2020 and Beyond Recruiting Targets

[ihatetea]

That description sounds a bit like DJ Carton, who was ranked as high as 31 coming out of high school and is now transferring from Ohio state. He would obviously be a big get, and to be clear, I have no inside information and am just speculating. It’s one of my favorite things to do, think of who might come.

[Da Coach]

Bradley is continuing to evaluate new recruits who recently entered the NCAA Transfer Portal. Our coaches are involved with potential impact transfers, including a National Top 100 recruit out of high school.
A couple of them are kids that Bradley offered out of high school and who our coaches have strong relationships with, and who are now transferring from Power 5 conference schools.

[Da Coach]

I've looked up as much as I can find on him. He is also called a good decision-maker, good passer, and an effective point guard. He plays on the Vashon team that has 2 other high-major 2020 D1 recruits- Kobe Clark, who is committed to Georgetown, and Cam'ron Fletcher, who is committed to Kentucky, and they have underclass kids who are potential D1 recruits as well..
Vashon won the Missouri Class 3 State Championship last year (in fact they have won 3 of the last 4 years), and they are favored to win again this year. They won Tuesday night to advance to their sectional final Saturday.
https://www.stltoday.com/sports/high...90571a2c7.html

It looks like the Missouri State HS Athletic Association is going ahead with their tournament, but with limited fan attendance.
https://twitter.com/ChrisRoush_KQ2/s...48551815282689

Despite playing on such a great team with other great players, Russell was often their leading scorer, and also kept the other stars involved. He sounds like in the right situation, he could become another Darrell Brown-type of point guard. By that, I am not suggesting he will be as good as DB, but that he has the ability to shoot the ball as well as pass.

[KillerB]

RE: 2020 Phillip Russell
I can add a little bit here. A co-worker of mine is big into the St. Louis basketball scene. His brother coaches here. He calls Russell a very good PG. Height is probably more like 5'10" so on the shorter side. But he calls him super tough and a good shooter.

[LongTimeFan]

I wonder how the virus is affecting the recruitment of players here, Canada, and Europe.

[Da Coach]

A new name-
2020 Phillip Russell- 6' sharpshooting point guard from Vashon HS in St. Louis. He committed to SEMO last November, but they just fired their head coach Rick Ray (LINK), and Russell just asked for and was granted his release (LINK) and reopened his recruitment. Bradley is in the market for another point guard with offensive skills, and Russell seems to fit that description.

http://verbalcommits.com/players/phillip-russell

http://gymratinsider.org/2020/02/09/...bucket-getter/
https://www.stltoday.com/sports/high...fc6c32991.html

Video-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmRaSihiEa4

SEMO's other commit, RaMean Hinton of Chicago Curie, also just decommitted and is available. There is no word whether Bradley is interested, but he is a talented 6'4" wing player who is rated as a 3-star recruit.

http://verbalcommits.com/players/ramean-hinton

https://twitter.com/Ny2laIllinois/status/1236037464772546560

https://twitter.com/michaelsobrien/status/1235995666318536705

https://twitter.com/Gymratinsider/status/1237155413390430208

https://twitter.com/joehoopsreport/status/1231335741776633857

[KMart]

The PJStar just put out an article that quote Wardle saying Bradley is looking for sharpshooters.

https://www.pjstar.com/sports/20200309/attendance-at-arch-madness-down-but-commissioner-touts-bradley

[Da Coach]

Bradley coaches are using this week to continue to evaluate and reach out to potential recruits.
Here are a couple new names-

2020 Cameron "Cam" Holden- an athletic 6'5" shooting guard at Gulf Coast State College in Florida. He is originally from Forsythe, Georgia. Gulf Coast State is a Division I junior college in Panama City, Florida, and they are 22-7 on the season and still alive in the NJCAA Region 8 playoffs. Holden is averaging 20.4 ppg, 10.5 rpg, and 3.0 assists per game.

