This is either a) an utter joke or b) mistaking him as a SG.
Keaton Wagler, Big Ten Player of the Year?
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Only 10 of Keaton’s 28 points came at the line Sunday…
TheDukeUIUC
- Twin Cities, MN
I think you're taking my point a little to literally. Keaton also has a high percentage of points from the free throw line. Brad was praising him for drawing 10 fouls in the Washington game. If someone was downplaying Keaton by saying "Keaton would only be averaging 11 points a game if he didn't shoot so many free throws", you'd say that's a nonsensical arguement.
Won head to head against 3 listed, not two. (Stirtz, Anderson, Smith)
These voters are so dumb
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Joel Goodson
- how was I to know, she was with the Russians too?
Noblesville Illini
- Nappanee, IN
They just keep overlooking the kid! The NBA sure hasn’t.
Keaton free throws 10-12 Neb, 6-9 Wash, 11-13 PU, 4-6 MD
Fears free throws 12-14 scUM 31 pts, 16-17 RU 29 points, 4-4 MD 17 points, 2-2 Oregon 15 points
For the last 2 games Fears had 28 points from the free throw line out of his 60 which is around 50 percent. Not the same for Keaton. Fears is shooting 28% from 3 for the season.
Just like overcoming the anti-Freshman bias of Big Ten Player of the Year, he's a freshman, and he's not from Duke, so he's got a massive hill to climb to compete for these awards.
Battle89
- Cary-Grove, the better Trojan team
Bad week for Halls of Fame
Lol...so when he doesn't hit double figures...we are 10-1? Actually 9-1, because he didn't play in 1 game, I think.
His point "When he hits double figures, Illinois is 9-2" doesn't hit that hard when we only have 3 losses. haha.
This could have been Podz if only Brad had given him the keys.
How in the world is Bennett Stirtz over Keaton Wagler? We'd seriously have Wgaler as the 4th guard in the conference behind Stirtz, Smith, and Fears?
Literally -- what is the logic here?
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Goillinikobd
- Southeastern US
What kind of insurance is going to cover a multi multi million dollar NBA CAREER covering 15 years?
I got to campus in 1990 graduating in 1992, and have been watching the bias against Illinois for just as long. I'm not sure why or what it is exactly, but it's clearly there. If Wagler were playing for Duke, N. Carolina, Kansas etc., he would be atop the list for most of these awards.
Chad Fleck
- Eureka, IL
They clearly have to be thinking of Wagler as a SG, right?
This is almost certainly what it is. Which is dumb because he is clearly playing the PG role on this team, and not just because Kylan is out. I think a lot of people who only started paying attention when he dropped 46 on Purdue aren't aware Brad switched their roles before the injury.
To add to how ridiculous he's been this year, currently he is shooting 43.8% from 3 with over 100 attempts. That would rank him as the most accurate single season volume (>100 attempts) shooter from 3 who has put on an Illini uniform in the past 20 years. He's basically shooting it at 2005 Dee Brown level (43.4%)!
Since 2000 Single Season 3pt% Leaders (>100 attempts):
1. 2006 Jamar Smith 48.2%
2. 2003 Sean Harrington 44.4%
3. 2026 Keaton Wagler 43.8%
4. 2015 Rayvonte Rice 43.6%
5. 2005 Dee Brown 43.4%
Just wild.
Since 2000 Single Season 3pt% Leaders (>100 attempts):
1. 2006 Jamar Smith 48.2%
2. 2003 Sean Harrington 44.4%
3. 2026 Keaton Wagler 43.8%
4. 2015 Rayvonte Rice 43.6%
5. 2005 Dee Brown 43.4%
Just wild.
GrayGhost77
- Centennial, CO
Also, the 3 pt line moved back from 19' 9" to 20' 9" in 2008, and then to the international distance of 21' 1 3/4" in the 19-20 season. That makes it even more insane.
RabidDawgClassic
- Los Angeles, CA
splitter
- and not Nebraska
They best be practicing hanging Keaton's jersey right end up. He will be coming back next year for that.
Hopefully for a natty ring as well.
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