2020 and Beyond Recruiting Targets

[Da Coach]

Kenneth Lofton, Jr. will make an official visit to Bradley August 31. He also has visits planned to Louisiana Tech, Texas State, Sam Houston State, and possibly Georgetown.

He has already had an unofficial visit to Georgetown. His older brother lives in Washington, DC.

And today is Kenneth Lofton, Jr.'s birthday. He just turned 17 y/o.

[LongTimeFan]

Here is a sports discussion about Kenneth Lofton, Jr. It starts at 1:14:50

https://www.facebook.com/chopshophtx/videos/384057322517655/

They don't talk very flattering about Bradley.

[Da Coach]

No, you are right. Those are Texas high school basketball guys. I think the reason they don't have much to say about Bradley is that they don't know much about Bradley. However, they did acknowledge the Missouri Valley is a higher level of play than 3 of his other 4 choices (La. Tech, Texas St., and Sam Houston St.). They couldn't name our coach and they seemed to want the kid to go either to Georgetown, because that is his "best" offer, or to one of those schools closer to home so his parents can watch him play. But during their podcast, Kenneth Lofton, Sr. texted and told them they preferred Kenneth, Jr. not go to a school close to home!

For the record, I am not convinced he is a Georgetown/Big East caliber player right now (a 6'6" post player). So I am a bit surprised by the Georgetown offer. It is the only Power 6 conference offer. But as I have said before, there are a lot of different kinds of offers, and we do not know what his offer from Georgetown involves. It could be a conditional offer ("if player A doesn't commit, then you will get his scholarship, or "if player B leaves early for the NBA, we'll have a scholarship for you"), or it could involve redshirting his first year like Ben Jacobson at UNI does frequently, or it might be conditional on him doing a year of prep school.
I notice that Georgetown just brought in 3 post players in their class of 2019 (2 of them are 4-stars), and they already have a commitment from a 4-star class of 2020 power forward. I'm sure the Loftons will consider all that when they decide.-

http://verbalcommits.com/schools/georgetown

[egib52]

No, you are right. Those are Texas high school basketball guys. I think the reason they don't have much to say about Bradley is that they don't know much about Bradley. However, they did acknowledge the Missouri Valley is a higher level of play than 3 of his other 4 choices (La. Tech, Texas St., and Sam Houston St.). They couldn't name our coach and they seemed to want the kid to go either to Georgetown, because that is his "best" offer, or to one of those schools closer to home so his parents can watch him play. But during their podcast, Kenneth Lofton, Sr. texted and told them they preferred Kenneth, Jr. not go to a school close to home!

For the record, I am not convinced he is a Georgetown/Big East caliber player right now (a 6'6" post player). So I am a bit surprised by the Georgetown offer. It is the only Power 6 conference offer. But as I have said before, there are a lot of different kinds of offers, and we do not know what his offer from Georgetown involves. It could be a conditional offer ("if player A doesn't commit, then you will get his scholarship, or "if player B leaves early for the NBA, we'll have a scholarship for you"), or it could involve redshirting his first year like Ben Jacobson at UNI does frequently, or it might be conditional on him doing a year of prep school.
I notice that Georgetown just brought in 3 post players in their class of 2019 (2 of them are 4-stars), and they already have a commitment from a 4-star class of 2020 power forward. I'm sure the Loftons will consider all that when they decide.-
http://verbalcommits.com/schools/georgetown

One would think Childs development is a huge selling point in this recruitment.

[Da Coach]

Update on a couple names we have previously posted... Bradley continuing to pursue a number of quality big men for the class of 2020.

2020 Darius Hannah- Bradley offered Darius Hannah, a 6'9" forward from Milwaukee Academy of Science over a year ago. Our coaches continue to remain in close recruiting contact.

http://verbalcommits.com/players/darius-hannah

https://twitter.com/FreshCoastHoops/...79245317513221
https://twitter.com/AIA_BILLY/status...88715690680322
http://www.ny2lasports.com/player_de...?playerid=8226

Videos-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rb8L_PMh3Fc

2020 Terrance Thompson- Bradley offered Terrance Thompson, a 6'7", 220 lb. forward from La Crosse Central HS in La Crosse, Wisconsin, over a year ago. He remains uncommitted and the BU coaches are continuing to pursue him.

http://verbalcommits.com/players/terrance-thompson

https://lacrossetribune.com/sports/l...7a93062d9.html
http://www.ny2lasports.com/player_de...playerid=13988

