NCAA Tournament notes: Keaton Wagler vs. Kingston Flemings on tap — and Big Ten gauntlet breeds success
HOUSTON — On the day Illinois’ Keaton Wagler scored a Mackey Arena-record 46 points at Purdue in January, Kingston Flemings was having a pretty good showing too. The Houston standout put up 42 points in a loss at Texas Tech. Both continued on from their best performances of the season to become among the six freshmen to be named to Associated Press All-America teams — Wagler the second team, Flemings the third team.
Both are projected to be picked in the top 10 in the NBA draft. Now, two of the country’s top freshmen guards will meet Thursday night at Toyota Center in the Sweet 16 when No. 2 seed Houston plays No.
3 seed Illinois (10:05 p. m. ET, TBS).
Wagler said he has played Flemings before, when he was in the fifth grade at a tournament in Houston, and thinks it will be fun to see him again. “To see how much he has grown as a player, it’s really cool to see,” Wagler said. “He’s a really good player, so we’ll have our hands full with him.
It will be awesome to match up against him. ” Flemings enters the game as the young Houston star between a pair of senior guards, Emanuel Sharp and Milos Uzan. He is averaging 16.
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