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Valley Recruits

Da Coach said:
Drake gets their first 2024 commitment- 5'10" Point guard Emerson "KJ" Tenner-
https://www.bradleyfans.com/forum/s...-2023-and-beyond-recruits?p=512274#post512274

2024 MVC Commitments-
Belmont- Eoin Dillon, Cooper Haynes
Drake- Emerson "KJ" Tenner
Illinois State- Cade Norris, Jack Daugherty
Missouri State- Julius Thedford
Northern Iowa- Will Hornseth, Redek Born
Valparaiso- Justus McNair, Ibrahim Diakite​
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He made a mistake. He would have been better off at Bradley...
 
Da Coach said:
Drake gets their first 2024 commitment- 5'10" Point guard Emerson "KJ" Tenner-
https://www.bradleyfans.com/forum/s...-2023-and-beyond-recruits?p=512274#post512274

2024 MVC Commitments-
Belmont- Eoin Dillon, Cooper Haynes
Drake- Emerson "KJ" Tenner, Andrell Burton, Jr.
Illinois State- Cade Norris, Jack Daugherty
Missouri State- Julius Thedford
Northern Iowa- Will Hornseth, Redek Born
Valparaiso- Justus McNair, Ibrahim Diakite​
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Drake got a second commitment today for 2024- Andrell Burton, Jr., a 6'6" small forward from Campus High School in Wichita, Kansas.
Burton visited Drake this past weekend along with their other 2024 commit, Emerson Tenner.
https://news.yahoo.com/why-drake-college-basketball-team-221340759.html
 
UIC gets a commitment from Carlos Harris III, a 6'2" point guard from Chicago Curie HS
https://verbalcommits.com/players/carlos-harris-iii

2024 MVC Commitments-
Belmont- Eoin Dillon, Cooper Haynes
Drake- Emerson "KJ" Tenner, Andrell Burton, Jr.
Evansville- Kaia Berridge​
Illinois State- Cade Norris, Jack Daugherty
Indiana State- Merritt Alderink, Robert Sean Birmingham
Missouri State- Julius Thedford
Murray State- Jordan McCullum, D.J. Shine​
Northern Iowa- Will Hornseth, Redek Born
UIC- Carlos Harris III
Valparaiso- Justus McNair, Ibrahim Diakite​
 
Da Coach said:
Ben Sheppard was the only player in the NBA Draft with a direct connection to the Missouri Valley Conference. He was taken by the Indiana Pacers 26th overall. Looks like he made a good decision to stay in the draft. As a 1st round pick, he will get a guaranteed 3 year contract.

The #1 overall pick to the San Antonio Spurs was French pro Victor Wembanyama, a 7'3" player with incredible skill. We first posted about him 2 years ago, when we saw videos of him playing on the same club team in France as former Bradley player Max Ekono-
https://www.bradleyfans.com/forum/s...-talk/485876-valley-recruits/page9#post498950...
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In the Indiana Pacers first 2 preseason exhibition games (both losses), Ben Sheppard scored 15 points, 3 rebounds, and 3 assists off the bench in their first game, and 11 points, 4 rebounds, and 4 assists off the bench in their second game. A pretty good start for the former Belmont guard.

The San Antonio Spurs' #1 overall pick, 7'3" Victor Wembanyama, has played 1 preseason game so far. In that game Monday, the Spurs lost 122-121 in OT to the OKC Thunder. Wembanyama scored 20 points in just 19 minutes of playing time. He was 8-13 from the floor, and 2 of 5 from three. He also had 5 rebounds, but also had 4 turnovers. The turnovers should get better after he realizes his dribble-driving moves won't work quite as well in the NBA as they did in his French league games.
 
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2024 MVC Commitments-
Belmont- Eoin Dillon, Cooper Haynes
Drake- Emerson "KJ" Tenner, Andrell Burton, Jr.
Evansville- Kaia Berridge​
Illinois State- Cade Norris, Jack Daugherty
Indiana State- Merritt Alderink, Robert Sean Birmingham
Missouri State- Julius Thedford
Murray State- Jordan McCullum, D.J. Shine
Northern Iowa- Will Hornseth, Redek Born
UIC- Carlos Harris III
Valparaiso- Justus McNair, Ibrahim Diakite​
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Murray State gets their second commitment for 2024- D.J. Shine, a 6'2" point guard at Brewster Academy in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire.- https://verbalcommits.com/players/dj-shine
 
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2024 MVC Commitments-
Belmont- Eoin Dillon, Cooper Haynes
Drake- Emerson "KJ" Tenner, Andrell Burton, Jr.
Evansville- Kaia Berridge, Ramondo Battle II
Illinois State- Cade Norris, Jack Daugherty
Indiana State- Merritt Alderink, Robert Sean Birmingham
Missouri State- Julius Thedford
Murray State- Jordan McCullum, D.J. Shine
Northern Iowa- Will Hornseth, Redek Born
UIC- Carlos Harris III
Valparaiso- Justus McNair, Ibrahim Diakite​
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Murray State gets a 2024 commitment from D.J. Shine, a 6'2" point guard at Brewster Academy in New Hampshire- Verbal Commits | D.J. Shine
 
