2024 and beyond recruits

[Da Coach]

Dave Eminian has a good article about Matthew Zobrist and the Bradley offer-

https://www.pjstar.com/story/sports/local/2023/09/29/ncaa-college-basketball-bradley-joins-chase-with-offer-metamora-shooting-guard-matthew-zobrist/70996777007/

[Da Coach]

One time Bradley recruit Jaheem Webber is visiting Wright State this weekend

https://twitter.com/Aaron_Webber13/status/1707930720302186728

I expect Webber to commit to Wight State soon.

[egib52]

One time Bradley recruit Jaheem Webber is visiting Wright State this weekend

https://twitter.com/Aaron_Webber13/status/1707930720302186728

I expect Webber to commit to Wight State soon.

I was hoping we would keep him in Central Illinois, but he looks like a developmental guy.

[KillerB]

Any word on how the Iturbe visit went?

[Da Coach]

Some new names-
2024 Jake Fritz- 6'4" guard at Blue Valley Northwest HS in Overland Park, Kansas- https://www.hudl.com/profile/15476423/Jake-Fritz
also- https://twitter.com/HoopsEvaluator/s...25431498387457

2025 Braden Freeman- 6'6" shooting guard at Moline HS. He also plays with Mid-Pro Academy of Peoria. He is the younger brother of Owen Freeman, a highly recruited 6'11" forward who helped lead Moline ot the 2023 Illinois Class 4A state championship and who is now a freshman at Iowa- https://verbalcommits.com/players/braden-freeman

2026 Jonny Jordan- 6'2" sophomore point guard at Chaminade College Prep in St. Louis- https://verbalcommits.com/players/jonny-jordan
Also- https://twitter.com/JonnyjumperStl/s...66657525256193

And a couple older names that Bradley is still in touch with-
2025 Devin Brown- 6'7" forward at Milwaukee Academy oi Science. Bradley Has been following him for a long time, and offered him in June, 2022- https://verbalcommits.com/players/devin-brown
Mention of offer- https://www.instagram.com/p/CxvMPdsOWTM/?img_index=1

2025 Christian Williams- 5'10" point guard a Vashon HS in St. Louis- https://verbalcommits.com/players/christian-williams3

[BU freak]

Julen Iturbe commits to American

https://twitter.com/IturbeJulen/status/1708948465454092609

[yoda]

Bummer, musta wanted to stay out east

[Da Coach]

A couple new offers- 2025 Jamarion Batemon and 2025 Devin Brown-

https://www.instagram.com/p/CxvMPdsOWTM/?img_index=1

2025 Jamarion Batemon-

https://www.bradleyfans.com/forum/sports-forums/basketball-fan-talk/505646-2023-and-beyond-recruits?p=511780#post511780

https://verbalcommits.com/players/jamarion-batemon

2025 Devin Brown-

https://www.bradleyfans.com/forum/sports-forums/basketball-fan-talk/505646-2023-and-beyond-recruits?p=512355#post512355

https://verbalcommits.com/players/devin-brown

[Da Coach]

2025 Dietrich Richardson- 6'6" guard from Manual HS in Peoria. There are some web sources that say he is the son of former Peoria HS star D.J. Richardson, who played for Bruce Weber at Illinois (2009-13). But other sources report that he is D.J.'s nephew. DJ had a six year pro career overseas, and is now an assistant coach at East Peoria.
https://twitter.com/MHS_Boys_/status...67141028257794
https://twitter.com/DietrichR_11/sta...90545515597830
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugHvxVkbdwY

Bradley coaches were in to watch 2025 Manual guard Dietrich Richardson today-
https://twitter.com/MaxFeldman6/stat...23950521106681

Bradley extends an offer to 2025 Manual Guard Dietrich Richardson-

https://twitter.com/MidProAcademy/status/1708948609041879081

[Da Coach]

Julen Iturbe commits to American...

Heard from a couple sources.... both were not aware of any visit from a recruit last week, and that is unlikely if it had happened.

[BU freak]

It would make sense. As a teaser he had pictures of him in the uniforms of his Final 4, all which were clearly when he was on his visits. Never did put a picture of himself in a Bradley jersey, which would indicate he never visited.

[yoda]

Julen Iturbe commits to American

I am convinced he will be a good player & could have been a Krutwig-type in the MVC- not necessarily claiming he'd be that consistently dominant.
Had Iturbe committed to Bradley, he'd have immediately gotten a nice writeup by the PJStar, and our local social media would have
been buzzing. But oddly, even tho he commits to a school in a city (DC) that has more media coverage than anywhere else in the world,
there isn't a single mention, let alone a story about him.
Then I tried to see if there's much discussion on their social media... and guess what? They basically don't have any.- and there's only a couple mentions
on the message board that serves their entire conference and not any particular team.
Then I checked to see if American University even has a basketball twitter account - they do not.
So I checked a few other places, FB, IG, etc... and AU's women's basketball has a Facebook page that's fairly active, but NOTHING for men's BKB.
They only draw 900-1000 per home game, so I am guessing he had little interest in exposure or NIL and just wanted to play closer to home.

[bradleyfan124]

I am convinced he will be a good player & could have been a Krutwig-type in the MVC- not necessarily claiming he'd be that consistently dominant.
Had Iturbe committed to Bradley, he'd have immediately gotten a nice writeup by the PJStar, and our local social media would have
been buzzing. But oddly, even tho he commits to a school in a city (DC) that has more media coverage than anywhere else in the world,
there isn't a single mention, let alone a story about him.
Then I tried to see if there's much discussion on their social media... and guess what? They basically don't have any.- and there's only a couple mentions
on the message board that serves their entire conference and not any particular team.
Then I checked to see if American University even has a basketball twitter account - they do not.
So I checked a few other places, FB, IG, etc... and AU's women's basketball has a Facebook page that's fairly active, but NOTHING for men's BKB.
They only draw 900-1000 per home game, so I am guessing he had little interest in exposure or NIL and just wanted to play closer to home.

That's good research!!!

[PhiAlphaBoy]

I am convinced he will be a good player & could have been a Krutwig-type in the MVC- not necessarily claiming he'd be that consistently dominant.
Had Iturbe committed to Bradley, he'd have immediately gotten a nice writeup by the PJStar, and our local social media would have
been buzzing. But oddly, even tho he commits to a school in a city (DC) that has more media coverage than anywhere else in the world,
there isn't a single mention, let alone a story about him.
Then I tried to see if there's much discussion on their social media... and guess what? They basically don't have any.- and there's only a couple mentions
on the message board that serves their entire conference and not any particular team.
Then I checked to see if American University even has a basketball twitter account - they do not.
So I checked a few other places, FB, IG, etc... and AU's women's basketball has a Facebook page that's fairly active, but NOTHING for men's BKB.
They only draw 900-1000 per home game, so I am guessing he had little interest in exposure or NIL and just wanted to play closer to home.

Maybe he realized during scrimmaging with our players that he just wasn't that good. It's easier to get playing time with a historically bad and rebuilding program than a successful and retooling program.

[Da Coach]

I do not think he visited. See my post above.