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2018 Valley recruits

tornado said:
so who on their current roster isn't gonna be using a scholarship next year?
does Gassman go back to walk-on?...is Copeland qualified & eligible? ...is Romine or Hein a goner or Yarbrough going pro?
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They do not lose a single player to graduation, so there shouldn't be any available scholarships for 2018. So, yes to some of those options, and maybe others. Gassman will lose his scholarship. Rumors that Hein, Romine, and/or Clarance may be leaving. And the aforementioned possibility of Yarbrough.

Unless Muller has gotten a waiver from the NCAA to go to 15 scholarships. :roll:
 
Jefferson??™s stats are great but LakeLand is D2 JUCO competition same as ICC. We??™ll have to see if there is comparable production in a Valley schedule. The loss of Romine and Hein, if that were to occur, can only improve the team. I would have to assume the additional possibility of Clarance leaving the program.
 
his other offers were Cal-State Northridge, Newberry, Kentucky Wesleyan, Portland State, Cal Poly, Albany, CSUN

why do you mention Clarance as possibly leaving?
..for true freshman who missed almost the first half of the season, he ended up playing a fair amount... was he unhappy with his playing time?
 
tornado said:
his other offers were Cal-State Northridge, Newberry, Kentucky Wesleyan, Portland State, Cal Poly, Albany, CSUN

why do you mention Clarance as possibly leaving?
..for true freshman who missed almost the first half of the season, he ended up playing a fair amount... was he unhappy with his playing time?
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Interesting story in the Pantagraph that he heard from 28 schools once he received his release. No idea who those schools were other than by looking at some of the assistant coaches who immediately followed him on Twitter once he was "on the market" since he had originally signed his LOI in the fall. Hard to tell what their interest level was, but is a pretty big number.

This is the kind of player I wish my Aces would fall into, but I guess having his former teammate on ISU gave them a bit of a leg up.
 
it is interesting how there's such a frenzy each spring as schools find themselves with unfilled scholarships..
 
tornado said:
it is interesting how there's such a frenzy each spring as schools find themselves with unfilled scholarships..
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Agreed. For some kids it is better to wait, but I'm sure it's a very fine line. Kids like JJ who take an offer in the fall sometimes benefit from higher offers in the spring, but the lure of an assured scholarship in the fall has to be very hard to pass up.

From what I've read, and admit did not see it myself, many of the schools that jumped on him were higher level mid-majors comparable to the schools in the Valley. I know that Tinsley was a big part of him picking ISU as I'm sure hearing from a former teammate that you trust really helps.
 
Da Coach said:
DePaul, which already had one verbal commit from an 8th grader (class of 2022)- a 2-star 6'2" point guard named Amari Bailey-
http://verbalcommits.com/players/amari-bailey

Today (10/9/17) just received another 2022 verbal commit from a 2-star 6'1" point guard named Skyy Clark-
http://verbalcommits.com/players/skyy-clark


Dave Leitao was last seen recruiting at a kindergarten looking for 2030 talent.
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Not much of a surprise when you get a commitment from a kid who has not even started his freshman year. 2022 recruit Amari Bailey, who had given DePaul head coach Dave Leitao a verbal commitment back in August now has his mother tweet out that he is not longer committed to DePaul.
https://twitter.com/onlyjohannaleia/status/974448630902878209

Here is his official notice of decommitment from his mother's Instagram page-
https://www.instagram.com/p/BgXVyS6Fjh1/

Check out his hot mamma's twitter page-
https://twitter.com/onlyjohannaleia

And her even hotter Instagram page-
https://www.instagram.com/johannaleia/

And momma's hot Instagram photos-
https://www.instagram.com/p/BgW0_rJFiCZ/

I don't remember my mom looking like that. :)
 
Da Coach said:
Not much of a surprise when you get a commitment from a kid who has not even started his freshman year. 2022 recruit Amari Bailey, who had given DePaul head coach Dave Leitao a verbal commitment back in August now has his mother tweet out that he is not longer committed to DePaul.
https://twitter.com/onlyjohannaleia/status/974448630902878209

Here is his official notice of decommitment from his mother's Instagram page-
https://www.instagram.com/p/BgXVyS6Fjh1/

Check out his hot mamma's twitter page-
https://twitter.com/onlyjohannaleia

And her even hotter Instagram page-
https://www.instagram.com/johannaleia/

And momma's hot Instagram photos-
https://www.instagram.com/p/BgW0_rJFiCZ/

I don't remember my mom looking like that. :)
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I don't remember anyone's mom looking like that.:D
 
ahem - getting back to recruiting.....

