Since Dalen Ridgnal had not practiced and barely knew his Wichita State teammates, coach Paul Mills set expectations accordingly for the exhibition trip to Greece.
"I said, 'Dalen, thank you for coming on the trip, but you're not going to play much,'" Mills said. "He played 10 minutes the first game and I think he had eight rebounds. I said 'Never mind. You'll play a lot more.'"
That August trip for three games reset expectations for Ridgnal, a 6-foot-6 graduate transfer from Missouri State. He averaged around 10 points and 10 rebounds and hasn't stopped rebounding and hustling.