BU commit-2015-Luuk van Bree

[tornado]

6-8 Dutch forward - verbals to Bradley

He has played most recently at Canarias Basketball Academy

The director there Rob Orellana says...

"CBA’s director, Rob Orellana, was equally excited: ??In Luuk van Bree,
Bradley is getting a WINNER, A GREAT TEAMMATE, A GREAT STUDENT,
the whole package! Luuk has shown in his year at CBA that he is ready
for the next step in his career and I have no doubt he will flourish under
Coach Wardle at Bradley. I had the pleasure of coaching against Bradley
in Peoria and know that the fan base there will fall in love with Luuk!??

[tornado]

This link has some video

http://cbacademy.org/index.php/dutch-forward-luuk-van-bree-commits-to-ncaa-1-bradley-university/

Great job Coach Wardle - scouring the world!!!!
Max - we still need ya.....surely you know you're a backup plan for DePaul or Iowa State!!

[tornado]

More links in case anyone interested...

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=http://www.feb.es/2015/3/26/baloncesto/poderio-holandes-hace-notar-canarias-basketball-academy/58755.aspx&prev=search

http://cbacademy.org/index.php/dutch-forward-luuk-van-bree-commits-to-ncaa-1-bradley-university/

http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/114493/sid/10068/tid/334/_/2014_U18_European_Championship_Men/index.html

http://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Luuk_Van_Bree/Holland/Dutch_U18_National_Team/334239

and here's more video but mostly the same as before....- nailing the 3-pointers & dunking - looks like Dirk Nowitzki in this video!!!

http://1080plus.com/gnyzwXOoZoo.video

obviously he's "raw" and has a ways to go but I like what I see!!!



ps- stay tuned - I don't think we're done yet....

[garbonie]

WOW! I am impressed. Nice get for Coach Wardle. There was one video of him i found and the kid has some nice moves, can handle the ball,and shoot the three. I'm sure someone will be able to post the link to the video, sorry i'm not good at it. Is it November yet, cuz i'm ready for the season to start!!! Go Coach Wardle and Staff!!!

[tornado]

U18 Champions - NBB Cup - from 2012-13...

He is 3rd from left





and he is #9

http://www.deweekkrant.nl/artikel/2013/maart/27/van_bree_pakt_nationale_beker_met_eiffeltowers/

[Da Coach]

Luuk Van Brie is the reason Bradley Coach Brian Wardle pulled the offer back from Nate Navigato. Wardle sees Luuk as better and more ready at a similar position.

[tornado]

btw
here's the translation of that 2013 article on van Bree...

"27 Mar 2013
Luuk van Bree made this season the change from Deurne Pioneers to the basketball academy Eiffel Towers Den Bosch.

HELMOND / ALMERE - Basketball Luuk van Bree from Helmond Sunday with his team Eiffel Towers U-18 won the national cup. The battle was decided in a full top sports center in Almere, Amsterdam Apollo was defeated.
The 17-year-old Luuk van Bree from Brouwhuis made this season the change from Deurne Pioneers to the basketball academy Eiffel Towers Den Bosch. He also traded above the Hemondse Jan van Brabant College for Rodenborch College in Rosmalen where he can combine sport with his pre-university education.
Besides winning the national cup Eiffel Towers is still unbeaten leader in the national competition. In May, the Bossche team does in the Final Four a serious run at the national championship.

From 28 March to 2 April the team will first have participated in an international tournament in the French Cholet where they can compete with formidable opponents from Canada, Brazil, Spain, France, Czech Republic, Slovenia and Germany."

[wily coyote]

Love the video now lets go get Scottie James and a JC PG and we're gonna be in business sooner than any of us thought we would be. Great job BW.

[ihatetea]

Like the pickup, hopefully he and others deliver on their potential.

I've lost track, so that leaves us with two spots left open or just one?

[ihatetea]

I also find it interesting that the majority of bigs that Wardle is targeting you would describe more as "skilled" rather than "athletic." They need to get stronger, faster not get better at things like shooting, dribbling and passing. Stylistic change from the last regime.

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van Bree's current coach at Canarias Rob Orellana has almost 15 years of experience as coach and assistant at the Division I level -
St. Francis (NY), Fairleight Dickinson, UC-Irvine, Cal State Fullerton, and UNLV..
he was interim head coach at Fullerton

More than 60 of his Canarias players have played DI ball, including Michael Ocereobia at WIU and a couple NBA guys

[BUSongwriter]

I'm looking forward to hearing 10,000 fans scream "Luuuuuuuuuuuuuuuk" when he dunks or makes a 3.

Welcome to Bradley, Luuk!

[tornado]

although they appear to have never played against each other...
both Luuk van Bree & Dwayne Lautier-Ogunleye were in Sofia, Bulgaria in late summer of 2014 for the European U18 Championships


DLO is #5 -

http://www.eurobasket.com/United-Kingdom/basketball-National-Team.asp?Year=2014&Age=18

Luuk is #13 - he averaged 8 ppg/4.5 rpg - 60% FG accuracy & 38% from 3-pt

http://www.eurobasket.com/Holland/basketball-National-Team.asp?Year=2014&Age=18

[Big Mike]

Nice.....really like how fast Luuk gets off his shot!

[AZ BU Fan]

Coach Wardle and staff continue to impress with ability to make things happen quickly with BU MBB.

Welcome to BU Luuk! Held og lykke!

Improving fg%, ft%, and assists could be in BU's MBB future!

Can't wait to see BU in Tucson!

(time to find some 7' Chinese teenager who can rebound and shoot ft's who would also like to study engineering in the US).