BU Commit- 2015- Joel Okafor

[tornado]

interesting - have to wait to find out on that one

[wily coyote]

Sure hope ESPN got that one right. He must have graduated because it says he can play right away.

[LongTimeFan]

2016- Micah Bradford, Sam Hauser, Tyler Jackson, Kaj Days, Lou Griffith, Nate Kennell

t, then I'm assuming offers for:
Ben Coupet extgended in 2013
Alonzo Chatman extended in 2012
Montreal Dixon extended in 2014

I have a few others but you can see these have been extended some years ago. The reason I asked is I'm trying to clean up some old information that I have.

[Da Coach]

I don't know how every new coach handles things like this, but I am pretty sure he does not pull every recruiting file and withdraw scholarship offers. Likely, the recruits know the coaching status at Bradley has changed. And if the new coach is still interested, he'll pick up and maintain contact.

[LongTimeFan]

Thanks. I will remove the offers from my listing.

[Da Coach]

I think that is the reasonable thing to do. If Coach Wardle wants to pursue any of them, he'll make contact and reaffirm the scholarship offer.

[tornado]

our scholarship grid with inclusion Xzavier and Omari eliminated

For 2015-16
Freshman Class: Joel Okafor, Dwayne Lautier-Ogunleye, Ronnie Suggs, Antoine Pittman (currently they are all committed or signed but not enrolled yet) - each has four years left
Sophomore Class: Donte Thomas - has three years left
Junior Class:
Senior Class: Ka'Darryl Bell, Mike Shaw, Anthony Fields, Warren Jones - each has only one season remaining
...also Jackson Kane will be a senior walk-on

Four more scholarships currently open

Current targets that are 'known' and being discussed are:

2015- Max Bielfeldt (would be a senior), Nate Navigato, Brady Ernst, Chris Palombizio, Jaycee Hillsman, Daeshon Francis (poss. transfer from UWGB- would be a soph)
2016- Micah Bradford, Sam Hauser, Tyler Jackson, Kaj Days, Lou Griffith, Nate Kennell
2017- Da'Monte Williams, AJ Youngman
2018- Joey Hauser, Tim Finke

[BUSongwriter]

T, do you mean Chris Palombizio? Dan is his Dad.

[tornado]

maybe get 'em both as a package deal

[tornado]

our scholarship grid with Fields & Cooper updated

For 2015-16
Freshman Class: Joel Okafor, Dwayne Lautier-Ogunleye, Ronnie Suggs, Antoine Pittman, Davante Cooper (currently they are all committed or signed but not enrolled yet) - each has four years left
Sophomore Class: Donte Thomas - has three years left
Junior Class:
Senior Class: Ka'Darryl Bell, Mike Shaw, Warren Jones - each has only one season remaining
...also Jackson Kane will be a senior walk-on

Four more scholarships currently open

Current targets that are 'known' and being discussed are:

2015- Max Bielfeldt (would be a senior), Nate Navigato, Brady Ernst, Chris Palombizio, Jaycee Hillsman, Daeshon Francis (poss. transfer from UWGB- would be a soph)
2016- Micah Bradford, Sam Hauser, Tyler Jackson, Kaj Days, Lou Griffith, Nate Kennell
2017- Da'Monte Williams, AJ Youngman
2018- Joey Hauser, Tim Finke



BUT - now comes a comment that Green Bay is refusing to release any of their players to transfer to Bradley - that's interesting...

https://twitter.com/ScottBonko/status/595737373893390337

[Da Coach]

I think that tweeter is simply mistaken.

[tornado]

Okafor is playing in the Hoosier's all Star Classic June 5 8pm (Eastern)

https://www.facebook.com/thehoosiergym/posts/10152722029842261

https://twitter.com/JoshChapinPI/status/599231507933310976

[bradleyfan124]

First of all I would like to give a shout out to Big Mike whom I ran into and had a nice talk with today.
Second is a question: Does anyone know if the Indiana/Kentucky All-Star game will be televised by ESPN?

[Big Mike]

First of all I would like to give a shout out to Big Mike whom I ran into and had a nice talk with today.
Second is a question: Does anyone know if the Indiana/Kentucky All-Star game will be televised by ESPN?

Good to talk again.....DaCoach usually has the TV or Internet programs availability !

[tornado]

There will be two All-Star Games for Okafor, plus a possibility of other "scrimmages"...

the two will be between the All-Stars from Indiana vs those from Kentucky -

Game 1 - June 12 in Lexington, KY
Game 2 - June 13 in Indianapolis, IN

http://www.pal-item.com/story/sports/high-school/2015/04/20/star-devil/26103919/

They also always had one or two additional games - labelled a "scrimmage" so as to avoid certain rules that limit how many "All Star Games" the kids can participate in.
The Junior All-Stars face the Senior All-Stars as a warmup to the Indiana-Kentucky games.
(the SENIORS generally won!)
This year they have two Junior-Senior games on June 8 in Richmond, IN & June 10 in Columbus, IN

http://www.indystar.com/story/sports/high-school/2015/04/20/indiana-senior-boys-all-stars-2015-high-school-indiana-all-stars/26069547/

this actually may be a year when the KY All Stars can compete well against those from IN...as two of the top Indiana players (Ryan Fazekas & Caleb Swanigan) appear unable to play, and one other (Caleb Speidel) is out with injury.