Sounds like no scholarship, and he won't start playing until January 2014:
http://missoulian.com/sports/college/montana/mens-basketball/corvallis-bradshaw-comes-back-to-montana/article_d6cbcf88-292f-11e2-a08c-001a4bcf887a.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
A day after citizens across the country were faced with the question as to who should lead the nation, former Corvallis basketball standout Riley Bradshaw chose to make public a major decision he recently made.
Bradshaw has decided to take his talents to Missoula, where he’ll join the men’s basketball program at the University of Montana, the 6-foot-2 guard told the Missoulian on Wednesday afternoon.
Bradshaw began the school year as a freshman at Utah State under coach Stew Morrill, who was head coach at Montana from 1986–1991.
But Morrill announced Oct. 30 that Bradshaw had left the Aggie basketball program and would transfer elsewhere after the completion of the fall semester.
“I just got down here and it wasn’t really a great fit for me and I was lucky enough to realize it early,” Bradshaw said Wednesday. “I really was blessed. I talked to (UM) Coach (Wayne) Tinkle after I got my release here and he was great about everything. He wanted me there and that’s why I wanted to get back, come home and play in front of friends and family and get back to the state.”
NCAA rules prohibit Tinkle from commenting on a potential non-scholarship athlete joining the Grizzlies, but Tinkle previously made a scholarship offer to Bradshaw following his sophomore season at Corvallis.
In his prep career for the Blue Devils, Bradshaw was a three-time Southwestern A Most Valuable Player and a first-team, all-state selection three times. As a senior, Bradshaw averaged 24.1 points, 7.1 assists, 6.2 rebounds and 2.0 steals per game.
After starting school at Montana in January, Bradshaw said he’ll be able to practice with the team, but won’t be allowed to begin his four years of collegiate eligibility and play in games for a full year. Bradshaw believes he’ll have to sit out the first eight games of the 2013-2014 season before he’s cleared to play.
Regardless, Bradshaw is anxious to join a Grizzly program that boasts a 2011-12 Big Sky Conference championship, two appearances in the NCAA tournament the last three seasons and a 13-game winning streak over conference foes.
“First off, I’m very excited to get back and try to help,” he said. “What the Griz are doing right now, obviously they have a great tradition. I’m really excited to get back and play for coach Tinkle and be with the guys as soon as I get back.”
Though he had contact with other schools after choosing to leave Utah State, Bradshaw said there was little doubt in his mind he would eventually end up wearing Montana’s maroon and silver.
“I did talk to a few other schools,” he said. “But right as I transferred I knew I just wanted to get home. When I got my release here, my intentions were to go home. More than anything, I’m just excited to get back and get started with practice.”
