2025 and beyond recruits

[Da Coach]

2025 Abdul Bashir- 6'7" guard/forward at Casper College, a juco in Casper, Wyoming. He attended Bryan HS in Omaha, Nebraska and Minnesota Prep. Through his first 8 games this season, he is averaging 30.4 ppg and shooting 44.1% from three. He averaged 19.4 ppg and shot 45.3% from three as a freshman last season.
>> https://verbalcommits.com/players/abdul-bashir
>> https://www.tbirds.cc/sports/mbkb/20...hir_abdul_78ri
>> https://www.jucorecruiting.com/news_...e/show/1312306
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzSAOw3NmFE

2026 Parker Seithel- 6'10" forward at Blue Valley High School
>> https://x.com/pjseithel/status/1852068913971872087
>> https://x.com/pjseithel/status/1841234533082882153
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdrENWkmflU

2025 or 2026 Juco- Travis Torain- 6'7" forward who is a freshman at Panola junior college in Carthage, Texas. He is originally from Tracy, California, and he also did a year at a prep school in Arizona. Panola is 7-0 so far this season, and is the #2 ranked junior college team in the country. Torain is averaging 13.4 ppg, 6.3 rpg, and he is shooting 41.7% from three.
>> https://verbalcommits.com/players/travis-torain
>> https://njcaaregion14.com/sports/mbk...avistorainvvs1
>> https://www.arizonapreps.com/dream-c...-on-the-board/
Stats- https://www.njcaa.org/sports/mbkb/rankings/DI/index
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MTkD5bxz2w

[Landof10thcoaches]

Watching San Francisco/ Memphis and I would say we need about 4 bigs to be very athletic. My god we will have our hands full with San Francisco. We keep rebounding like crap no way we even have a chance.

[tomahawk chop]

I would rather have a 6-9 220 lb. athletic big man because we are playing a faster paced game and with the guards we will have next year and hopefully beyond we need more athletic bigs. We are currently in need of a big wing, pf. and a center. I prefer to bring in players with experience that have proven they can compete at this level.

[egib52]

Still trying to decide if that's a bad thing....only going by the videos on Goins but I never saw the attraction? Really slow and unathletic...but what do I know?

I agree Big Mike. I was did not see the allure. I am also for getting a strong interior presence, but I would prefer a more athletic one.

[Big Mike]

Still trying to decide if that's a bad thing....only going by the videos on Goins but I never saw the attraction? Really slow and unathletic...but what do I know?

[yoda]

Goins committed to Bowling Green State

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[yoda]

Bradley Coach Brian Wardle offers 2024 recruit Keenan Garner of Fishers, Indiana - https://twitter.com/keenan_garner13/...43751006138590

Kid's a gamer, too bad we missed on him-
He is the Horizon Freshman of the Week - averaging 10ppg, 7.3rpg
(Maybe his name will appear in the portal???)

[Da Coach]

Just to be clear, Rienk was a RS freshman in 2020-21, so he had a year to improve and work on his game. This doesn't diminish his achievement, but I think it is relevant in the discussion of freshman bigs effectiveness.

Yes, thanks for pointing out the difference.
But he was also recovering from an ACL surgical repair on his knee, and that might have worked against him his first year competing. His stats jumped up significantly his second season after having another year to get stronger and more confident with his repaired knee. He still had a nice freshman season and was named to the MVC All-Freshman team. And he lead Bradley in 3-point shooting percentage his freshman year.
Rienk Mast's stats - https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...677/rienk-mast

[egib52]

There have been some notable exceptions of big men who were outstanding in their freshman seasons in the MVC.
2023-24- Almar Atlason was All-Freshman and Cooper Schwieger was the Freshman of the Year. Yes, I realize they were not true centers/low post players. But the next 3 were
2022-23- Robbie Avila was All-Freshman
2020-21- Rienk Mast was All-Freshman
2017-18- Cameron Krutwig was All-Freshman and runner-up for POY, and lead Loyola to the Final Four

Just to be clear, Rienk was a RS freshman in 2020-21, so he had a year to improve and work on his game. This doesn't diminish his achievement, but I think it is relevant in the discussion of freshman bigs effectiveness.

[Da Coach]

Not that we ever in the mix. Darius Hannah's brother chooses 'Bama
Top-40 guard Davion Hannah just announced live on
@247Sports
that he has committed to #RollTide "it's go time at Alabama." https://247sports.com/article/top-40

Alabama has lots of NIL money, though most of it goes to football. But no doubt, there is still a buch available to lure basketball recruits.
Good for Davion. Hope it works out for him. I think you are correct that Bradley hasn't been involved for a while.

[KillerB]

Not that we ever in the mix. Darius Hannah's brother chooses 'Bama
Top-40 guard Davion Hannah just announced live on
@247Sports
that he has committed to #RollTide "it's go time at Alabama." https://247sports.com/article/top-40

[LongTimeFan]

Part of the recruiting is what are you recruiting for? Would a junior college center come to play behind Thomas and possibly Meta for one of his two years? I have no idea. I will have to rely on those on the board as to the Thomas' ability. You have seen him play in person. I missed the Washington State game and he did not play the last game.

Would a freshman be a better fit to learn while backing up Thomas and possibly Meta for one year and still have three years left compared to one year after Thomas and Meta graduate?

Could Thomas move to PF and let a JC center start? I agree a JC center would be more productive immediately if he plays in front of our two centers that will probably return next year.

Not trying to be argumentative. I just looked at the big man offers made by Bradley this year. Five offers were made to high school kids and one to a JC player, Goins. Not sure that means anything.

[tomahawk chop]

There have been some notable exceptions of big men who were outstanding in their freshman seasons in the MVC.
2023-24- Almar Atlason was All-Freshman and Cooper Schwieger was the Freshman of the Year. Yes, I realize they were not true centers/low post players. But the next 3 were
2022-23- Robbie Avila was All-Freshman
2020-21- Rienk Mast was All-Freshman
2017-18- Cameron Krutwig was All-Freshman and runner-up for POY, and lead Loyola to the Final Four

With NIL deals it makes it harder to get really good freshman big men. Avila and Mast both left their teams more then likely because of more money. I also do not think Mast was outstanding his first season, I would say he was decent.

[Da Coach]

I agree, freshman centers are not ready to play at this level most of the time with the exceptions of the ones that go to p-5 schools. That is why i prefer to recruit JUCOS or transfers with experience .

There have been some notable exceptions of big men who were outstanding in their freshman seasons in the MVC.
2023-24- Almar Atlason was All-Freshman and Cooper Schwieger was the Freshman of the Year. Yes, I realize they were not true centers/low post players. But the next 3 were
2022-23- Robbie Avila was All-Freshman
2020-21- Rienk Mast was All-Freshman
2017-18- Cameron Krutwig was All-Freshman and runner-up for POY, and lead Loyola to the Final Four

[tomahawk chop]

The problem with freshman centers at the MM level is that most come in and are either not strong enough or athletic enough to play day one. Now obviously there are exceptions, but we have seen our fair share of centers that never developed. I would rather get an athletic center from the JUCO or low major level.

I agree, freshman centers are not ready to play at this level most of the time with the exceptions of the ones that go to p-5 schools. That is why i prefer to recruit JUCOS or transfers with experience .