2025 and beyond recruits

[Da Coach]

D1 portal- Cole Hargrove- 6'8" junior forward at Drexel University. Averaged 9.9 & 7.5.
Bio- https://drexeldragons.com/sports/men...hargrove/10544
Stats- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba.../cole-hargrove

D1 portal- Brandon Walker- 6'7" 265 pound junior forward at Montana State. Averaged 14.7 & 4.9.
Bio- https://msubobcats.com/sports/mens-b...n--walker/6673
Stats- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...brandon-walker

D2 portal- Nehemiah Turner- 6'10" freshman forward at Univ. of Central Arkansas. Averaged 8.5 & 4.2.
Bio- https://ucasports.com/sports/mens-ba...ah-turner/9799
Stats- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...ehemiah-turner

[egib52]

Any contact with AJ Casey? In HS he played a similar style to DH, but was hurt most of the year at SLU.

[Da Coach]

D2 portal- Joe Baldwin- 6'6", 205 lb sophomore forward at D2 Shenandoah University. He has 2 years of eligibility left. Stats as a sophomore- 10.5 ppg, 7.2 rpg, 52% FG%, 41% 3ptFG%. he is originally from South Riding, Va.
>> https://suhornets.com/sports/mens-ba...h-baldwin/9415
>> https://x.com/joebaldwin0/status/1904150528697020803

D1 portal- Tyler Schmidt- 6'4" 5th year guard from Valparaiso University. He spent 4 seasons at NAIA Olivet Nazarene University where he was a 2-time NAIA All American. He played this past season at Valparaiso, where he was a part-time starter, and averaged 10.1 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 38.2% from three, and 85.5% from FT line. He is originally from Valparaiso, Indiana. He has one season of eligiblity left because of the NCAA ruling regarding D1 players who previously played at non-D1 schools.
>> https://valpoathletics.com/sports/me...r-schmidt/6980
>> https://x.com/portal_updates/status/1903977117617942881
>> https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba.../tyler-schmidt

D1 portal- Anthony Robinson- 6'10" redshirt freshman forward at Virginia. Originally from Georgia. He averaged 3.6 ppg and 2.4 rpg in limited action this past season (2024-25). He redshirted in 2023-24.
>> https://virginiasports.com/player/anthony-robinson/
>> https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...thony-robinson

One other name of interest that just entered the D1 portal. I don't have any information that suggests Bradley is recruiting him.
Jacopo van der Knaap- 6'5" freshman guard- He is the older brother of Timoty van der Knaap. He grew up in Verona, Italy with Timoty, but then left Italy and played as an amateur with a club team in Spain for 2023-24, averaging 13 ppg and 3 rpg. He also has played for Netherlands National teams.
He was a freshman at University of Hawaii this past season, where he played in only 2 games. He is reported to be an outstanding shooter. He should have 4 seasons of eligibility left.
>> https://hawaiiathletics.com/sports/m...er-knaap/21540
>> https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...-van-der-knaap
>> https://spectrumlocalnews.com/hi/haw...der-knaap-2024
>> https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com...-my-strengths/

[Da Coach]

More names-

D1 portal- Stephen Olowoniyi- 6'8" sophomore forward at Southern Indiana University in Evansville, a member of the Ohio Valley Conference. He is originally from Melbourne, Australia. He averaged 13.9 ppg and 6.8 rpg as a soph.
>> https://usiscreamingeagles.com/sport...olowoniyi/8329
>> https://x.com/PDTScouting/status/1903424530946695332
>> https://x.com/RivalsPortal/status/1903450746424545577

D1 portal- Tim Moore, Jr.- 6'6" 5th year G/F at New Jersey Institute of Technology. He is originally from Houston. He played 2 seasons at a Kansas junior college, then 2 seasons at D2 Benedict College in Columbia, South Carolina before transferring to NJIT for his graduate season. Because of the NCAA's junior college ruling, he is eligible for one more year of eligibility. He averaged 12.9 ppg and 6.7 rpg this past season.
>> https://njithighlanders.com/sports/m...moore-jr-/8640
>> https://x.com/PDTScouting/status/1903225920602960227
>> https://x.com/NJITHoops/status/1897127576445055066

D2 portal- Tyrique Brooks - 6'4" freshman guard at D2 Missouri Southern State University in Joplin, MO. He averaged 13.1 ppg and 4.2 rpg, and he shot 45.3% overall and 35.3% from three. He is originally from Springfield, MO.
>> https://mssulions.com/sports/mens-ba...ue-brooks/9149
>> https://mssulions.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats
>> https://verbalcommits.com/players/tyrique-brooks
>> https://x.com/Will_Rucker3_AD/status...77764502987105

NAIA transfer- Raymond Reece- 6'5" junior forward at Philander Smith University in Little Rock, Arkansas. he averaged 20.0 ppg and 12.1 rpg, and he shot 65.7% from the floor as a junior.
>> https://www.philanderathletics.com/s...e_raymond_rkuu

