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I know Connor Dillon is from Peoria! That's Great! I'm talking about getting a star player out of Peoria right from HighSchool! When did we last if ever do this at Bradley?
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In the last 20+ seasons, other than several walk-ons (Peter Hanley, Thomas Hall, Lou Griffith, Mason Alwan, Ryan Phillips, Brian Lavin, Kevin Jones) and a few scholarship players players from surrounding towns (Nate Kennell, Jordan Prosser, Dyricus Simms-Edwards, Donivine Stewart, Jeremy Crouch, and Danny Adams), the last Peoria prep player that Bradley landed was Daniel Ruffin from Peoria High School, who played at Bradley from 2004-2008.Originally posted by Stevezall View Post
Ruffin was a class of 2003 Jim Les recruit, but redshirted the 2003-04 season.Comment
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Great start for the 2025 recruiting cycle! He lit it up all summer with Mid Pro! Welcome to BU Matthew!!Comment
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I just logged in for the first time in awhile, I thought I saw BW celebrating with him at the Grille on Sunday night. Awesome news, I think he will be great in the Valley.Comment
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Yes sir - I think so too! Nice to see you back on here.Originally posted by egib52 View PostComment
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He's been leaning toward Bradley for a while, but from what I hear, he made his commitment official Sunday pm, which is why we posted this thread when we did Sunday - https://www.bradleyfans.com/forum/sp...-bu#post521030Originally posted by egib52 View PostComment
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Comments from AAU coach and basketball bloggers- https://x.com/search?q=matthew%20zob...d_query&f=liveComment
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Dave Eminian just posted a great article about Matthew Zobrist committing to Bradley - https://www.pjstar.com/story/sports/...t/74332195007/
He says, "Metamora star senior guard Matthew Zobrist accepted Bradley's offer, officially committing to the Braves on Tuesday."
That's not exactly correct. He committed Sunday, as we reported at the beginning of this thread.
He also lists the schools that offered Matthew- "Illinois State, Bryant, Eastern Illinois, Penn, Belmont, Saint Louis, Indiana State and Loyola-Chicago".
I've heard there were other schools that offered in addition to those.
Belmont was in his final couple considerations along with Bradley.
But I have no doubt there would have been many more offers if he waited until after his senior year to commit, possibly including some high major programs.Comment
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WEEK/WHOI's Jim Mattson made a trip out to Metamora to get the first interview with the newest Bradley Brave Matthew Zobrist - https://x.com/hoijim/status/1810738623106445671Comment
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Matthew Zobrist has worn the # 5 at Metamora HS and in summer ball, and he posed with the # 5 for the pictures in a Bradley uniform (below).
Currently, Christian Davis wears # 5, so if he were to return for an extra year in 2025-26 when Zobrist gets to Bradley, that will have to be resolved. But it looks like Matthew will probably be the next # 5 for Bradley when that number becomes available. Prior to Christian Davis, Mikey Howell wore # 5 for one season in 2021-22, Sean East wore # 5 for one season in 2020-21, and Darrell Brown wore it for 4 seasons prior to that (2016-2020).
Note that Matthew's father, Aaron Zobrist wore #5 for his career at Bradley (1993-1997).
Others in Bradley history to wear # 5 prior to Christian Davis, Mikey Howell, and Sean East-
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Another short interview, this one by Kurt Pegler of WMBD-TV - https://x.com/KurtPegler/status/1810788315328590204Comment
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I'm Greedy now that we got Matthew to stay Home! Can we pull off another with D.Richardson from Peoria? It's been 20+ years according to Da Coach since we landed a peoria star right out of Highschool!!!!Comment
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