Matt Chastain is not the same. The 180-pounder who led LeRoy High School to the 2016 Class 1A state basketball championship is a muscular 200 now. The hair, while a bit unruly during that glorious LeRoy run, is even longer.
First, the 6-foot-6 Chastain is focused on being the basketball player we remember and then some.
He’s worked two years toward that since tearing the ACL in his left knee three games into his Loyola career, the only three games as it turned out. He underwent surgery and, after missing the life we lead here in Central Illinois (who wouldn’t?