On the same day when the Wichita State men’s basketball team departed for Greece, head coach Paul Mills found the 13th and final scholarship player for this upcoming season.
It must have been quite the introduction on Tuesday morning for Missouri State graduate transfer Dalen Ridgnal to meet his new teammates right before they took a 13-hour plane ride to Greece together.
In the 72 hours since Ridgnal entered the transfer portal this past Friday, he was recruited by Mills, swayed to join the Shockers and then added to the itinerary to join the team’s overseas exhibition tour, according to sources with knowledge of the situation. Ryan Hillard, Mills’ chief of staff, and WSU’s admissions department both worked overtime to make the logistics work and ensure the proper paperwork was on hand to pull off the speedy turnaround. Luckily, Ridgnal already had a passport.
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