Riley Mulvey Commits to Iowa

[TheTruthTheWholeTruth]

 

[icwesthawk]

Mulva? Just kidding, very cool, welcome to the nation.

 

[Chishawk1425]

Cuse offer showing Rutgers and KU had interest

 

[TheTruthTheWholeTruth]

Penn St, Syracuse, and a couple of Ivy offers.

 

[2432Hawk]

Mulva? Just kidding, very cool, welcome to the nation.

Delores! Thats his new nickname

 

[drh1150]

Our first no star recruit?
What's going on there?

 

[Hawkfan_08]

Our first no star recruit?
What's going on there?

So were the Murray twins. I'll trust Fran on this.

 

[Hawkfan_08]

Congrats. I love this quote:
"When watching [Iowa] play, it felt like their playstyle was slow but they got it done. It kind of felt slow and steady.”

https://insidetheloudhouse.com/2021...g-ten-juggernaut-tough-beat-big-riley-mulvey/

It remains to be seen though whether Iowa will have to vacate any victories with this guy until it is proven Iowa did not cheat to induce him. (See, I can throw around dumb accusations too.)

We play slow? News to me. News to Fran. Did he accidently mean to commit to Syracuse?

 

[ObeseMuffins]

Seems like he's been working on his body, filling out his frame and getting stronger.

 

[Chishawk1425]

Seems like he's been working on his body, filling out his frame and getting stronger.

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I like

 

[HawkRugged17]

 

[IlliniHoops91]

Looks similar to Robert Archibald (RIP). You can never get too many bigs.

 

[Eburghawk]

Congrats. I love this quote:
"When watching [Iowa] play, it felt like their playstyle was slow but they got it done. It kind of felt slow and steady.”

reread his quote. he's clearly referring to Syracuse.

 

[IlliniHoops91]

reread his quote. he's clearly referring to Syracuse.

My mistake. You are correct. Too good to be true.

 

[icwesthawk]

It remains to be seen though whether Iowa will have to vacate any victories with this guy until it is proven Iowa did not cheat to induce him. (See, I can throw around dumb accusations too.)

Revisiting the Illini’s bitter past with NCAA scandals: Part I, The History
Read it, learn it, live it

 

[drh1150]

 

[herkhatescy]

Congrats. [EDIT: I took out the quote because he was referring to Syracuse, not Iowa, as having a slow and steady style.]

https://insidetheloudhouse.com/2021...g-ten-juggernaut-tough-beat-big-riley-mulvey/

It remains to be seen though whether Iowa will have to vacate any victories with this guy until it is proven Iowa did not cheat to induce him. (See, I can throw around dumb accusations too.)

STFUP and GTFO

 

[Rambler Hawk]

Cuse offer showing Rutgers and KU had interest

Shut up. Just shut up. You had me at 'Cuse. You had me at 'Cuse. 😉

 

[icwesthawk]

NCAA to the rescue
Pearl’s self-serving snitching brought a spotlight on the Illini’s basketball recruiting. The NCAA was unable to prove Pearl’s allegation but did find a few recruiting improprieties: application free car loans to players from a bank in Decatur; promises of payments to St. Louis phenom LaPhonso Ellis (who would go on to sign with Digger Phelps and Notre Dame); and misuse of tickets.

Fallout for Illini Basketball
On Nov. 7, 1990, the NCAA handed down its punishment: The Illini were banned from the 1991 postseason. They also had significant scholarship reductions along with reductions in recruiting visits. The Illini did not bother with an appeal likely because the public sentiment at this point in time completely sided with the NCAA.

 

[denmar81]

Could add a few pounds. Seen a picture of him and Fran and he’s thin.

 

[Rambler Hawk]

The picts of the fans in the background are priceless....

 

[desihawk]

based on the twitter video, kinnick stadium was his lead recruiter.

 

[Georgia_Hawk]

Eric Hansen 2.0?

That would be nice....

 

[jdv77]

Looks better than Eric Hansen offensively. But he did average 6 blocked shots per game as a sophomore.

 

[Buffalo43]

How tall is he?

 

[Chishawk1425]

How tall is he?

6 ft 10/11 range

 

[nu2u]

Looks better than Eric Hansen offensively. But he did average 6 blocked shots per game as a sophomore.

An agile 7 footer with shot blocking skills. Love it already. The Iowa staff knows how to develop big men. Welcome aboard.

 

[Hawksfinal4]

Welcome to the Hawkeyes

 

[HawkeyeInCentralIowa]

Gives me a bit of a Nunge vibe. I’ll take it. Now we need to close on Bowen and Nickel, and hopefully add Reed and Shaver into the mix as well.

 

[mazda1]

Kid seems to have had a recent growth spurt. Given another year to fill out and find his body he could be a good get.

 

[jaffarosenfels]

Ooh, tough guy. Big baby doesn't like it when his players are accused of cheating. I even said it was ridiculous, but it's the same baseless innuendo that gets posted here all the time about Illinois. Even worse, you guys are serious about it.

Wrong thread.

 

[hawktrooper1]

His short offer list doesn't feel too different from Garza's in terms of the caliber of schools offering. Luka's was much longer, but not necessarily any more impressive. I'm gonna trust Fran on this one.

