2016 top target

[Da Coach]

I thought he was going to Cleveland State. Did I get him mixed up with someone else?

Richardson Ma?®tre did commit to Cleveland State at the end of September. But then about 3 weeks later, he announced that he was de-committing. He has said he is still considering Cleveland State, but has still not made a final decision.

http://clevelandstatehoops.blogspot.com/2015/10/maitre-de-commits-from-cleveland-state.html

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I thought he was going to Cleveland State. Did I get him mixed up with someone else?

he was, but a week after he verballed - someone musta got to him and he reneged and reopened his recruitment

http://bradleyfans.com/vb/showthread.php?p=825115691#post825115691

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a kid I would love to land...has a great basketball name...(but he's pretty highly rated so I doubt wed have had a chance - he's verbaled to UCLA)

LONZO BALL - plays for a high school in California...and they knocked off a nationally ranked team (High Point Christian) 100-75

...Lonzo put up a stat line of 15 points, 22 assists, 11 rebounds, 5 blocks, 4 assists

He has two brothers on the team who scored 29 & 21 off his assists - probably fun to watch

[LongTimeFan]

The blog said he was receiving high-major interest. If Bradley was still interested, it would not sound very promising.

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It is being reported that our staff is in Lawrence Kansas TONIGHT, to watch Class of 2016 (high school senior) point guard
Justin Roberts of Lawrence HS in Lawrence, KS **

Lawrence's Justin Roberts is the son of St. John's former head coach and Illini former assistant under Bruce Weber - Norm Roberts.....
who is currently an assistant at Kansas under Bill Self.





Our staff has previously watched Class of 2017 PG Justin Roberts (same name/different player) at Indianapolis Pike HS

http://bradleyfans.com/vb/showthread.php?p=825116003&highlight=justin+roberts#post825116003

here's a weird thought - what if we LANDED both of them and had two players- both PG's - on the roster at the same time named Justin Roberts!
Neither is related to new Bradley President Dr. Gary Roberts


Here's the Indianapolis Pike Justin Roberts





Here's an update of who we know of for 2016, but there are more & we will add as we hear news.

2016 recruits - top tier most of whom have been offered and visited:
Kavell Bigby-Williams - we have offered - LINK -
Daniel Soetan - LINK LINK
Justin Thomas - Indianapolis Pike point guard first mentioned about 2 weeks ago here --> LINK - also plays for Indiana Elite - if we sign a PG this fall then this guy is a possibility
Justin Roberts - of Lawrence, KS HS
Daeshon Francis - our guys have been recruiting Iowa recently
Richardson Maitre - just decommitted from Cleveland State and is now back on the market
Leland Green - still open, just visited UTEP
Godwin Boahen - Now just visited Louisville but apparently no offer
Zion Morgan - decommitted from Valpo - reopened recruitment
Nate Taphorn - could be available in 2016 as a grad-transfer - another link - already talking about graduation...
Charles Tucker


Others who we have reportedly offered but do not appear to still be top targets-
Montrell Dixson - has changed high schools 3 times since last spring -
Ben Coupet - has kinda dropped off a bit - now checking out Eastern Carolina? - LINK
Derrick Walker - his move to Sunrise Prep is not a good sign for Bradley
Logan Hodges - ***
Micah Bradford - XXX -has verballed to Valparaiso
XXX - Zach Norvell - verballed to Gonzaga
Chris Palombizio - just verballed to Oakland
Marquell Fraser - Marquell has chosen VCU - tough loss but we saw it coming
Loren Christian Jackson - commits to LBSU
Charlie Moore - committed to Memphis

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Our coaches saw a good game with Lawrence HS beating Topeka 57-55 in a very rough game..
and Justin Roberts was injured in the first half and apparently did not return

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Here's the game our coaching staff was at last night - nice that they flew out a day early to go do some recruiting, and thus they didn't get delayed like the rest of the team..

http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2016/jan/23/lions-top-topeka-reach-final/

http://www.wibwnewsnow.com/day-two-of-topeka-invitational-tournament/

Here's a picture one of the CJOnline photographers captured just as Justin Roberts injured his shoulder in a collision...
he left the game after scoring 4 1st half points and did not return - and is said to have "dislocated" his right shoulder...
and undoubtedly will be out for a month or two.
This is one of the very sad but realistic factors about remaining "unsigned" well into your senior season...
Now that he's injured and perhaps won't even return again this year - he isn't likely to get any offers...and may be forced
to go the prep or juco route or play AAU ball again this summer after he's graduated.

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Freddie McSwain added and a few other update notes added as well


2016 recruits - top tier most of whom have been offered and visited:
Kavell Bigby-Williams - we have offered - LINK -
Freddie McSwian, Jr. - just offered - also has 4 teammates shooting well over 40% from 3-pt
Daniel Soetan - LINK LINK
Justin Thomas - Indianapolis Pike point guard first mentioned about 2 weeks ago here --> LINK - also plays for Indiana Elite - if we sign a PG this fall then this guy is a possibility
Justin Roberts - of Lawrence, KS HS
Daeshon Francis - our guys have been recruiting Iowa recently
Richardson Maitre - Offered by & VISITING Boston College soon
Leland Green - still open, just visited UTEP
Godwin Boahen - just got offer from UC-Davis!
Zion Morgan - decommitted from Valpo - reopened recruitment - we are likely also watching his HS teammate Nick Robinson
Nick Robinson - gotta see these new highlights!!! - LINK
Nate Taphorn - could be available in 2016 as a grad-transfer - another link - already talking about graduation...
Charles Tucker


