2025 and beyond recruits

[yoda]

likely they are working 15 hrs a day to fill those open scholarships but our staff keeps thing pretty confidential as we have seen
over and over...
BU has been a very successful and winning program since before Covid so I think we are in a better spot than a lot of mid-majors...

[Da Coach]

A couple new recruit names-
Bradley has offered 2024 Stefan Cicic- 6'11" center at Riverside-Brookfield High School.
Bradley offered Cicic today - https://twitter.com/_stefancicic_/st...87426277122177
Article - https://ny2lasports.com/2024-c-stefa...e-recruitment/
Other offers - https://verbalcommits.com/players/stefan-ii
Senior year highlight video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDQRIb-PfqM
Another video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hy6op2A70jg

I think you mean Zagoria reported that Stefan Cicic entered the portal after redshirting last year at Tulane.

Yes, Bradley offered Stefan Cicic of Riverside-Brookfied HS a year ago. He committed to Tulane, but as noted, he is back in the portal.
This page lists his other known offers - https://verbalcommits.com/players/stefan-ii
Bio at Tulane- https://tulanegreenwave.com/sports/m...269i-263/14846
He played just a minute or 2 in their first 3 games last November, but then was redshirted. He was scoreless.
Stats- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...0/stefan-cicic
Now he has entered the Portal again - https://x.com/search?q=cicic&src=typed_query

This article mentions that "he battled through injuries" - https://athlonsports.com/college-bas...l-on-wednesday

I can confirm that our coaches are aware of this and they have been in contact with him.
There have been a large number of new contacts in the last few days, too numerous to list.

[houstonbrave]

I think you mean Zagoria reported that Stefan Cicic entered the portal after redshirting last year at Tulane.

[Steve Zalutsky]

Coach, just read Adam Zagoria just entered the Portal! He chose Tulane over Bradley and a couple other schools last year. Do you think Bradley is still interested?

[BU freak]

Still baffles me that a kid who barely averages 5 or 6 points in D2 and somehow they are coveted in the portal.

[yoda]

….

Juco recruit- Davius Loury- 6'7" freshman at John A. Logan junior college. He played at Chicago Kenwood HS and also at Donda Prep Academy. He reportedly has nearly 20 offers, mostly mid-majors. We mentioned his name a few months ago. He is a strong, physical player and would be an immediate impact player in the MVC. Could be in for a visit soon.
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Loury commits to CSUN

https://x.com/CoachTreal2/status/1914784775870595100

[tomahawk chop]

I would like more commitments by Sunday as we need some inside players and another experienced point guard.

[yoda]

Gus Rugaard's younger brother, Tripp Rugaard from Morton HS has verballed to play at ICC next year.

[yoda]

I think this is a really good get for Valpo

[egib52]

Kobe Walker to Valpo.

[egib52]

A couple new names that Bradley is following-

D1 transfer portal- Todd Brogna- 6'7", 220 lb sophomore forward at Stonehill College. He is originally from Southborough, Massachusetts. This past season as a sophomore, he averaged 12.3 ppg and 6.8 rpg. He shot 50.2% overall, 39.7% from three, and 90.7% on free throws. - https://x.com/DylanThayer0/status/1905294646621634725
Bio- https://stonehillskyhawks.com/sports...dd-brogna/9202
Stats- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...98/todd-brogna

D1 transfer portal- Bryce Baker- 6'5" junior shooting guard at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, South Carolina. He is originally from Mooresville, NC. He played his freshman and sophomore seasons at Old Dominion U. This past season as a junior at Winthrop, he started 5 out of 32 games, and averaged 7.3 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 0.6 apg, and he shot 40.8% overall and 39.3% from three. Of the 206 shots he took, 173 were from 3-point range - https://x.com/yeaabryce/status/1912510757004063111
Video- https://x.com/TransferTapes/status/1914068176779833847
Bio- https://winthropeagles.com/sports/me...yce-baker/7466
Stats- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...63/bryce-baker

This surprises me, I would think we are set in the back court.

