Story byColleen Kane, Chicago TribuneSun, January 25, 2026 at 2:55 AM UTC·5 min readWEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — When Illinois freshman Keaton Wagler walked into the visiting locker room at Purdue on Saturday night, he was met with a blinding spray of water from his ecstatic teammates. Wagler said he was hyped. But Illini forward David Mirković swears even then — as Wagler celebrated the greatest individual performance by an opponent at Mackey Arena — that the guard was calm and collected. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement“He was just cold,” Mirković said.
