2019 Valley Recruits

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Bradley isn't on the board yet for 2019 now that Ari Boya reclassified...
but here's a summary of what's known about the rest of the MVC schools for 2019 & beyond


2019
Bradley - (3 open scholarships)
Drake - Roman Penn - transfer eligible in 2019, Issa Samake (3 or 4 open scholarships)
Evansville - (at least 3-4 open scholarships)
ISU - Dedric Boyd, Jaycee Hillsman, Keith Fisher - all three ineligible until fall of 2019 (4 scholarships)
Indiana State - Cameron Bacote (transfer will be eligible in 2019) (2-3 open scholarships)
Loyola - Tate Hall (transfer, eligible in 2019-2020), Paxson Wojcik (1-2 open scholarships)
Missouri State - Tyem Freeman, Jamonta Black, Josh Hall- transfer eligible in 2019, Josh Webster-Texas Tech & Tulio da Silva-South Florida- eligible 2019 (0 open scholarships)
UNI - James Betz, Trae Berhhow (transfer, eligible in 2019-2020) (1 open scholarship)
Valparaiso - Eron Gordon - transfer eligible in 2019 (2-3 scholarships left)

[DUBulldog]

Drake picked up a commitment today from Issa Samake, a 6??™7??? forward from Des Moines Grandview Christian. Originally from the country of Mali, he has a 7??™4??? wingspan.

[Da Coach]

Drake picked up a commitment today from Issa Samake, a 6’7” forward from Des Moines Grandview Christian. Originally from the country of Mali, he has a 7’4” wingspan.

He is a 2019 recruit-

http://verbalcommits.com/players/issa-samake

Story about Issa Samake of Grand View Christian, a small (Class 1A) private school in Des Moines, IA, committing to Drake.

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/high-school/recruiting/2018/06/24/issa-samake-drake-darian-devries-grand-view-christian-drake-bulldogs-recruiting/729209002/

Earlier article-

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/high-school/2018/03/06/meet-issa-samake-small-school-iowa-basketball-star-who-has-offers-iowa-state-and-others/399733002/

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Grand View Christian High School has a total enrollment of 128 - roughly the size of Astoria, DePue or Champaign Judah Christian HS.
It will be interesting to see how he does against top competition...

[Da Coach]

Drake picked up a commitment today from Issa Samake, a 6??™7??? forward from Des Moines Grandview Christian. Originally from the country of Mali, he has a 7??™4??? wingspan.

Here is a video of Issa Samake from a couple summers ago. He appears to have a limited offensive game, as 90% of the video is him blocking shots. But he looks like a good shot blocker.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWuzth5lXjQ

And a more current video-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwV5qO3pUTw

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Northern Iowa lands 2019 6-5 shooting guard/small forward Noah Carter of Dubuque Iowa

https://twitter.com/noah3carter/status/1022121676383944705

http://www.verbalcommits.com/players/noah-carter

Updated 2019 Valley commit list - those listed in blue will be eligible to sign a Letter of Intent November 14-21, 2018


2019
Bradley - (3 open scholarships)
Drake - Roman Penn - transfer eligible in 2019, Issa Samake (3 or 4 open scholarships)
Evansville - (at least 3-4 open scholarships)
ISU - Dedric Boyd, Jaycee Hillsman, Keith Fisher - all three ineligible until fall of 2019 (4 scholarships)
Indiana State - Cameron Bacote (transfer will be eligible in 2019) (2-3 open scholarships)
Loyola - Tate Hall (transfer, eligible in 2019-2020), Paxson Wojcik (1-2 open scholarships)
Missouri State - Tyem Freeman, Jamonta Black, Josh Hall- transfer eligible in 2019, Josh Webster-Texas Tech & Tulio da Silva-South Florida- eligible 2019 (0 open scholarships)
UNI - James Betz, Noah Carter, Trae Berhhow (transfer, eligible in 2019-2020) (zero open scholarships remaining)
Valparaiso - Eron Gordon and Nick Robinson - both transfers eligible in 2019 (2-3 scholarships left)

[PurpleAceFan]

Northern Iowa lands 2019 6-5 shooting guard/small forward Noah Carter of Dubuque Iowa

https://twitter.com/noah3carter/status/1022121676383944705

http://www.verbalcommits.com/players/noah-carter

Updated 2019 Valley commit list - those listed in blue will be eligible to sign a Letter of Intent November 14-21, 2018


2019
Bradley - (3 open scholarships)
Drake - Roman Penn - transfer eligible in 2019, Issa Samake (3 or 4 open scholarships)
Evansville - (at least 3-4 open scholarships)
ISU - Dedric Boyd, Jaycee Hillsman, Keith Fisher - all three ineligible until fall of 2019 (4 scholarships)
Indiana State - Cameron Bacote (transfer will be eligible in 2019) (2-3 open scholarships)
Loyola - Tate Hall (transfer, eligible in 2019-2020), Paxson Wojcik (1-2 open scholarships)
Missouri State - Tyem Freeman, Jamonta Black, Josh Hall- transfer eligible in 2019, Josh Webster-Texas Tech & Tulio da Silva-South Florida- eligible 2019 (0 open scholarships)
UNI - James Betz, Noah Carter, Trae Berhhow (transfer, eligible in 2019-2020) (zero open scholarships remaining)
Valparaiso - Eron Gordon - transfer eligible in 2019 (2-3 scholarships left)

Please take this in the light-hearted manner it is intended.......

