Mike Shaw transferring to Bradley from UIUC

[Da Coach]

Here's yet another transfer - let's see who wants him...

highly touted out of high school - but little recruited - for a reason...
he is NIU's top scorer - and has been in his coach's doghouse, and he takes tons of shots but has a low shooting percentage
Abdel Nader leaving NIU - he was once a Bradley recruit -

http://fullscalesports.com/2013/03/28/northern-illinois-basketball-player-abdel-nader-transferring/

NIU's 2nd leading scorer - who was a BU recruit a year ago - Akeem Springs has also left -

Akeem Springs, a 6'3" guard who was once a Bradley recruit, and who left Northern Illinois after 1 season, has now transferred to Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

[tornado]

when Mike Shaw transferred out of Illinois - so did several other players..

one of them, Ibby Djimde - has said all along he was going to Longwood...

http://bradleyfans.com/vb/showpost.php?p=280050&postcount=2

but suddenly he changes his mind - now he's headed to Coastal Carolina - musta got a better deal...
If so then it seems like payback since Coastal Carolina's Sam McLaurin suddenly left last year and went to Illinois and played immediately as a 5th year grad transfer..

http://www.wbtw.com/story/22787550/illinois-djimde-says-he-will-transfer-to-coastal-carolina-hoops

Devin Langford will be at Kentucky Wesleyan - should be able to play a bunch right away

http://www.messenger-inquirer.com/blogs/sports_blog/article_17dcb020-d9d7-11e2-a6ac-0019bb2963f4.html

These guys were part of an Illinois 2011 recruiting class that was RANKED as high as TOP TEN Nationally!!

but now there's hardly anything left of it -
Myke Henry, Langford, Shaw, and Djimde are all gone...
Abrams & Egwu are still around.

[Old Coach]

when Mike Shaw transferred out of Illinois - so did several other players..

one of them, Ibby Djimde - has said all along he was going to Longwood...

http://bradleyfans.com/vb/showpost.php?p=280050&postcount=2

but suddenly he changes his mind - now he's headed to Coastal Carolina - musta got a better deal...
If so then it seems like payback since Coastal Carolina's Sam McLaurin suddenly left last year and went to Illinois and played immediately as a 5th year grad transfer..

http://www.wbtw.com/story/22787550/illinois-djimde-says-he-will-transfer-to-coastal-carolina-hoops

Devin Langford will be at Kentucky Wesleyan - should be able to play a bunch right away

http://www.messenger-inquirer.com/blogs/sports_blog/article_17dcb020-d9d7-11e2-a6ac-0019bb2963f4.html

These guys were part of an Illinois 2011 recruiting class that was RANKED as high as TOP TEN Nationally!!

but now there's hardly anything left of it -
Myke Henry, Langford, Shaw, and Djimde are all gone...
Abrams & Egwu are still around.

That's probably part of the reason Bruce Weber is no longer there.

[tornado]

That's probably part of the reason Bruce Weber is no longer there.

maybe "part" but Bruce only had those guys in his recruiting Class of 2011 for only one season-
.. I can't imagine anyone expected Bruce to win the Big Ten with his 2011 recruiting class all as just freshmen...
A lot of it had to do with a brand new regime - a University Prez about to come in (hired March 2012) and
a fairly new AD (hired Aug. 2011) who finally had approval for what he was considering previously,
"wanting to put their own stamp on the programs"..