Riley Till is in Transfer Portal
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the whole story couldn't be true. How embarrassing would it be for even a high school player to ask a coach to miss a game to watch a game of a brother in law.
it would be even more that pathetic if a college player did it
I could see either being a good fit for Pemsl. We saw Ellingson flourish and have a good senior year at Drake hopefully same goes for Pemsl where ever he goes. As for Till I don't think he would get many minutes if he went to either school.
It will be interesting to see if Riley gets an opportunity for some meaningful minutes somewhere. I think he could be a solid contributor in the right situation.
Actually. It is true. Dec. 21st the UofI stated Till was ill would miss the Cincinnati game in Chicago. That same night picture of Riley Till on the sidelines of the 49'ers game.
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Theres obviously more to the story. He came back and played the next game. Fran, the coaching staff and the team had no problem with it. Fans shouldnt either
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I think that Pemsl, if healthy, could have a very good senior season. Like BE's senior year. That would really great to see!
I also agree with @hooper56 in that Till could be something, in the right situation. Another year of development and much more playing time would do him some good. IMHO...
Maybe so. I just think as a teammate it would be hard to do. Especially with our depth issues.
Anybody with a brain and a little bit of memory knows you are COMPLETELY WRONG.
The conversations were how do we get from 15 on scholarship to 13, and you know it. But apparently your memory is extremely poor.
But let me refresh you.
It was not until Mark Emmert reported that Till would be part of Senior Day, was graduating and moving on that we got from 15 to 14 on scholarship.
And then when Pemsl announced he was transferring we got from 14 to 13 on scholarship.
Ironically, the Legendary Idiot is supporting your comment. And this is the guy who made completely false statements on here about Tyler Cook's ankle injury.
You use the words "pretty sure."
And that's the point. NO ONE was for sure what was going to happen with Riley since he had one year of eligibility left. Like you said; the discussion on here was that Riley could remain on scholarship and Connor or PMac could walk on.
As I have stated, no one on here knew Riley was going to be part of Senior Day (and moving on) until Mark Emmert reported it.
I agree with you and said the same thing in that we had to be patient in how Fran got from 15 to 13 on scholarship (he signed 5 guys for 2020 for a reason). Fran had a plan to get to 13 and we had to be patient for it to be revealed. And now, here we are, at 13 on scholarship.
Do Tell, don’t leave us hanging. I’m sure there was some kind of conspiracy theory!
I’ll get my popcorn ready!
"Riley Till earns scholarship for the 2019-2020 season"
Hawkeye Twitter
"Congrats to
@rtillery20
for earning a scholarship for the 2019-20 season! #Hawkeyes "
"Riley Till Given Scholarship for 2019-20 Season"
"Staff
IOWA CITY, Iowa - University of Iowa head men’s basketball coach Fran McCaffery announced Wednesday that redshirt junior Riley Till will be put on scholarship for the 2019-20 season."
"Three-year walk-on Riley Till has worked his way into a scholarship for the 2019-20 Iowa basketball season.
Coach Fran McCaffery announced today that the redshirt junior will be placed on scholarship for the upcoming season "
"Dubuque native Riley Till has been placed on scholarship for the 2019-20 season by University of Iowa head men's basketball coach Fran McCaffery."
There seems to be a great deal of people who posted very specifically that he was placed on scholarship for the 19-20 season. They didn't use a generic 'awarded a scholarship' they specified the season it was for. Odd that you are missing that part.
Hawkeye Twitter
"Congrats to
@rtillery20
for earning a scholarship for the 2019-20 season! #Hawkeyes "
"Riley Till Given Scholarship for 2019-20 Season"
"Staff
IOWA CITY, Iowa - University of Iowa head men’s basketball coach Fran McCaffery announced Wednesday that redshirt junior Riley Till will be put on scholarship for the 2019-20 season."
"Three-year walk-on Riley Till has worked his way into a scholarship for the 2019-20 Iowa basketball season.
Coach Fran McCaffery announced today that the redshirt junior will be placed on scholarship for the upcoming season "
"Dubuque native Riley Till has been placed on scholarship for the 2019-20 season by University of Iowa head men's basketball coach Fran McCaffery."
There seems to be a great deal of people who posted very specifically that he was placed on scholarship for the 19-20 season. They didn't use a generic 'awarded a scholarship' they specified the season it was for. Odd that you are missing that part.
In another thread, as you can see in what follows, there were a lot of questions, guesses and unknowns from several posters when it came to Riley Till and how Iowa got from 15 on scholarship to 13.
And these are some good posters, too.
LINK to this Thread: https://iowa.forums.rivals.com/threads/how-many-scholarships-available-for-2020-2021.299905/page-2
"the discussion on here was that Riley could remain on scholarship and Connor or PMac could walk on."