I find it funny that when other schools have transfers having to sit out they are listed as "transfer eligible in 2019", where ISU's transfers are listed as "all three ineligible until fall of 2019".

Got to love college fan rivalries.

[tornado]

but it is quite factual & has the exact same meaning- just saves a whole line of type...
note I also lumped the Missouri State & Valpo transfers together because they happened at about the same time as well...
I can assure you there was no ulterior motive...I think you are trying too hard to find bias - but I have never denied that I have a bias against ISU

[PurpleAceFan]

but it is quite factual & has the exact same meaning- just saves a whole line of type...
note I also lumped the Missouri State & Valpo transfers together because they happened at about the same time as well...
I can assure you there was no ulterior motive...I think you are trying too hard to find bias - but I have never denied that I have a bias against ISU

No ulterior motive. Just found it funny the small ways that biases are exhibited. The ineligible word just has a different perception than transfer does.

[Serbiansniper34]

No ulterior motive. Just found it funny the small ways that biases are exhibited. The ineligible word just has a different perception than transfer does.

I find this hysterical and hope that it was done on purpose.

[Art Haines is God]

FYI...Josh Webster is eligible for the 2018 play. He is a grad transfer.

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Missouri State picks up a very late addition...

Tyrik Dixon, a Middle Tennessee transfer chooses Missouri State..
he will sit out 2018-19 and have two years remaining in 2019-2020 & 2020-2021
Dixon is a 6-1 guard who averaged 4.8 ppg and 3.0 reb, playing 22.5 min per game and hitting 32.8% from 3-pt

https://www.news-leader.com/story/sports/college/msu/2018/07/27/middle-tennessees-tyrik-dixon-transfer-missouri-state-point-guard/854113002/

Dixon left MTSU in the midst of other players being dismissed but the circumstances were not made clear - https://www.dnj.com/story/sports/col...ing/706533002/

[Da Coach]

Tyrik Dixon seems like a decent transfer. He has been a starter at point guard for Middle Tennessee in both his freshman and sophomore seasons, and was their 5th leading scorer (4.8 ppg), and their top assist guy last season at MTSU (3.1 apg), and had a nice 2.4 assist to turnover ratio (100/42).

https://goblueraiders.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=6740

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Updated 2019 Valley commit list - those listed in blue will be eligible to sign a Letter of Intent November 14-21, 2018


2019
Bradley - (3 open scholarships possibly 4 if the Chudier Bile scholarship remains open)
Drake - Roman Penn - transfer eligible in 2019, Issa Samake (3 or 4 open scholarships)
Evansville - Artur Labinowcz - transfer, eligible in 2019(at least 3-4 open scholarships)
ISU - Dedric Boyd, Jaycee Hillsman, Keith Fisher - all three ineligible until fall of 2019 (4 scholarships)
Indiana State - Cameron Bacote (transfer will be eligible in 2019) (2-3 open scholarships)
Loyola - Tate Hall (transfer, eligible in 2019-2020), Paxson Wojcik (1-2 open scholarships)
Missouri State - Tyem Freeman, Jamonta Black, Josh Hall- transfer eligible in 2019, Tulio da Silva-South Florida- eligible 2019, Tyrik Dixon - transfer, eligible 2019 (0 open scholarships)
UNI - James Betz, Noah Carter, Trae Berhhow (transfer, eligible in 2019-2020) (zero open scholarships remaining)
Valparaiso - Eron Gordon and Nick Robinson - both transfers eligible in 2019 (2-3 scholarships left)

2020
none

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SIU gets on the board for 2019 with a verbal from Avery Taggart..
he is a 6-5 SG (or in some places, 6-3 and also listed as a power forward) from Eureka Missouri
..Taggart also plans to play FOOTBALL at SIU

https://twitter.com/averytaggart33/status/1024160142273794048

https://twitter.com/PrepHoopsMO/status/1024328723754110976

he apparently accepted the SIU basketball scholarship offer and will walk on for football

https://twitter.com/averytaggart33/status/1024037346608664576

https://twitter.com/JPRockMO/status/1024318779747131392

His only other offers have been DII's - http://www.verbalcommits.com/players/avery-taggart