Valley Recruits

[Da Coach]

Here are the 17 players who were part of this lawsuit that were granted a temporary injunction today, thus making them eligible for an extra season. They can either return to their previous school or enter the transfer portal.-
www.x.com/TheFieldOf68/status/2083296587153805525
At least one was a former Bradley recruit who was offered in 2024 (point guard Brody Robinson). And a couple were former MVC players (Cameron Fens at UIC and N.J. Benson at Missouri State).

 

[Da Coach]

It now appears that another court injunction will make all college athletes who began their college (or juco) careers in 2022-23 eligible for a 5th year. If true, that means Ahmet Jonovic, Corey Thomas, and A.J. Smith would qualify for another year, along with thousands of athletes in all sports. Click on the post from X.com and scroll down for more infois

https://twitter.com/x/status/2083327335064039656

 

[yoda]

It is pretty impressive to add a Big East caliber starter, 5th year senior, and double-digit scorer this late in the recruiting cycle. He averaged 3.8 assists per game, which is more than anyone on Bradley averaged last season. And in the 3 seasons he played at a mid-major level, he shot 39.2% from three.
Stats- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/stats/_/id/5105454/malik-messina-moore
I think adding this kid puts ISU in the running for the top of the league.

don't doubt he's a good pickup this late in the recruiting cycle, but Xavier was bad this year- 4-17 vs Quad 1 & 2..
And he's a high volume shooter (31.8% on 3-pointers), played lots of minutes- who averaged 13.1 points/40 minutes (almost identical to AJ Smith
and Ahmet Jonovic, and minimally more than van der Knaap or Corey Thomas, and way less than Demarion Burch's 15.1 pts/40 min)
Time will tell, but I am more impressed by his assists & A/T Ratio than his shooting or scoring numbers, but is he going to play point guard
or is that Kinziger's spot?

 

[yoda]

Here are the 17 players who were part of this lawsuit that were granted a temporary injunction today,...Cameron Fens (UIC, South Dakota)...

Cameron Fens, who spent a couple years at UIC then went to South Dakota - just committed to NORTH CAROLINA
I wonder who the last former MVC player was that transferred to UNC?

Transfer Center Cameron Fens Commits to North Carolina

North Carolina's brief recruitment of South Dakota transfer Cameron Fens is over. The 7-foot center is now a Tar Heel, and set to join the 2026-27 team.

www.on3.com

 

[Da Coach]

Cade Tyson 2 years ago

 

[Da Coach]

Cade Tyson 2 years ago

North Carolina was desperate for a big man. They lost all their big men and had no returning or incoming centers on their roster.
Fens is nowhere near as talented as Cade Tyson, and recall that Tyson averaged under 8 minutes per game, 2.6 ppg, 1.1 rpg, 29% from three in his only season at North Carolina.