Bradley releasing THREE freshmen

[tornado]

three of our freshmen will be leaving - an official announcement from Bradley is forthcoming...

[tornado]

just heard there are some visa issues but solvable

[Fyrebyrd]

So are you saying we are planning on dropping 1+ of the foreign kids and they are trying to figure out how to do drop them from a scholie without getting them deported?

[tornado]

No. Not exactly.
I have heard 3 freshmen are leaving - and that one player may have issues - could be a 4th player - even one who is NOT leaving or it could be an incoming player.....two of whom we know are on visas

[tornado]

Still no official confirmation...

but if you remember the way it went down last year...it happened in multiple successive releases & reports...

-Shortly after Coach Wardle was hired, there were unofficial reports of multiple players leaving.
-then there was confirmation of releases granted for Cunningham, Amerson, Sutherland, Taylor, and Wells
-then a couple days later, confirmation that Fields, then Grier would be leaving
-then confirmation Morgan was leaving
-then a report that Xzavier Taylor had changed his mind and wanted to stay
-followed the next day by a report than he failed to show up for a workout and was let go
-then a full four months later - Warren Jones dismissed

[tornado]

Official BU release...
Joel Okafor
Davante Cooper
Scottie James
...all granted their release

I am sad to see them go - I felt each had certain abilities & talent that could have been developed and each had the potential to be solid DI players.
I especially thought Scottie had the athleticism and quickness to really help down the road - and with Joel- you can never have enough depth at point guard. Davante showed a nice mid-range jumper and you can't coach size! Good luck to each - and as always, we will still follow you guys and hopefully post about your successes.

[lightsout]

Best of luck to Joel, Davante, and Scottie in their next stops. Hopefully we can find two more quality recruits and continue to build for the future. What are we looking for in our last two scholarships?

[LongTimeFan]

Hate to see James go. Good luck to all.

[valleyclimber]

Completely agree on James as he did some good things on the court. Could be one of those players that fans will say...."one that got away".

[tornado]

the signs were there - in the game that really mattered - last week in St. Louis...
Scottie played 2 minutes
Joel played 1 minute
Davante played zero minutes

[Da Coach]

The team needs shooters and more athleticism. I don't think these departures will hurt Bradley if they can land a juco shooter, which I hear could happen soon, and another athletic big man.

[Da Coach]

....if they can land a juco shooter, which I hear could happen soon...

I hear there may be a juco combo guard visiting this weekend.

[tornado]

perhaps someone we have mentioned here before...
perhaps someone who is among the national leaders in NJCAA in 3-pt shooting?

[Bradleyfan1]

perhaps someone we have mentioned here before...
perhaps someone who is among the national leaders in NJCAA in 3-pt shooting?

Good luck to all 3, I hope your right. Will more go?

[tornado]

just saw a comment that Scottie was homesick and wanted to go back to Florida...
LOL - but their entire family no longer lives in Florida...in fact Scottie's got family in the midwest, however currently his mom & dad live in Virginia, and his mother is a professor at Lynchburg's Liberty University.

If Scottie transfers and leaves the midwest, of course his prior offers in Florida might interest him or he might look out east.