I saw several questions about whether Connor or PMac could change status. Very few if any thinking that Riley would stay on scholarship. The people who write about these things were pretty clear. That Iowa basketball program tweet was fairly specific as well. They may have had insight on how it was awarded and the expectation. But continue on, that horse can take a couple of more beatings after it died.
Yep. No one with a brain thought Till would be on scholarship next season. Any person thinking or believing that should be taken to an empty field and introduced to Aaron Hernandez.
Always good to get a chuckle. Usually is evidence that someone doesn't have substance to come back with.
I know you arent interested in facts, but here is a thread about the Murray twins committing from OCTOBER. tThere are over 15 posts related cutting ONE scholarship. There are zero about cutting 2.
https://iowa.forums.rivals.com/threads/kris-keegan-murray-commit-to-iowa.289538/
60+ posts in and there is still some discussion about RT.
I am kind of amazed, actually. I never considered him to be a D-1 player in the first place. A good teammate and likely a hard worker, but not a B1G level contributor, imo.
I am kind of amazed, actually. I never considered him to be a D-1 player in the first place. A good teammate and likely a hard worker, but not a B1G level contributor, imo.
the facts are the facts and you are wrong.
And one of those facts is that it was not until Mark Emmert reported the following that we knew FOR SURE what was happening to Riley Till's scholarship. You can deny the facts all you want and say that you knew all the time what was happening for sure but you know you are wrong by doing so. You just won't ever admit it. You are behaving just like Legend12, and that's not good company to be in.
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So I'm in that camp that assumed Tills scholarship was only for one year. I thought that all along. I thought that was made clear last year.
Did you mean people other than the people who posted headlines and articles stating that it was for the 2019-2020 season? If that is the case then “people” needs to be changed to “person” or depending on how it was used it you be “I” or “me”. People would imply that there was more than one.
Yep. The only possible way he was going to get another year is if he came off the bench and miraculously provided 10 points and 8 rebounds every night, which was and is highly unlikely for a walk-on. The way it played out there was no way he was getting another and that was evident early on. He got a free year, great for him.
One scholly was available, he was rewarded with it for his contributions, same as other walk-ons before him, and into the future. They don't have to do it, but I'm glad they do.
It wasn't spelled out in a Tweet for him to have read, so therefore it can't be true.
He's arguing semantics. Other than Fran, the staff, and Till no one absolutely knew that the scholarship was only for one year. The vast majority of us were fairly certain it was only one year with a very small chance it could be awarded for a second year.
Till himself told people it was a one-year deal. It was never any sort of secret. They only thing unknown was if he would come back to complete his eligibility or move on to another school.
You are very correct. The headlines didn’t read “Till awarded scholarship for absolutely only the 2019-2020 season” they could have clarified it more than they did. The “Till awarded scholarship for 2019-2020 season” was pretty vague.
Cid, see Post 57 above where I point out some examples of all the people on here speculating about Till's scholarship and on how Fran was going to get from 15 to 13 on scholarship. So, you are wrong in saying it was just me speculating and that everyone else knew what was happening.
AF, a small chance the scholarship would be awarded a 2nd year? Wrong again. In 10 years at Iowa, Fran has never awarded a scholarship one year and then asked the player to walk on the following year.
So, again, you both are flat out wrong.
And then we have "legend" on here saying after the fact that Till himself told people it was a one-year deal and that it was never any sort of secret. But, as we know, Legend's credibility is zero on this site.
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You are incorrect. There were 2 scholarships available for the 2019-2020 season. One of the 2 was awarded to Till, the other went unused; Austin Ash remained a walk on.
The 12 who were on scholarship (with one scholarship unused):
1 CJ Fredrick
2 Patrick McCaffery
3 Joe T
4 Weezy
5 Connor
6 Nunge
7 Garza
8 Pemsl
9 Riley Till
10 JBo
11 Kriener
12 Evelyn
And looking ahead to next season (2020-2021), when speculating about Riley, it is important to note that in 10 years at Iowa Fran has never awarded a scholarship one year and then asked the player to walk on the following year like SOME suggested might happen.
So, Till had one more year of eligibility left and it was EXTREMELY unlikely that Riley would be asked to walk on if he remained at Iowa. And prior to Feb 28, when Mark Emmert reported Riley would be part of Senior Day, we had no idea of his plans with one year of eligibility remaining. That's why there was so much speculation and guesses on how Fran was gonna get from 15 on scholarships to 13. You probably recall all the discussions where several posters said that Fran should just have Connor or Patrick walk on (but, again, Fran has never awarded a scholarship one year and then asked the player to walk on the following year).
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