Transfers & Grad Transfers

[tornado]

I know some will choose to disbelieve but..........
I once had a DI head coach (at another school - a guy who is now a power-conference assistant) tell me he checked in on BradleyFans almost every day because it was a source for news in DI college basketball that had stuff he wouldn't see nor find anywhere else!

[bradleyfan124]

the stuff reported by people on BradleyFans has been remarkably true & accurate -
In fact there have been reports here - such as the firing of our former AD - that were ONLY reported here for 1-2 days while everyone went berserk complaining it was not true and whining that is was even unethical to say it unless it was also being reported by the PJS. Well, as always, it turned out to be true because our sources are pretty accurate.
Meanwhile the PJS has reported gobs of various things like John Wilkins committing to Iowa State, Bruce Weber using the "N" word in front of the Chicago Public School coaches, that Ken Kavanagh was the guy who axed the ITOO Supper, that the attendance dwindled steadily under Jim Les since 2007, that Les was going to be fired after 2010..etc...

But - as always, what is said on message boards is meant as conversation and opinions - readers are intelligent & wise and they draw their own conclusions, just like when I read the news - even the so-called legit-news outlets are prone to lying and exaggerating - so I use my own judgement on what I choose to believe. It has served me well for many decades to do it that way so i am not going to change and just swallow everything they tell us.

I agree with this. I find information on here before it ever shows up in any newspaper

[Da Coach]

Bloomington native (Central Catholic) Nick Norton is leaving UAB & transferring
Bradley was once very interested in him - he will be a grad transfer and eligible immediately

Nick's father is currently the head women's basketball coach at UAB

https://www.uabsports.com/coaches.aspx?rc=102&path=wbball

Over the past two seasons, Nick has averaged 5 assists per game plus an Assist to Turnover Ration of 3:1 - both stats would
put Norton in rare territory at the top of the MVC with players such as Shamet, Paris Lee & Van Vleet...

Nick Norton is actually a very good shooter, but didn't shoot much at UAB, and was their 5th scoring option. His shooting dropped off a little this past season, but he was coming off a knee reconstruction for an ACL injury suffered in his first game of his junior season. The team featured 4 other starters who shot significantly more than Nick. I wouldn't be surprised to see a team like ISU go after him, though I have to think he'd prefer a school where he would be a starter and be featured more as a scorer.

[tornado]

Bloomington native (Central Catholic) Nick Norton is leaving UAB & transferring
Bradley was once very interested in him - he will be a grad transfer and eligible immediately

Nick's father is currently the head women's basketball coach at UAB

https://www.uabsports.com/coaches.aspx?rc=102&path=wbball

Over the past two seasons, Nick has averaged 5 assists per game plus an Assist to Turnover Ration of 3:1 - both stats would
put Norton in rare territory at the top of the MVC with players such as Shamet, Paris Lee & Van Vleet...

[PurpleAceFan]

the stuff reported by people on BradleyFans has been remarkably true & accurate -
In fact there have been reports here - such as the firing of our former AD - that were ONLY reported here for 1-2 days while everyone went berserk complaining it was not true and whining that is was even unethical to say it unless it was also being reported by the PJS. Well, as always, it turned out to be true because our sources are pretty accurate.
Meanwhile the PJS has reported gobs of various things like John Wilkins committing to Iowa State, Bruce Weber using the "N" word in front of the Chicago Public School coaches, that Ken Kavanagh was the guy who axed the ITOO Supper, that the attendance dwindled steadily under Jim Les since 2007, that Les was going to be fired after 2010..etc...

But - as always, what is said on message boards is meant as conversation and opinions - readers are intelligent & wise and they draw their own conclusions, just like when I read the news - even the so-called legit-news outlets are prone to lying and exaggerating - so I use my own judgement on what I choose to believe. It has served me well for many decades to do it that way so i am not going to change and just swallow everything they tell us.

Trust me that I believe only half of what is ever written in the Evansville Courier, Bloomington Pantagraph, or Peoria Journal Star.

[tornado]

the stuff reported by people on BradleyFans has been remarkably true & accurate -
In fact there have been reports here - such as the firing of our former AD - that were ONLY reported here for 1-2 days while everyone went berserk complaining it was not true and whining that is was even unethical to say it unless it was also being reported by the PJS. Well, as always, it turned out to be true because our sources are pretty accurate.
Meanwhile the PJS has reported gobs of various things like John Wilkins committing to Iowa State, Bruce Weber using the "N" word in front of the Chicago Public School coaches, that Ken Kavanagh was the guy who axed the ITOO Supper, that the attendance dwindled steadily under Jim Les since 2007, that Les was going to be fired after 2010..etc...

