He was a big-time recruit out of high school, so a lot of people liked what they saw in him.

This is an estimate at this time, ... If we in fact are building a phantom school ... then this [estimate] is our best shot.

I think what people might forget is that Riley built this program (back up) and he's not about to just let it go down.

He wanted to finish up his last year here at Licking Valley, and he still is. The school is going to give his diploma to us at the graduation.

Some people have suggested looking at additional ways to fund pool elements. At this point in time, these are not in place. I have to manage the $1.5-million as best I can. Right now my main priority is to figure out funding at hand and focus on the outside pool.

He's a legitimate (NCAA) Division I point guard. Even from what I saw in the junior colleges, there's no better point guard out there that we could have got.