Wagler is 6-foot-5, with vision, instincts, a beautiful jumper and footwork. That didn’t just happen in the last year. But what’s different about his story is that Wagler is the rare one-and-done freshman who didn’t set out with that as the goal, and when it became a reality, he didn’t change. No one around him changed.
“I wish I could write the manuscript on how this worked,” Illinois coach Brad Underwood said. “Because to me, it’s the innocence and the parenting 101 lesson. They were very dialed in to Keaton’s happiness and his ability just to play the game he loved and be a great teammate. You couldn’t write a better manuscript.”
New York Times
