2025 and beyond recruits

[Afreck2430]

2025 Timo George- 6'7" wing at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida. He is originally from the Netherlands. H3 played on the Netherlands U20 team this past summer in the FIBA European Championships and averaged 12.3 ppg & 7.3 Rebs.
>> https://verbalcommits.com/players/timo-george
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TnwaqN1_QY
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIrXfdTokVQ
>> https://x.com/TheWelchyReport/status...53301752492477

Bradley has offered according to his Twitter account yesterday

https://x.com/timogeorge_/status/1866309835567866355?t=7OF9LFFuqQIEy-YidqFcfA&s=19

[Da Coach]

so Bradley has maybe 4 or 5 more scholarships to fill for next year - and Coach Wardle doesn't often take in transfers who only have one year left,
but he did for two kids this year who were returning home.(Zek, and in a way, Connor Dillon)

Here's a thought from way out in left field. In checking the success professionally of Malevy Leons, and checking the success of
Zek who transferred BACK to Bradley for his final year (starter, earned preseason honors, ranks among the MVC leaders in scoring and leads the MVC in 3-pt shooting)
Add to that, Nebraska just got whalloped by 37 points against Michigan State and doesn't look so strong this season, may miss the post-season...
..also doesn't have really anybody of significance signed for next season, could be a rebuilding year....
while Bradley has put together some real good numbers the past few seasons....

Is it possible Rienk Mast may want to consider playing his final season, 2025-26 at Bradley and not stick around the cornfields for a rebuild?
I kinda know the fans and likely Coach Wardle wouldn't mind....

It would be great to have him back, but the situation would be a bit different than it was last spring. Zek was unhappy because he was forced to play out of position at Rhode Island, and was demoted from his starting spot. He wanted to return and play with his friends at Bradley, where the style was more conducive to his abilities, and where the had the ball in his hands more and was able to be more involved in the offense. The other guys wanted him back and lobbied the coaches for it to happen. But with Rienk, that won't happen. All the guys he played with will be gone next season.

[yoda]

so Bradley has maybe 4 or 5 more scholarships to fill for next year - and Coach Wardle doesn't often take in transfers who only have one year left,
but he did for two kids this year who were returning home.(Zek, and in a way, Connor Dillon)

Here's a thought from way out in left field. In checking the success professionally of Malevy Leons, and checking the success of
Zek who transferred BACK to Bradley for his final year (starter, earned preseason honors, ranks among the MVC leaders in scoring and leads the MVC in 3-pt shooting)
Add to that, Nebraska just got whalloped by 37 points against Michigan State and doesn't look so strong this season, may miss the post-season...
..also doesn't have really anybody of significance signed for next season, could be a rebuilding year....
while Bradley has put together some real good numbers the past few seasons....

Is it possible Rienk Mast may want to consider playing his final season, 2025-26 at Bradley and not stick around the cornfields for a rebuild?
I kinda know the fans and likely Coach Wardle wouldn't mind....

[Da Coach]

A couple new names-
2026 Will Stevens- 6'10" forward at Davidson Day School in Davidson, North Carolina.
>> https://www.phenomhoopreport.com/is-...in-the-region/
>> https://n.rivals.com/content/athlete...316144?view=pv
>> https://verbalcommits.com/players/william-stevens

2025 Jalen Ricks- 6'7" sophomore wing at South Plains College, a junior college in Levelland, Texas. He is originally from Sherwood, Arkansas. He was at Wichita State for the 2021-22 season and redshirted. He played at Wichita State in 2022 -23, but was limited to 12 games and a 1.8 ppg average. He appears to have spent 2023-24 at Wichita State, but did not play. He transferred and enrolled at South Plains this fall, and is now starting for the team. They are 10-4 in their first 14 games, and Ricks is averaging 13.5 ppg and 3.6 rpg. He is shooting 38.7% overall and 36.9% from three.
>> https://www.spctexans.com/sports/mbk...jalenricksztc1
>> https://goshockers.com/sports/mens-b...len-ricks/7212
2022-23 highlights - https://x.com/iamjricks3/status/1769146318147010955

[egib52]

2025 Abdul Bashir- 6'7" guard/forward at Casper College, a juco in Casper, Wyoming. He attended Bryan HS in Omaha, Nebraska and Minnesota Prep. Through his first 8 games this season, he is averaging 30.4 ppg and shooting 44.1% from three. He averaged 19.4 ppg and shot 45.3% from three as a freshman last season.
>> https://verbalcommits.com/players/abdul-bashir
>> https://www.tbirds.cc/sports/mbkb/20...hir_abdul_78ri
>> https://www.jucorecruiting.com/news_...e/show/1312306
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzSAOw3NmFE

Bashir might be a tough get.

