Could Brad Underwood’s Final Four Journey Have Changed Kansas State’s Destiny Forever?
MANHATTAN — “What could have been?” will be on the mind of plenty of Kansas State basketball fans when they watch the Final Four this weekend.
Illinois will take the floor against UConn at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis in the NCAA Tournament national semifinal on Saturday, April 4, at 5:09 p.m. The Fighting Illini will be led by a K-State grad, whose best player was an underrecruited Kansas high school prospect.
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Brad Underwood, a McPherson native who played at K-State from 1984-86 and was on the Wildcats’ coaching staff from 2006-12, will continue to be seen as the coach who got away. His best player, Keaton Wagler, attended Shawnee Mission Northwest last year, wasn’t pursued by either the Wildcats or the Jayhawks, and is destined to be a lottery pick in the upcoming NBA Draft.



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