New BU commitment- 2025 PG Montana Wheeler

[Landof10thcoaches]

Are we expecting more news coach?

[Bradley3342]

Great pickup! Congrats to Coach Wardle, Coach Foster and the rest of the coaching staff!

[Da Coach]

Are we expecting more news coach?

Sorry, I don't have any other news. But now that the coaches have nailed down their top priorities (SG and PG) in the 2025 recruiting class, I think there is a good chance we could see another commitment by the time the early NLI signing dates starts (Nov. 8-15)

[egib52]

Clearly BW's success with smaller lead guards definitely helps him get guys like this.

[Da Coach]

Here are a few more links of interest about new Bradley commit Montana Wheeler...
LongTimeFan sent me this twitter post from last spring - https://x.com/HCHSAthletics/status/1644433954236166146

And here is an article from the Houston Chronicle, the largest newspaper in Houston - https://www.houstonchronicle.com/tex...t-19373445.php
It might be a subscription article, but here is a summary- they named Chris McDermott of Booker T. Washington HS as the Greater Houston Player of the Year. McDermott was a 4-star 6'8" power forward who was a highly recruited senior and who is now at Texas A&M.
They also listed their picks for the All-Greater Houston area all-star teams in both public and private school categories.

In the private schools, the writer listed Montana Wheeler on the All-Greater Houston 1st team-
First team
G — Montana Wheeler, Jr., Houston Christian
22 ppg, 8 apg, 2 spg, 40 3FG%
G — Nathan Law, Sr., St. Thomas’ Episcopal (UTRGV)
21 ppg, 8.4 rpg, 4 apg, 2.2 spg, 55 FG%
F — Jakeel Registe, Sr., Episcopal
17.1 ppg, 11.4 rpg, 3.1 apg, 2.7 spg
F — Nigel Walls, Jr., St. Francis
13.6 ppg, 8.7 rpg, 2.3 bpg, 2 apg, 52 FG%
F — Sebastian Williams-Adams, Jr., St. John’s
21.1 ppg, 10 rpg, 4.4 apg, 1.6 spg, 1.5 bpg, 51 FG%

Those are impressive stats for Wheeler in his junior year, especially the 40% three point FG%. Incidentally, his 22 ppg scoring average was higher than any of the 15 players who were named on the public school All-Greater Houston 1st, 2nd, and 3rd All-Star teams, and higher than all but one of the players named to the private school All-Greater Houston teams (one player was slightly higher with an averag of 22.9 ppg).

Article from when Montana Wheeler was a freshman at Houston Christian HS and recorded the "First-Ever Quadruple-Double" - https://www.vype.com/Texas/Tx-Privat...adruple-double

Another article from the Houston Chronicle in 2023 - https://www.houstonchronicle.com/tex...p-17763267.php
Here are a couple clips-
Houston Christian sophomore point guard Montana Wheeler, younger brother of Kentucky’s Sahvir Wheeler, is no stranger to the big stage.
As a youngster, Montana saw firsthand how his brother led the Mustangs to their first of two straight championships. As a freshman, Montana recorded the school’s first quadruple-double and started making a name for himself.
Houston Christian, the No. 2 team in the latest Texas Association of Basketball Coaches’ private school boys rankings, improved to 28-4 overall, 7-0 in the district play. The Mustangs were crowned 2022-23 SPC South Zone Champions and moved closer to their ultimate goal as Wheeler scored 22 points, and Carter Seeliger added 18 points, to lead state-ranked Houston Christian past host Episcopal with a 68-60 victory in the regular-season finale on Friday night.
Wheeler, who already holds seven offers from the likes of Texas A&M, Kansas State, LSU and St. John’s, scored 18 points in the first half and added four more in the second half. He was coming off a 34-point performance against Kinkaid and is averaging 26.4 points per game over the past five contests.

Another profile of him from his freshman season - https://whoasportsworld.com/houston-...ntana-wheeler/

And I don't think these videos have been posted yet...
Video of Montana Wheeler playing in a summer league game while wearing a microphone - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fY6-JSAFFw

Video of Montana Wheeler by a high school basketball blogger, who calls him the "Best TRUE POINT GUARD in the nation?!" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFtofHD7iJk
That same blogger, on his Instagram account, claimed Montana Wheeler should be a 5-star recruit.

Another video of him playing with his Houston Christian team last year, but in a graphic at the 26 second mark, they list Montana Wheeler as 5'11", which might be a little exaggerated. Throughout the video, he is the shortest player on the court. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAct7KGynh4

And if anyone has time, here are many more highlight videos of Wheeler - https://www.maxpreps.com/tx/houston/...=2thh3uumqobee

[Da Coach]

New video of Montana Wheeler. It looks like an open gym scrimmage with his new high school team, Xavier Academy - https://x.com/billionairevsn/status/1838042467817390318

I like his quickness and ability to get to the basket and shoot with both hands.

[Da Coach]

One other recruiting factor.... with Duke Deen, Darius Hannah, Zek Montgomery, Christian Davis, Connor Dillon, Goanar Biliew, and Connor Linke in their final year at Bradley, that could mean a lot of NIL money will become available for 2025 recruits and transfers. It's possible that played a part in the early commitments of Matthew Zobrist and Montana Wheeler. Let's hope it benefits Bradley's further recruiting.

[LongTimeFan]

If so, it will be interesting to see what other recruits might be attracted to Bradley. We still need several more.