Pittman and Hodgson Leaving

[tornado]

Any news on what's next for Antoine Pittman and Jayden Hodgson?

Jayden Hodgson lands at DII Grand Valley State University in Allendale MI (just west of Grand Rapids)
They are in the GLIAC conference and lead the conference in attendance at 1,324 (Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference)
They are coming off a 19-13 season in which they won the GLIAC Conference Championship and played in the NCAA Division II
National Tournament, losing to Lewis by two points.

 

[Mikovio]

Best of luck to Jayden. I thought he showed flashes his freshman year. Hope he wins the national title.

 

[tornado]

They are a solid DII program - only two losing seasons since the 90's -
and they often play early season contests against DI's - they played (and lost 60-52) to Valparaiso in 2014 and
even BEAT Michigan State in 2007 (LINK) -- a few weeks later that same season, Michigan State beat Bradley,
...and yet Michigan State was no pushover - they went on to finish 27-9, 12-6 in the Big Ten and went to the NCAA Tourney.
....so perhaps we could still see Jayden & GVSU in Peoria?


I think Antoine Pittman will land at a DI since he is a grad transfer and would not need to sit out...

Here's a list of other Bradley players who transferred to DII's and other non-DI's...in the Les, Ford & Wardle eras..
Jayden Hodgson, Callum Barker, Lou Griffith, Kendahl Amerson, Tramique Sutherland, Jermaine Morgan,
Stefan Zecevic, Jalen Crawford, Jimmy Gavin, Eddren McCain, James Robertson, Tyrone Cole-Scott, Ray Brown,
Saihou Jassey, Chris Mroz, Joey Paul, Jeremy Fears, Ryan Thornton, Ryan Sunley

I think I am going to become a Lakers fan and catch some of their games this season when I am in SW Michigan!

 

[tornado]

Jayden Hodgson lands at DII Grand Valley State University in Allendale MI (just west of Grand Rapids)...

this is interesting and suggests that they are building a powerhouse up there in SW Michigan....

now Loyola's Christian Negron is transferring to Grand Valley State University
https://twitter.com/diehardcubs11/st...58758290108417

Negron was a one time Bradley recruit and was rated 4-STARS when he was headed into his high school senior season - getting offers from Power-5 conference schools
https://www.oregonlive.com/recruitin...ar_pf_mee.html
http://www.espn.com/college-sports/basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/207989/christian-negron

 

[tornado]

Any news on what's next for Antoine Pittman and Jayden Hodgson?

Antoine Pittman was at the celebration at City Market Pavilion in Rockford called "Jurassic Park Rockford"..
when Fred VanVleet and the Raptors won the NBA Championship.
One of their local TV reporters, "13 Sports Reporter Dan Cohen" caught up with him and here's what Antoine said:
"Pittman wanted a change of scenery for his final season of college basketball,
so he’ll transfer to Lincoln College to play with former Auburn High School teammate
Tray Tyler and former Winnebago star Brandon Suggs, who is also transferring there."

https://wrex.com/category/2019/06/14/catching-up-at-city-market-antoine-pittman/

 

[Jim]

Thanks for the update. I always enjoyed watching Antoine and wish him success at Lincoln College.

 

[tornado]

For those outside the midwest- Lincoln College in Lincoln IL previously was a 2-year junior college but...
just last year they completed their full transition to a FOUR-YEAR school and joined NAIA for athletic competition.
https://lincolncollege.edu/lincoln-college-says-game-on-with-naia/
https://www.pantagraph.com/sports/c...cle_a34ac7c1-a64f-569a-b305-bf571dd66c98.html

in their first season as a 4-year school in NAIA, they finished 22-8 (Coached by Pat Lepper) as
an independent - but they are currently in the process of looking for a conference to compete in.
Of their 8 losses, three were in overtime and two more were 1-point losses!

They were not eligible for the NAIA National Championship or Tournament

 

[tornado]

Jayden Hodgson lands at DII Grand Valley State University in Allendale MI...

this is interesting and suggests that they are building a powerhouse up there in SW Michigan....

.........now Loyola's Christian Negron is transferring to Grand Valley State University....

now with ISU's Isaac Gassman transferring to Grand Valley State also - they are going to be able to field a nearly all-DI roster...they also have another kid who played two years for Keno Davis at Central Michigan