Zek Montgomery is Back!

[JMG 76]

Great news! Next year shaping up nice, especially if we get a couple more big portal guys.

[Tomahawk]

Not totally checking the board every so often. Now to get a few more players that are true difference makers if we can. As for Reink coming back, I will keep my fingers crossed but in my opinion for what it is worth, I doubt it. But like Coach Stowell and his famous phrase. "You jusneverno". Msn I miss that man.

[Big Mike]

Another Big Bonus to ZEK coming back....I can personally quit checking this Bradleyfans board and Twitter every 5 minutes...

[LittleBrave]

Wow nice find HOTBrave....I had given up.. This really helps offset Hickmans leaving in my book!

TOTALLY! Zek has more athleticism, length, and defensive presence. I loved his game the first 2 seasons and I hope the best is yet to come!
Wish Hick didn't decide to leave, but I think we're gonna be just fine.

[LittleBrave]

Man, I thought this was a broken deal and I had already resigned myself to the fact he wasn’t returning. This is outstanding! I am VERY excited for our season now!

WELCOME HOME ZEK!

I am so happy right now!!!

The pieces are coming together and this team could be the best in the Wardle era.

[Tommy]

Now, let's bring back Rienk!!!

Right! Is it true he entered the portal? Seems like we had a reversal from having a dearth of guards to a dearth of bigs. Concerned with that, but if Rienk entered the portal, the logical reason would be to come home since he’s already at a successful power conference school that made the tourney. Please tell me there’s a serious chance this could happen!

[Dub]

No doubt it is a good look that someone who left for greener pastures is returning home to Bradley, the land of lush green pastures.

Also- Zek is a proven performer who can really help our team.

Double win

[Da Coach]

Now, let's bring back Rienk!!!

[tomahawk chop]

Man, I thought this was a broken deal and I had already resigned myself to the fact he wasn’t returning. This is outstanding! I am VERY excited for our season now!

WELCOME HOME ZEK!

I am with you because everything I heard sounded like he would not be back, great to get him as he was a good player for Bradley.

[Da Coach]

A big thanks to HOTBrave, and the NIL people. They worked hard to get a deal made that was satisfactory to Zek and to the coaching staff.
Again I will encourage every Bradley fan to help support the Home of the Brave NIL organization, without which Bradley would have lost a lot more players and would not have been able to land the transfers they have, or the transfers yet to come.

Please consider a donation to the HOTB collective. NIL groups can now accept donations from fans and organizations, and it is no longer against any NCAA rules.
No matter how big or small, every bit helps build a consistent winner at Bradley!
Link to support the Bradley NIL - https://hotbrave.com/pages/donate-now

[BUfan17]

Super excited to see him come back for another year.

Also makes me a little sad thinking about this season (not that is wasn't great, we had a really good year). If we had just one more good guard (Zek) I think we could have won the conference.

[Stryker]

Can we give a shout to Coach Wardle? I mean, everyone seems to be losing players left and right and to be able to get Zek back and also convince Duke and Darius to stay is really a testament to who he is as a coach and a mentor. For all those who whine about his rotations or some of his quirks, he's really established one of the most stable programs in the Valley.

Concur. Brian has done a wonderful job. And while some of the departures have been hard (Roberts, Mast, Hickman), Brian has done a fantastic job and it is really highlighted this year with how many programs in the MVC have been absolutely gutted.

Welcome home Zek!

[Tommy]

Man, I thought this was a broken deal and I had already resigned myself to the fact he wasn’t returning. This is outstanding! I am VERY excited for our season now!

WELCOME HOME ZEK!

[brocks]

Wow nice find HOTBrave....I had given up.. This really helps offset Hickmans leaving in my book!

Agree on both counts. I had given up too, and yes ... this probably helps make them league favorite next season. Now they need to cement that with 2 or 3 more solid gets.

[BUBraves2006]

Can we give a shout to Coach Wardle? I mean, everyone seems to be losing players left and right and to be able to get Zek back and also convince Duke and Darius to stay is really a testament to who he is as a coach and a mentor. For all those who whine about his rotations or some of his quirks, he's really established one of the most stable programs in the Valley.