He tore his ACL this past June, and most of his scholarship offers were revoked.-
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Drake gets a commitment from 2023 Chico Johnson, a 6'3" guard from Central Catholic High School in Toledo, OH, Some sites list him as a point guard, but the Des Moines Register reports that Drake recruited him as a wing.
He tore his ACL this past June, and most of his scholarship offers were revoked.-
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Murray State lands 2023 Lawrent Rice, a 6'3" point guard from Wayne HS in Huber Heights, OH.
https://twitter.com/LawrentRice/stat...61498377170945
2023 MVC Commitments-
Belmont- Win Miller, Brigham Rogers
Drake- Chico Johnson
Evansville- Michael Day
Illinois State- Johnny Kinziger, Chase Walker
Indiana State- Camron Manyawu, Eli Shetler
Murray State- John McCrear, Lawrent Rice
UNI- R.J. Taylor
UIC- Ethan Pickett
Valparaiso- Zane Doughty, Jahari WilliamsonLeave a comment:
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UIC just got a commitment from 6'4" juco shooting guard Ethan Pickett from Triton College in River Grove, Illinois.
He is originally from Pensacola, Florida.
He averaged 11.3 ppg and 5.2 rpg last season, and he shot 27% from three at Division II juco Northwest Mississippi Community College.
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Indiana State lands another 2023 recruit- Eli Shetler- 6'6" shooting guard from Andover HS in Andover, Kansas-
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Indiana State gets a commitment from 2023 Cameron Manyawu, a 6'8" forward from Staley HS in Kansas City, MO.
Last season as a junior, he averaged 7.1 ppg and 5.2 rpg
https://kchighschoolhoops.com/player...=2881&season=9
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Updated list of 2022 & 2023 MVC commitments-
2022 MVC Commitments-
Belmont- Ja'Kobi Gillespie, Kyler Vanderjagt, Keith Robbins, Cade Tyson, Keishawn Davidson, Jake Dykstra, Drew Friberg
Bradley- James "Pop" Weathers, Christian Davis, Cody "Duke" Deen, Goanar Biliew
Drake- Will Lovings-Watts, Sardaar Calhoun, Andrew Alia (walk-on), Eric Northweather
Evansville- Logan McIntire, Zaveion Chism-Okoh, Chris Moncrief, Matthew Ragsdale (decommitted), Sekou Sada Kalle, Yacine Toumi, Gabe Spinelli, Kenny Strawbridge, Marvin Coleman, Cameron Gehlhausen (walk-on), Matus Malovec
Illinois State- Takai Simpkins (decommitted), Tajuan Simpkins (decommitted), Colton Sandage, Malachi Poindexter, Darius Burford, Luke Kasubke, Seneca Knight, Joe Petrakis
Indiana State- Robbie Avila, Jayson Kent, Robert Martin, Courvoisier McCauley, Cade McKnight, Trenton Gibson
Missouri State- Jonathan Dunn, Jalen Hampton (decommitted), N.J. Benson, Bryan Trimble, Jr., Dalen Ridgnal, Chance Moore, Damien Mayo, Jr., Tommy Pinegar (walk-on), Jonathan Mogbo, Alston Mason, Matthew Lee, Kendle Moore, James Graham, Kanon Gipson (walk-on)
Murray State- Braxton Stacker, Justin Morgan, Jaxon Edwards, Quincy Anderson, Kenny White, Jr., Jamari Smith, Rob Perry, JaCobi Wood, Patrick Chew, Brian Moore, Sam Murray, Marlon Lestin
SIU- Cade Hornecker, Xavier Davis, Jawaun Newton, A.J. Ferguson, Clarence Rupert, Terrance Jacobs, Jr.
