
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Sitting on top of an equipment cart, hair still damp from the water shower from his teammates in the locker room, Keaton Wagler finally had a moment to himself, a wide smile on his face.
The once underrecruited guard admitted postgame he could’ve never dreamed of this, and why would he have? Even a dream wouldn’t have gone this far, the 150th-ranked recruit who was getting Division II looks 18 or so months ago destroying No. 4 Purdue to the tune of 46 points in one of the best freshman performances in recent college basketball history?