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2025 BU commit- Montana Wheeler

One other recruiting factor.... with Duke Deen, Darius Hannah, Zek Montgomery, Christian Davis, Connor Dillon, Goanar Biliew, and Connor Linke in their final year at Bradley, that could mean a lot of NIL money will become available for 2025 recruits and transfers. It's possible that played a part in the early commitments of Matthew Zobrist and Montana Wheeler. Let's hope it benefits Bradley's further recruiting.
 
sorry if already posted elsewhere, but here's a 35 minute video of highlights from Xavier Academy.
It shows two games back to back on the same day & same court, with a lot of clips off the court, too.
Montana Wheeler is the little guy with the big 'fro, #5 - usually in a yellow jersey. (interview at 16:20)
The opponent in black in Game-1 is Houston Christian, the school Montana was at the past 3 years.
Xavier wins 67-46
They win the 2nd game 78-55
For a basketball program that was just started 2 months ago, they are doing well.
Xavier Academy never had basketball before, and Montana's father, Teddy, is the head coach of their new program.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdegmFffQU8
 
A new issue of a TEXAS High School Basketball magazine just came out, dated November 1, 2024.
It has a feature on Montana Wheeler, so I am going to try to find a way to get a copy.

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yoda said:
A new issue of a TEXAS High School Basketball magazine just came out, dated November 1, 2024.
It has a feature on Montana Wheeler, so I am going to try to find a way to get a copy....
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Some other references to Montana Wheeler from the same Sports Media guy's Instagram-
>> https://www.instagram.com/p/DA_m7jfSHtE/?hl=en&img_index=1
>> https://www.instagram.com/p/DA1i--CyVfg/?hl=en&img_index=1
>> https://www.instagram.com/p/DAPhjMiNlNX/?hl=en&img_index=1
>> https://www.instagram.com/p/C__8SOTtbuF/?hl=en (video might not work in Chrome browser- try a different browser)
>> https://www.instagram.com/p/C__7auQto8M/?hl=en&img_index=1

And Montana's dad- https://www.instagram.com/p/C-3wK4jtjYo/?hl=en&img_index=1
 
The new Texas High School magazine pictured above is out...and it has a feature on Bradley commit Montana Wheeler.

Here is a link to a free online digital version- https://x.com/billionairevsn/status/1852432018824695823

(Note:it may only be free for a short period)

Highlights - Story about Montana Wheeler is on page 21- his younger brother Lincoln, Class of 2027, is mentioned as also on the team.
They also have the statewide Texas High School team rankings for 2024-25 and Montana's school, Xavier Academy,
is ranked #2 statewide among private schools
There's also "Players to Watch" listed Montana is noted in Class of 2025, his little brother, Lincoln is in Class of 2027.

Here's the guy who publishes the magazine and who wrote the piece on Montana. Kudos for such an excellent job-
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nunnbrandon

Here’s a screen shot

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Da Coach said:
Sorry, I don't have any other news. But now that the coaches have nailed down their top priorities (SG and PG) in the 2025 recruiting class, I think there is a good chance we could see another commitment by the time the early NLI signing dates starts (Nov. 8-15)
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Those dates are not accurate

Here are the NLI signing dates for players who will enroll in fall of 2025:
Signing period is November 13-20, 2024
We should hope for at least three NLI’s, Zobrist, Wheeler & Richardson - maybe even more?
 
Small technicality but NLI’s are gone. Commits now sign a different agreement which should have some similar commitment level. Not sure if dates are the same,
 
houstonbrave said:
Small technicality but NLI’s are gone. Commits now sign a different agreement which should have some similar commitment level. Not sure if dates are the same,
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Yes- changes are coming.
“The NCAA Division I Council has approved the elimination of the national letter of intent program”
…
”Students can and will sign some form of binding agreement” - the same dates are still in effect.

This decision is "preliminary" with a final vote "scheduled for April 7, 2025.”- https://blog.sportsrecruits.com/202...r-former-current-and-future-student-athletes/
 
yoda said:
Matthew Zobrist officially signed -- https://bradleybraves.com/news/2024...-matthew-zobrist-on-early-signing-day-24.aspx

Dietrich Richardson officially signed- https://bradleybraves.com/news/2024...trich-richardson-on-early-signing-day-24.aspx

waiting to hear on Montana Wheeler
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PJSTAR reports he should be signing today. Also reports of transfer Aiden Goins. This is the first I have heard of him, but I am not in the loop as much as most.

"Another possible signee this week is forward Aiden Goins, a Knoxville, Tenn., product who played at Walters State Community College. Goins is intriguing at 6-foot-9, 265 pounds and with a 3-point shooting rate of 44%.​"
 
Aiden Goins would fill a strong need for this 2025 recruiting class, a bulky skilled big man. Dave Eminian seems not completely sure Goins will sign, calling him "another possible signee". Let's hope we get good news today!

Here is more about Aiden Goins from previous posts here-

Da Coach on 7/13/2024 said:
2025 Aiden Goins- 6'9", 265 pound forward at Walter State Community College, a junior college in Morristown, Tennessee. He played at Motlow State College in Tennessee last season and averaged 13.9 ppg and 6.2 rpg as a freshman, and he shot 50.9% overall and 44.2% from three. He is from Knoxville, Tennessee.
>> https://www.motlowsports.com/sports/mbkb/2023-24/bios/goins_aiden_n7cr
>> https://x.com/MBBWaltersState/status/1811804493836894234
>> https://x.com/TCCAAsports/status/1766590846076436851
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Da Coach 9/25/2024 said:
Bradley offers Walter State CC big man Aiden Goins - https://x.com/goins_aiden/status/1839012595920965812
It is his first D1 offer - https://verbalcommits.com/players/aiden-goins

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He is a hefty (6'9", 265 lb) left hander with some nice moves and a decent outside shot. He shot over 44% from three last season.
Highlights from last season as a freshman at Motlow State College - https://x.com/goins_aiden/status/1767582638984818802
2023-24 Stats- https://www.motlowsports.com/sports/mbkb/2023-24/players/aidengoinsd46j

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Da Coach on 10/11/2024 said:
Aiden Goins visited Bradley this past weekend... https://www.instagram.com/p/DAykcjQPIug/?img_index=1

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Da Coach said:
Aiden Goins would fill a strong need for this 2025 recruiting class, a bulky skilled big man. Dave Eminian seems not completely sure Goins will sign, calling him "another possible signee". Let's hope we get good news today!

Here is more about Aiden Goins from previous posts here-






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I will reiterate that I highly doubt his weight starts is anything less than 320. Regardless though, I would be interested to see if he could keep up with the speed of the D1 game. Could be a shorter Meta with a better shot.
 
egib52 said:
I will reiterate that I highly doubt his weight starts is anything less than 320. Regardless though, I would be interested to see if he could keep up with the speed of the D1 game. Could be a shorter Meta with a better shot.
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He does look a bit slimmer in the photo above in the Bradley uniform, compared with the earlier photo above where he is wearing the Walters State uniform.
Here he is in high school whenhewas even a bit bigger playing for Karns HS in Knoxville, Tennessee - https://x.com/goins_aiden/status/1620081712113025026
 
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