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Valley Recruits

There are reports that Northern Iowa also received a 2023 commitment tonight, but no official announcement has been made.
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Northern Iowa gets a 2023 verbal commitment from Kyle Pock, A 6'6" forward from Bolivar (MO) High School. He also had offers from several other MVC schools (UIC, Missouri State, Indiana State). He was a 2nd team All-State pick in Missouri as a junior, and averaged 20.9 ppg and 7.3 rpg.
https://verbalcommits.com/players/kyle-pock
https://www.news-leader.com/story/s...ds-commit-from-bolivar-high-star/69561211007/
 
Valparaiso gets a commitment overnight from 2023 Yanis Bamba, a 6'6" shooting guard who attends College Jean de Brebeuf in Montreal, and plays AAU ball with Brookwood Elite in Montreal.
https://twitter.com/TVBOren/status/1585507901757685760
https://www.verbalcommits.com/players/yanis-bamba
https://www.hudl.com/profile/10288834/Yanis-Bamba

It's Valparaiso's third 2023 commitment-
2023 MVC Commitments-
Belmont- Win Miller, Brigham Rogers
Drake- Chico Johnson
Evansville- Michael Day, Braylon Jackson
Illinois State- Johnny Kinziger, Chase Walker
Indiana State- Camron Manyawu, Eli Shetler
Murray State- John McCrear, Lawrent Rice
UNI- R.J. Taylor, Kyle Pock, Wesley Rubin
SIU- Kennard Davis
UIC- Ethan Pickett
Valparaiso- Zane Doughty, Jahari Williamson, Yanis Bamba
 
Da Coach said:
Valparaiso gets a commitment overnight from 2023 Yanis Bamba, a 6'6" shooting guard who attends College Jean de Brebeuf in Montreal, and plays AAU ball with Brookwood Elite in Montreal.
https://twitter.com/TVBOren/status/1585507901757685760
https://www.verbalcommits.com/players/yanis-bamba
https://www.hudl.com/profile/10288834/Yanis-Bamba

It's Valparaiso's third 2023 commitment-
2023 MVC Commitments-
Belmont- Win Miller, Brigham Rogers
Drake- Chico Johnson
Evansville- Michael Day, Braylon Jackson, Tanner Cuff
Illinois State- Johnny Kinziger, Chase Walker
Indiana State- Camron Manyawu, Eli Shetler
Murray State- John McCrear, Lawrent Rice
UNI- R.J. Taylor, Kyle Pock, Wesley Rubin
SIU- Kennard Davis
UIC- Ethan Pickett
Valparaiso- Zane Doughty, Jahari Williamson, Yanis Bamba
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Chico Johnson (Drake), Johnny Kinziger (ILSU), Chase Walker (ILSU), and Wesley Rubin (UNI) have all been announced as signed
 
One new commitment in the MVC as the early signing period comes to a close-
2023 Tanner Cuff- 6'6" junior guard from Salt Lake Community College commits to Evansville. He is averaging 3.8 ppg through 4 games this season, and he's 0-1 from three this year. Last season he averaged 5.2 ppg and was 4-22 (18.2%).
https://verbalcommits.com/players/tanner-cuff
Stats for 2022-23- https://stats.njcaa.org/sports/mbkb/...tannercuffhvx4
Stats from 2021-22- https://www.njcaa.org/sports/mbkb/20...tannercuff1i6f


And Valparaiso reports the signing of NLIs by 3 recruits-
https://www.valpoathletics.com/mbask...-trio-to-nlis/

2023 MVC Commitments (click on name to see more info about each recruit)-
Belmont- Win Miller, Brigham Rogers
Drake- Chico Johnson
Evansville- Michael Day, Braylon Jackson, Tanner Cuff
Illinois State- Johnny Kinziger, Chase Walker
Indiana State- Camron Manyawu, Eli Shetler, Jayden Daughertry, Derek Vorst
Murray State- John McCrear, Lawrent Rice
UNI- R.J. Taylor, Kyle Pock, Wesley Rubin
SIU- Kennard Davis
UIC- Ethan Pickett
Valparaiso- Zane Doughty, Jahari Williamson, Yanis Bamba
 
Sycamores added two more in the last couple of days ............... Jaden Daughertry 6'7 - Hargrave Military Academy, Richmond VA and Derek Vorst 6'10 - Rossford OH.
 
Are we just being super selective, or is there some deterrent at Bradley to get recruits? I have seen some talking heads and coaches state that in the current system that high major schools should just focus on the transfer portal because you basically know what you are getting and don't have to focus as much on development. (I think someone posted an article quoting Hinson on this) I am sure some of that can be said for mid majors as well, but if the high majors are backing off high school recruiting shouldn't there be more talent there for us to look at? It seems like other schools are bringing in decent talent.
 
