BU commit- 2016- Nate Kennell

[garbonie]

Nate Kennell just had a good weekend with the Illinois Wolves in a tournament in Louisville. He got a mention by a national recruiting expert in this article-
http://www.burlisononbasketball.com/...lle-uaa-style/

Nate had a really good weekend in Louisville. He lead the team in scoring and rebounding from what i heard and read. He is definitely what you would consider a "pure" shooter. Some people hate this word, but he is not real "athletic". Hard working kid with a lot of heart tho and to me that means alot. Their center 6'9" 250lb Jack Lieb just picked up an offer today from SIUE coach Jon Harris. Lied tore his ACL in June and ISU still offered him. His other offer is from Brown. His high school coach calls him the hardest working kid he has ever coached. He played for Deerfield and didn't get in a game till Feb because of his injury. I hope Bradley" keeping an eye on this kid as he sound like he has LOTS of upside. I also heard it was a who's who's of college coaches in Louisville this weekend. Roy Williams was in attendance as was Jimmy Less. Coach Less got a home visit scheduled this weekend with the Wolves guard Joe Mooney.

[Da Coach]

I agree with your assessment of Kennell. Some coaches won't recruit a kid with his level of athleticism. But the teams in the MVC that win, always have players like him.

I know Coach Les really likes Joe Mooney. He was the first D1 coach to offer him (Mooney plays for Tom Les). And he still feels he has a good chance to land him, though there are now more than a dozen schools after him.

[tornado]

Mooney is getting a nice trip to Calilfornia -
he's visiting UC-Davis this weekend

https://twitter.com/joehoopsreport/status/593254305450172416

it is an awesome campus...

http://news.ucdavis.edu/search/news_detail.lasso?id=10716

http://ucdavis.edu/ucdavis-today/2012/august/14-cool-school.html

http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/9-uc-campuses-ranked-among-world%E2%80%99s-best-universities

[tornado]

Mooney is getting a nice trip to Calilfornia -
he's visiting UC-Davis this weekend

https://twitter.com/joehoopsreport/status/593254305450172416

it is an awesome campus...

http://news.ucdavis.edu/search/news_detail.lasso?id=10716

http://ucdavis.edu/ucdavis-today/2012/august/14-cool-school.html

http://www.universityofcalifornia.ed...t-universities

it is reported that Joe Mooney committed to UC-Davis

http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/niles/sports/ct-mgc-joe-mooney-commits-uc-davis-notre-dame-tl-0503-20150503-story.html

[Toyota12]

Nate

I heard from a reliable source that Nate is getting interest from Northern Iowa and Pepperdine and Bradley has been out to Metamora to watch an open gym.

[garbonie]

I have been hearing that Nate is being recruited the heaviest by Pepperdine right now. Northern Iowa has been keeping in touch with him also. However,I also heard that Nate has an official visit this week at Bradley. I believe he will be visiting either Wed with Scottie James or possibly Thursday. Go get them Coach Wardle!!!

[Toyota12]

Nate had a visit at Bradley last night! I heard from a really good source that it went well and Nate liked everything he heard from BU! He wants to major in engineering! We have a leg up in that category and his father graduated from Bradley!

[Big Mike]

I wonder....when was the last time Bradley got a verbal from a High schooler a year early?
Jeremy Crouch and Sammy Maniscalco are the last two I can think of.

[garbonie]

Glad to see Nate had a good visit at Bradley. He needs to get stronger, put on some weight and he will be ready to go. He is one of the best PURE shooters around if not the best. NIU and Wisconsin win with these type of players every year. Not the most "athletic" players, but they ALL know their rolls. Zobrist, Adams and Kennell were all students under the guidance of the "SHOT DOCTOR". All three could shoot the ball, but Nate may be the best of them all.

[wily coyote]

Glad to see Nate had a good visit at Bradley. He needs to get stronger, put on some weight and he will be ready to go. He is one of the best PURE shooters around if not the best. NIU and Wisconsin win with these type of players every year. Not the most "athletic" players, but they ALL know their rolls. Zobrist, Adams and Kennell were all students under the guidance of the "SHOT DOCTOR". All three could shoot the ball, but Nate may be the best of them all.

I agree Mr. Z. does a great job with those kids over there in Redbird town.

[bigjimmy]

Heard from a reliable source that while Nate had a good visit an offer was not made. However Coach Wardle told Nate and his Dad that he'd like for them to possible come back in the near future to discuss it further. Nate and his Dad were both impressed with Coach Wardle and his attention to detail and in what direction Coach Wardle wants the program to go.

[Old Coach]

I wonder how much consideration Wardle will give in comparing Nate and AJ Youngman. Would he consider them to be too similar in that he wouldn't offer both of them scholarships?

[tornado]

One of Nate's coaches at Metamora is Justin Dehm - assistant at varsity and also sophomore coach..also works with Illinois Irish..

https://twitter.com/JDehm

Justin played DI ball and played with Bill Cole & Jamar Smith at Richwoods

[Da Coach]

It's being reported that Coach Wardle has officially offered Nate Kennell a scholarship.

https://twitter.com/prepbullseye/status/616004751818240001

https://twitter.com/prepbullseye/status/616004910203564037

Nate also received an offer today from Siena.

[LongTimeFan]

I believe that is the 7th offer by Wardle for 2016. He is doing of good job on the 2016 class. Until he got the 2015 scholarships done he had to be concentrating on that class.