[Da Coach]

2025 Abdul Bashir- 6'7" guard/forward at Casper College, a juco in Casper, Wyoming. He attended Bryan HS in Omaha, Nebraska and Minnesota Prep. Through his first 8 games this season, he is averaging 30.4 ppg and shooting 44.1% from three. He averaged 19.4 ppg and shot 45.3% from three as a freshman last season.
>> https://verbalcommits.com/players/abdul-bashir
>> https://www.tbirds.cc/sports/mbkb/20...hir_abdul_78ri
>> https://www.jucorecruiting.com/news_...e/show/1312306
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzSAOw3NmFE

2026 Parker Seithel- 6'10" forward at Blue Valley High School
>> https://x.com/pjseithel/status/1852068913971872087
>> https://x.com/pjseithel/status/1841234533082882153
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdrENWkmflU

2025 or 2026 Juco- Travis Torain- 6'7" forward who is a freshman at Panola junior college in Carthage, Texas. He is originally from Tracy, California, and he also did a year at a prep school in Arizona. Panola is 7-0 so far this season, and is the #2 ranked junior college team in the country. Torain is averaging 13.4 ppg, 6.3 rpg, and he is shooting 41.7% from three.
>> https://verbalcommits.com/players/travis-torain
>> https://njcaaregion14.com/sports/mbk...avistorainvvs1
>> https://www.arizonapreps.com/dream-c...-on-the-board/
Stats- https://www.njcaa.org/sports/mbkb/rankings/DI/index
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MTkD5bxz2w

[Landof10thcoaches]

Watching San Francisco/ Memphis and I would say we need about 4 bigs to be very athletic. My god we will have our hands full with San Francisco. We keep rebounding like crap no way we even have a chance.

[tomahawk chop]

I would rather have a 6-9 220 lb. athletic big man because we are playing a faster paced game and with the guards we will have next year and hopefully beyond we need more athletic bigs. We are currently in need of a big wing, pf. and a center. I prefer to bring in players with experience that have proven they can compete at this level.

[egib52]

Still trying to decide if that's a bad thing....only going by the videos on Goins but I never saw the attraction? Really slow and unathletic...but what do I know?

I agree Big Mike. I was did not see the allure. I am also for getting a strong interior presence, but I would prefer a more athletic one.

[Big Mike]

Still trying to decide if that's a bad thing....only going by the videos on Goins but I never saw the attraction? Really slow and unathletic...but what do I know?

[yoda]

Goins committed to Bowling Green State

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[yoda]

Bradley Coach Brian Wardle offers 2024 recruit Keenan Garner of Fishers, Indiana - https://twitter.com/keenan_garner13/...43751006138590

Kid's a gamer, too bad we missed on him-
He is the Horizon Freshman of the Week - averaging 10ppg, 7.3rpg
(Maybe his name will appear in the portal???)

[Da Coach]

Just to be clear, Rienk was a RS freshman in 2020-21, so he had a year to improve and work on his game. This doesn't diminish his achievement, but I think it is relevant in the discussion of freshman bigs effectiveness.

Yes, thanks for pointing out the difference.
But he was also recovering from an ACL surgical repair on his knee, and that might have worked against him his first year competing. His stats jumped up significantly his second season after having another year to get stronger and more confident with his repaired knee. He still had a nice freshman season and was named to the MVC All-Freshman team. And he lead Bradley in 3-point shooting percentage his freshman year.
Rienk Mast's stats - https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...677/rienk-mast

[egib52]

There have been some notable exceptions of big men who were outstanding in their freshman seasons in the MVC.
2023-24- Almar Atlason was All-Freshman and Cooper Schwieger was the Freshman of the Year. Yes, I realize they were not true centers/low post players. But the next 3 were
2022-23- Robbie Avila was All-Freshman
2020-21- Rienk Mast was All-Freshman
2017-18- Cameron Krutwig was All-Freshman and runner-up for POY, and lead Loyola to the Final Four

Just to be clear, Rienk was a RS freshman in 2020-21, so he had a year to improve and work on his game. This doesn't diminish his achievement, but I think it is relevant in the discussion of freshman bigs effectiveness.

[Da Coach]

Not that we ever in the mix. Darius Hannah's brother chooses 'Bama
Top-40 guard Davion Hannah just announced live on
@247Sports
that he has committed to #RollTide "it's go time at Alabama." https://247sports.com/article/top-40

Alabama has lots of NIL money, though most of it goes to football. But no doubt, there is still a buch available to lure basketball recruits.
Good for Davion. Hope it works out for him. I think you are correct that Bradley hasn't been involved for a while.