Others who we have reportedly offered but do not appear to still be top targets-
Montrell Dixson - has changed high schools 3 times since last spring -
Ben Coupet - still available - not sure if "qualified"-
Derrick Walker - moved to Sunrise Prep - apparently injured/not playing?
Micah Bradford - XXX -has verballed to Valparaiso
XXX - Zach Norvell - verballed to Gonzaga
Chris Palombizio - just verballed to Oakland
Marquell Fraser - Marquell has chosen VCU - tough loss but we saw it coming
Loren Christian Jackson - commits to LBSU
Charlie Moore - committed to Memphis



one last thing - check out this ranking of the TOP 100 junior college players in 2014 - a couple years ago...

http://media.wix.com/ugd/35a926_72714dbd22a74494b24a6a70b7a0aff7.pdf

Plenty of familiar names, especially 32, 35, 64, 65, 68, 72, 87
but how many of the TOP 100 have found success in college - EXTREMELY few... most bombed out and many aren't even in DI any more..
Only a couple have become solid DI players...This shows the risks of expecting juco players to be much help right off the bat..unless...
unless you can find the diamond in the rough - that is a key part of what you need...
like Dequon Miller is right now for Missouri State and Leo Vincent & Mike Rodriguez are at SIU

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If Coach Wardle is still looking for a junior college point guard, here is one worth considering. And he is very familiar with Bradley, since Bradley recruited him out of prep school-
Charles Tucker

..article on Charles Tucker

http://pcponyexpress.org/student-spotlight-charles-tucker-2/

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Trib article on Nick Robinson & Zion Morgan & their recruitment - also some on SIU & Their latest recruit

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/highschool/ct-spt-0129-prep-bbk-recruiting-note-20160128-story.html

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...
Derrick Walker - moved to Sunrise Prep - apparently injured/not playing?...

Big prep tourney this weekend...
In the blurb about Sunrise Christian, Derrick Walker still mentions only his BRADLEY offer...

"Sunrise Christian...Others to key in on are senior power forward Derrick Walker (offer from Bradley)..."

http://www.vaughtsviews.com/2016/02/thoroughbred-classic-friday-sunday-features-many-of-nations-top-prep-players/

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btw- I would love to see Bradley land BOTH Kavell Bigby-Williams (power forward- 16.3 ppg/13.2 rpg) & Freddie McSwain (small forward- 14.6 ppg/8.6 rpg)...
two energetic guys that really get after it....
..and Bradley fans would love to see them on the court together with Koch Bar/Luuk van Bree/Ronnie Suggs, DLO, Callum, Scottie, Donte, Pittman, Joel.. etc..filling in the other spots...

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a couple impressive sets of numbers from guys we've been talking about


-Kavell Bigby-Williams LAST NIGHT: we've offered & last night he did this...
He made 11-13, 35 points, 21 rebounds, 4 blocks, was 13-15 from the FT line
Here's more on Bigby-Williams - http://bradleyfans.com/vb/showthread.php?t=25912

-Freddie McSwain, Jr. LAST NIGHT: 9 pts, 12 rebs, 2 blk, Monday nite had 12 pts/16 rebs - avg 14.3ppg/9rpg
Here's more on McSwain, Jr. - http://bradleyfans.com/vb/showthread.php?t=26004

-at John A. Logan College, Michael Tucker averaging 14.3 ppg, 7.8 rpg - listed as just a freshman juco player

-one other guy we've been mentioning - from Suffolk County CC Cheick-Sy-Savane - averaging 28ppg/41% 3-pt shooting - averaging almost 3 made treys/game

-Hank Mathews (son of ex-Brave Eddie Mathews) hitting 46.3% from the arc at Wabash College

-Canton product Hunter Rhodes (at Kirkwood CC in Iowa) hitting 47.4% from the arc

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The top tier of our potential recruits for next fall is revised...(just the ones that have been already mentioned - some others are "speculatory" & "kept under wraps")
...some names are dropped and the guys who have been offered or visited recently are at the top..


2016 recruits:
Kavell Bigby-Williams - we have offered - LINK -
Freddie McSwain, Jr. - just offered, putting up good numbers - LINK
Darrell Brown, Jr. - point guard from Memphis just verballed to Bradley
Justin Thomas - Indianapolis Pike point guard first mentioned here over 3 months ago - LINK--> also here- LINK LINK- plays for Indiana Elite - if we sign a PG this fall then this guy is a possibility
Justin Roberts - of Lawrence, KS HS
Daeshon Francis - our guys have been recruiting Iowa recently
Richardson Maitre - Offered by & VISITING Boston College soon
Zion Morgan - decommitted from Valpo - reopened recruitment - we are likely also watching his HS teammate Nick Robinson
Nick Robinson - gotta see these new highlights!!! - LINK
Xavier Bishop - point guard from Springfield - also putting up very good numbers
Nate Taphorn - could be available in 2016 as a grad-transfer - another link - already talking about graduation...
Charles Tucker
Leland Green - still open, just visited UTEP
Daniel Soetan - LINK
Godwin Boahen - just got offer from UC-Davis!
Derrick Walker - moved to Sunrise Prep, still mentions Bradley offer
Ben Coupet - still available - not sure if "qualified"- one article says he is now 6-9 and maybe 7-0 with the hair- but barely any mention of him since before Christmas - here's one comment from Sun Times writer

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Daeshon Francis 20 pts, 12 rebs in his last game

http://www.njcaa.org/sports/mbkb/2015-16/div1/boxscores/20160201_ra1u.xml