The hero of Illinois’ Final Four run wasn’t always a highly touted prospect: ‘One of the fabulous stories’
As recently as two summers ago, Keaton Wagler was a little-known recruit playing off the main AAU circuits. Hometown University of Missouri-Kansas City was the only Division I school to offer Wagler prior to the summer before his senior year of high school. More established mid-majors began to show interest during that critical recruiting period…
