CHAMPAIGN — When Tim Finke first started receiving interest from Division I coaches — in the spring of 2014 — it came in the form of letters from the likes of Northern Iowa and Ohio State.
The catch was, Finke hadn't even suited up for a game of high school basketball.
Contact from college coaches only increased, though, as Finke built himself into a three-time first-team All-Area athlete on the court, receiving double-digit scholarship offers from Division I programs, including one from Illinois before his sophomore year of high school at Champaign Central.
But none included Grand Canyon, the burgeoning Division I program which he signed with last week.