Did Coach Wardle say that? Gus was on scholarship last year.Wow...interesting, according to Dave Eminian Gus Rugaard is not on scholarship meaning the Braves have 3 open!
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bradleyfan124
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I think looking for ahigh school point guard is a good idea. Give him time to develop. Build for the future
bradleyfan124
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I remember years ago one of the previous Bradley coaches, Versace I think, said he did not like to reveal who they were recruiting because other schools would bad mouth Bradley to those players because they were also recruiting them
Jankovich and Muller were known to do the negative recruiting thing.... they
sorta stole" John Wilkins and Tyler Brown that way...and possibly Eldridge as well
anyway - wise to hold a couple scholarships until we see if this 5-year eligibility thing will include current seniors...
If it does, a ton of talented, experienced players will suddenly be on the market.
sorta stole" John Wilkins and Tyler Brown that way...and possibly Eldridge as well
anyway - wise to hold a couple scholarships until we see if this 5-year eligibility thing will include current seniors...
If it does, a ton of talented, experienced players will suddenly be on the market.
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Actually, I reported that last week. You need to keep up with the new posts.
https://bradleyfans.com/threads/2026-and-beyond-recruits.529105/page-17#post-537567 (post #325)
FWIW- Starting to get "late" in the spring recruiting period. The number of quality spring recruiting targets seems to drop off after April....
as a lot of the top guys have already found a place for next fall.
Below is a listing of the spring Bradley basketball commits in the Wardle era who committed AFTER May 1 for the following fall...
Of the 24, 7 were in Wardle's very first couple months and the pickings were slim back then (no "transfer portal"), so
we never expected much of that recruiting class. Luuk and Scottie turned out to be solid players (Scottie only after he left),
and the rest... meh...not so...
Eight more were walk-ons with minimal production & two haven't played yet (but both appear promising!)
So of the remaining 7 scholarship commits since 2015 - 10 spring recruiting cycles - who committed beyond May 1 who have played,
only Malevy Leons, Zek Montgomery, and Ja'Shon Henry stuck around for more than a year and were productive players.
I guess that's a "batting average" for late commits after May 1 of just 3-for-24... 4 if you count Luuk, and three of those were international guys.
I'm not saying any of this means we can't still land another quality guy, but it gets a lot harder for our staff to find one.
But, here's hoping our staff gets it done anyway!
2025- 5/07/2025 Jackson Seastrunk, 5/15/2025 Gustavo Guimaraes, 8/3/2025 Handy Toussaint III
2024- 5/14/2024 Gus Rugaard
2023- none
2022- 5/6/22 Goanar Bilyew, 5/12/22 Sulaiman Agiste
2021- 5/4/21 Malevy Leons, 6/12/21 Zek Montgomery, 6/23/21 Sam Hennessy, 6/23/21 Cade Hardtke
2020- 8/14/20 Thomas Hall
2019- 5/01/2019 Terry Nolan, Jr., 5/03/2019 Kevin McAdoo, 5/08/2019 Sean Houpt, 6/19/2019 Riley Burger
2018- 6/2/2018 Ja'Shon Henry, 6/6/2018 David Calloway (never joined the team)
2017- none
2016- none
2015- 5/1/2015 Peter Hanley, 5/4/2015 Davante Cooper, 5/11/2015 Alex Foster, 5/12/2015 Luuk van Bree, 5/17/2015 Scottie James, ,
............6/13/ 2015 Callum Barker, 10/18/2015 De'Angelo McBride
as a lot of the top guys have already found a place for next fall.
Below is a listing of the spring Bradley basketball commits in the Wardle era who committed AFTER May 1 for the following fall...
Of the 24, 7 were in Wardle's very first couple months and the pickings were slim back then (no "transfer portal"), so
we never expected much of that recruiting class. Luuk and Scottie turned out to be solid players (Scottie only after he left),
and the rest... meh...not so...
Eight more were walk-ons with minimal production & two haven't played yet (but both appear promising!)
So of the remaining 7 scholarship commits since 2015 - 10 spring recruiting cycles - who committed beyond May 1 who have played,
only Malevy Leons, Zek Montgomery, and Ja'Shon Henry stuck around for more than a year and were productive players.
I guess that's a "batting average" for late commits after May 1 of just 3-for-24... 4 if you count Luuk, and three of those were international guys.
I'm not saying any of this means we can't still land another quality guy, but it gets a lot harder for our staff to find one.
But, here's hoping our staff gets it done anyway!
2025- 5/07/2025 Jackson Seastrunk, 5/15/2025 Gustavo Guimaraes, 8/3/2025 Handy Toussaint III
2024- 5/14/2024 Gus Rugaard
2023- none
2022- 5/6/22 Goanar Bilyew, 5/12/22 Sulaiman Agiste
2021- 5/4/21 Malevy Leons, 6/12/21 Zek Montgomery, 6/23/21 Sam Hennessy, 6/23/21 Cade Hardtke
2020- 8/14/20 Thomas Hall
2019- 5/01/2019 Terry Nolan, Jr., 5/03/2019 Kevin McAdoo, 5/08/2019 Sean Houpt, 6/19/2019 Riley Burger
2018- 6/2/2018 Ja'Shon Henry, 6/6/2018 David Calloway (never joined the team)
2017- none
2016- none
2015- 5/1/2015 Peter Hanley, 5/4/2015 Davante Cooper, 5/11/2015 Alex Foster, 5/12/2015 Luuk van Bree, 5/17/2015 Scottie James, ,
............6/13/ 2015 Callum Barker, 10/18/2015 De'Angelo McBride
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