 

[BBHawk]

Congrats. [EDIT: I took out the quote because he was referring to Syracuse, not Iowa, as having a slow and steady style.]

https://insidetheloudhouse.com/2021...g-ten-juggernaut-tough-beat-big-riley-mulvey/

It remains to be seen though whether Iowa will have to vacate any victories with this guy until it is proven Iowa did not cheat to induce him. (See, I can throw around dumb accusations too.)

That's great! 🤣

 

[BBHawk]

I'm still trying to figure out who this guy is. He never wrote anything else for that entire sports network (24/7 or whatever), he has no biography anywhere that I could locate, no other sports articles that I could find, and I'd like to see his affiliations. 100:1 odds this guy went to Notre Dame or some dopey rival school like that.



The fallout was a finding of "lack of institutional control," a way for the NCAA to inflict a major penalty for a string of self-reported minor violations, even though the main allegations were never proven. (LaPhonso Ellis later said that Digger Phelps coerced him into making an allegation.) Both Bruce Pearl and the NCAA ended up looking really bad after this investigation. For one, Bruce Pearl enlisted the help of Rich Hilliard, an NCAA investigator who was a former colleague of Pearl's at Boston College. The NCAA was forced to change its enforcement ways after numerous court challenges that went to the Supreme Court. There's too much to get into but the idea that Deon Thomas sought to monetize his recruitment and that Bruce Pearl "snitched" on both Thomas and Jimmy Collins is a joke. From the very beginning, Illinois defended itself against the allegations and yet still lost in the big picture. Not appealing had nothing to do with "public sentiment." Both Deon Thomas and Jimmy Collins remained connected to the U of I program to his day, until Jimmy's recent passing. Deon Thomas recently said in a Field of 68 video with Dee Brown that he chose Illinois to be a star in his home state for life. Deon was raised by his grandmother who disliked Bruce Pearl. Pearl would badger the Thomas household with dozens of a calls day and night. It was ridiculous. Pearl was so desperate he spliced tapes to make his case, and then said he threw the original tapes away when called out on it. Remember too that Pearl was later caught lying red-handed to the NCAA when he denied hosting a Tennessee recruit when the NCAA already had a photo of the recruit(s) at Pearl's home. Seriously, you guys should raise a banner for Pearl if you love him so much and believe his story. Whatever it takes to win, I guess.

Just let it go. Ancient history.

 

[OutbackBowl2017]

Ooh, tough guy. Big baby doesn't like it when his players are accused of cheating. I even said it was ridiculous, but it's the same baseless innuendo that gets posted here all the time about Illinois. Even worse, you guys are serious about it.

Shouldn’t you and the rest of the Illini fans be booing Garza and Liddell some more, just like when they were announced to the B1G All Tournament team yesterday? Nice class shown to those young men.

 

[DogBoyRy]

I'm still trying to figure out who this guy is. He never wrote anything else for that entire sports network (24/7 or whatever), he has no biography anywhere that I could locate, no other sports articles that I could find, and I'd like to see his affiliations. 100:1 odds this guy went to Notre Dame or some dopey rival school like that.



The fallout was a finding of "lack of institutional control," a way for the NCAA to inflict a major penalty for a string of self-reported minor violations, even though the main allegations were never proven. (LaPhonso Ellis later said that Digger Phelps coerced him into making an allegation.) Both Bruce Pearl and the NCAA ended up looking really bad after this investigation. For one, Bruce Pearl enlisted the help of Rich Hilliard, an NCAA investigator who was a former colleague of Pearl's at Boston College. The NCAA was forced to change its enforcement ways after numerous court challenges that went to the Supreme Court. There's too much to get into but the idea that Deon Thomas sought to monetize his recruitment and that Bruce Pearl "snitched" on both Thomas and Jimmy Collins is a joke. From the very beginning, Illinois defended itself against the allegations and yet still lost in the big picture. Not appealing had nothing to do with "public sentiment." Both Deon Thomas and Jimmy Collins remained connected to the U of I program to his day, until Jimmy's recent passing. Deon Thomas recently said in a Field of 68 video with Dee Brown that he chose Illinois to be a star in his home state for life. Deon was raised by his grandmother who disliked Bruce Pearl. Pearl would badger the Thomas household with dozens of a calls day and night. It was ridiculous. Pearl was so desperate he spliced tapes to make his case, and then said he threw the original tapes away when called out on it. Remember too that Pearl was later caught lying red-handed to the NCAA when he denied hosting a Tennessee recruit when the NCAA already had a photo of the recruit(s) at Pearl's home. Seriously, you guys should raise a banner for Pearl if you love him so much and believe his story. Whatever it takes to win, I guess.

You left out Lou Hensons famous defense with the ncaa attorneys.
Lawyers involved with the ncaa still laugh about it.

 

[Raptorpeeps]

Ooh, tough guy. Big baby doesn't like it when his players are accused of cheating. I even said it was ridiculous, but it's the same baseless innuendo that gets posted here all the time about Illinois. Even worse, you guys are serious about it.

Stop sh*tting up every thread. Go back to illinispace if you can stand the smell.

 

[Raptorpeeps]

His short offer list doesn't feel too different from Garza's in terms of the caliber of schools offering. Luka's was much longer, but not necessarily any more impressive. I'm gonna trust Fran on this one.

I think Fran and his staff have earned a little trust.

 

[QChawks]

Nice!

he and josh o should make a nice pair.

big & rich?

 

[BBHawk]

Delores! Thats his new nickname

Yes!