What's Up In The Missouri Valley: What's Up In The Missouri Valley 4/14/2021

What Bradley basketball looks for in NCAA transfer portal. And how the Braves will find it--Peoria Journal Star

Recruiting mailbag: What's next for Iowa State, Iowa, Drake in the 2021 class?--Des Moines Register

Just saw Drake has offered Kobe Elvis from DePaul. I take it Marvin Johnson is going elsewhere?
Drake recently offered DePaul guard transfer Kobe Elvis, joining programs such as Clemson, Dayton, Cal, Colorado State, Boston College and Grand Canyon in their pursuit. He is one of a handful of transfer targets Drake is currently talking to.
Omaha guard transfer Ayo Akinwale told me Tuesday that he's been in talks with head coach Darian DeVries, which is usually a sign a school is seriously interested.
Indian River State College wing Linton Brown told me Tuesday he's hearing from assistant coach Marty Richter, whose reputation is gold with junior colleges in Florida, where IRSC is located. Brown is a 6-5 athlete who logged 18.4 points and 5.2 rebounds per game this year. He holds offers from New Mexico, Southern Miss, UMass Lowell, Coppin State and Chicago State, and he's also hearing from Iona, Appalachian State, Radford, Louisiana Monroe, Bradley, FIU, Alcorn State, South Dakota, Wagner, Louisiana Lafayette, Maryland Eastern Shore, Boise State, Towson and SIUE.
Florida SouthWestern point guard Terry Roberts, another high-level Florida juco product, is still on Drake's board and has been for a while.
Montgomery (Alabama) unsigned power forward RayQuan Taylor could become a name to watch. The 6-9 athlete is lighting it up on the AAU circuit right now. He was originally an Austin Peay signee, but the coaching change there ended that. He just picked up an offer from UTRGV on Tuesday.
TCU power forward transfer Kevin Easley is also on the Bulldogs' radar. The 6-7 athlete entered the transfer portal last week. He averaged 4.5 points and 3.7 rebounds per game last season. He sat out the year before last season after transferring from Chattanooga.
Pacific guard transfer Broc Finstuen could also be a name to watch. He told me this week that he hasn't heard from Drake since entering the transfer portal April 9, but he has heard from plenty of other mid-majors so far. He's got good size at 6-4. He's from just outside Rochester, Minnesota, about a 3 1/2-hour drive from Des Moines. And he averaged 11.2 points and 5.7 rebounds per game last year while shooting 49.7%.
I'm not entirely sure what the status is with Eastern Illinois guard transfer Marvin Johnson, but I haven't heard from him since March 23, three days after he included Drake in his final four alongside Arkansas, Mississippi State and New Mexico State.
New name, added at 1:40 p.m. Wednesday: Pacific guard transfer Jahbril Price-Noel has heard from Drake, UC Riverside, Hawaii, Utah State, Wagner St. Francis-Brooklyn, Youngstown State, Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Merrimack since entering the portal in mid-March, according to his former AAU program, Northern Kings. He's from Ontatio, and Bulldogs assistant coach Larry Blunt has a good reputation in Canada.