Video-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NQQJe_ES3Q

New name
2021 Connor Hickman- 6'1" point guard from Bloomington South HS in Bloomington, Indiana.

https://www.prephoops.com/player/connor-hickman/

Videos-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVjF9_GDrpM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4I0McZTRTY

http://inbasketballsource.com/recrui...connor-hickman

[Da Coach]

2 more-

2020 Bennett Kwiecinski- 6'8" forward from Loyola Academy in Wilmette, IL.

http://verbalcommits.com/players/bennett-kwiecinski

https://www.chicagotribune.com/subur...206-story.html

Videos-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W1Mt5dMor0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63G3DFUQs70

2020 Jordan Kwiecinski- 6'8" forward from Loyola Academy in Wilmette, IL. He is the twin brother of Bennett.

http://verbalcommits.com/players/jordan-kwiecinski

http://endlessmotor.net/2019/01/19/s...tment-with-em/

Videos-

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw1uv-U-qOw

Jordan Kwiecinski, one of the 2 Kwiecinski brothers that Bradley was recruiting in the class of 2020 just committed to Drake.

https://twitter.com/jordank521/status/1162377320805601280

[Da Coach]

Kenneth Lofton, Jr. will make an official visit to Bradley August 31....

Another Bradley big man recruit for 2020 will be making an official visit the same weekend, August 30 & 31- Jake Hutson-

https://twitter.com/RyanJamesMN/status/1162372805452845056

http://verbalcommits.com/players/jacob-hutson

We first reported that Bradley offered him back in June-

https://www.bradleyfans.com/forum/sports-forums/basketball-fan-talk/487496-new-bradley-offer-2020-jacob-hutson

And we were the first to report that Bradley was recruiting him back in May-

https://www.bradleyfans.com/forum/sports-forums/basketball-fan-talk/485875-2020-and-beyond-recruiting-targets?p=486779#post486779

[Da Coach]

Kenneth Lofton, Jr. is off the board. He commits to Louisiana Tech.

[Da Coach]

Some new names Bradley is recruiting-

2020 Tomiwa Sulaiman- 6'6" forward at West Nottingham Academy in Colora, Maryland. He is from London, England and played for the Great Britain U18 National team.

http://verbalcommits.com/players/tomiwa-sulaiman

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64XaxSZ2wXo

2021 Foster Wonders- 6'5" guard/forward from Iron Mountain HS in Iron Mountain, Michigan. He just received a scholarship offer from SIU this weekend.

http://verbalcommits.com/players/foster-wonders

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Wmg14DNTMk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9WxKLE8cLo

2021 Kobe Johnson- 6'1" point guard from Nicolet HS in suburban Wisconsin.

http://verbalcommits.com/players/kobe-johnson-wi

https://247sports.com/Player/Kobe-Johnson-46058937/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kq5hbfBNNE

His older brother Jalen Johnson is a 2020 recruit committed to Duke-

http://verbalcommits.com/players/jalen-johnson-wi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BkWaXSXmsM

[Da Coach]

A couple more 2021 recruits-

2021 Jadin Johnson- 6'3" point guard from Millard North High School in Omaha, Nebraska.

https://www.omaha.com/neprepzone/recruiting/boys-basketball/sautter-jadin-johnson-a---point-guard-adds-even/article_894bf8b3-425d-5767-a2e7-fc04ca0c49bc.html

https://247sports.com/Player/Jadin-Johnson-46057556/

https://247sports.com/college/iowa/Article/2021-guard-Jadin-Johnson-attracting-early-interest-120062236/

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/high-school/recruiting/2019/01/22/2021-pg-jadin-johnson-council-bluffs-abraham-lincoln-iowa-wisconsin-uni-drake-martin-bros/2645748002/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98RxhD_hVjU

2021 Keon Thompson- 6'1" point guard at Merrillville HS, Merrillville, Indiana.

https://www.prephoops.com/2018/12/prospect-spotlight-keon-thompson-2021/

https://www.maxpreps.com/athlete/keon-thompson/n55K1dMVEeeT-Oz0u-e-FA/videos.htm?videoid=3f833a19-fa1a-4388-b5d6-733c199de94b

https://twitter.com/prepballstars/status/1171561613146636289

[Da Coach]

We're hearing a number of new names, mostly prep school players for 2020, 2021, and 2022.
Here are a couple more 2021 names-

