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2020 and Beyond Recruiting Targets

 
An interesting new name that Bradley is connected with-
2020 Amir-Hossein Rahimzad- 6'8", 240 pound forward. He is an Iranian national player now at Edge Prep, a relatively new prep school in Alberta, Canada that is coached by the former head coach that Ja'Shon Henry played for in Saskatchewan. There is not much info available about him. He played for the Iranian National Team, and as an amateur for Petrochimi Bandar Imam Basketball Club (BIPC), an Iranian professional basketball club based in Mahshahr, Iran, which competes in the Iranian Basketball Super League.
https://www.ncsasports.org/mens-bask...ssein-rahimzad
https://www.prepcircuit.com/roster_p...bseason=522618
https://www.npacanada.com/edgeschool

Videos-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1Bk6gw6FY0 (he is #00 in black)
https://youtu.be/rzUZArjwlmM
 
Da Coach said:
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2020 Kenny Lofton, Jr.- 6'6" forward from Port Arthur Memorial HS in Port Arthur, Texas.
http://verbalcommits.com/players/kenneth-lofton-jr
https://www.d1circuit.com/roster_players/32416345

Videos- https://www.google.com/search?q=ken...IFSgA&cshid=1563078275594340&biw=1280&bih=578

He is not related to the former University of Arizona basketball star who went on to a 17-year career in Major League Baseball with a dozen different teams.
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Kenneth Lofton, Jr. has blown up over the summer and was getting a lot of high major interest. But he just cut his list of offers down to a final 5, which includes Bradley-
https://twitter.com/djones8301/status/1161705067206139906

Kenneth Lofton Jr @itzjunior34 (PA Memorial HS 2020) has released his top 5 schools. Georgetown, Louisiana Tech, Texas St, Bradley and Sam Houston St!

Some other recent tweets about him-
https://twitter.com/OneSportsMix/status/1158051351827570688
https://twitter.com/TMarkwith14/status/1155498967834267650

Here is a sports discussion about Kenneth Lofton, Jr. It starts at 1:14:50
https://www.facebook.com/chopshophtx/videos/384057322517655/
 
Kenneth Lofton, Jr. will make an official visit to Bradley August 31. He also has visits planned to Louisiana Tech, Texas State, Sam Houston State, and possibly Georgetown.

He has already had an unofficial visit to Georgetown. His older brother lives in Washington, DC.

And today is Kenneth Lofton, Jr.'s birthday. He just turned 17 y/o.
 
No, you are right. Those are Texas high school basketball guys. I think the reason they don't have much to say about Bradley is that they don't know much about Bradley. However, they did acknowledge the Missouri Valley is a higher level of play than 3 of his other 4 choices (La. Tech, Texas St., and Sam Houston St.). They couldn't name our coach and they seemed to want the kid to go either to Georgetown, because that is his "best" offer, or to one of those schools closer to home so his parents can watch him play. But during their podcast, Kenneth Lofton, Sr. texted and told them they preferred Kenneth, Jr. not go to a school close to home!

For the record, I am not convinced he is a Georgetown/Big East caliber player right now (a 6'6" post player). So I am a bit surprised by the Georgetown offer. It is the only Power 6 conference offer. But as I have said before, there are a lot of different kinds of offers, and we do not know what his offer from Georgetown involves. It could be a conditional offer ("if player A doesn't commit, then you will get his scholarship, or "if player B leaves early for the NBA, we'll have a scholarship for you"), or it could involve redshirting his first year like Ben Jacobson at UNI does frequently, or it might be conditional on him doing a year of prep school.
I notice that Georgetown just brought in 3 post players in their class of 2019 (2 of them are 4-stars), and they already have a commitment from a 4-star class of 2020 power forward. I'm sure the Loftons will consider all that when they decide.-
http://verbalcommits.com/schools/georgetown
 
Da Coach said:
No, you are right. Those are Texas high school basketball guys. I think the reason they don't have much to say about Bradley is that they don't know much about Bradley. However, they did acknowledge the Missouri Valley is a higher level of play than 3 of his other 4 choices (La. Tech, Texas St., and Sam Houston St.). They couldn't name our coach and they seemed to want the kid to go either to Georgetown, because that is his "best" offer, or to one of those schools closer to home so his parents can watch him play. But during their podcast, Kenneth Lofton, Sr. texted and told them they preferred Kenneth, Jr. not go to a school close to home!

