National Letter of Intent Signing Period

[tornado]

The National Letter of Intent signing period starts
November 14 and extends thru November 21, 2018
(just a little over 3 weeks away)

Bradley expects at least THREE letters...Stephan Gabriel, Antonio Thomas, Ville Tahvanainen
..our 4th commit, JaMir Price is eligible to sign a Letter of Intent, and he has SAID as recently as a week ago that he will, but he would not be required to, nor would the letter be binding if he plans to go to prep school.
"He (JaMir Price) plans to officially sign with Bradley and coach Brian Wardle during November’s early signing period."


Here are all the other players in the MVC who might be expected to sign by their respective teams - to be signing this fall



Bradley - Stephan Gabriel, Antonio Thomas, Ville Tahvanainen, and possibly JaMir Price (1 open scholarship)
Drake - Issa Samake, Joseph Yesufu, Nate Ferguson (0 open scholarship)
Evansville - DeAndre Williams- freshman redshirting 2018-19 (at least 3-4 open scholarships)
ISU - DJ Horne (3 scholarships)
Indiana State - Cobie Barnes, Jared Hankins, Tre Williams (0 open scholarships)
Loyola - Paxson Wojcik, Tom Welch, Marquise Kennedy (0 open scholarships)
Missouri State - Tyem Freeman, Jamonta Black, Dajuan Harris, Gaige Prim, Tyrik Dixon - transfer, eligible 2019, Jordan Brinson (appear to be oversigned by 2)
UNI - James Betz, Noah Carter, Cole Henry, Logan Wolf (walk-on for basketball & scholarship for football) (zero open scholarships)
SIU - Avery Taggart (will also walk on for football), Lance Jones, Evan Taylor (4 open scholarships)
Valparaiso - none (2-3 scholarships left)

[PhiAlphaBoy]

I will be relieved once Gabriel's signed LOI is in hand. He seems to be really blowing up right now.

[tornado]

That was sorta my point - that Nov. 14 needs to get here pronto..

[egib52]

Does it make sense for Price to sign since he is going to prep school next year?

[Da Coach]

Does it make sense for Price to sign since he is going to prep school next year?

I don't believe he will sign in November, but I do not know for sure what kind of agreement he currently has with our coaches regarding the NLI this year.
We broke the news of JaMir Price committing, and we were the first and only ones that reported initially that he had agreed to attend a prep school next year and enter Bradley in the fall of 2020.

https://www.bradleyfans.com/vb/showthread.php?p=825141736#post825141736

I still believe that is the case, and that Bradley intends to use their final remaining open scholarship for 2019 on a big man.

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[QUOTE=tornado;825142204]Here are all the other players in the MVC who might be expected to sign by their respective teams - to be signing this fall



Bradley - Stephan Gabriel, Antonio Thomas, Ville Tahvanainen, and possibly JaMir Price (1 open scholarship)
Drake - Issa Samake, Joseph Yesufu, Nate Ferguson (0 open scholarship)
Evansville - DeAndre Williams- freshman redshirting 2018-19 (at least 3-4 open scholarships)
ISU - DJ Horne (3 scholarships)
Indiana State - Cobie Barnes, Jared Hankins, Tre Williams (0 open scholarships)
Loyola - Paxson Wojcik, Tom Welch, Marquise Kennedy (0 open scholarships)
Missouri State - Tyem Freeman, Jamonta Black, Dajuan Harris, Gaige Prim, Tyrik Dixon - transfer, eligible 2019, Jordan Brinson (appear to be oversigned by 2)
UNI - James Betz, Noah Carter, Cole Henry, Logan Wolf (walk-on for basketball & scholarship for football), Evan Gauger (zero open scholarships)
SIU - Avery Taggart (will also walk on for football), Lance Jones, Evan Taylor (4 open scholarships)
Valparaiso - none (2-3 scholarships left)

it has been pretty quiet - with no mentions of any new players expected to sign for the past several weeks...
Given how much ISU loses (Evans, Fayne, Yarbrough, Tinsley) - pretty much their entire starting lineup, and same with SIU - you'd think they'd lock in on a few more guys... but maybe they will wait 'til spring

[PurpleAceFan]

Here are all the other players in the MVC who might be expected to sign by their respective teams - to be signing this fall



Bradley - Stephan Gabriel, Antonio Thomas, Ville Tahvanainen, and possibly JaMir Price (1 open scholarship)
Drake - Issa Samake, Joseph Yesufu, Nate Ferguson (0 open scholarship)
Evansville - DeAndre Williams- freshman redshirting 2018-19 (at least 3-4 open scholarships)
ISU - DJ Horne (3 scholarships)
Indiana State - Cobie Barnes, Jared Hankins, Tre Williams (0 open scholarships)
Loyola - Paxson Wojcik, Tom Welch, Marquise Kennedy (0 open scholarships)
Missouri State - Tyem Freeman, Jamonta Black, Dajuan Harris, Gaige Prim, Tyrik Dixon - transfer, eligible 2019, Jordan Brinson (appear to be oversigned by 2)
UNI - James Betz, Noah Carter, Cole Henry, Logan Wolf (walk-on for basketball & scholarship for football), Evan Gauger (zero open scholarships)
SIU - Avery Taggart (will also walk on for football), Lance Jones, Evan Taylor (4 open scholarships)
Valparaiso - none (2-3 scholarships left)

it has been pretty quiet - with no mentions of any new players expected to sign for the past several weeks...
Given how much ISU loses (Evans, Fayne, Yarbrough, Tinsley) - pretty much their entire starting lineup, and same with SIU - you'd think they'd lock in on a few more guys... but maybe they will wait 'til spring

For ISU, they probably only have 2 to fill since speculation is that Chastain will get one. With the four they have sitting out this year already on campus, they can afford to wait until Spring unless it is somebody they really want.

