Stevens Point, Wisconsin isn’t the first place you’d think to look for basketball talent. A town of just 26,000 people nestled in the heart of America’s Dairyland, Stevens Point owns to its name a satellite campus of the University of Wisconsin system and the world’s largest trivia contest run by the university’s radio station.
But from humble beginnings did basketball talent spring. Sam Hauser (and younger brother Joey, who is a consensus top 100 recruit in the class of 2018) arose from the Central Wisconsin town to national prominence, leading Stevens Point Area High School to two straight state championships, going undefeated in his senior season while averaging 18.