New Verbal - Brandon Gfeller

[go96griz]

http://missoulian.com/sports/colleg...cle_42dea2a0-e00f-11e1-a22b-001a4bcf887a.html

Washington's 2B player of year commits to Griz

Washington’s Class 2B player of the year Brandon Gfeller has committed to play basketball for the University of Montana, he said Monday afternoon.

Gfeller, a 6-foot-3, 180-pound guard, will be a senior at Colfax High School this fall.

Gfeller (say JEE-feller) averaged 18 points a game in leading Colfax to its first state championship since 1979 last season. He plays point guard for the Bulldogs, but projects as a shooting guard or small forward at the college level.

“It’s just a great place,” Gfeller said. “Great coaches, great tradition; they’ve had a lot of success. That’s why I wanted to come to Montana.”

The Griz are coming off one of their most successful seasons in school history. Montana posted 25 wins, third most in school history, and captured the Big Sky regular-season and postseason championships. The Griz fell to Wisconsin in the first round of the NCAA tournament, their second trip to the Big Dance in three years under Coach Wayne Tinkle.

The Griz return all-Big Sky players Will Cherry and Kareem Jamar from that team, along with senior post Mathias Ward.

“They’re a bunch of great guys,” said Gfeller, who visited campus in mid-June.

Gfeller said he watched on TV as the Griz beat Weber State in the championship game of the Big Sky tournament last March.

“I thought that would be a place I’d want to play if I could get an offer there,” Gfeller said.

Sports editor Bob Meseroll can be reached at 523-5265 or at [email protected].

 

[grizzlyjournal]

Welcome to Montana, Brandon!

Here's some video from last summer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYAS0oIuD4U" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

 

[Sudzilla]

Big time shooter, real big actually. Was told his range is about 5' further out then Staudachers, and very accurate as well. Plays hard, defends, athletic, etc. The staff did well grabbing this one from WSU's backyard.

 

[EverettGriz]

:clap:

Welcome to GRIZ Nation, Brandon!

 

[BelierPeaux]

Big time shooter, real big actually. Was told his range is about 5' further out then Staudachers, and very accurate as well. Plays hard, defends, athletic, etc. The staff did well grabbing this one from WSU's backyard.

Hope this shooter pans out. We were better last year, but it would be nice to have someone who is deadly no matter when or where he puts it up. Welcome, Brandon!

 

[englishgriz]

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“I thought that would be a place I’d want to play if I could get an offer there,” Gfeller said.

This is awesome, but I'm glad he came to see the tourney championship game rather than a lot of others. One of the big reasons we get so many great football recruits is our awesome atmosphere at football games. Although this is talked to death, if we could translate that atmosphere to basketball I bet we'd see a lot more recruiting coups for the team.

 

[AZGrizFan]

Big time shooter, real big actually. Was told his range is about 5' further out then Staudachers, and very accurate as well. Plays hard, defends, athletic, etc. The staff did well grabbing this one from WSU's backyard.

Hope this shooter pans out. We were better last year, but it would be nice to have someone who is deadly no matter when or where he puts it up. Welcome, Brandon!

THIS.

 

[smith3rz]

This kid looks too dope. Glad we got him.