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Connor Hickman enters portal

The problem with is that I've always enjoyed watching the player develop and improve over the four years. I guess I like the gradual changeover of the roster and the relative stability. Your right that it can be exciting learning about new players and the off season is no longer dead time, but I certainly won't become attached to any players anymore because they can an almost for sure will leave early. I really thought Conner was going to stay. He seemed like a hard-nosed, loyalty, Wardle guy. Guess I was wrong.
 
BUBraves2006 said:
I have had these thoughts at times as well, but I'll offer a little advice on what I've done. The reality is that nobody can force you to be a fan of any team, regardless of your background with them. If it feels too painful, sure, move on some.

But, there is always the chance that we might get some amazing new players that you could have never have anticipated. Not every guy can go play for a big school and there are LOTS of good basketball players out there. What if we signed someone from junior college that is even 80% of the player Malevy was? It won't hurt so much then. While he had a lot of accolades coming out of JC, did you expect he would become a Bradley legend, multiple DPOY award winner? Unlikely.

My attitude is whoever wants to be here is who I can throw all my support to going forward. I personally have difficulty rooting for anyone who leaves unless they got their BU degree, but that's just me. But, I don't put too much stock in it because I'm focused, kind of like what Coach Wardle said after Cincy, on the people who actually want to be here.
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Well said because I will still support the team and all the new players and old ones that are here trying to win championships. I have to give a lot of credit to Malevy for staying and finishing out his college career at BU. I will definitely always place him higher on all time BU favorites ahead of the ones that decided to leave for other schools.
 
This is a hard one to take I have a feeling Hannah may leave also.
I hope I'm wrong but you really can't blame the players.
The N.C.A.A. has ruined college sports.
Shame on them.
 
BRADLEY FAN 49 said:
This is a hard one to take I have a feeling Hannah may leave also.
I hope I'm wrong but you really can't blame the players.
The N.C.A.A. has ruined college sports.
Shame on them.
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Yep. Consider that to most of these kids, basketball is the biggest thing in their lives. Now they only have 4 years to play at the D1 level, and the NCAA makes it easy to get paid, and transfer every year and be eligible immediately. It hurts them to lose all the friends, fans, and relationships they've developed, but the desire to play at the highest level, and the NIL money is hard to turn down when they are looking at one final year.
 
Wow....good thing I'm not a gambling man....Hickman is the one I thought would stay ....:oops::oops::oops:
My take is your "always a Brave" as long as you finish out @ Bradley.....you leave for another school I'm done with you....period!:mad::mad::mad::mad:
 
Will Connor be able to transfer 3 years worth of Bradley credits to a new school, and graduate from his new school on time, one year from now?
 
We are relegated to rooting for a uniform and the days of watching a player grow and succeed over 4 years is gone. I will get over the Hickman thing, but it's only been two years of this nonsense and it's already wearing on me. If Hannah ends up leaving, my desire and motivation to continue to be a season ticket holder will certainly be diminished.
 
I also think that players like Hickman have little choice but to take the money. It may be his only real opportunity to make money playing basketball. I'm not sure if a pro career is in the cards for him. So get what you can now. Where as players like Malevy should have a career of making money off of basketball ahead of them. Not to excuse Hickman or take away from Malevys loyalty, but I think it's a very different set of circumstances for both players.
 
Peoria_bradley_fan said:
I also think that players like Hickman have little choice but to take the money. It may be his only real opportunity to make money playing basketball. I'm not sure if a pro career is in the cards for him. So get what you can now. Where as players like Malevy should have a career of making money off of basketball ahead of them. Not to excuse Hickman or take away from Malevys loyalty, but I think it's a very different set of circumstances for both players.
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If he wants to make money playing basketball, he def can overseas. There are tons of pro leagues, but how much is a different conversation.
 
I hope our coaches are looking hard at some of the players from other schools in the valley that entered the portal.Sounds like with all the coaching changes there is lots of opportunities.We might as well get use to this going forward.
 
egib52 said:
If he wants to make money playing basketball, he def can overseas. There are tons of pro leagues, but how much is a different conversation.
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I'm not so sure he's a shoe in at any professional level. But if he were to, I'm not sure it would be anywhere near what he can make in NIL annually. Who knows. Just kind of speculating I suppose.
 
Mid majors can't win.....If we would have made the tourney this year and won a game..we probably lose our coach, and then our players too....
We don't make the tourney and your players jump ship for a P5 school who only has to win about 16 games to get a chance to play.

Joke
 
Dubl R 1 said:
Mid majors can't win.....If we would have made the tourney this year and won a game..we probably lose our coach, and then our players too....
We don't make the tourney and your players jump ship for a P5 school who only has to win about 16 games to get a chance to play.

Joke
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true story
 
Yes,they are trying to get rid of mid majors one way or another.Any possiblity of mid majors conferences starting there own league and tournament?
 
I’d like to hear an explanation from Connor himself, but we know that probably won’t happen. There’s talk about Indiana. As a kid growing up in Bloomington, I’m sure he dreamed of playing there. If he has the opportunity to do so, why would he pass. He has a pretty loyal following of family members and I’m sure they would like to see him play in person once a week instead of once a year.
 
Bradley8792 said:
I’d like to hear an explanation from Connor himself, but we know that probably won’t happen. There’s talk about Indiana. As a kid growing up in Bloomington, I’m sure he dreamed of playing there. If he has the opportunity to do so, why would he pass. He has a pretty loyal following of family members and I’m sure they would like to see him play in person once a week instead of once a year.
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Connor will post something on his social media soon, like a lot of players do. I expect him to thank the coaches and fans, but I don't expect too much of an explanation of why he's transferring. And it's not about money for Conner. Bradley actually has a pretty good NIL deal going. I think he just wants to spend his final year playing at the highest college level. And I don't think Indiana is necessarily his preferred destination.
 
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