Basketball is back tomorrow! Sure, it is a game Purdue is probably going to win by 40, but we get real, live games three times over the next six days with SIU-Edwardsville, Chicago State, and a trip to Marquette. It also means we meet the final player on the roster.
Stamford, CT (Brewster Academy)
6’9”, 200 pounds
Forward
2017-18 Projection: Reserve Forward
Everything I have heard about Wheeler is that he is a “different type” of player than we usually get. In the Kansas game of last year’s NCAA Tournament the Jayhawks’ superior athleticism turned a two-point game early in the second half into a 32-point blowout.