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egib52 said:
Are we just being super selective, or is there some deterrent at Bradley to get recruits. I have seen some talking heads and coaches state that in the current system that high major schools should just focus on the transfer portal because you basically know what you are getting and don't have to focus as much on development. (I think someone posted an article quoting Hinson on this) I am sure some of that can be said for mid majors as well, but if the high majors are backing off high school recruiting shouldn't there be more talent there for us to look at? It seems like other schools are bringing in decent talent.
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My guess is we are being very selective
 
Da Coach said:
UIC gets another transfer from the portal- Shaun Williams, a 6'3" redshirt junior from Cal State-Bakersfield. He played his freshman season in 2018-19 at Kansas State and averaged 1.4 ppg. He only played 5 games his sophomore season at KSU, then left the team and transferred to CSUB. One of the games he played before transferring was against Bradley in the 2018 Rocket Mortgage Fort Myers Tip-Off tournament (11/27/19). He played 17 minutes in that game and scored 10 points. A couple weeks later, he transferred, then sat out the rest of 2019-20 season and the first part of 2019-20. In the 22 games he played after becoming eligible in 2020-2021, he averaged 9.3 ppg 2.3 rpg, and 3.1 apg. This past season (2021-22) at CSUB, he played in only 10 games, and averaged 6.0 ppg, 2.3 rpg, and 1.9 apg.
https://verbalcommits.com/players/shaun-williams
Bio- https://gorunners.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/shaun-williams/5074
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UIC senior guard Shaun Williams has left the program, and entered the transfer portal. He never appeared in any games at UIC.
 
Evansville gets a commitment from a 2023 recruit- Chuck Bailey- a 6-4" high-scoring guard at Hamtramck High School (near Detroit). He played last season at Kanye West's Donda Academy in Simi Valley, California. He is listed as 4-stars on ESPN and 3-stars on Rivals.
https://twitter.com/chuckbailey__/st...69183232483334
https://www.verbalcommits.com/players/chuck-bailey-iii
He also had offers from Illinois, Ole Miss, UNLV, Detroit, New Mexico, Kansas, TCU, Cal and Tulane.
https://twitter.com/AZSelectBoysBB/s...21988147310596
https://twitter.com/recruitszone/sta...04675671134211
https://twitter.com/chuckbailey__/st...43392620220417


2023 MVC Commitments (click on name to see more info about each recruit)-
Belmont- Win Miller, Brigham Rogers, Sam Orme, Drew Scharnowski
Bradley- Demarion Burch
Drake- Chico Johnson
Evansville- Michael Day, Braylon Jackson, Tanner Cuff, Chuck Bailey
Illinois State- Johnny Kinziger, Chase Walker, Ty Pence
Indiana State- Camron Manyawu, Eli Shetler, Jayden Daughertry, Derek Vorst
Missouri State- none
Murray State- John McCrear, Lawrent Rice
UNI- R.J. Taylor, Kyle Pock, Wesley Rubin
SIU- Kennard Davis
UIC- Ethan Pickett
Valparaiso- Zane Doughty, Jahari Williamson, Yanis Bamba
 
Playing in Detroit for his senior year should help prove if Bailey is legit or an overrated fraud. I'm hearing doubts about his P5 offers being real and his star ratings have been lowered, which is why he fell to Evansville. If he has a big senior year I doubt if he'd honor his commitment to EU and go to the highest bidder.
 
Da Coach said:
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2022 MVC Commitments-
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
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Evansville Head Coach David Ragland announces that 4 of his 2022 recruits will redshirt this season.- Zaveion Chism-Okoh, Logan McIntire, Matus Malovec and Cameron Gehlhausen.

Malovec has not played this season, but the other 3 have played sparingly in a couple games, so there must be injury issues and they are taking a medical redshirt year.
Evansville stats- https://s3.amazonaws.com/gopurpleaces.com/documents/2023/1/11/UEMBBStats.pdf
 
Da Coach said:
Missouri State gets a commitment from 2022 Jonathan Dunn, a 6'7" forward who was a senior this past year at Logan-Rogersville HS, just outside Springfield, MO. He was previously committed to Western Illinois, but reopened his recruiting.
https://verbalcommits.com/players/jonathan-dunn-mo

He has decided to reclassify as a 2022 recruit and plans to do an extra year at We Are United Prep Academy, a new prep school in Nixa, Missouri-
https://thebasketballmovement.com/blog/2021/2/4/jonathan-dunn-kanon-gipson-reclassify-2022
https://thebasketballmovement.com/blog/2021/5/17/we-are-united-prep-jonathan-dunn
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Missouri State freshman forward Jonathan Dunn has left school and entered the transfer portal.
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2888...enters-transfer-portal-leaving-missouri-state

He has not played in any games this season, and was redshirting.
 
Updates list of 2023 commitments for each MVC school-

2023 MVC Commitments (click on name to see more info about each recruit)-
Belmont- Win Miller, Brigham Rogers, Sam Orme, Drew Scharnowski
Bradley- Demarion Burch, Almar Atlason, Trey Pettigrew, Kyle Thomas
Drake- Chico Johnson, Kevin Overton
Evansville- Michael Day, Braylon Jackson, Tanner Cuff, Chuck Bailey, Tyler Myers (walk-on)
Illinois State- Johnny Kinziger, Chase Walker, Ty Pence
Indiana State- Camron Manyawu, Eli Shetler, Jayden Daughertry, Derek Vorst
Missouri State- none
Murray State- John McCrear, Lawrent Rice
UNI- R.J. Taylor, Kyle Pock, Wesley Rubin
SIU- Kennard Davis
UIC- Ethan Pickett
Valparaiso- Zane Doughty, Jahari Williamson, Yanis Bamba
 
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