Evansville lands another 2024 commitment- Ramondo Battle II, a 6'8" forward from Walters State, a juco in Morristown, Tennessee.- https://twitter.com/AMFKristensen/status/1722695755658400009

He also had an offer from UT-Martin- https://verbalcommits.com/players/ramondo-battle-ii

2024 MVC Commitments-
Belmont- Eoin Dillon, Cooper Haynes
Drake- Emerson "KJ" Tenner, Andrell Burton, Jr.
Evansville- Kaia Berridge, Ramondo Battle II
Illinois State- Cade Norris, Jack Daugherty
Indiana State- Merritt Alderink, Robert Sean Birmingham
Missouri State- Julius Thedford
Murray State- Jordan McCullum, D.J. Shine
Northern Iowa- Will Hornseth, Redek Born
UIC- Carlos Harris III
Valparaiso- Justus McNair, Ibrahim Diakite​
 
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Evansville lands another 2024 commitment- Ramondo Battle II, a 6'8" forward from Walters State, a juco in Morristown, Tennessee.- https://twitter.com/AMFKristensen/status/1722695755658400009

He also had an offer from UT-Martin- https://verbalcommits.com/players/ramondo-battle-ii

2024 MVC Commitments-
Belmont- Eoin Dillon, Cooper Haynes
Drake- Emerson "KJ" Tenner, Andrell Burton, Jr.
Evansville- Kaia Berridge, Ramondo Battle II
Illinois State- Cade Norris, Jack Daugherty
Indiana State- Merritt Alderink, Robert Sean Birmingham, Christian Nitu
Missouri State- Julius Thedford
Murray State- Jordan McCullum, D.J. Shine
Northern Iowa- Will Hornseth, Redek Born
UIC- Carlos Harris III
Valparaiso- Justus McNair, Ibrahim Diakite​
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Indiana State gets a commitment from 2024 Christian Nitu, a 6'11" from Fort Erie International Academy Basketball in Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada. He is originally from Toronto.- https://www.verbalcommits.com/players/christian-nitu
 
Fort Erie’s web site lists him on their roster, but he hasn’t played yet in any of their games. From the timeline of Nitu’s offers it would appear that he looked very promising 2 years ago, then by 2022 the big schools dropped their interest, and by 2023 he was only getting low major interest - yet some sites still rank him 4-star, so he could be a steal.
 
Updated 2024 MVC recruit commitment list-

Belmont- Eoin Dillon, Cooper Haynes
Bradley- Jaquan Johnson, Timoty van der Knaap, Corey Thomas
Drake- Emerson "KJ" Tenner, Andrell Burton, Jr.
Evansville- Kaia Berridge, Ramondo Battle II, Gabriel Pozzato
Illinois State- Cade Norris, Jack Daugherty
Indiana State- Merritt Alderink?, Robert Sean Birmingham?, Christian Nitu?, Jahni Summers
Missouri State- Julius Thedford?, Zaxton King?, Jurrell Baldwin
Murray State- Jordan McCullum, D.J. Shine
Northern Iowa- Will Hornseth, Redek Born
UIC- Carlos Harris III
Valparaiso- Justus McNair?, Ibrahim Diakite?, All Wright

Note- some of the above commitments may no longer be valid due to coaching turnover.
 
Evansville gets a commitment from an Italian kid named Gabriel Pozzato - https://twitter.com/Loppe_V/status/1782033091134902640
>> https://www.instagram.com/p/C6BE-v7tD8i/?hl=en
>> https://www.fiba.basketball/europe/u18/2023/player/Gabriel-Pozzato
Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ww_VwXZLGI4

He is a 6'4" guard who most recently played at the NBA Global Academy in Australia.
He was a teammate of Timoty van der Knaap on the Italian U-18 team that played this past summer in the FIBA U18 European Championships.
 
It looks like Drake got another commitment earlier today- Joey Matteoni, a 6'8" senior forward from Blue Valley Northwest HS in Overland Park, Kansas, where he was first team All-State his senior year. He originally committed to and signed with Northwest Missouri State, when it was coached by Ben McCollum. But McCollum is now the new coach at Drake, and Matteoni decided to switch and commit to Drake. He averaged 19.1 points and 8.9 rebounds per game his senior season - https://www.desmoinesregister.com/s...rward-joey-matteoni-ben-mccollum/73498940007/

That makes 6 new recruits for McCollum so far at Drake-
Bennett Stirtz- transfer from D2 Northwest Missouri State
Isaiah Jackson- transfer from D2 Northwest Missouri State
Daniel Abreu- transfer from D2 Northwest Missouri State
Eli Shetlar- transfer from Indiana State
Cameron Manyawu- transfer from Wyoming
Joey Matteoni- from high school, originally committed to D2 Northwest Missouri State


And SIU landed a high school big man recruit earlier today- https://siusalukis.com/news/2024/4/...ward-rolyns-aligbe-ahead-of-2024-25-campaign-
Rolyns Aligbe is a 6'9" forward from Minneapolis, Minnesota. He spent the 2023-24 season at Winchendon School, a prep school in Massachusetts.
He averaged 17.4 points and 10.6 rebounds at Winchendon.
He spent four seasons at Minnehaha Academy in Minnesota before his prep school year in Massachusetts.
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