Chudier Bile leaves Bradley

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only the rumor that our coaches are always recruiting and we still could take someone or maybe not...

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saw a report that Illini transfer Greg Eboigbodin was going to announce Monday - but Monday came & went without any word...

Mickey Pearson is still playing AAU even tho he's graduated....possibly planning on prep school?

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Mickey Pearson is still playing AAU even tho he's graduated....possibly planning on prep school?

Louisville Courier-Journal column this morning says Mickey Pearson is now looking into....going to prep school - I suspect he has academic issues -

He is talking...".... reclassify to the Class of 2019 ....... landing at a prep powerhouse.."
His dad mentioned IMG Academy and Hargrave Military Academy
..Pearson averaged 25.5 points and 11 rebounds per game at John Hardin, which attracted attention from Ball State, Bradley, Northern Kentucky, Stony Brook and Western Kentucky, among others."

[tornado]

just for the sake of discussion...here's a list of some players who have been mentioned on our board that are still available

-Gregory Eboigbodin - transfer from Illinois
-AJ Youngman - transfer from EKU
-Mustafa Lawrence - transfer from Missouri State...
-Mickey Pearson - former BU recruit that is transferring from Saint Louis
-and of course Chudier Bile is now available...

Eboigbodin still hasn't announced
Youngman will head to Otero Junior College
Mustafa Lawrence will head to Tallahassee Community College
Pearson is reportedly going to prep school
..two other guys we were once recruiting- Romon Douglas-Watkins & Charles Payton (older brother of Chris Payton) are still out there but no word where....usually a bad sign
..no word on Chudier Bile...

[Da Coach]

saw a report that Illini transfer Greg Eboigbodin was going to announce Monday (July 23)- but that Monday came & went without any word...

Greg Eboigbodin, the former Detroit commit who decommitted and then spent his freshman season at Illinois, then left, has committed now to Northeastern University.

http://verbalcommits.com/players/greg-eboigbodin

[egib52]

Greg Eboigbodin, the former Detroit commit who decommitted and then spent his freshman season at Illinois, then left, has committed now to Northeastern University.
http://verbalcommits.com/players/greg-eboigbodin

I may be reading your post wrong, but I don't believe Ebo ever committed to Detroit. My recollection was UIC and then when Chin left he went with to Illinois. He played HS ball for the University of Detroit Jesuit H.S. though.

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yes, Eboigbodin was never committed to Detroit - verbaled to UIC then backed out & went to Illinois -
here's a summary from an Illini guy who knew he would do poorly at Illinois

https://illiniboard.com/story/2017/6/6/looks-like-university-of-illinois-greg-eboigboden/

[Da Coach]

Yes, the memory must be failing.... it was UIC he was committed to. He picked them over an offer from Detroit. Then he asked for and received his release and switched to Illinois.

[tornado]

just for the sake of discussion...here's a list of some players who have been mentioned on our board that are still available

-Gregory Eboigbodin - transfer from Illinois
-AJ Youngman - transfer from EKU
-Mustafa Lawrence - transfer from Missouri State
-Trey Knight III - transfer from Indiana State
-Johnnie Vassar - transfer from Northwestern
-Justin Roberts - former BU recruit, transfer from DePaul
-Justin Thomas - former BU recruit, transfer from NIU
-Kaelen Malone - transfer from Wichita State
-Austin Weiher - transfer from SIU
-Michael Tucker - former BU Recruit, could still have a year of eligibility left & don't see where he's signed anywhere
-Romon Douglas-Watkins - former Manual HS star, was at Southwestern Comm. College - not signed anywhere
-Mickey Pearson - former BU recruit that is transferring from Saint Louis
-and of course Chudier Bile is now available

and in case anyone interested...
Justin Roberts - one time BU recruit that transferred from DePaul, is headed to Georgia State
Johnnie Vassar, Northwestern transfer, is at Tennessee Tech
NIU's Justin Thomas to Morehead State
Wichita's Kaelen Malone to DII Newman

still have never seen where Knight, Weiher, Douglas-Watkins, Tucker, Daniel Soetan or Bile are headed...

[pfcmsh]

Very Helpful Post

Thanks for the post, tornado. Very helpful.

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we still have one open scholarship - unless it's been awarded to one of our walk-ons...
(it's been a month since the last tweet from Chudier Bile or the last mention of him anywhere..)

I kinda half-way had hoped we'd pick up a very late transfer or another 2019 kid who finished up early and could re-classify like Boya did...
Maybe we still might...

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we still have one open scholarship - unless it's been awarded to one of our walk-ons...
(it's been a month since the last tweet from Chudier Bile or the last mention of him anywhere..)

I kinda half-way had hoped we'd pick up a very late transfer or another 2019 kid who finished up early and could re-classify like Boya did...
Maybe we still might...

I was hoping the same. With our hard working coaches, I still have the hope.

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Former Bradley recruit Mickey Pearson has decided to attend
Hargave Military Academy in Chatham, VA

a number of well known basketball players came from Hargrave...
from Coach Larry Brown, Terry Rozier, David West, Montrezl Harris, Marreese Speights, Joe Alexander, Armon Bassett and former Brave Jalen Crawford's brother Jordan Crawford.

So only a couple players that were previously on Bradley's recruiting radar are still to be accounted for...
and one of them is CHUDIER BILE...also Romon Dougas-Watkins, Charles Payton, Michael Tucker, plus former MVC players Trey Knight & Austin Weiher.

[Da Coach]

One time Bradley commit under Jim Molinari, Anthony Grundy, who reneged on his commitment to BU and eventually went on to a fine career at North Carolina State and even played briefly in the NBA, went to Hargrave Academy for a year after high school to be able to get out of his NLI when Bradley Coach Mo refused to release him.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Grundy

Bradley has recruited other players from Hargrave, but I do not believe they ever had a player who attended there.

[tornado]

kinda surprised that we are now a full month into the 2018-19 season and Chudier Bile has not "surfaced" on any roster of any team that I can find...