Look, I've always been one of the first to of us to criticize Brad when there's something meriting criticism, but this is just plain unfair. We made an elite 8 this past season. Brad was in the position of having to replace his entire team and has brought in talented players in doing so, whether Riley commits to us or not. And the reason teams like Duke, Kentucky, Kansas, at the top of the food chain generally aren't beaten in recruiting battles against teams who aren't quite at that level (us) is that beating these teams to recruits is really hard. Brad lost a recruit to one of these top programs earlier in this recruiting season. To his credit, he found players overseas that filled our needs and he has us in position to land one of the top if not THE top player in his new high school class in Will Riley. If Riley chooses another path this week other than the one that leads to Champaign Urbana, it won't have anything to do with Brad. He's done everything in his power to convince Will Riley to come here, including hiring one of the best recruiters in college basketball in Antigua.
