2020 and Beyond Recruiting Targets

[LongTimeFan]

For those with ESPN+ the Hamilton and Westtown game is under the prep section. Westtown won the game. Drew and Garcia both play. I not sure Garcia played much in the first half but he played all or most of the second half. Hamilton's sophomore center didn't score much but he blocked a lot of shots. I believe the announcer said 8. I will reserve comment on the players of interest play during the game.

[Da Coach]

Highlights for Andersson Garcia:
https://hwww.hudl.com/video/3/118978...50fd0524cd9a52

Thanks for posting. The kid is very athletic as all these recent recruits are. And he made 100% of his shots in the video (just kidding, since every kid shoots 100% in their highlight videos ). But I do wonder what kind of perimeter shooter he really is. With Nate Kennell and Darrell Brown graduating, and the first two recruits being 6'9" guys, Bradley needs to bring in wings & guards who can shoot from outside.
Above, I posted his height as 6'7", since that is what the roster page from his prep school shows-
https://hamiltonheightssports.com/10...dersson-garcia

But from the video, he doesn't look quite 6'7", though that is hard to tell. Verbalcommits gives his height at 6'5", but then they are often a little too low, since they don't update those height numbers after they create the kids' page, so recruits can grow some more and the site still reports their height from what it was when the page was created. We saw that with Stephan Gabriel.
https://www.bradleyfans.com/forum/sp...157#post459157
His Verbalcommits page initially showed him at 6'5" for a long time, and only after he committed to Bradley it was eventually changed to 6'7".

But if Bradley can land kids with the kind of athleticism these recent recruits have, it bodes well for Bradley's future.

[ihatetea]

Highlights for Andersson Garcia:

https://hwww.hudl.com/video/3/11897891/5c754e0dda50fd0524cd9a52

[Da Coach]

4 New names of BU recruits:

2020 Dillon Jones- 6'6" solidly built guard/forward from Sunrise Christian in Bel Aire, Kansas. He is originally from Columbia, South Carolina.

https://irishsportsdaily.com/s/11646/2020-gf-dillon-jones-seeing-big-time-boost-at-sunrise

https://hoopseen.com/news/player/201812/dillon-jones-talks-offers-and-interest

http://verbalcommits.com/players/dillon-jones

https://247sports.com/Player/Dillon-Jones-46058315/

Videos-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYGlJOJLaq4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hS-qIp3mfaQ

2020- D'maurian Williams- 6'5 shooting guard from Putnam Science Academy prep school in Putnam, Connecticut.
He is originally from Avondale, Arizona and graduated from Westview HS. in 2019

http://verbalcommits.com/players/d-maurian-williams

https://www.thehoophustle.com/dmaurianwilliams - scroll down to see videos

https://newenglandrecruitingreport.com/in-the-news/hoophall-prep-showcase-top-local-performances

Video-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZiHYBPtVb8

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

2020 Andersson Garcia- 6'7" forward from Hamilton Heights Christian Academy in Chattanoog, TN. His hometown is
Moca, in the Dominican Republic

http://verbalcommits.com/players/andersson-garcia

https://www.maxpreps.com/athlete/andersson-garcia/VJ8r89IlEeiAxKkkK9HIDg/videos.htm?videoid=c78e05a0-635f-43d3-8866-e6cf29adea88

https://hamiltonheightssports.com/108.92/andersson-garcia

Hamilton Heights Christian Academy is one of the top high school/prep school teams in the country.
ESPN just released their national rankings and has Hamilton Heights #2 in the country-

https://twitter.com/WhosNextHS/status/1217931592309579782

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

2021- Andrew "Drew" Williams- 6'6" wing forward from Hamilton Heights Christian Academy in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

http://www.verbalcommits.com/players/andrew-williams

https://www.prephoops.com/player/drew-williams/

https://247sports.com/Player/Andrew-Williams-46086329/

https://hamiltonheightssports.com/108.85/drew-williams

Video-
Interview- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lmmhu5rOdP0

[Da Coach]

A couple new names to add to the list of 2020 recruits-
2020 Jasha'juan Downey- high-scoring left-handed 6'1" point guard originally from North Preston, Nova Scotia, Canada. He is currently playing with the Toronto Basketball Academy.
https://www.prepcircuit.com/roster_p...308?subseason=

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0iqDcQ8r3E

2020 Isaiah Brown- 6'6" guard-forward from Peoria Quest HS.

http://www.hudl.com/profile/12017837/Isaiah-Brown

[Da Coach]

A new name....
2020 wing guard Jayson Woodrich. He is 6'7", and a terrific shooter. He was a 2019 graduate from from Beachwood HS in Ohio, but is now at Scotland Campus Sports prep school for a post-grad year.

http://verbalcommits.com/players/jayson-woodrich

[Da Coach]

I believe one of our coaches may have been up in Joliet recently to watch Jamere Hill of Joliet West HS (see post #83 above).

[PistolP]

Heard that BU staff was checking out a 6'5" unsigned, senior SG in Chicago burbs last night. It will be interesting to see who they get to fill this class.