[Da Coach]

D2 portal- Aliou Cisse- 6'7" junior forward at D2 University of Bridgeport. He also played 2 previous seasons at Trinity Valley Community College. He averaged 19.5 ppg and 5.9 rpg as a junior.
>> https://x.com/PDTScouting/status/1903202475563229263
>> https://www.ubknights.com/sports/mbkb/2024-25/bios/cisse_aliou_bscx
>> https://www.ubknights.com/sports/mbkb/2024-25/players/alioucisse4sr6

[garbonie]

I think we have a good chance of Cooper transferring to Bradley. Bradley would be a perfect fit for him. Cooper has a little brother playing basketball in grade school who is pretty good and his parents attend every game. It’s tuff for them to get to Iowa games and get back at a reasonable hour. It would be a lot easier for his family if he played closer. Cooper now has friends going to Bradley ( Zobs, Richardson) which he didn’t when he signed his very early NLI. I also think Lathan and Stowers end up at Bradley as well. Stowers has lots of family in this area who won’t be able to go see him play. Family, friends will win over the excitement of leaving town.

[yoda]

Haha... we can always have hope.
Bradley would love to have Lathan Sommerville, but he has not declared any interest yet in transferring. The portal officially opens Monday, March 24.

OTOH, Cooper Koch is planning on transferring, but he has not made any decisions yet. He will have a lot more offers, and probably some will be able to offer bigger NIL guarantees than Bradley. It's nice to see that Bradley is making a push for him.

we can hope that since Cooper Koch's father played several years of pro basketball and then for the past couple decades has been
a successful real estate agent - that just maybe Cooper's decision will be more about playing opportunities, being near family and not just money.

[Da Coach]

Haha... we can always have hope.
Bradley would love to have Lathan Sommerville, but he has not declared any interest yet in transferring. The portal officially opens Monday, March 24.

OTOH, Cooper Koch is planning on transferring, but he has not made any decisions yet. He will have a lot more offers, and probably some will be able to offer bigger NIL guarantees than Bradley. It's nice to see that Bradley is making a push for him.

[Tommy]

Is the rumor mill true that Cooper K. Coming home to Bradley? BU collective says we could end up with 4 close to and home town players! Cooper makes 3. Who's the 4th?

Sommerville?

[Steve Zalutsky]

Is the rumor mill true that Cooper K. Coming home to Bradley? BU collective says we could end up with 4 close to and home town players! Cooper makes 3. Who's the 4th?

[Steve Zalutsky]

With only Basketball programs will have an advantage in this new Era of NIL, because they can put most of there $$$$ into this 1 program!

[Steve Zalutsky]

There should be no reason why Bradley can't find very good players in the Portal! We should be able to rebuild in one year!!! Look at All the teams that have done this after losing there entire roster! I keep thinking how Utah State is one that keeps getting to the NCAA tourney and we beat them! We should be able to compete for a Arch Madness crown next year and every year!!!! There are no more taking years to rebuild with the Portal! Plus to top it off, I just read an article stating that schools

[daveineureka]

Agree that we need big inside players with the knack of getting their fair share of rebounds. Reading from a previous post that Iowa has been in contact with Wardle. Do not know if this is true or not, but if it is will our current three recruits reconsider. And what about players who maybe have BU in mind. Upon hearing of a potential coaching change, will they no longer consider BU. Interesting times going forward to say the least.

[egib52]

FWIW-- we ought to be heavily pursuing a big, athletic post player who goes aggressively after rebounds.

a couple examples - altho obviously I don't know all the factors, whether they'd want to consider Bradley, or their academics, of
course that would be up to our staff, or whether better players are available in the portal.

This kid's best offer right now is Tennessee Tech (20ppg/11rpg) - LINK

another with only one DI offer, who is averaging 20 ppg & 11 rpg - LINK

and there are several more - hope we can land a couple. If you saw how McNeese dismantled Clemson, it was the size & athleticism up front. They decisively outrebounded (and 18 offensive rebounds) a much bigger team.

I agree with this 100%. I think we saw from Drake, and if you are an Illini fan from them, what having superior positional size can do.

[bradleyfan124]

FWIW-- we ought to be heavily pursuing a big, athletic post player who goes aggressively after rebounds.

a couple examples - altho obviously I don't know all the factors, whether they'd want to consider Bradley, or their academics, of
course that would be up to our staff, or whether better players are available in the portal.

This kid's best offer right now is Tennessee Tech (20ppg/11rpg) - LINK

another with only one DI offer, who is averaging 20 ppg & 11 rpg - LINK

and there are several more - hope we can land a couple. If you saw how McNeese dismantled Clemson, it was the size & athleticism up front. They decisively outrebounded (and 18 offensive rebounds) a much bigger team.

I think Bradley is going to have a good recruiting year