Valley Recruits

[Da Coach]

UIC just got a commitment from 6'4" juco shooting guard Ethan Pickett from Triton College in River Grove, Illinois.

https://twitter.com/JUCOadvocate/status/1568381994827931648

He is originally from Pensacola, Florida.
He averaged 11.3 ppg and 5.2 rpg last season, and he shot 27% from three at Division II juco Northwest Mississippi Community College.

https://stats.njcaa.org/sports/mbkb/2021-22/div1/players/ethanpickettxczh

[Da Coach]

Murray State lands 2023 Lawrent Rice, a 6'3" point guard from Wayne HS in Huber Heights, OH.
https://twitter.com/LawrentRice/stat...61498377170945

https://verbalcommits.com/players/lawrent-rice

2023 MVC Commitments-
Belmont- Win Miller, Brigham Rogers
Drake- Chico Johnson
Evansville- Michael Day
Illinois State- Johnny Kinziger, Chase Walker
Indiana State- Camron Manyawu, Eli Shetler
Murray State- John McCrear, Lawrent Rice
UNI- R.J. Taylor
UIC- Ethan Pickett
Valparaiso- Zane Doughty, Jahari Williamson

[Da Coach]

Drake gets a commitment from 2023 Chico Johnson, a 6'3" guard from Central Catholic High School in Toledo, OH, Some sites list him as a point guard, but the Des Moines Register reports that Drake recruited him as a wing.

https://verbalcommits.com/players/chico-johnson

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/college/drake/drake-bulldogs/2022/09/19/drake-bulldogs-basketball-lands-commitment-2023-wing-chico-johnson-missouri-valley-conference-ncaa/10426993002/

He tore his ACL this past June, and most of his scholarship offers were revoked.-

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/college/drake/drake-bulldogs/2022/09/19/drake-bulldogs-basketball-lands-commitment-2023-wing-chico-johnson-missouri-valley-conference-ncaa/10426993002/

https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/high-school/2022/07/07/central-catholic-chico-johnson-basketball-future/stories/20220621150

[Da Coach]

Evansville just landed a commitment from 2023 Michael Day, a 6'11" center originally from Middleton, Idaho, who is playing this year at a relatively new prep program, Albuquerque Basketball Club Prep School.
His only offer appears to be from Evansville.

https://verbalcommits.com/players/michael-day

https://twitter.com/AlbuquerquePrep/status/1571975699862548480

https://twitter.com/michaelday2323/status/1571969452245385216

[Da Coach]

Valparaiso lands a 2023 commitment- Jahari Williamson, a pretty good scoring 6'1" point guard from Ontario, Canada. He attends Royal Crown High School, near Toronto, and he plays for

https://twitter.com/NWIOren/status/1579607865610088449

https://twitter.com/_SamyMohamed/sta...48477222993923
https://twitter.com/wesblairbrown/st...93251131691008

2023 MVC Commitments-
Belmont- Win Miller, Brigham Rogers
Drake- Chico Johnson
Evansville- Michael Day
Illinois State- Johnny Kinziger, Chase Walker
Indiana State- Camron Manyawu, Eli Shetler
Murray State- John McCrear, Lawrent Rice
UNI- R.J. Taylor, Kyle Pock, Wesley Rubin
UIC- Ethan Pickett
Valparaiso- Zane Doughty, Jahari Williamson, Yanis Bamba

There are reports that Northern Iowa also received a 2023 commitment tonight, but no official announcement has been made.

[Da Coach]

There are reports that Northern Iowa also received a 2023 commitment tonight, but no official announcement has been made.

Northern Iowa gets a 2023 verbal commitment from Kyle Pock, A 6'6" forward from Bolivar (MO) High School. He also had offers from several other MVC schools (UIC, Missouri State, Indiana State). He was a 2nd team All-State pick in Missouri as a junior, and averaged 20.9 ppg and 7.3 rpg.

https://verbalcommits.com/players/kyle-pock

https://www.news-leader.com/story/sports/high-school/2022/10/15/kyle-pock-northern-iowa-lands-commit-from-bolivar-high-star/69561211007/

[Da Coach]

Northern Iowa gets another 2023 recruit- Wesley Rubin, who was once a Bradley recruit along with his twin brother Miles Rubin. Both committed to Loyola, but Wesley Rubin decommitted and now commits to Northern Iowa.

