Bradley Roster

[Da Coach]

The official Bradley roster page now has the 2020-21 roster posted-

https://bradleybraves.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster

It has all the returning players, including Riley Burger, who will return as a walk-on after never appearing in a game last season due to injuries.
However, none of the new incoming players are shown- Darius Hannah, Connor Linke, Jayson Kent, and Sean East.

The Bradley roster page for the 2020-21 team has finally been updated to include all the new incoming players.
They do not have photos for the new players yet, but their uniform numbers, info and bios are there-

https://bradleybraves.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster

There is still no word on a possible replacement for Kristof Kendrick as the Coordinator of Player Personnel and Video Operations, who left Bradley for an assistant coaching position at Western Michigan on July 6, 2020.
https://www.bradleyfans.com/forum/sp...nge-at-bradley

[Da Coach]

The Bradley 2020-21 roster page was just updated with new photos of the returning players as well as the new players.
There are also new updated bios-

https://bradleybraves.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster

[Da Coach]

BU basketball releases short video-
https://twitter.com/bradleyumbb/stat...50371222138881

[Da Coach]

Some interesting observations on the new roster page....

https://bradleybraves.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster

I noticed- Elijah Childs is now listed at 6'8", 230lbs. Last year he was listed at 6'7", 225lbs-
https://bradleybraves.com/sports/men...roster/2019-20

Last year's roster page-
https://bradleybraves.com/sports/men...roster/2019-20

Did he grow another inch in his senior year? Unlike a lot of schools, Bradley doesn't usually exaggerate height & weight for their players to make them look better.
Elijah is the only player from last year, including sit-out players Kevin McAdoo & Terry Nolan and walkon who had their height increased on this year's roster.

But there are other changes, mostly subtle.
Every returning player from last year's active roster shows a weight increase of 5 pounds, except Antonio Thomas, who dropped 5 pounds!
The returning non-active players McAdoo & Nolan's weight stayed the same, but Rienk Mast increased more than anyone- by 10 pounds!
Danya Kingsby increased from 175 to 180lb.
Ari Boya went from 240 to 245lb.
Antonio Thomas dropped from 190 to 185lb!
Terry Nolan stayed at 190lb.
Elijah Childs increased from 225 to 230lb.
Riley Burger went up from 195 to 200lb.
Kevin McAdoo stayed the same at 180lb.
Ja'Shon Henry increased from 225 to 230lb.
Ville Tahvanainen increased from 205 to 210lb.
And Rienk Mast increased the most, from 230 to 240lb.

And the new guys -
Connor Linke is listed as 6'9", 225 lb- nice size for a freshman- he does have a lot of upper body muscle.
Check out his neck muscles in his bio pic- https://bradleybraves.com/sports/men...or-linke/12526
I wish I looked like that coming out of high school.
There are quite a few pictures of Connor from high school showing he has better musculature, especially in the upper body than most big high school kids-


Darius Hannah is listed as 6'9", 190 lb- in high school he was mostly listed as 6'8", 190- http://verbalcommits.com/players/darius-hannah
Darius Hannah's new photo looks like he might have bulked up a little, but it's hard to tell- https://bradleybraves.com/sports/men...s-hannah/12524
He was quite thin in the upper body in high school, so more muscle will help him-

https://i.ibb.co/jzFwTCM/Hannah.png

And Jayson Kent is listed as 6'7", 185 lb- terrific size for a shooting guard/wing. In high school, he was listed some places as 6'6", so maybe he is still growing. He also looks like he has added a little muscle since high school.



And Thomas Hall is listed several places on the internet as 6'8", and in some places even as 6'9"- but now on the official new roster, he is listed as 6'7".
https://bradleybraves.com/sports/men...mas-hall/12523

Here is an article in the PJ Star about him committing to Bradley less than 2 months ago and it says he is 6'9",-
https://www.pjstar.com/sports/202008...ley-basketball
Thomas Hall is coming home.
The 6-foot-9 forward, who starred in basketball and football at Metamora High School, announced a verbal commitment late Thursday night to play for Bradley University.

[lb071964]

Ja’shon weight gain is all muscle. Believe it or not his upper body is bigger than last year.

[ihatetea]

Ja’shon weight gain is all muscle. Believe it or not his upper body is bigger than last year.

I believe it. I also believe he could switch to football and be successful, maybe with the colts?

[Da Coach]

Great Dave Reynolds article about Bradley's 2 junior transfer guards, Terry Nolan, Jr., and Kevin McAdoo-

https://www.pjstar.com/sports/20201013/how-these-two-transfer-guards-fit-into-bradley-basketballrsquos-rsquowinning-culturersquo

[Tommy]

Thanks Coach. Great article by Dave Reynolds again. I'm impressed and really looking forward to the season!

[Da Coach]

Update- MVC teams with their 2020-21 rosters posted- Only UNI has not yet posted their 2021-22 roster-
Bradley- https://bradleybraves.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster
Drake- https://godrakebulldogs.com/roster.aspx?path=mbball
Evansville- https://gopurpleaces.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster
Illinois State- https://goredbirds.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster
Indiana State- https://gosycamores.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster
Loyola- https://loyolaramblers.com/sports/me...ketball/roster
Missouri State- https://missouristatebears.com/sport...ketball/roster
Northern Iowa- https://unipanthers.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster (not updated for 2021-22- currently shows their 2020-21 roster)
Southern ILL- https://siusalukis.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster
Valparaiso- https://www.valpoathletics.com/mbask...ter/?view=list

[Big Mike]

Full rosters are up now.

[Da Coach]

Full rosters are up now.

Thanks Mike.

New 2021-22 roster page with photos and bios of the new players as well as the returning players-

https://bradleybraves.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster