Recruiting Report: Matt Kreklow (2016)

<p><strong>Matt Kreklow</strong> is a true under the radar prospect in that many hadn’t seen him play since he was injured for a while and because he grew several inches in the past couple years. When Kreklow was offered by U of Mary and UMD this spring/summer it was a talent emerging on the circuit.</p> <p>Matt played with the Minnesota Comets and became one of the most dependable players that the team had.  He’s got legit 6-foot-8 size, Matt has face-up talents that include three-point range, and he can defend a couple positions.</p> <p>“This year I really tried to work on my quickness and strength, which helped me keep up with a faster paced game,” said Kreklow about what he took from playing with the Minnesota Comets in Grassroots basketball.</p> <p>“It also allowed me to guard better players and rebound well. Overall the (Grassroots) season went well! We had a fun group of guys that loved to play basketball.”</p> <p>Delano has a nice balance of quality in their senior class and young talent amongst their underclassmen that received important experience a year ago. Matt played in only half of his team’s games a year ago averaging ten points a night despite battling pain.</p> <p>Matt, junior Nick Cayler, and sophomore Calvin Wishart were three of the top four scorers for Delano a year ago and they return.</p> <p>“I think we will have a pretty good year,” Matt said.  “We have a solid nucleus of players coming back. In order to be successful we will have to tighten up our defense and also be more efficient on offense.</p> <p>“We have our work cut out for us since we got moved into a tougher section but I feel we will be able to compete!”</p> <p>In the meantime Kreklow has to look into where he will be playing his college basketball next year.  Two visits are planned.</p> <p>“Right now I plan on visiting Minnesota-Duluth and the University of Mary.  But I also have a few other NSIC schools that I want to look at.”</p>