http://www.mutigers.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/050799aaa.html
"Regarded as a top-50 national talent according to several recruiting services, Kroenke chose Missouri over Iowa, Cincinnati, Syracuse and Georgia, among others."
It would have been rather atypical and unfair to have asked him to walk on. He was a legit D1 player, he was just limited by injuries during his college career.