http://verbalcommits.com/players/cam-holden

Video-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVZUdKKXg5A

2020 Kellen Tynes- 6'2" point guard from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. He attends Rothesay Netherwood School in Rothesay, New Brunswick.
Last year as a junior, he averaged 30 ppg for Rothesay in the Canadian National Preparatory Association. This season, his average is 22.0 ppg, 7.3 rpg, and 6.1 assists per game, and his prep team in undefeated- Stats-https://www.prepcircuit.com/roster_p...941?subseason=

http://verbalcommits.com/players/kellen-tynes

https://www.sportsnet.ca/basketball/...ball-hopefuls/

https://northpolehoops.com/players/kellen-tynes/

Video-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_U6v7mjXlUs


2021 Blessing Agbonlaho- 6'10" post player at The Taft School in Watertown, Connecticut. He is originally from Nigeria.

http://verbalcommits.com/players/blessing-agbonlaho

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gl70sJp94JY

2020 Jaylon Sanders- 6'4" shooting guard from the Memphis area. He is now at Collierville HS, Collierville, Tennessee. He previously attended Southaven HS in Southaven, MS.Mississippi.

http://verbalcommits.com/players/jaylon-sanders

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C092sXpk3Ao

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUO4Jav1G70

2022- Gradey Dick- 6'6" from Wichita Collegiate School. He was just named the Class 3A Player of the Year in Kansas as a sophomore. He averaged over 20 ppg.

http://verbalcommits.com/players/gradey-dick

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y72zjKCV7js

[Da Coach]

The spring signing period runs from April 15 through May 20, 2020.

[Da Coach]

A couple new names we are currently in contact with...

2020 Jair Currie- 6'4" SG from St. Thomas More prep school in Oakdale, Connecticut. He is originally from Albany, NY.

http://www.verbalcommits.com/players/jair-currie

https://247sports.com/Player/Jair-Currie-46081329/

Videos-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3tNamgybFw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr15dap9GeA

2020 Jacob Falko- 6'2" point guard at Cecil College, a junior college in Maryland. He played at a small high school, Tri-State Christian Academy in Elkton, Md. where he set records for scoring over 2000 points in his high school career. At Cecil College he is averaging 23.6 ppg. He is shooting 62.4% from the field, 42.1% from three, and 81.0% on FTs. He also averages 5.8 rpg and 4.2 assists per game.

http://verbalcommits.com/players/jacob-falko

https://patch.com/maryland/havredegrace/cecil-colleges-jacob-falko-scores-1-000th-career-point

Videos-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjxptzYim3M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0dAJa-xdbY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9y_BEUuhh4

[Da Coach]

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

Bradley has now extended a scholarship offer to Latrell Wrightsell, Jr.

http://verbalcommits.com/players/latrell-wrightsell-jr

Bradley recruit Latrell Wrightsell continues to have a terrific senior season. He is now averaging 24 ppg for Omaha Central HS. He just lead his team to an overtime upset win over Millard North HS, the #1 ranked team in the state of Nebraska. Wrightsell scored a game-high 37 points for Central before fouling out late in the overtime.
https://www.omaha.com/sports/high-sc...470f7189d.html

[Da Coach]

New 2021 names-

2021 Kiran "Ky" Oliver- 6'4" SG from PHHhoenix Prep, a relatively new basketball prep school in Phoenix.

http://www.verbalcommits.com/players/kiran-oliver

https://247sports.com/player/kiran-oliver-46086163/

https://www.hudl.com/profile/10700993/Kiran-Oliver

https://www.prephoops.com/player/kiran-ky-oliver/

Video-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2ahLf8A3XM

2021 Alston Mason- 6'1" point guard from Blue Valley Northwest High School in Olathe, Kansas.

http://verbalcommits.com/players/alston-mason

Videos-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txezmxc8DMY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFy26uFyeis

2021 Saint Thomas- 6'6" wing/small forward from Millard North HS in Omaha, NE. He is averaging 15ppg, 6rpg and 4apg despite playing on a team with several other D1 recruits, including one of the top ranked juniors in the country and a senior who is already committed to Stanford. They are the #1 ranked team in Nebraska.

https://twitter.com/RL_Hoops/status/1230910576316080128

Video-
https://www.hudl.com/video/3/1234696...05a80bb83ded22


I am also hearing there was another recent 2020 recruit visit who is very strong on Bradley.

[Da Coach]

I saw him at the last game. He's thin. I think that comment referred to if he went to Big 10 type school. He will get stronger and redshirting may not be needed in the MVC.

[LongTimeFan]

Interesting that the tweet mentioned prep school or redshirting. I assume to build up his body.

[Da Coach]

Oak Forest fell a little short of upsetting the #1 team in the state, Chicago Curie. The final score was 66-55. Jayson Kent lead Oak Forest with 17 points.

https://twitter.com/joehoopsreport/status/1231342226778791941