List is updated with ISU's new guy and BOTH Evansville signees are decommitting and reopening their recruitment - LINK

2018
Bradley - Armon Brummett (3 open scholarship- altho Aristide Boya may reclassify as 2018)
Drake - Adam Thistlewood*, Kendle Moore*, James Moors*, Messiah Jones*, Montrell Horsey*, [url=http://bradleyfans.com/vb/showpost.php?p=825134400&postcount=47]Larry Wise, Matt Gray [/url] (no scholarships)
Evansville - BOTH Aleks Novakovich* and Jomaru Brown* have decommitted and will ask out of their LOI's - LINK (5 scholarships)
Illinois State - Demontay Dixon*, Rey Idowu*, Josh Jefferson, Zach Copeland (not playing 2017-18, should play 2018-19) (0 scholarships & appear to be oversigned by 1)
Indiana State - De'Avion Washington*, Blake Brinkmeyer*, Cooper Neese (transfer - eligible in 2018-19) (1 scholarships)
Loyola - Franklin Agunanne*, Isaiah Bujdoso*, Cooper Kaifes* (0 scholarships)
Missouri State - Kabir Mohammed* (juco), Ronnie Bell* (has since decommitted), Grant Gelon* (juco - but has recently been dropped from his juco team's roster and appears to no longer be on the team), Jared Ridder (transfer not eligible until 2018 but won't sign a LOI) (0 or 1 scholarship)
UNI - AJ Green*, Shandon Goldman (2 scholarships)
SIU - Darius Beane*, Sam Shafer*, Amadou Fall* (** has not played yet this year) (1 scholarships)
Valparaiso - Javon Freeman-Liberty*, Daniel Sackey (zero scholarships)

2019
Bradley - Aristide Boya (may reclassify as 2018- his team just finished in the Final Four at the National Prep Championships playing against all post-grad teams!) (7 open scholarships)
ISU - had a commitment from Chris Payton but he reneged
UNI - James Betz (Betz' co-op team, Garner-Hayfield-Ventura, got knocked out of their Regional and ends their season 20-5)
 
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tornado said:
UNI lands juco prospect Shandon Goldman to address their big-man needs..
6-9 - previous decommit from Arkansas-Little Rock
9.3 ppg, 5.8 rpg
http://njcaa.org/sports/mbkb/2017-18/div1/players/shandongoldmanttx4
http://www.panolaathletics.com/sports/mbkb/2017-18/2017-18_Roster/goldman_shandon_yl00
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In a way, this commitment might help Bradley a little. One of Bradley's top targets this spring is a high school big man Sy Chatman.
http://bradleyfans.com/vb/showthread.php?p=825136801&highlight=sy+chatman#post825136801
http://bradleyfans.com/vb/showthread.php?p=825137099&highlight=sy+chatman#post825137099
http://verbalcommits.com/players/sy-chatman

He has several other offers, but our coaches saw the UNI offer as the one that might be the toughest competition to overcome. Now with signing a juco big man, Chatman has to see his chances of playing right at UNI may have decreased. UNI may still need another big man since they lose Koch, Carlson, and Friedman, their top 3 bigs from last year, but IMO this helps Bradley's recruiting of Chatman. He already visited UNI and didn't commit. He will be visiting Bradley some time this month.
 
