24/25 Rosters

[bluestreak]

Realizing that these kinds of ratings can be subjective, Verbal Commits is a pretty good source of player and team info.

[DUBulldog]

On the upper right of each Team page there is a RPS logo, star and number rating.

Thanks

[BEARZ77]

Despite their recruiting focus, I always find VC to have some surprising flaws in their data. On the Bears they don't have either 6'9 Sam Murray [ transfer from Murray St] or 6'4 freshman Zaxton King listed despite that they were two of our earliest additions under Zo. I'm sure other teams have similar ; but still enough info to make some comparisons.

[BEARZ77]

Not sure we have anyone from Belmont who posts here, so went to their website and copied their roster. Honestly,not familiar with many of the players and while they have a number of TP adds,none seemed close to what they lost in their 3 soph studs from last year. Roster has size, 6 freshmen, lots of guards, but athleticism and those 6'5-6'7 type wings seem in short supply.

Wes Miller 6'3, So
Brody Peibles, 6'2, Gr, transfer Liberty
Carter Whitt, 6'3, Gr, transfer Furman/Wake Forrest
Jonathan Pierre,6'9,Sr, transfer Memphis/Nova
Aiden Noyes 6'7, Jr, trans Richmond
Eoin Dillon,6'9, Fr
Jabez Jenkins, 6'4, Fr
Aidan Braccia, 6'1, So
Sam Orme, 6'9, Fr
Cooper Haynes, 6'2, Fr
Drew Sharnowski, 6'9, So
Brigham Rogers,6'9, So
Jake Dykstra, 6'4, Jr
Keith Robbins ,6'5, So

[SalukiWorld]

Just for S&G's here is Verbal Commits (verbalcommits.com) Recruitment Power Score (RPS) for the valley:
ISU: 3.99
Belmont:  3.79
SIU: 3.29
UNI: 3.35
MSU: 3.68
E-Ville:3.15
UIC: 3.51
Murray:3.79
Drake: 2.76
ILSU: 3.71
Bradley: 3.35
Valpo: 3.36

Guessing this is over the course of a few years which makes it pretty useless

[BEARZ77]

Just for S&G's here is Verbal Commits (verbalcommits.com) Recruitment Power Score (RPS) for the valley:
ISU: 3.99
Belmont:  3.79
SIU: 3.29
UNI: 3.35
MSU: 3.68
E-Ville:3.15
UIC: 3.51
Murray:3.79
Drake: 2.76
ILSU: 3.71
Bradley: 3.35
Valpo: 3.36

Guessing this is over the course of a few years which makes it pretty useless

No that's just this years rating; but as I noted , not complete data for some teams. So basically their order is :

Indiana St 3.99
Belmont/Murray St 3.79
Illinois St 3.71
Mo St 3.68
UIC 3.51
Valpo 3.36
UNI/Bradley 3.35
SIU 3.29
Evansville 3.15
Drake 2.76

[siudawgs]

Updating SIU roster below now that they've filled all their scholarships. Salukis have six guys 6-8 or taller, a rarity in recent memory, plus a couple 6-6 guys with length who are good athletes (Davis and Sykes). Of the 10 scholarship newcomers, six are DI portal transfers, plus two JUCOs and two freshmen. It sounds like they also will be adding a local kid from Class 2A state runner-up Benton HS in southern Illinois as a walk-on.

Returnees

Kennard Davis, 6-6 So.
Jarrett Hensley, 6-8 Sr.
Sheridan Sharp, 6-3 So.

Newcomers

Ali Dibba, 6-4 Sr. (Abilene Christian)
Drew Steffe, 6-5 RS Fr. (Texas Tech)
Damien Mayo, 6-3 Jr. (Missouri State)
Davion Sykes, 6-6 Jr. (Texas State)
Jaheem Webber, 6-10 Fr. (Normal HS)
Rolyns Aligbe, 6-9 Fr. (Winchendon Prep)
Tyler Bey, 6-9 So. (Missouri State)
Jorge Moreno, 6-10 Jr. (Lee CC)
Elijah Elliott, 6-1 Sr. (UTRGV)
Antwaun Massey, 6-8 Jr. (New Mexico JC)

[BEARZ77]

Looks like we're only missing updates on the UIC and Murray St rosters, both of whom have been noted as having done well in the portal and off season recruiting. Imagine there will be some minor changes as the summer goes on, but in general most teams looking fairly complete.

[Majik45]

Bradley released Jersey numbers of players for the coming year. The surprise is that 6'9 F Connor Linke is coming back for another year as a walk-on. He played about 10 minutes off the bench in the post for the Braves down the stretch last year:

#0 - 6'4 - So - Demarion Burch
#1 - 6'8 - So - Almar Atlason
#2 - 6'2 - 5th - Connor Dillon
#3 - 6'6 - Sr - Zek Montgomery
#4 - 6'10 - Jr - Corey Thomas
#5 - 6'7 - R-Sr - Christian Davis
#10 - 6'8 - Fr - Timoty Van Der Knaap
#12 - 6'2 - Sr - Cade Hardtke (former walk-on)
#13 - 6'2 - Sr - Sam Hennessy (walk-on)
#14 - 7'1 - Jr. - Ahmet Jonovic
#21 - 5'8 - 5th - Duke Deen
#22 - 5'11 - Fr - Jaquan Johnson
#23 - 6'0 - Fr - Gus Rugaard (walk-on)
#25 - 6'8 - 5th - Goanar Biliew
#34 - 6'9 - 5th - Connor Linke (walk-on, formerly on scholarship)
#35 - 6'9 - 5th - Darius Hannah

BU has 9 guys on there roster in their 4th or 5th year.

[Chuck A]

UIC has finished up its '24-'25 recruiting. The Flames have 15 players, including 2 walk-ons.

0- Ahmad Henderson II- 5'9" 155# G- So (Niagara)
1- Jayce Nathaniel- 6'9" 200# F- Fr (AZ Compass Prep)
2- Jordan Mason-6'4" 175# G- Jr (Texas State)
3- Carlos Harris III- 6'2" 180# G- Fr (Curie High, Chicago)
4- Ethan Pickett- 6'4" 205# G- Sr (NW Mississippi CC)
5- Modestas Kancleris- 6'9" 205# F- R-Sr (Creighton)
6- Khaled Khaled- 6'3" 180# G- So Walk-on (Reavis High, Burbank, IL)
8- Tyem Freeman- 6'5" 205# G- Gr (Univ of Central Florida)
9- Koby Jeffries- 6'3" 195# G- R-Sr (UT Martin)
14- Iker Garmendia- 6'9" 190# F- Fr (Joventut Badalona, Spain)
21- Saśa Ciani- 6'9" 240# F- So (Xavier)
22- Javon Jackson- 6'3" 190# G- Jr (Utah State)
23- Joshua Reaves- 6'4" 205# G- Gr (Mt. St. Mary's)
34- Grant Welch- 6'3" 187# G- So Walk-on (Moline High, Moline, IL)
50- Filip Skobalj- 6'7" 235# F- Sr (Don Bosco-Schulz Rostock)

I don't know how these analytics work, but UIC has been rated #2 in the Valley for Incoming Transfers, according to Evan Miya College Basketball Analytics.