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2019 & Beyond Recruiting Targets

wizard said:
I hope we have enough guards!....6 of them at last count and 7 front line players.
Wiz
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Those numbers don't tell the whole story. It looks like two of the scholarship guards on next year's roster will have to sit out (Nolan & McAdoo), and there is a possibility that a third (Kingsby) might have to sit out too if he doesn't receive an NCAA waiver.

If all 3 have to sit out, that would leave Bradley with just 10 scholarship players. Of those-
Only 4 are guards- Darrell Brown, Nate Kennell, Antonio Thomas, and Ville Tahvanainen.... All but Nate could feasibly play point guard.
One is a big wing who could play either the 2 or 3 position- Stephan Gabriel
And 5 are big men- Koch Bar, Elijah Childs, Ari Boya, Ja'Shon Henry, and Rienk Mast

If Danya Kingsby does get the waiver to play right away after his transfer, that would help a lot, since he too can play both guard positions.
And note that Bradley does still have a preferred walk-on offer open to Sean Houpt, who is a 6'4" shooting guard who could offer insurance in case of multiple injuries.
Assuming there are no further roster changes, things look OK, but we have to hope the team doesn't develop compounding injury problems
 
David Sloan, who I think we once had a shot at.....before he went juco...
just signed with Kansas State..
 
Da Coach said:
All but Nate could feasibly play point guard.
One is a big wing who could play either the 2 or 3 position- Stephan Gabriel
And 5 are big men- Koch Bar, Elijah Childs, Ari Boya, Ja'Shon Henry, and Rienk Mast
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Ja'Shon has demonstrated he can create his own shots and is fearless attacking the basket. Depending on the match ups, I think he has the ability and versatility to contribute at the 2, 3 or 4 positions.
 
You are right. Ja'Shon played some at the 2-position in high school, and even played a lot at the point guard position, so he is capable of doing it. But in Coach Wardle's offense, I don't think we'll see him play much "2", unless he is needed to guard a big strong "2" on an opposing team. That won't happen often, if at all, IMO.
 
Bradley has recently been in recruiting contact with 2019 Carlos Ramsey, a 6'4" senior guard who played high school ball at Milwaukee Hamilton HS (prior to 2017-18 ), then at Destiny HS in Milwaukee in 2017-18, where he sat out the entire season due to transfer rules. More recently (2018-19) he played at AZ Compass Prep in Chandler, Arizona, just outside Phoenix. They play a national high grade schedule at AZ Compass Prep, and he had a great season there. He is a strong and athletic left handed kid with a high upside, who currently is reported to have only 1 offer, from UW-Milwaukee.
http://verbalcommits.com/players/carlos-ramsey
http://www.ny2lasports.com/player_de...playerid=12601
https://twitter.com/AZCompass_Prep/s...61319935102977

In this ranking from December, 2017, he was ranked the #8 best prospect in the class of 2019 in Wisconsin-
http://ny2lasports.com/article_one.aspx?articleid=4016
Another ranking from 2017-18-
http://www.freshcoasthoops.com/p/201...wisconsin.html

Recent 38 point performance-
https://twitter.com/ArizonaPreps/sta...480704/photo/1

Videos-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gEY94cVdZ8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSdABq9WAIU (from this past year at AZ Compass Prep)
 
Evan Gilyard, who was on Bradley's recruiting radar when he announced he was transferring from UTEP (BU never offered), where he averaged 13.6 ppg last season as a sophomore in the CUSA. He had several good offers from MVC and A-10 schools. But, now he announces he will transfer to New Mexico State.
I can't help but suspect that leaving a CUSA school, turning down offers from good conferences like the MVC and A-10, and transferring to a WAC school like NMSU, known for being able to get academic disasters that nobody else will take into their school, has more to do with academics than anything.
 
I suspect our staff knew about his issues...and he was never offered,
but there were some people saying- that he was gonna land here...
 
egib52 said:
I think Reeves would be a good fit at BU. He is a scorer, and would give us some more three point shooting prowess.

(Antonio Reeves of Simeon-https://www.suntimeshighschoolsports...ior-prospects/)
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Antonio Reeves says he is announcing his college choice Friday at 5:30pm
Bradley is not in the running (we have no open scholarships) - but it is believed he is down to Buffalo, SIU and ISU
https://twitter.com/scottybscout/sta...32685358338048

strange if he has solid offers that he would have waited so long that most schools by this point have filled all their scholarships.
 
tornado said:
Antonio Reeves says he is announcing his college choice Friday at 5:30pm
Bradley is not in the running (we have no open scholarships) - but it is believed he is down to Buffalo, SIU and ISU
https://twitter.com/scottybscout/sta...32685358338048

strange if he has solid offers that he would have waited so long that most schools by this point have filled all their scholarships.
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Based on rumors I read elsewhere, it seemed like he was hopeful of a high major offer that never materialized.
 
lb071964 said:
T, if you think we must sign someone eligible this year you are going to be disappointed.
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turns out I am not disappointed at all - I'm actually quite satisfied with our final spring commit!
Coach was already a step ahead of my thinking and accomplished exactly what we needed without even using a scholarship
...when he signed Sean Houpt....
note that Northern Iowa just landed an almost identical similar player (altho right handed -- and from a school that is less than 1/4 the size of Sean Houpt's school) and with nearly identical high school numbers except that Houpt also performed at that same level playing at the highest AAU level, too....
....and they had to use a scholarship to get him, where Coach Wardle got the job done without needed another athletic scholarship.
 
Da Coach said:
A new name Bradley is following-

2019 Nathan Johnson- a 6'7" forward playing a post-grad year this season at Sunrise Christian Academy near Wichita, Kansas. He is originally from Adel, Iowa, and attended Waukee High School (near Des Moines) prior prep school. Scouting reports say he is a very good shooter and the year of prep school will benefit him-
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/s...-become-ncaa-division-one-recruits/821621001/
https://www.prephoops.com/2017/10/recruiting-report-nathan-johnson-2018-3/

Video-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz7or-YT7TU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5qHNgNkey4
http://verbalcommits.com/players/nathan-johnson-ia
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not too relevant since I am sure Bradley passed on him long ago, but Nathan Johnson just verballed to UMBC -
 
There are still a couple available 2019 recruits and transfers that Bradley remains in contact with.
 
this week (Wednesday) is the deadline for kids if they want to withdraw from the NBA Draft......and some kids who want to return
will need their teams to have an open scholarship or may cause other kids to leave if they don't want to play behind the guys who
are returning from checking out the Draft....
One such kid - South Carolina's AJ Lawson, just announced he is returning - he's an ALL-SEC guard and two redshirt kids are only today
finding out that now they will be playing pretty deep on the bench behind Lawson. Both of those kids (Jermaine Couisnard & Tyler "TJ" Moss)
are kids Bradley's staff knows or has recruited or offered previously. It will be interesting to see if anyone leaves looking for more playing time.
 
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