Da Coach said:
In a way, this commitment might help Bradley a little. One of Bradley's top targets this spring is a high school big man Sy Chatman.
http://bradleyfans.com/vb/showthread.php?p=825136801&highlight=sy+chatman#post825136801
http://bradleyfans.com/vb/showthread.php?p=825137099&highlight=sy+chatman#post825137099
http://verbalcommits.com/players/sy-chatman

He has several other offers, but our coaches saw the UNI offer as the one that might be the toughest competition to overcome. Now with signing a juco big man, Chatman has to see his chances of playing right at UNI may have decreased. UNI may still need another big man since they lose Koch, Carlson, and Friedman, their top 3 bigs from last year, but IMO this helps Bradley's recruiting of Chatman. He already visited UNI and didn't commit. He will be visiting Bradley some time this month.
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UNI is probably looking to sign a couple big men to replace Koch and Carlson


btw- shameless NCAA violations by Indiana State fans who are directly contacting Evansville players and luring them to transfer to InSU
https://twitter.com/SycamorePhysco/status/974783197845381121
 
no new commits, but updating the number of open scholarships - especially Evansville now that they have a boatload of open ones
Strange how so many players have asked out at Evansville even before discussions about who will replace Marty - the players there must have felt pretty disrespected.
Don't hear a thing about mass defections at Missouri State - they apparently will wait to see who is the new coach.

And here's something interesting Re: Drake's commit Larry Wise (not yet signed). His team from Texas was good enough to rise to being ranked #7 in the entire nation - but....
they got shocked and knocked out of their own Regional during the Texas State Playoffs
Drake's gotta hope he didn't blow up too much and start getting calls...
Same for their other UNSIGNED guy Matt Gray, who is said to be averaging 35 ppg

2018
Bradley - Armon Brummett (3 open scholarship- altho Aristide Boya may reclassify as 2018 )
Drake - Adam Thistlewood*, Kendle Moore*, James Moors*, Messiah Jones*, Montrell Horsey*, [url=http://bradleyfans.com/vb/showpost.php?p=825134400&postcount=47]Larry Wise, Matt Gray [/url] (no scholarships)
Evansville - BOTH Aleks Novakovich* and Jomaru Brown* have decommitted and will ask out of their LOI's - LINK (12 scholarships)
Illinois State - Demontay Dixon*, Rey Idowu*, Josh Jefferson, Zach Copeland (not playing 2017-18, should play 2018-19) (0 scholarships & appear to be oversigned by 1 or possibly 2)
Indiana State - De'Avion Washington*, Blake Brinkmeyer*, Cooper Neese (transfer - eligible in 2018-19) (1 scholarships)
Loyola - Franklin Agunanne*, Isaiah Bujdoso*, Cooper Kaifes* (0 scholarships)
Missouri State - Kabir Mohammed* (juco), Ronnie Bell* (has since decommitted), Grant Gelon* (juco - but has recently been dropped from his juco team's roster and appears to no longer be on the team), Jared Ridder (transfer not eligible until 2018 but won't sign a LOI) (3 scholarships since Williams is done and Bell decommitted)
UNI - AJ Green*, Shandon Goldman (2 scholarships)
SIU - Darius Beane*, Sam Shafer*, Amadou Fall* (** has not played yet this year) (They had 1 more scholarship but Thik Bol will return so now they have none)
Valparaiso - Javon Freeman-Liberty*, Daniel Sackey (zero scholarships)

2019
Bradley - Aristide Boya (may reclassify as 2018- his team just finished in the Final Four at the National Prep Championships playing against all post-grad teams! They were ranked inside the Top 7-8 teams nationally all season) (7 open scholarships)
Evansville - (13 open scholarships and no commits at all)
ISU - had a commitment from Chris Payton but he reneged (4 open scholarships)
UNI - James Betz (Betz' co-op team, Garner-Hayfield-Ventura, got knocked out of their Regional and ends their season 20-5) (2 open scholarships)
 
with the departure of Parker Hazen, Valpo has an additional 2018 open scholarship

With the departure of Juwan McCloud - UNI also has an additional 2018 scholarship
...with the arrival this fall of the assistant coach's son AJ Green, everyone knows that Green will get the point guard spot and that McCloud would be the odd man out. Obviously he doesn't want to play backup to an incoming freshman who is the son of the coach.
 
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tornado said:
2018
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Grant Gelon* (juco - but has recently been dropped from his juco team's roster and appears to no longer be on the team)...
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as suspected - something was definitely up with Grant Gelon, the one-time Indiana Hoosier...
who dropped off his juco team and was said by the Missouri State beat writer to still be headed to Missouri State...but I had my doubt...

