I speak from experience Hardin County Varsity 96-98.
Stephen Wheeler was not good!!! He just benifitted from a coach that allowed him to shoot whenever he wanted. He played soft as heck. If you played physical against him you could easily shut down him down. Putting him on your first team is saying your school really never had any hoopers (outside of Hoover and Root).
I give props where props are due and Matt had hella game and Root has hella heart.