But - as always, what is said on message boards is meant as conversation and opinions - readers are intelligent & wise and they draw their own conclusions, just like when I read the news - even the so-called legit-news outlets are prone to lying and exaggerating - so I use my own judgement on what I choose to believe. It has served me well for many decades to do it that way so i am not going to change and just swallow everything they tell us.

[PurpleAceFan]

then you must be completely besides yourself when you go to the Redbird board - they have two different threads totalling 17 pages
that are rumoring, claiming & speculating about Yarbough and others leaving....and yet you come here to get snarky about one single post on that same topic?

...and how about your 20-page rumor filled, inaccuracy-filled & speculation-filled thread about players leaving on the Evansville board?

Oh trust me I've posted over there as well...and on PurpleAcesFans.com as well. Lots of people who claim to know more than they do....which to me is part of the fun of message boards. I find these threads the most enjoyable to follow, which is what my comment was based on.

Every board has a combination of "I heard this 3rd hand from somebody who knows somebody so it must be true" people, the "the sky is always falling" people, and the "remember the good ole days that really weren't that good" people.

That what's makes message boards fun. No insults intended by my post.

[cpacmel]

I wonder...does this mean he is not on track to graduate?

Him graduating before the summer was over never a possibility.

[Da Coach]

And you are welcome to believe whoever or whatever you want. My sources have rarely been wrong.

I wonder...does this mean he is not on track to graduate?

[cpacmel]

Let me clarify, this isn't my opinion, it comes from someone close to the ISU program and apparently Yarbrough has already been "looking into his transfer options" I actually have my doubts it will happen. But my source is usually accurate.

Now Da Coach just because I keep quoting your posts doesn??™t mean I??™m calling you out. But you are the one with the so called ???ISU insider???, who in your own words is almost always correct.

Anyways...getting back to the underlined part above. Milik had already started looking into transfer options...that simply is not true. Nor was it ever true.

The only fear was going pro. But believe what you want to believe.

[Da Coach]

This was never true. He never looked elsewhere as a grad transfer.

I never said it was true. You apparently didn't read my post clearly. I said that it was an ISU insider who said, "IF their leading scorer Milik Yarbrough is able to graduate this spring....he will look to transfer elsewhere as a grad transfer".
Nowhere did I ever say it was true nor that it was my prediction, nor that he was definitely going to graduate or to transfer.

And please don't act like this whole "Yarbrough not returning" thing was started here. It was not. It was started by people on your Redbird Forum months before anyone mentioned it here, and it has been discussed and repeated by many there.

[tornado]

I can't see how one can know that for sure- the best one could say is that you are unaware he ever did

[cpacmel]

I am hearing from an ISU insider that if their leading scorer Milik Yarbrough is able to graduate this spring as he is planning on, he will look to transfer elsewhere as a grad transfer.

This was never true. He never looked elsewhere as a grad transfer.

[tornado]

In another breaking news story, Matt Hein is not entering the NBA Draft
In another breaking news story, Taylor Bruninga is not entering the NBA Draft
In an...

and as far as "fake news" is concerned - I actually see less on message boards than I do on CNN and other sources who claim to be legit journalists..
Most of the news stories involving anything significant about Bradley is discussed here for days before it appears in the "news".
But in the end - just because it seems something turns out different than it was formerly discussed, doesn't mean it's wrong...
heck, the stories about the 3x3U Tournament all said there were 32 teams - but turned out there were only 31...

Love all the people with "friends close to the program". ...

then you must be completely besides yourself when you go to the Redbird board - they have two different threads totalling 17 pages
that are rumoring, claiming & speculating about Yarbough and others leaving....and yet you come here to get snarky about one single post on that same topic?

...and how about your 20-page rumor filled, inaccuracy-filled & speculation-filled thread about players leaving on the Evansville board?

[Da Coach]

So are you saying he never "looked onto his transfer options?" I find that extremely unlikely. In fact, if he hadn't been considering leaving, why is there a need for such celebration now that he has said he is staying?
As I said, I doubted in the end he would leave. But I do believe the reports that he consulted with people about his options, and was advised to stay in school (meaning he would not have gotten drafted).