Now Gelon has asked for his release *l...
this is a puzzle tho as to whether he can commit somewhere else and still be eligible in 2018 -
there were conflicting reports - their beat writer had said he enrolled at Missouri State for this current semester. He was never officially on the team but he might have to sit out a whole year...
but a separate source said Gelon had left juco and went back to his home in Indiana to wait out the semester. I guess we'll see if he suits up elsewhere.

edit-- Messiah Jones decommits from Drake

2018
Bradley - Armon Brummett (3 open scholarship- altho Aristide Boya may reclassify as 2018 )
Drake - Adam Thistlewood*, Kendle Moore*, James Moors*, Messiah Jones* ** now decommitted, Montrell Horsey*, [url=http://bradleyfans.com/vb/showpost.php?p=825134400&postcount=47]Larry Wise, Matt Gray [/url] (1 scholarship)
Evansville - BOTH Aleks Novakovich* and Jomaru Brown* have decommitted and will ask out of their LOI's - LINK (12 scholarships)
Illinois State - Demontay Dixon*, Rey Idowu*, Josh Jefferson, Zach Copeland (not playing 2017-18, should play 2018-19) (0 scholarships & appear to be oversigned by 1 or possibly 2)
Indiana State - De'Avion Washington*, Blake Brinkmeyer*, Cooper Neese (transfer - eligible in 2018-19) (1 scholarships)
Loyola - Franklin Agunanne*, Isaiah Bujdoso*, Cooper Kaifes* (0 scholarships)
Missouri State - Kabir Mohammed* (juco), Ronnie Bell* (has since decommitted), Grant Gelon* (juco - now decommitted), Jared Ridder (transfer not eligible until 2018 but won't sign a LOI) (4 scholarships since Williams is done and Bell & Gelon decommitted)
UNI - AJ Green*, Shandon Goldman (3 scholarships - since McCloud left)
SIU - Darius Beane*, Sam Shafer*, Amadou Fall* (** has not played yet this year) (They had 1 more scholarship but Thik Bol will return so now they have none)
Valparaiso - Javon Freeman-Liberty*, Daniel Sackey (1 open scholarship - since hazen left)

2019
Bradley - Aristide Boya (may reclassify as 2018- his team just finished in the Final Four at the National Prep Championships playing against all post-grad teams! They were ranked inside the Top 7-8 teams nationally all season) (7 open scholarships)
Evansville - (13 open scholarships and no commits at all)
ISU - had a commitment from Chris Payton but has reneged (4 open scholarships)
Missouri State - Tyem Freeman (6 or 7 open scholarships)
UNI - James Betz (Betz' co-op team, Garner-Hayfield-Ventura, got knocked out of their Regional and ends their season 20-5) (3 open scholarships)
 
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Drake gets a commitment from an obscure kid out of a very small school in Iowa, Garrett Sturtz

we are just one week from the beginning of the signing period...
here's who are still committed after a flurry of decommits at Evansville, Missouri State & Drake
There's rumors that Moore & Jones could sign with Colorado State now instead of Drake
(the 2018 commits will be eligible to sign a Letter of Intent)

2018
Bradley - Armon Brummett (3 open scholarship- altho Aristide Boya may reclassify as 2018 )
Drake - Adam Thistlewood*, Kendle Moore*, James Moors*, Messiah Jones* ** now decommitted, Montrell Horsey*, [url=http://bradleyfans.com/vb/showpost.php?p=825134400&postcount=47]Larry Wise, Matt Gray[/url], Garrett Sturtz (walk on) (0 scholarships unless more leave)
Evansville - BOTH Aleks Novakovich* and Jomaru Brown* have decommitted and will ask out of their LOI's - LINK (12 scholarships)
Illinois State - Demontay Dixon*, Rey Idowu*, Josh Jefferson, Zach Copeland (not playing 2017-18, should play 2018-19) (0 scholarships & appear to be oversigned by 1 or possibly 2)
Indiana State - De'Avion Washington*, Blake Brinkmeyer*, Cooper Neese (transfer - eligible in 2018-19) (1 scholarships)
Loyola - Franklin Agunanne*, Isaiah Bujdoso*, Cooper Kaifes* (0 scholarships)
Missouri State - Kabir Mohammed* (juco), Ronnie Bell* (has since decommitted), Grant Gelon* (juco - now decommitted), Jared Ridder (transfer not eligible until 2018 but won't sign a LOI) (4 scholarships since Williams is done and Bell & Gelon decommitted)
UNI - AJ Green*, Shandon Goldman (3 scholarships - since McCloud left)
SIU - Darius Beane*, Sam Shafer*, Amadou Fall* (** has not played yet this year) (They had 1 more scholarship but Thik Bol will return so now they have none)
Valparaiso - Javon Freeman-Liberty*, Daniel Sackey (1 open scholarship - since hazen left)

