It was last June, school was out and basketball was the furthest thing from Tyler Wideman’s mind. Wideman was looking forward to a fun weekend, attending the wedding of his former teammate, Tyler Lewis, as he made the drive from Indiana to North Carolina.
Wideman wasn’t paying much attention to his cell phone during the drive but eventually noticed he had a plethora of texts on his phone and his mind wandered as to what could be so important.
“I saw I had a whole bunch of texts from my family and friends,” said Wideman, Butler’s 6-8 senior forward.