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2020 and Beyond Recruiting Targets

One of Bradley's top targets for their final 2020 scholarship is guard Latrell Wrightsell, Jr., a senior at Omaha Central HS, who we have have reported on here since October, 2018 . He and his family have already visited Bradley. He has reportedly grown to 6'3" now, and he is putting up big numbers so far this season.
https://www.bradleyfans.com/forum/sp...adley-saturday

This past week he was named the High School Player of the Week by an Omaha TV station after leading his Omaha Central team to 3 wins and the championship of a local tournament-
https://www.wowt.com/content/sports/...566155751.html

Then he followed those performances with a 24 point game last night to lead his team to a big win over Lincoln HS. They are now 5-0-
https://journalstar.com/sports/high-...11b8dc85d.html

He is among the top returning 3-point shooters in the state of Nebraska from last season-
https://www.maxpreps.com/news/D9p_Gz...p-shooters.htm
 
Heard that BU staff was checking out a 6'5" unsigned, senior SG in Chicago burbs last night. It will be interesting to see who they get to fill this class.
 
I believe one of our coaches may have been up in Joliet recently to watch Jamere Hill of Joliet West HS (see post #83 above).
 
4 New names of BU recruits:

2020 Dillon Jones- 6'6" solidly built guard/forward from Sunrise Christian in Bel Aire, Kansas. He is originally from Columbia, South Carolina.
https://irishsportsdaily.com/s/11646/2020-gf-dillon-jones-seeing-big-time-boost-at-sunrise
https://hoopseen.com/news/player/201812/dillon-jones-talks-offers-and-interest
http://verbalcommits.com/players/dillon-jones
https://247sports.com/Player/Dillon-Jones-46058315/

Videos-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYGlJOJLaq4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hS-qIp3mfaQ


2020- D'maurian Williams- 6'5 shooting guard from Putnam Science Academy prep school in Putnam, Connecticut.
He is originally from Avondale, Arizona and graduated from Westview HS. in 2019
http://verbalcommits.com/players/d-maurian-williams
https://www.thehoophustle.com/dmaurianwilliams - scroll down to see videos
https://newenglandrecruitingreport.com/in-the-news/hoophall-prep-showcase-top-local-performances

Video-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZiHYBPtVb8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmBXsPeBsfE


2020 Andersson Garcia- 6'7" forward from Hamilton Heights Christian Academy in Chattanoog, TN. His hometown is
Moca, in the Dominican Republic
http://verbalcommits.com/players/andersson-garcia
https://www.maxpreps.com/athlete/an...?videoid=c78e05a0-635f-43d3-8866-e6cf29adea88
https://hamiltonheightssports.com/108.92/andersson-garcia

Hamilton Heights Christian Academy is one of the top high school/prep school teams in the country.
ESPN just released their national rankings and has Hamilton Heights #2 in the country-
https://twitter.com/WhosNextHS/status/1217931592309579782

Video interview- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKOaGWCYgoM

2021- Andrew "Drew" Williams- 6'6" wing forward from Hamilton Heights Christian Academy in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
http://www.verbalcommits.com/players/andrew-williams
https://www.prephoops.com/player/drew-williams/
https://247sports.com/Player/Andrew-Williams-46086329/
https://hamiltonheightssports.com/108.85/drew-williams

Video-
Interview- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lmmhu5rOdP0
 
ihatetea said:
Highlights for Andersson Garcia:
https://hwww.hudl.com/video/3/118978...50fd0524cd9a52
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Thanks for posting. The kid is very athletic as all these recent recruits are. And he made 100% of his shots in the video (just kidding, since every kid shoots 100% in their highlight videos :)). But I do wonder what kind of perimeter shooter he really is. With Nate Kennell and Darrell Brown graduating, and the first two recruits being 6'9" guys, Bradley needs to bring in wings & guards who can shoot from outside.
Above, I posted his height as 6'7", since that is what the roster page from his prep school shows-
https://hamiltonheightssports.com/10...dersson-garcia

But from the video, he doesn't look quite 6'7", though that is hard to tell. Verbalcommits gives his height at 6'5", but then they are often a little too low, since they don't update those height numbers after they create the kids' page, so recruits can grow some more and the site still reports their height from what it was when the page was created. We saw that with Stephan Gabriel.
https://www.bradleyfans.com/forum/sp...157#post459157
His Verbalcommits page initially showed him at 6'5" for a long time, and only after he committed to Bradley it was eventually changed to 6'7".

But if Bradley can land kids with the kind of athleticism these recent recruits have, it bodes well for Bradley's future.
 
For those with ESPN+ the Hamilton and Westtown game is under the prep section. Westtown won the game. Drew and Garcia both play. I not sure Garcia played much in the first half but he played all or most of the second half. Hamilton's sophomore center didn't score much but he blocked a lot of shots. I believe the announcer said 8. I will reserve comment on the players of interest play during the game.
 
Here is one more 2020 Bradley recruit-
2020 Terell Strickland- 6'2" point guard now playing at Scotland Campus Sports in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. He graduated from St. Petersburg HS, in St. Petersburg, FL in 2019, and is in a post-grad year at Scotland Campus Sports.
He is an excellent ball handler who can shoot it. He is on a team loaded with D1 recruits, but he has still managed to put up multiple 20 point games this season. He is the son of former DePaul player Rod Strickland, and he has a brother Tai who is a sophomore on the Temple University team after transferring there from Wisconsin.
http://www.zachsmart.com/2019/12/str...f-bristol.html
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/tamp...82218011929801

Video- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9E0dcxArVFo
 
Thanks!! I am glad someone reads about all these recruits. :)
In case anyone wonders, we don't just post random names here. Every name is a recruit that we have confirmed Bradley has been in recruiting contact with.
Our coaches work harder than anyone to find and reach out to quality recruits. They are excited about the 2 recruits we have signed for 2020, and with 2 open scholarships, I'm sure we will get a couple more talented players.
 
The staff has done an amazing job finding under the radar players. I am concerned, though, that we are adding more players to the list because we are striking out with the others.
 
"DC, you know that many of us follow the recruiting closely. I can count up over 80 names I have seen mentioned for 2020 on here. However, I am also concerned that we are missing out on many players.
 
Almost every coach misses out on many more players than he signs. If he doesn't, it means he is settling for recruits that most others don't want.
What I see is the quality and athleticism of the recruits each year (especially this year) keeps getting better. If a coach goes after better recruits, it's inevitable that he will miss on more. But I am confident we'll end up with commitments from players who will continue advancing the Bradley program.
 
LongTimeFan said:
"DC, you know that many of us follow the recruiting closely. I can count up over 80 names I have seen mentioned for 2020 on here. However, I am also concerned that we are missing out on many players.
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Very true. But you can't deny that since Wardle has come to town, our recruiting classes have gotten better every year, and who can recruit international talent any better than BW? I'd venture to guess no one!

I actually asked him how he recruited so well internationally at the spaghetti dinner last year and he refused to take any credit. He told me once you get one or two international players, they recruit themselves. I imagine he's being rather humble! Who doesn't love BW and Chris Reynolds? We are very fortunate to have them both and I hope they are both compensated well and retained for decades to come.
 
I have been wondering if we would get an international recruit this year. I know some of the players mentioned by DC are currently international recruits or international have backgrounds. I’m too lazy to look it up but have we had an international recruit every year?
 
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