[Da Coach]

We mentioned 6'3" 2020 point guard Davion Bailey here-
https://www.bradleyfans.com/forum/sp...ley#post490019

Another new name-
2020 Jamere Hill- a 6'1" point guard from Joliet West HS.
https://www.hudl.com/video/3/1067616...bfcd0ce8791b9b

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zw7j8BGo6b0

[Da Coach]

A new name for 2021- Kamari McGee- a 6' point guard from Racine St. Catherine HS

https://journaltimes.com/sports/high-school/boys-basketball-st-catherine-s-mcgee-an-outstanding-player-better/article_069a443c-fa78-5d61-8e77-88871ca2ad31.html

https://www.maxpreps.com/athlete/kamari-mcgee/DMHcCNX3EeeT-Oz0u-e-FA/videos.htm?videoid=e663719b-a2bb-45bb-9e98-84f09f526230

https://twitter.com/freshcoasthoops/status/1138148400044621824

Video-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTk0gemKdSw

[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

[Da Coach]

The one thing I remember Jeremy Fears for that Bradley fans never got to see-
When he played at Ohio University, sometimes after big home wins, he would do an acrobatic backflip on the court (similar to when Ozzie Smith of the Cardinals first came onto the field).
Here is a photo of him-

[egib52]

Here is an interesting name I saw. This is not a Bradley recruit, but there is a Bradley connection.....

One of the top players in Illinois for the class of 2023 (high school freshmen) is Jeremy Fears, Jr. of Joliet West HS.
https://twitter.com/scottybscout/sta...15808653152257

YouTube video-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2H8YyLjkPJE

How many fans remember his father, Jeremy Fears, Sr.?
He was a terrific player out of Joliet (Joliet Township HS) who played 2 years at Ohio U. (2004-05 and 2005-06) and was a star.
But then he left Ohio U. and committed to transfer to Iowa State. However, he reneged and instead transferred to Bradley when Iowa State fired their head coach Wayne Morgan. He was at Bradley for 1 year (2006-07), but left before he ever played for Jim Les. I heard there were personal issues.
https://bradleybraves.com/sports/men...emy-fears/8172

But I recall that he had a young child that year when he was sitting out at Bradley because his girlfriend sat right behind the bench (in the section I sit in) at a few games that season with the child. But after leaving Bradley, he finished his career playing for a Division II school University of South Carolina-Aiken. He averaged 17.3 ppg for them in 2007-08 -
https://pacersports.com/sports/mens-...emy-fears/2614

After leaving USC-Aiken, it looks like he played several years for multiple teams in Europe-
https://www.eurobasket.com/player/Je...lcons-BC/46287

Anyway, if the son is just starting his freshman year and already has several offers, and is being recruited by and is visiting a Big Ten school like Wisconsin, he must be pretty good.

http://verbalcommits.com/players/jeremy-fears-jr

Wow, yeah I remember him committing. I was very high on him, and thought he was the kind of scorer who could take us to the next level.

[Da Coach]

Here is an interesting name I saw. This is not a Bradley recruit, but there is a Bradley connection.....

One of the top players in Illinois for the class of 2023 (high school freshmen) is Jeremy Fears, Jr. of Joliet West HS.
https://twitter.com/scottybscout/sta...15808653152257

YouTube video-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2H8YyLjkPJE

How many fans remember his father, Jeremy Fears, Sr.?
He was a terrific player out of Joliet (Joliet Township HS) who played 2 years at Ohio U. (2004-05 and 2005-06) and was a star.
But then he left Ohio U. and committed to transfer to Iowa State. However, he reneged and instead transferred to Bradley when Iowa State fired their head coach Wayne Morgan. He was at Bradley for 1 year (2006-07), but left before he ever played for Jim Les. I heard there were personal issues.
https://bradleybraves.com/sports/men...emy-fears/8172

But I recall that he had a young child that year when he was sitting out at Bradley because his girlfriend sat right behind the bench (in the section I sit in) at a few games that season with the child. But after leaving Bradley, he finished his career playing for a Division II school University of South Carolina-Aiken. He averaged 17.3 ppg for them in 2007-08 -
https://pacersports.com/sports/mens-...emy-fears/2614

After leaving USC-Aiken, it looks like he played several years for multiple teams in Europe-
https://www.eurobasket.com/player/Je...lcons-BC/46287

Anyway, if the son is just starting his freshman year and already has several offers, and is being recruited by and is visiting a Big Ten school like Wisconsin, he must be pretty good.

http://verbalcommits.com/players/jeremy-fears-jr

[Da Coach]

New name that Bradley has offered-
2021 Kacper Klaczek- 6'8" athletic forward who is currently a junior at Long Island Lutheran HS, in Glen Head, New York. He is originally from Poland.

http://verbalcommits.com/players/kacper-klaczek

https://twitter.com/LuHiBasketball/s...10946947604492
https://twitter.com/LuHiBasketball/s...16545229103104
He was playing for an U-18 club team in Italy before moving to New York to enroll in high school.
https://basketball.eurobasket.com/te...m/31359?Page=1
And he played this past summer for his Polish U-18 National team in the FIBA U-18 European Championship.
https://www.fiba.basketball/europe/u...Kacper-Klaczek