2019
Bradley - Aristide Boya (may reclassify as 2018- his team just finished in the Final Four at the National Prep Championships playing against all post-grad teams! They were ranked inside the Top 7-8 teams nationally all season) (7 open scholarships)
Evansville - (13 open scholarships and no commits at all)
ISU - had a commitment from Chris Payton but has reneged (4 open scholarships)
Missouri State - Tyem Freeman (6 or 7 open scholarships)
UNI - James Betz (Betz' co-op team, Garner-Hayfield-Ventura, got knocked out of their Regional and ends their season 20-5) (3 open scholarships)
 
tornado said:
Drake gets a commitment from an obscure kid out of a very small school in Iowa, Garrett Sturtz

we are just one week from the beginning of the signing period...
here's who are still committed after a flurry of decommits at Evansville, Missouri State & Drake
There's rumors that Moore & Jones could sign with Colorado State now instead of Drake
(the 2018 commits will be eligible to sign a Letter of Intent)

2018
Bradley - Armon Brummett (3 open scholarship- altho Aristide Boya may reclassify as 2018 )
Drake - Adam Thistlewood*, Kendle Moore*, James Moors*, Messiah Jones* ** now decommitted, Montrell Horsey*, [url=http://bradleyfans.com/vb/showpost.php?p=825134400&postcount=47]Larry Wise, Matt Gray[/url], Garrett Sturtz (walk on) (0 scholarships unless more leave)
Evansville - BOTH Aleks Novakovich* and Jomaru Brown* have decommitted and will ask out of their LOI's - LINK (12 scholarships)
Illinois State - Demontay Dixon*, Rey Idowu*, Josh Jefferson, Zach Copeland (not playing 2017-18, should play 2018-19) (0 scholarships & appear to be oversigned by 1 or possibly 2)
Indiana State - De'Avion Washington*, Blake Brinkmeyer*, Cooper Neese (transfer - eligible in 2018-19) (1 scholarships)
Loyola - Franklin Agunanne*, Isaiah Bujdoso*, Cooper Kaifes* (0 scholarships)
Missouri State - Kabir Mohammed* (juco), Ronnie Bell* (has since decommitted), Grant Gelon* (juco - now decommitted), Jared Ridder (transfer not eligible until 2018 but won't sign a LOI) (4 scholarships since Williams is done and Bell & Gelon decommitted)
UNI - AJ Green*, Shandon Goldman (3 scholarships - since McCloud left)
SIU - Darius Beane*, Sam Shafer*, Amadou Fall* (** has not played yet this year) (They had 1 more scholarship but Thik Bol will return so now they have none)
Valparaiso - Javon Freeman-Liberty*, Daniel Sackey (1 open scholarship - since hazen left)

2019
Bradley - Aristide Boya (may reclassify as 2018- his team just finished in the Final Four at the National Prep Championships playing against all post-grad teams! They were ranked inside the Top 7-8 teams nationally all season) (7 open scholarships)
Evansville - (13 open scholarships and no commits at all)
ISU - had a commitment from Chris Payton but has reneged (4 open scholarships)
Missouri State - Tyem Freeman (6 or 7 open scholarships)
UNI - James Betz (Betz' co-op team, Garner-Hayfield-Ventura, got knocked out of their Regional and ends their season 20-5) (3 open scholarships)
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A couple of clarifications regarding Drake.

Sturtz committed 5 weeks ago (as a walk-on) under the previous coaching staff.

Drake has at least 4 scholarships open right now (Schlatter, Kuenstling, Jones, Wise). First two are transferring, second two decommitted. There could be more than that if anybody else decommits.

Moore has publicly stated he's still going to Drake, so I don't think he's following Niko to CSU. Other than message board chatter, I've seen nothing linking Jones to CSU either.
 
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