Taylor Bruninga

[tornado]

Bucknell offered Bruninga a scholarship today.

also has William & Mary and Pepperdine reportedly in to see/evaluate
so the number of schools is up to 25 and he holds 4 offers - EIU, ISU, UNI and Loyola with at least one of those may reportedly include plans to redshirt first year

[tornado]

Anything new??? Is he close to deciding or waiting til end of season and take visits?

[midstateknowitall]

Bucknell has offered as well. IPFW will be in for the Regional Championship tonight as well.

Will take some visits after season ends and then make a decision.

[tornado]

betcha he's waiting to see if another scholarship opens at Bradley - I know this is really where he wants to play..!

[tornado]

Taylor Bruninga's season is over...
his Illini Bluffs team lost to Tremont in their Regionals..
Bruninga had 30

http://ihsa.org/?url=/data/scores/bkb2.htm

Peoria Quest and Olympia both won their Regionals and advance

Chicago Uplift also loses in an upset...to lower seed Orr but it may have been the two best 2A teams in IL meeting in Regionals.
Uplift had two Division I players (one going to SIU and one to Kansas ...but Kansas bound Markese Jacobs was surprisingly in street clothes and did not play - no explanation given)


*Note- despite scoring 30, Bruninga was said in the coverage to have been hampered by the ankle injury and was not 100%

[tornado]

Bruninga picks up another offer - from William & Mary

[Da Coach]

Bruninga picks up another offer - from William & Mary

Does that count as 2 scholarships?

[tornado]

Taylor Bruninga adds an offer from IPFW
if he goes there, he can play alongside ex-Brave Xzavier Taylor

[tornado]

Taylor Bruninga and a couple other local kids get All State honors

http://www.pjstar.com/sports/20170309/taylor-bruninga-leads-areas-class-1a2a-associated-press-all-state-selections

[Da Coach]

Jim Mattson just tweeted that Taylor Bruninga will take official visits to Loyola, Illinois State, and UNI, and maybe more...

https://twitter.com/hoijim/status/840020968391208960

[LongTimeFan]

All those are teams that finished above Bradley in the conference this year.

[tornado]

Unless something changes, Loyola does not have an open scholarship

[wily coyote]

I sure as the hell hope we don't pull another Alex Peters with Taylor. I have a very good close contact to Taylor and we are not in the picture. We could have been but I guess we chose not to. I like what BW has brought in so until Taylor proves him wrong, I'll stand by his decision but I would love to see us take Taylor. He would be a great candidate to redshirt and put on some bulk. I don't buy the reason , he only plays small schools. Wisc. has a kid from Rockridge and he is a stud for them.

[basketball nut]

I sure as the hell hope we don't pull another Alex Peters with Taylor. I have a very good close contact to Taylor and we are not in the picture. We could have been but I guess we chose not to. I like what BW has brought in so until Taylor proves him wrong, I'll stand by his decision but I would love to see us take Taylor. He would be a great candidate to redshirt and put on some bulk. I don't buy the reason , he only plays small schools. Wisc. has a kid from Rockridge and he is a stud for them.

Agree completely

[tornado]

well 20-25 different schools have come repeatedly to see him and many have not offered...
It's pretty hard for anyone to say yes or no if they are making a mistake - the coach has to make the call based on what he knows - and we already have similar players in van Bree, Stipanovich, Kennell and Suggs - and there's not even enough playing time to keep everyone happy...

at the very time we hear calls to go for the quick fix and land a couple MVC-ready juco kids - then why use our last scholarship on someone who is almost universally described as "a couple years away"..
If he wants to come to Bradley - then his best bet is a year at Prep School then become a 2018 recruit.
That worked great for Gabe Levin (Ka'Darryl Bell's teammate)