For the record, I am not convinced he is a Georgetown/Big East caliber player right now (a 6'6" post player). So I am a bit surprised by the Georgetown offer. It is the only Power 6 conference offer. But as I have said before, there are a lot of different kinds of offers, and we do not know what his offer from Georgetown involves. It could be a conditional offer ("if player A doesn't commit, then you will get his scholarship, or "if player B leaves early for the NBA, we'll have a scholarship for you"), or it could involve redshirting his first year like Ben Jacobson at UNI does frequently, or it might be conditional on him doing a year of prep school.
I notice that Georgetown just brought in 3 post players in their class of 2019 (2 of them are 4-stars), and they already have a commitment from a 4-star class of 2020 power forward. I'm sure the Loftons will consider all that when they decide.-
http://verbalcommits.com/schools/georgetown
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One would think Childs development is a huge selling point in this recruitment.
 
Update on a couple names we have previously posted... Bradley continuing to pursue a number of quality big men for the class of 2020.

2020 Darius Hannah- Bradley offered Darius Hannah, a 6'9" forward from Milwaukee Academy of Science over a year ago. Our coaches continue to remain in close recruiting contact.
http://verbalcommits.com/players/darius-hannah
https://twitter.com/FreshCoastHoops/...79245317513221
https://twitter.com/AIA_BILLY/status...88715690680322
http://www.ny2lasports.com/player_de...?playerid=8226

Videos-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rb8L_PMh3Fc


2020 Terrance Thompson- Bradley offered Terrance Thompson, a 6'7", 220 lb. forward from La Crosse Central HS in La Crosse, Wisconsin, over a year ago. He remains uncommitted and the BU coaches are continuing to pursue him.
http://verbalcommits.com/players/terrance-thompson
https://lacrossetribune.com/sports/l...7a93062d9.html
http://www.ny2lasports.com/player_de...playerid=13988

Video-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NQQJe_ES3Q


New name
2021 Connor Hickman- 6'1" point guard from Bloomington South HS in Bloomington, Indiana.
https://www.prephoops.com/player/connor-hickman/

Videos-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVjF9_GDrpM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4I0McZTRTY
http://inbasketballsource.com/recrui...connor-hickman
 
Da Coach said:
2 more-

2020 Bennett Kwiecinski- 6'8" forward from Loyola Academy in Wilmette, IL.
http://verbalcommits.com/players/bennett-kwiecinski
https://www.chicagotribune.com/subur...206-story.html

Videos-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W1Mt5dMor0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63G3DFUQs70

2020 Jordan Kwiecinski- 6'8" forward from Loyola Academy in Wilmette, IL. He is the twin brother of Bennett.
http://verbalcommits.com/players/jordan-kwiecinski
http://endlessmotor.net/2019/01/19/s...tment-with-em/

Videos-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NELCCSKBxrI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw1uv-U-qOw
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Jordan Kwiecinski, one of the 2 Kwiecinski brothers that Bradley was recruiting in the class of 2020 just committed to Drake.
https://twitter.com/jordank521/status/1162377320805601280
 
Da Coach said:
Kenneth Lofton, Jr. will make an official visit to Bradley August 31....
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Another Bradley big man recruit for 2020 will be making an official visit the same weekend, August 30 & 31- Jake Hutson-
https://twitter.com/RyanJamesMN/status/1162372805452845056
http://verbalcommits.com/players/jacob-hutson

We first reported that Bradley offered him back in June-
https://www.bradleyfans.com/forum/s...lk/487496-new-bradley-offer-2020-jacob-hutson

And we were the first to report that Bradley was recruiting him back in May-
https://www.bradleyfans.com/forum/s...beyond-recruiting-targets?p=486779#post486779
 
Some new names Bradley is recruiting-

2020 Tomiwa Sulaiman- 6'6" forward at West Nottingham Academy in Colora, Maryland. He is from London, England and played for the Great Britain U18 National team.
http://verbalcommits.com/players/tomiwa-sulaiman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WImnhjRVjcs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64XaxSZ2wXo


2021 Foster Wonders- 6'5" guard/forward from Iron Mountain HS in Iron Mountain, Michigan. He just received a scholarship offer from SIU this weekend.
http://verbalcommits.com/players/foster-wonders
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Wmg14DNTMk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9WxKLE8cLo


2021 Kobe Johnson- 6'1" point guard from Nicolet HS in suburban Wisconsin.
http://verbalcommits.com/players/kobe-johnson-wi
https://247sports.com/Player/Kobe-Johnson-46058937/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kq5hbfBNNE