[tornado]

we are in the final week leading up to the fall signing period....
there still haven't been any new commitments to any Valley schools in weeks...

as always - hope we get some news coverage of any of the kids that sign...perhaps their home town newspapers with cover it...

[wizard1]

National Letter of Intent Signing Day

Have faith!! The PJS will cover the signings on the back pages after bowling, frisby, Class iA games, etc.
Wiz

[PhiAlphaBoy]

That was sorta my point - that Nov. 14 needs to get here pronto..

Are you hearing anything positive or negative about any of our new recruits and their chances of signing and returning an official LOI in the next week?

[tornado]

I have heard that no problems are expected

[tornado]

We are less than 24 hours from the fall signing period...
here is a list of recruits that Missouri Valley teams are expected to get a signed Letter of Intent from
There are always more that the coaches somehow keep under wraps but these are the ones that have been publicized...
Hopefully some of their own local media outlets will give us some coverage...

The Indianapolis Star just had an article mentioning a couple of Indiana State's recruits - https://www.indystar.com/story/sport...te/1986494002/

Evansville recently picked up a commitment from Marcus Henderson from Charlotte


Bradley - Stephan Gabriel, Antonio Thomas, Ville Tahvanainen, and possibly JaMir Price (1 open scholarship)
Drake - Issa Samake, Joseph Yesufu, Nate Ferguson (0 open scholarship)
Evansville - Marcus Henderson (at least 2-3 open scholarships)
ISU - DJ Horne (3 scholarships)
Indiana State - Cobie Barnes, Jared Hankins, Tre Williams (0 open scholarships)
Loyola - Paxson Wojcik, Tom Welch, Marquise Kennedy (0 open scholarships)
Missouri State - Tyem Freeman, Jamonta Black, Dajuan Harris, Gaige Prim, Jordan Brinson (appear to be oversigned by 2)
UNI - James Betz, Noah Carter, Cole Henry, Logan Wolf (walk-on for basketball & scholarship for football), Evan Gauger (zero open scholarships)
SIU - Avery Taggart (will also walk on for football), Lance Jones, Evan Taylor (4 open scholarships)
Valparaiso - none (2-3 scholarships left)

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Ville Tahvanainen could be the first Bradley signing - in fact he could be the 1st fall signing in all of DI basketball if he signs early Wednesday
.....it will be November 14 over there several hours before here

The signing period officially begins at 7:00 am, November 14 in each signee's own local time zone

https://twitter.com/NLIinsider/status/1062443324441837574

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The first confirmations of signings in the Valley....

SIU's Lance Jones signs... https://twitter.com/scottybscout/sta...19647546593282
Jared Hankins, Indiana State, signs - https://twitter.com/lnwildcats/statu...01323647414273
Loyola's Tom Welch, Marquise Kennedy & Paxson Wojcik sign - https://twitter.com/scottybscout/sta...24481532248064 - https://twitter.com/scottybscout/sta...48759300415488 - https://twitter.com/RamblersMBB/stat...65541931261952
Missouri State's Jamonta Black signs and tweets a photo of his Letter of Intent - https://twitter.com/JamontaBlack/sta...40945932902402
Missouri State's Gaige Prim signs - https://twitter.com/MSUBearsHoops/st...44689210785793
UNI's James Betz, Derek Krogmann, Evan Gauger & Cole Henry all sign - https://twitter.com/UNImbb/status/1062729313815068673 - https://twitter.com/UNImbb/status/1062735736749867008 - https://twitter.com/UNImbb/status/1062721497658208261 - https://twitter.com/UNImbb/status/1062732223584129025

ISU's DJ Horne will reportedly not sign until Friday - https://twitter.com/Pg_Benson/status...13223135354880
same with Missouri State's Tyem Freeman - https://twitter.com/TyemFreeman/stat...13907033325568
SIU's Evan Taylor is signing Saturday - https://twitter.com/THefferman/statu...20110539038720


Bradley - Stephan Gabriel, Antonio Thomas, Ville Tahvanainen, and possibly JaMir Price (1 open scholarship)
Drake - Issa Samake, Joseph Yesufu, Nate Ferguson (0 open scholarship)
Evansville - Marcus Henderson (at least 2-3 open scholarships)
ISU - DJ Horne (3 scholarships)
Indiana State - Cobie Barnes, Jared Hankins, Tre Williams (0 open scholarships)
Loyola - Paxson Wojcik, Tom Welch, Marquise Kennedy (0 open scholarships)
Missouri State - Tyem Freeman, Jamonta Black, Dajuan Harris, Gaige Prim, Jordan Brinson (appear to be oversigned by 2)
UNI - James Betz, Noah Carter, Cole Henry, Logan Wolf (walk-on for basketball & scholarship for football), Evan Gauger, Derek Krogmann (zero open scholarships)
SIU - Avery Taggart (will also walk on for football), Lance Jones, Evan Taylor (3 open scholarships)
Valparaiso - none (2-3 scholarships left)

those in maroon are now confirmed as signed

of interest -- NOT ONE of the TOP 50 kids is apparently planning to sign despite most of them being verbally committed...
They are obviously all keeping options open - apparently in case something more lucrative comes along...

https://twitter.com/jeffborzello/status/1062703093886976000

[Da Coach]

Kids can sign electronically now. They used to have to sign a paper and fax it to the schools. But the online method now available makes it a bit easier, and they can complete from home in fewer steps.