[Da Coach]

A couple new names that Bradley is following-

D1 transfer portal- Todd Brogna- 6'7", 220 lb sophomore forward at Stonehill College. He is originally from Southborough, Massachusetts. This past season as a sophomore, he averaged 12.3 ppg and 6.8 rpg. He shot 50.2% overall, 39.7% from three, and 90.7% on free throws. - https://x.com/DylanThayer0/status/1905294646621634725
Bio- https://stonehillskyhawks.com/sports...dd-brogna/9202
Stats- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...98/todd-brogna

D1 transfer portal- Bryce Baker- 6'5" junior shooting guard at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, South Carolina. He is originally from Mooresville, NC. He played his freshman and sophomore seasons at Old Dominion U. This past season as a junior at Winthrop, he started 5 out of 32 games, and averaged 7.3 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 0.6 apg, and he shot 40.8% overall and 39.3% from three. Of the 206 shots he took, 173 were from 3-point range - https://x.com/yeaabryce/status/1912510757004063111
Video- https://x.com/TransferTapes/status/1914068176779833847
Bio- https://winthropeagles.com/sports/me...yce-baker/7466
Stats- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...63/bryce-baker

More-
D1 portal- Mayar Wol- 6'8" sophomore forward at Eastern Kentucky who started 20 of 32 games this past season. He averaged 8.9 ppg and 4.8 rpg, and shot 40.4% overall and 32.9% from three.
Bio- https://ekusports.com/sports/mens-ba...ayar-wol/10570
Stats- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...2799/mayar-wol

D2 portal- Sherman Brashear- 6'5" senior guard at Hawaii-Pacific.Averaged 13.4 ppg and 5.7 rpg. He played a year at Western Kentucky and two years at Texas-Rio Grande Valley, before transferring to Hawaii-Pacific. - https://x.com/365_Recruits/status/1904631605156622508

https://hpusharks.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/sherman-brashear/5095

[yoda]

The guarantee of the extra juco year might be available for Corey Thomas in 2026, but as of right now NCAA has extended it only to players whose eligibility would have been exhausted in 2025. Of course, things could change but here’s the ruling.

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[tomahawk chop]

Bradley now has 10 scholarship players committed for the 2025-26 season-
Scholarship grid - https://www.bradleyfans.com/forum/sp...holarship-grid
4 years of eligibility left - Matthew Zobrist, Dietrich Richardson, Montana Wheeler
3 years of eligibility left - Jaquan Johnson, Timoty van der Knaap
2 years of eligibility left - Corey Thomas, Demarion Burch
Final year of eligibility - Ahmet Jonovic, A.J. Smith, Alex Huibregtse

In 2025, the NCAA has expanded the scholarship limit to 15 scholarships for schools that opt to join in on the NCAA $2.8 billion dollar legal settlement. So, Coach Wardle could offer 3, 4 or as many as 5 more scholarships.
In addition to expanding the total number, scholarships in men's basketball can now be split and players can get partial scholarships.
The new rules also limit the total number of roster spots to 15 players, which means we probably won't see too many partial scholarships, and there will probably be fewer non-scholarship players on rosters.

That is a good roster and would like the next 2 scholarships to go to another center and a wing that can play the 3 and is a good shooter. We might also need an experienced point guard to go with Johnson and Wheeler. This is definitely a great start to the spring recruiting season. Just need to finish it strong.

[Da Coach]

Bradley now has 10 scholarship players committed for the 2025-26 season-
Scholarship grid - https://www.bradleyfans.com/forum/sp...holarship-grid
4 years of eligibility left - Matthew Zobrist, Dietrich Richardson, Montana Wheeler
3 years of eligibility left - Jaquan Johnson, Timoty van der Knaap
2 years of eligibility left - Corey Thomas, Demarion Burch
Final year of eligibility - Ahmet Jonovic, A.J. Smith, Alex Huibregtse

In 2025, the NCAA has expanded the scholarship limit to 15 scholarships for schools that opt to join in on the NCAA $2.8 billion dollar legal settlement. So, Coach Wardle could offer 3, 4 or as many as 5 more scholarships.
In addition to expanding the total number, scholarships in men's basketball can now be split and players can get partial scholarships.
The new rules also limit the total number of roster spots to 15 players, which means we probably won't see too many partial scholarships, and there will probably be fewer non-scholarship players on rosters.