Connor Hickman enters portal

[Afreck2430]

Hickman has entered the portal https://twitter.com/VerbalCommits/st...CgQJMeUUg&s=19

[bradleyfan124]

Hickman has entered the portal https://twitter.com/VerbalCommits/st...CgQJMeUUg&s=19

Damn!!! He was my favorite

[basketball nut]

So sad, could have went down as one of BU's best.
Was my favorite player, Duke just replaced him.

[Dubl R 1]

Man, we just can't get over the hump. Such a prime position for next season, I hate this.

[Da Coach]

Confirmed. Connor is entering the portal and intends to transfer. We wish him the best. Once a Brave, always a Brave.
He will get power conference offers.

Fourth year in a row that Bradley has lost their leading scorer with eligibility remaining (Childs, Roberts, Mast, and now Hickman).

[tomahawk chop]

I hate it but if players do not wish to stay then find ones that want to be here , whole different way of recruiting in this day and age. Good luck to him and will be interesting to see where he lands.Money must be the no.1 issue.

[Landof10thcoaches]

Very unfortunate, (was a good player in the valley). Will he be a contributor on a big ten team who knows. We know he isn’t a great ball handler which translates to a catch and shot guy next level. Wish him well but I hope Bradley makes the tournament and he sees what he missed with his guys. The portal hot girl shows interest in you and you dump your girlfriend for her. Then you have regrets about a year or two later.

[egib52]

This one hurts. I thought he and Wardle had a close relationship. I hope he finds success, but Maniscalco never had the same success after leaving.

[Stevezall]

There goes Bradley's Chance to remain stable and unaffected by the portal! If Deen and Hannah leave, it's really back to the drawing Board because you need some veteran presence! The question remains, can Bradley get some senior experience from the portal? Even just for 1 year, that could contribute mightly!!!! I know Coach Wardle wants long term players, but in this day and age, we have to consider 1 year players if you want to compete for a Championship! It appears now that whoever is the most successful in the portal next year, may have the edge to get to the Dance! At this moment, it appears the Valley race could be wide open!!!!

[Stryker]

This one hurts. I thought he and Wardle had a close relationship. I hope he finds success, but Maniscalco never had the same success after leaving.

Agree, to me Maniscalco is a pretty close comparison to the player that Hickman is. Sam averaged about 13 pts a game at BU and Hickman 14. Neither great ball handlers, but very solid players in the Valley. Sam went to the BIG 10, his minutes went down, and his production was cut in half, and IL finished 9th in their conference that year. Not exactly what I would call a good move, but now you can get paid, and for some players, that is what they want unfortunately.

Thanks for your time at BU Connor, really wished you had stayed.

[Buxcies07]

Agree, to me Maniscalco is a pretty close comparison to the player that Hickman is. Sam averaged about 13 pts a game at BU and Hickman 14. Neither great ball handlers, but very solid players in the Valley. Sam went to the BIG 10, his minutes went down, and his production was cut in half, and IL finished 9th in their conference that year. Not exactly what I would call a good move, but now you can get paid, and for some players, that is what they want unfortunately.

Thanks for your time at BU Connor, really wished you had stayed.

I think Connor has a better chance of success than Maniscalco. Their statistics may have been similar but Hickman was a good player on a good Bradley team. Maniscalco was a good player on a bad Bradley team.

[Stryker]

I think Connor has a better chance of success than Maniscalco. Their statistics may have been similar but Hickman was a good player on a good Bradley team. Maniscalco was a good player on a bad Bradley team.

What? Sam was a key part of the 07' team as a freshman and contributed quite a bit on a team that won an NIT game. BU also won 20+ games when he was a sophmore and then started tailing off his junior year finishing .500 in the MVC. I wouldn't call the teams he was on bad necessarily.

[BU freak]

The NCAA is hellbent on ruining mid-major basketball. Look at this years tournament so far. Tons of blowouts and not many upsets. The more they let the NIL and portal go unchecked the gap between the P5 and mid majors will continue to widen. It’s pathetic but not surprising after hearing Tom Izzo and the SEC Commissioner trash mid majors.

[Classof77]

That one hurts. I really thought Hickman would stay.

[Stryker]

The NCAA is hellbent on ruining mid-major basketball. Look at this years tournament so far. Tons of blowouts and not many upsets. The more they let the NIL and portal go unchecked the gap between the P5 and mid majors will continue to widen. It’s pathetic but not surprising after hearing Tom Izzo and the SEC Commissioner trash mid majors.

Absolutely. Last year was the exception because mid-majors had a lot of older players on their rosters that were hold overs from the extra COVID eligibility. That impact dropped significantly this year and basically the entire S16 is chalk. It will only get worse going forward unless there are changes made.