2020 Alec Oglesby- 6'5" shooting guard from The Rock School, Gainesville, Florida. He is originally from Atlanta area.

http://verbalcommits.com/players/alec-oglesby

https://n.rivals.com/content/prospec...oglesby-225052

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQUvb8LDkrs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-i_qGQq7Ds8

2020 Jonathan Ned- 6'8" forward from Eastern Florida State College. He is originally from Southern California and averaged 9.8 ppg and 4.7 rpg as a freshman.

http://verbalcommits.com/players/jonathan-ned

https://www.efsctitans.com/sports/mb..._jonathan_7h8i

2020 Osayi Osifo- Another 6'8" athletic forward from Eastern Florida State College. He is originally from Texas. He didn't play much as a freshman, but has impressed coaches in summer events.-

http://verbalcommits.com/players/osayi-osifo

https://www.efsctitans.com/sports/mbkb/2018-19/bios/osifo_osayi_140k

2020 Joshua Uduje- 6'5" wing now at The Knox School, a prep school in St. James, NY. He is originally from London, England and played for the London Thunder Basketball club team and for the Great Britain U18 team this summer in the FIBA U18 European Championship.

https://gb.basketball/teams/gb-u18-men/

https://games.nbaacademy.nba.com/fed...8/players/9972
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_c...&v=UqUJ4Y3qY2o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYztGqzw-JI

https://www.london-basketball.co.uk/...all-star-team/

Jonathan Uduje was recently named the #1 player at the Luol Deng camp, a yearly summer camp for the top 50 players in Great Britain.
https://www.hoopsfix.com/2019/08/jos...-50-camp-2019/


2021 Reese McMullen- 6'3" point guard from Christian Brothers High School in Memphis, Tennessee.

http://verbalcommits.com/players/reese-mcmullen

https://www.fox13memphis.com/sports/...llen/903089304

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iYbHDEcaGc

[Da Coach]

New name
2021 Connor Hickman- 6'1" point guard from Bloomington South HS in Bloomington, Indiana.

https://www.prephoops.com/player/connor-hickman/

Videos-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVjF9_GDrpM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4I0McZTRTY

http://inbasketballsource.com/recrui...connor-hickman

Mention of Bradley 2021 point guard recruit Connor Hickman of Bloomington South HS by Indiana prep recruiting specialist Jeff Rabjohns-
https://twitter.com/JeffRabjohns/sta...81732101496832

Bradley coaches have been on the road making recruiting visits this week since the recruiting "Quiet Period" ended Sunday, Sept. 8.
I hear at least one, possibly more of them were in Indiana. They are recruiting several 2020 and 2021 Indiana kids that we have listed here in this thread.
Coach Wardle posted this tweet when he arrived back at the Peoria airport late Wednesday night from a recruiting trip.
https://twitter.com/BUBrianWardle/st...66729229447168

[Da Coach]

Another new name in addition to the ones recently posted...

2020 Jarrett Hensley- 6'8" skilled left handed big man, originally a 2019 recruit, but reclassified as a 2020 recruit and is currently doing a post-grad year at Link Year Prep school in Branson, Missouri. He is originally from Shawnee Mission, Kansas, and played last year at Shawnee Mission North HS. He has also played at Leavenworth HS, and he played for Mokan Elite summer team.

http://verbalcommits.com/players/jarrett-hensley

http://www.linkhoops.com/jarrett

https://247sports.com/player/jarrett-hensley-46055652/

https://www.prephoops.com/2018/04/recruiting-report-jarrett-hensley-2019/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYPr2XaVirU

[Da Coach]

Bradley has just offered 2020 Norance Berry, a 6'3" guard from Scotland Campus Sports. He is a talented guard with good offensive and defensive skills. He is originally from Cleveland, Tennessee.

http://verbalcommits.com/players/norance-berry

One other 2020 recruit from Scotland Campus Sports-
2020 Noble Crawford- 6'6" wing player originally from Winter Park, Florida. He is thin but highly athletic and still developing.

http://verbalcommits.com/players/noble-crawford

http://zsmart.blogspot.com/2019/09/athletes-of-week-scotland-campus-sports.html?m=1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00aM4a1qnL0

[Da Coach]

Bradley assistant coach Mike Bargen was at an open gym at Mundelein High School this week to check in on a couple impressive juniors (class of 2021)-
6'8" power forward Scottie Ebube-

http://www.verbalcommits.com/players/scottie-ebube

https://www.prephoops.com/2018/08/in...ty-ebube-2021/

And 6'1" point guard Conor Enright, profiled here-
https://www.bradleyfans.com/forum/sp...754#post487754