2008 BU commitment- Chris Roberts

[Da Coach]

Maybe this is a sign of Bradley's new assistant coach's connections.
According to TexasHoops.com, a Rivals network site, Bradley is recruiting a 6'3 1/2",165 pound wing guard from Navarro College in Corsicana, Texas. His name is Chris Roberts, and he is originally from Ft. Worth, Texas (Dunbar high school).

Profile--

http://texashoops.rivals.com/viewprospect.asp?Sport=2&pr_key=44419

Article- may be premium--

http://texashoops.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=706962

There are quite a few other Division I schools interested in him, including Houston, Bradley, Louisiana Tech, Louisiana-Monroe, South Alabama, TCU, Tulsa, Wichita State, Prairie View, and Utah State.
The article says he is leaning toward signing in the early signing period in November.
Here are a couple clips from the article--
[I]"Chris went to elite camp this summer and there are a whole bunch of schools interested and recruiting him," said Navarro assistant coach Johnny Estelle. "Right now, Utah State, Wichita State, Bradley, South Alabama, and Houston are probably recruiting him the hardest."
According to Estelle, a number of these schools have already put an offer on the table for the former Flying Wildcat of Fort Worth Dunbar High School. That shouldn't come as any surprise as Roberts is coming off a great debut as a freshman in which he averaged 9.1 points, 3.1 rebounds, and 1.9 assists while showing great accuracy from beyond the arc at 39 percent. As the team's leading returning scorer, his numbers should increase as a sophomore.
"Chris wants to make sure he goes to a good situation," Estelle said. "He wants to go where people want him and he wants to go in where he has a chance to win, play in front of good crowds, and be used."
Texas Hoops Analysis: CHRIS is a long and athletic wing who does a lot of things well. He is a good scorer in transition, can really elevate and finish at the rim, handles it well in the open court, sees the floor well, is active on defense and plays with energy.[i]

Chris Roberts is #31 in the front row, center--
Navarro basketball website--

http://www.navarrocollege.edu/athletics/basketball/

[Da Coach]

2008 BU commitment- Chris Roberts

Here is a link to a thread on the Recruiting board about another new BU recruit, Chris Roberts--

http://www.bradleyfans.com/vb/showthread.php?t=4950

[basketball nut]

Bring him in against MSU if he wants to play in front of large crowds. A sold out house and a win against the Spartans would be enough to convince most young men that want to play in a great atmosphere and before large crowds that BU would be the right place to play.
Speaking of playing before big cowds I hope that BU keeps up the practice of standing for the first & last 4 minutes of each half and even extending it to 6 minutes this year. then add 2 minutes each of the next 2 years so the fans have a chance to build up to the fact that we will never sit down at a game except for half time and maybe a time out once in a while.

[SFP]

Bring him in against MSU if he wants to play in front of large crowds. A sold out house and a win against the Spartans would be enough to convince most young men that want to play in a great atmosphere and before large crowds that BU would be the right place to play.
Speaking of playing before big cowds I hope that BU keeps up the practice of standing for the first & last 4 minutes of each half and even extending it to 6 minutes this year. then add 2 minutes each of the next 2 years so the fans have a chance to build up to the fact that we will never sit down at a game except for half time and maybe a time out once in a while.

I remeber when I was there during the Less/Williams/Hersey years we use to stand up the whole game. The problem was not that the students were into it it was that the high paying alumni who command the half court seats would never stand and complain to the students who somehow managed some decent seats to sit down. As I stated before we need to make seats available for students all over the arena in order to really have an intimidating crowd. It's nice that as alumni we can follow and enjoy Bradley basketball but let's remeber the games should be catered for the students experience while there. Just my thoughts. I know someone is going to say that these alumni pump in a lot of money to the university and Bradley basketball is more then the unversity it's the community but at the end of the day the uniforms say Bradley!

Maybe things will change with the new suites being built. BTW how is the project going?

[Gargoyles]

From what I've heard, Chris was on campus last week and impressed the team when he alley-ooped the ball to himself off the backboard, cocked his arm back and threw it down. Other than his visit, shoot-a-round with the team, and dunk I don't know alot.

[bu fan 9]

How big is he?

[tornado]

Chris Roberts is listed as 6-3 but he looks bigger.

Here is a picture of him standing right next to Andrew Warren, and he appears to be maybe 6-4 and is strong with lots of muscular development.


(courtesy of Mike Radigan)

[Big Mike]

I wonder if the staff offered Chris a ride?

[Da Coach]

A new article on TexasHoops.com reports that Chris Roberts is about to make a college decision. He will decide among Bradley, Utah State, and Wichita State. He has already visited Bradley and Utah State, and is visiting Wichita State this weekend.

Profile--

http://texashoops.rivals.com/viewprospect.asp?Sport=2&pr_key=44419

Premium article--
Roberts almost ready to decide--

http://texashoops.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=720176

Here is a clip from the article--
Chris Roberts will be signing during the early signing period. The long 6-foot-3, 165-pound wing at Navarro College in Corsicana is finishing up a slate of official visits and by this time next week he may have a final decision made. It's boiled down to either the Missouri Valley Conference or Western Athletic Conference for the services of the Fort Worth native, who's currently taking his third trip.

"Chris visited Utah State, visited Bradley this past weekend, and is visiting Wichita State as we speak," said Navarro assistant coach Johnny Estelle. "He should make his decision from there. He's got some nice schools recruiting him and now he's got to make his mind up about what he's going to do."

[tornado]

.... The long 6-foot-3, 165-pound wing ...

Here are the pics again from Chris Roberts.
Does he look thin and weight 165 lbs?

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j182/BullsNBears/100_4179.jpg?t=1191059039

(ps-- he is going to commit shortly now that Wichita State went with Clevin Hannah)

[randy]

pj star reporting that Roberts commits to BU

[houstontxbrave]

Chris Roberts commits

http://www.pjstar.com/php/index.php?/news/peoria_junior_college_guard_commits_to_bradley/

[bu fan 9]

At least we got some good news on the recruiting front.

[TheHeemyMonster]

I hope this guy is better than he sounds... 6' 4 165 is pretty skinny and his numbers don't sound the greatest. I trust the coaching staff on this one

[Braves4Life]

I think we'll find this guy to be a great fit. He comes from a fantastic juco program that routinely places their players at D-1 schools.

Everything I've found about this guy refers to him as a "sharpshooter", and he's had several big games of 15 and 20+ games. I believe his scoring average is low because he was a freshman and there already was an established pecking order on the team. His multiple big games (especially in the national juco tournament) shows me he has the potential to be a big-time player. We may find him to be the heir apparent to Crouch, and he may make everyone forget about BU losing the Matt Roth sweepstakes.

Plus, we may just be establishing another pipeline from a top juco program. There's a great little point guard (DeAndre Brown) who committed to this juco because of Roberts (they were high school team mates) who was being recruited by some big-time programs (G-Tech, OSU, Texas, and others).

Might we have a shot at Roberts' friend next year? Here's his profile......

http://texashoops.rivals.com/viewprospect.asp?Sport=2&pr_key=49896