UIC- Jalen Jackson, Cameron Fens, Steven Clay, Tyler Stevenson (decommitted), Trevante Anderson, Toby Okani, Christian Jones, Shaun Williams, Bessanty-Aime Saragba
UNI- Trey Campbell, Ege Peksari, Hunter Jacobson
Valparaiso- Maximus Nelson, Nick Edwards, Quinton Greene, Jerome Palm, Ibra Bayu
2023 MVC Commitments-
Belmont- Win Miller, Brigham Rogers
Illinois State- Johnny Kinziger, Chase Walker
Indiana State- Camron Manyawu, Eli Shetler
Murray State- John McCrear, Lawrent Rice
UNI- R.J. Taylor
UIC- Ethan Pickett
Valparaiso- Zane DoughtyLeave a comment:
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UIC has been devastated by the portal and decommits. It's hard not to see them with Evansville and Valpo near bottom of MVC standings. I fear the Valley's collective NET rankings are going to be poor.Leave a comment:
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Damaria Franklin is immediately getting a lot of attention from other schools.Originally posted by Da Coach View Post
He has heard from Iowa State, Mississippi State, DePaul, Memphis, Murray State, Arizona State, Alabama, Oklahoma, Kansas State and Tampa.
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One other interesting roster change in the MVC-
UIC's leading scorer from last season was Damaria Franklin, a 6'3" guard who transferred to UIC in 2021 after 2 seasons of junior college and one season at Tennessee Tech (OVC). He averaged 13.3 ppg at Tennessee Tech in 2020-21, and 17.8 ppg in 2021-22 at UIC. He also lead UIC in rebounding with 6.9 rpg last season. He would have been a serious candidate for this season's preseason All-MVC teams, since no returning MVC player averaged more than 15.1 ppg last year.
However, today he announced he is leaving UIC and has entered the Transfer Portal.-
This is a really tough blow to UIC Head Coach Luke Yaklich. Not only does he lose his top scorer and rebounder, but it is virtually impossible to recruit a replacement player just a few weeks before the 2022-23 season begins.
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The scholarship opening for this recent Valparaiso commit by Ibra Bayu was apparently made available by a career ending injury to one of Valparaiso's returning starters.Originally posted by Da Coach View Post
Thomas Kithier, a 6'8" forward who transferred from Michigan State and was a starter for Valpo last season, reportedly suffered an injury earlier this month and will not play this season. He averaged 10.1 ppg and a team-leading 6.6 rpg last season as a senior, and his 56.5% FG percentage was tops on the team. He planned to return to school this season and play his extra "Covid" season. He missed several games last year with back issues, and apparently suffered another back injury earlier this month. Because of the injury, he decided to end his college basketball career and not attempt to come back and play this season.
https://spartanswire.usatoday.com/20...ending-injury/
With the loss of Kithier, it means Valparaiso will return only 2 of their top 7 scorers from last season.
One other Valpo player got good news. Kobe King, a transfer from Wisconsin, who was 2nd on the team in scoring last season (14.0 ppg), was granted an extra year of eligibility by the NCAA and will play for the Beacons in 2022-23. It sounds like the NCAA was rather generous with granting another year of eligibility for him.
He played in 3 seasons at Wisconsin (2017-2020), but then left school in the middle of his 3rd season there and missed the last few months of the 2019-20 season. He announced that he was transferring, and committed to Nebraska, but then backed out of that commitment and sat out the entire 2020-21 season. He hired an agent, and entered the NBA G-League draft. But then when the G-League announced they would shut down and not play in 2020-21 due to Covid, he decided not to go pro and return to college. But, because he had signed with an agent, he needed a special waiver from the NCAA to resume his college career, which was granted. He then transferred to Valparaiso and played in 2021-22. Although the NCAA granted all college players who played in 2020-21 an extra "Covid" season of eligibility, this Covid rule did not apply to King, since he sat out that season and was not in college. So he sought and was granted another waiver from the NCAA giving him a 5th season of eligibility in 6 years since he enrolled at Wisconsin in 2017.