His older brother Jalen Johnson is a 2020 recruit committed to Duke-
http://verbalcommits.com/players/jalen-johnson-wi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BkWaXSXmsM
 
 
We're hearing a number of new names, mostly prep school players for 2020, 2021, and 2022.
Here are a couple more 2021 names-

2020 Alec Oglesby- 6'5" shooting guard from The Rock School, Gainesville, Florida. He is originally from Atlanta area.
http://verbalcommits.com/players/alec-oglesby
https://n.rivals.com/content/prospec...oglesby-225052
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQUvb8LDkrs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-i_qGQq7Ds8

2020 Jonathan Ned- 6'8" forward from Eastern Florida State College. He is originally from Southern California and averaged 9.8 ppg and 4.7 rpg as a freshman.
http://verbalcommits.com/players/jonathan-ned
https://www.efsctitans.com/sports/mb..._jonathan_7h8i

2020 Osayi Osifo- Another 6'8" athletic forward from Eastern Florida State College. He is originally from Texas. He didn't play much as a freshman, but has impressed coaches in summer events.-
http://verbalcommits.com/players/osayi-osifo
https://www.efsctitans.com/sports/mbkb/2018-19/bios/osifo_osayi_140k

2020 Joshua Uduje- 6'5" wing now at The Knox School, a prep school in St. James, NY. He is originally from London, England and played for the London Thunder Basketball club team and for the Great Britain U18 team this summer in the FIBA U18 European Championship.
https://gb.basketball/teams/gb-u18-men/
https://games.nbaacademy.nba.com/fed...8/players/9972
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_c...&v=UqUJ4Y3qY2o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYztGqzw-JI
https://www.london-basketball.co.uk/...all-star-team/

Jonathan Uduje was recently named the #1 player at the Luol Deng camp, a yearly summer camp for the top 50 players in Great Britain.
https://www.hoopsfix.com/2019/08/jos...-50-camp-2019/


2021 Reese McMullen- 6'3" point guard from Christian Brothers High School in Memphis, Tennessee.
http://verbalcommits.com/players/reese-mcmullen
https://www.fox13memphis.com/sports/...llen/903089304
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iYbHDEcaGc
 
Da Coach on Aug. 15 said:
New name
2021 Connor Hickman- 6'1" point guard from Bloomington South HS in Bloomington, Indiana.
https://www.prephoops.com/player/connor-hickman/

Videos-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVjF9_GDrpM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4I0McZTRTY
http://inbasketballsource.com/recrui...connor-hickman
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Mention of Bradley 2021 point guard recruit Connor Hickman of Bloomington South HS by Indiana prep recruiting specialist Jeff Rabjohns-
https://twitter.com/JeffRabjohns/sta...81732101496832

Bradley coaches have been on the road making recruiting visits this week since the recruiting "Quiet Period" ended Sunday, Sept. 8.
I hear at least one, possibly more of them were in Indiana. They are recruiting several 2020 and 2021 Indiana kids that we have listed here in this thread.
Coach Wardle posted this tweet when he arrived back at the Peoria airport late Wednesday night from a recruiting trip.
https://twitter.com/BUBrianWardle/st...66729229447168
 
Another new name in addition to the ones recently posted...

2020 Jarrett Hensley- 6'8" skilled left handed big man, originally a 2019 recruit, but reclassified as a 2020 recruit and is currently doing a post-grad year at Link Year Prep school in Branson, Missouri. He is originally from Shawnee Mission, Kansas, and played last year at Shawnee Mission North HS. He has also played at Leavenworth HS, and he played for Mokan Elite summer team.
http://verbalcommits.com/players/jarrett-hensley
http://www.linkhoops.com/jarrett
https://247sports.com/player/jarrett-hensley-46055652/
https://www.prephoops.com/2018/04/recruiting-report-jarrett-hensley-2019/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYPr2XaVirU
 
Bradley has just offered 2020 Norance Berry, a 6'3" guard from Scotland Campus Sports. He is a talented guard with good offensive and defensive skills. He is originally from Cleveland, Tennessee.
http://verbalcommits.com/players/norance-berry


One other 2020 recruit from Scotland Campus Sports-
2020 Noble Crawford- 6'6" wing player originally from Winter Park, Florida. He is thin but highly athletic and still developing.
http://verbalcommits.com/players/noble-crawford
http://zsmart.blogspot.com/2019/09/athletes-of-week-scotland-campus-sports.html?m=1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00aM4a1qnL0
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