Bulls Add Kuluel Mading For 2021-22 Season
4/20/2021 4:19:00 PM | Men's Basketball
BUFFALO, NY – Head men's basketball coach Jim Whitesell has announced the addition of big man Kuluel Mading for the upcoming season as Mading has signed his national letter of intent to play for the Bulls.
Mading is a 6-9 power forward who hails from High Point, NC and played at The Burlington School. He helped the Spartans to a state title this past March and he is listed as the 10th best player in the state of North Carolina according to 247 Sports. He is a three-star recruit according to the website and the 47th best power forward in the nation.
Rivals.com, which also has Mading as a three-star recruit, has him listed as the 38th best power forward nationally.
Mading was named to the North Carolina Independent Schools Athletic Association's Class 2A all-state team and he had 15 points, seven rebounds and four blocks in the state championship victory.
Before joining The Burlington School, Mading played at High Point Central High School.
"We are very excited about the addition of Kuluel," said Whitesell. "He has great upside and our fans are really going to enjoy his athleticism and versatility. His high school head coach Ryan Bernardi built a winning a culture at The Burlington School and those are the types of players we look to bring into this program. We have consistently produced All-MAC caliber big men here at Buffalo and with Kuluel and Zaakir [Williamson] the future is extremely bright."
Mading joins Zaakir Williamson who signed with the Bulls in November and Maceo Jack, who transferred into UB in January from George Washington.
Mading is a 6-9 power forward who hails from High Point, NC and played at The Burlington School. He helped the Spartans to a state title this past March and he is listed as the 10th best player in the state of North Carolina according to 247 Sports. He is a three-star recruit according to the website and the 47th best power forward in the nation.
Rivals.com, which also has Mading as a three-star recruit, has him listed as the 38th best power forward nationally.
Mading was named to the North Carolina Independent Schools Athletic Association's Class 2A all-state team and he had 15 points, seven rebounds and four blocks in the state championship victory.
Before joining The Burlington School, Mading played at High Point Central High School.
"We are very excited about the addition of Kuluel," said Whitesell. "He has great upside and our fans are really going to enjoy his athleticism and versatility. His high school head coach Ryan Bernardi built a winning a culture at The Burlington School and those are the types of players we look to bring into this program. We have consistently produced All-MAC caliber big men here at Buffalo and with Kuluel and Zaakir [Williamson] the future is extremely bright."
Mading joins Zaakir Williamson who signed with the Bulls in November and Maceo Jack, who transferred into UB in January from George Washington.
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