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UIC also adds a late 2022 recruit- 2022 Bessanty-Aime Saragba- a 6'9" forward from Marseilles, France. He played last year at Trinity Collegiate School in Darlington, South Carolina.
https://phenomhoopreport.com/unsigne...santy-saragba/
https://uicflames.com/sports/mens-ba...e-saragba/8567
Updated list of 2022 & 2023 MVC commitments-
2022 MVC Commitments-
Belmont- Ja'Kobi Gillespie, Kyler Vanderjagt, Keith Robbins, Cade Tyson, Keishawn Davidson, Jake Dykstra, Drew Friberg
Bradley- James "Pop" Weathers, Christian Davis, Cody "Duke" Deen, Goanar Biliew
Drake- Will Lovings-Watts, Sardaar Calhoun, Andrew Alia (walk-on), Eric Northweather
Evansville- Logan McIntire, Zaveion Chism-Okoh, Chris Moncrief, Matthew Ragsdale (decommitted), Sekou Sada Kalle, Yacine Toumi, Gabe Spinelli, Kenny Strawbridge, Marvin Coleman, Cameron Gehlhausen (walk-on)
Illinois State- Takai Simpkins (decommitted), Tajuan Simpkins (decommitted), Colton Sandage, Malachi Poindexter, Darius Burford, Luke Kasubke, Seneca Knight, Joe Petrakis
Indiana State- Robbie Avila, Jayson Kent, Robert Martin, Courvoisier McCauley, Cade McKnight, Trenton Gibson
Missouri State- Jonathan Dunn, Jalen Hampton (decommitted), N.J. Benson, Bryan Trimble, Jr., Dalen Ridgnal, Chance Moore, Damien Mayo, Jr., Tommy Pinegar (walk-on), Jonathan Mogbo, Alston Mason, Matthew Lee, Kendle Moore, James Graham, Kanon Gipson (walk-on)
Murray State- Braxton Stacker, Justin Morgan, Jaxon Edwards, Quincy Anderson, Kenny White, Jr., Jamari Smith, Rob Perry, JaCobi Wood, Patrick Chew, Brian Moore, Sam Murray, Marlon Lestin
SIU- Cade Hornecker, Xavier Davis, Jawaun Newton, A.J. Ferguson, Clarence Rupert, Terrance Jacobs, Jr.
UIC- Jalen Jackson, Cameron Fens, Steven Clay, Tyler Stevenson (decommitted), Trevante Anderson, Toby Okani, Christian Jones, Shaun Williams, Bessanty-Aime Saragba
UNI- Trey Campbell, Ege Peksari, Hunter Jacobson
Valparaiso- Maximus Nelson, Nick Edwards, Quinton Greene, Jerome Palm, Ibra Bayu
2023 MVC Commitments-
Belmont- Win Miller, Brigham Rogers
Illinois State- Johnny Kinziger, Chase Walker
Indiana State- Camron Manyawu
Murray State- John McCrear
UNI- R.J. Taylor
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Valparaiso lands a very late 2022 recruit- a 6'8" forward from the Netherlands, Ibra Bayu. He attended high school at the Perkoimen School in Pennsburg, Pa.
https://www.valpoathletics.com/mbask...tball-program/
https://www.valpoathletics.com/mbask...969/ibra-bayu/
Valpo now ties Bradley for the most natives of the Netherlands on their team (2). They also signed juco Jerome Palm in the class of 2022-
https://www.valpoathletics.com/mbask...6/jerome-palm/
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Valparaiso gets a commitment from 2023 Zane Doughty, a 6'9" center from Ben Davis HS in Indianapolis.
He also plays with the Indy Heat. He played with Indiana Elite last summer.
https://twitter.com/DoughtyZane/stat...32888767287305
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Illinois State gets their second 2023 commitment- Chase Walker is a 6'8" forward from St. Charles Preparatory School in Columbus, Ohio.
He is reported to 335 pounds!
https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/...ls/9019671002/
He also had offers from Liberty, Stony Brook, and Toledo-
Link has video highlights- https://www.aseaofred.com/new-libert...-chase-walker/
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