Riley Wallace
Riley Wallace
Robert Riley Wallaceis a retired American basketball coach who was most recently head men's basketball coach at the University of Hawaii at Manoa...
good quality signing
He's a real quality signing for us. He's got good size, he can shoot, and he's a good student. He's the whole package.
bus doubt held illinois ride six southern wonder
He's a warrior, there's no doubt about that. I didn't see the Southern Illinois game, but I wonder how they held him to six rebounds. Must have been the 13-hour bus ride to get there.
played question
He's been an All-WAC player, no question about it because of the way he's played for us down the stretch.
coming gets gives good position top
Riley was one of our top gets with what he can do. He gives us firepower at that position with who we have coming back. He'll be a real good one for us.
fought monster
He was a monster in there. We fought hard, we tried. But we just didn't have enough.
full package priority recruiting top
He was our top priority recruit. We did the full recruiting package to get him.
player
He has to be up there. No other player has been able to do all the different things he does.
expected harder nevada stay win
He got my vote. You can say Nevada was expected to win the league, but sometimes it's harder to stay on top.
bigger guy guys post shoot smaller tough
He doesn't put up big numbers, but he does all the little things. He'll go down and get you a tough (rebound), he'll post up if a smaller guy is on him, he'll shoot it only when he's open, and he can take bigger guys to the basket. He's just very unselfish.
gives inside
He gives the inside in our inside-outside offense. Without him, we had no inside.
academic athletes athletic built cared center department happened key last missed money true turnaround
He'll be sorely missed because he cared about the athletes and the academic side. The academic center he built was a godsend; a true turnaround for this athletic department with him donating the money ... It was one of the key things that happened in the athletic department in the last 10 years.
couple maybe missed normally shots strategy
He missed a couple shots he doesn't normally miss so maybe that part of the strategy worked.
foul hope
We just have to hope we don't get into foul trouble.
accept guys harder knowing plays role takes time took works
Some guys don't accept their role. He took his role and takes off, knowing the better he plays and the harder he works the more time he'll get. That's how it works.