinois State coach Dan Muller. However, he is from Florida originally, and I'd expect to see him transfer to a school in the south.

[tornado]

two guys just left Dayton - maybe not the best of circumstances, but..
one of them is their starting big man and he's been putting up double doubles...and is among the A-10 leaders in rebounding & FG%

[tornado]

as long as this thread is a transfer thread -
one of the players on the Missouri State roster has left...

http://www.news-leader.com/story/sports/college/msu/2014/12/18/freshman-walk-leaving-msu-basketball-team/20612605/