https://www.bradleyfans.com/forum/sports-forums/basketball-fan-talk/493758-2023-2024-and-beyond-recruits?p=498777#post498777

https://www.bradleyfans.com/forum/sports-forums/basketball-fan-talk/493758-2023-2024-and-beyond-recruits?p=504456#post504456

[Da Coach]

Valparaiso gets a commitment overnight from 2023 Yanis Bamba, a 6'6" shooting guard who attends College Jean de Brebeuf in Montreal, and plays AAU ball with Brookwood Elite in Montreal.

https://twitter.com/TVBOren/status/1585507901757685760

https://www.verbalcommits.com/players/yanis-bamba

https://www.hudl.com/profile/10288834/Yanis-Bamba

It's Valparaiso's third 2023 commitment-
2023 MVC Commitments-
Belmont- Win Miller, Brigham Rogers
Drake- Chico Johnson
Evansville- Michael Day, Braylon Jackson
Illinois State- Johnny Kinziger, Chase Walker
Indiana State- Camron Manyawu, Eli Shetler
Murray State- John McCrear, Lawrent Rice
UNI- R.J. Taylor, Kyle Pock, Wesley Rubin
SIU- Kennard Davis
UIC- Ethan Pickett
Valparaiso- Zane Doughty, Jahari Williamson, Yanis Bamba

[Da Coach]

Evansville gets a 2023 commitment, 6'5" guard Braylon Jackson from Oldsmar Christian HS in Tampa
https://twitter.com/VerbalCom...68841582481410

[yoda]

Valparaiso gets a commitment overnight from 2023 Yanis Bamba, a 6'6" shooting guard who attends College Jean de Brebeuf in Montreal, and plays AAU ball with Brookwood Elite in Montreal.

https://twitter.com/TVBOren/status/1585507901757685760

https://www.verbalcommits.com/players/yanis-bamba

https://www.hudl.com/profile/10288834/Yanis-Bamba

It's Valparaiso's third 2023 commitment-
2023 MVC Commitments-
Belmont- Win Miller, Brigham Rogers
Drake- Chico Johnson
Evansville- Michael Day, Braylon Jackson, Tanner Cuff
Illinois State- Johnny Kinziger, Chase Walker
Indiana State- Camron Manyawu, Eli Shetler
Murray State- John McCrear, Lawrent Rice
UNI- R.J. Taylor, Kyle Pock, Wesley Rubin
SIU- Kennard Davis
UIC- Ethan Pickett
Valparaiso- Zane Doughty, Jahari Williamson, Yanis Bamba

Chico Johnson (Drake), Johnny Kinziger (ILSU), Chase Walker (ILSU), and Wesley Rubin (UNI) have all been announced as signed

[BraveBird]

Believe Ty Pence was also announced for Illinois State.

[Da Coach]

Believe Ty Pence was also announced for Illinois State.

Yes, you are correct-

https://twitter.com/Redbird_MBB/status/1590412664592744448

[Da Coach]

One new commitment in the MVC as the early signing period comes to a close-
2023 Tanner Cuff- 6'6" junior guard from Salt Lake Community College commits to Evansville. He is averaging 3.8 ppg through 4 games this season, and he's 0-1 from three this year. Last season he averaged 5.2 ppg and was 4-22 (18.2%).

https://verbalcommits.com/players/tanner-cuff

Stats for 2022-23- https://stats.njcaa.org/sports/mbkb/...tannercuffhvx4
Stats from 2021-22- https://www.njcaa.org/sports/mbkb/20...tannercuff1i6f


And Valparaiso reports the signing of NLIs by 3 recruits-
https://www.valpoathletics.com/mbask...-trio-to-nlis/

2023 MVC Commitments (click on name to see more info about each recruit)-
Belmont- Win Miller, Brigham Rogers
Drake- Chico Johnson
Evansville- Michael Day, Braylon Jackson, Tanner Cuff
Illinois State- Johnny Kinziger, Chase Walker
Indiana State- Camron Manyawu, Eli Shetler, Jayden Daughertry, Derek Vorst
Murray State- John McCrear, Lawrent Rice
UNI- R.J. Taylor, Kyle Pock, Wesley Rubin
SIU- Kennard Davis
UIC- Ethan Pickett
Valparaiso- Zane Doughty, Jahari Williamson, Yanis Bamba

[houstonbrave]

Mo state and Bradley the only ones without commitments

[LongTimeFan]

It looks like JC and the portal again this year.