Lachance puts up 26 on Purdue

[Freeport Warrior]

Watched Riley LaChance his whole high school career and never saw this coming. Looked absolutely amazing tonight. Hindsight 20/20, but he looks so much more of a complete player than Carlino. He is known as a long-range bomber, but his midrange game is unbelievable. I just thought it would never translate from high school to high D1 like this.

[77ncaachamps]

It's Eminem:



His eyebrow game is on point.

[brandx]

Watched Riley LaChance his whole high school career and never saw this coming. Looked absolutely amazing tonight. Hindsight 20/20, but he looks so much more of a complete player than Carlino. He is known as a long-range bomber, but his midrange game is unbelievable. I just thought it would never translate from high school to high D1 like this.

I felt the same way, but he has been pretty good all year. I don't know how it will translate once Conference season starts. I thought he didn't have the quickness, but we'll see.

He does only have 2 steals all year while averaging over 32 minutes a game. And averaging less than 2 FT attempts per game which probably speaks to that lack of quickness. But I'd imagine Vandy is overjoyed with the way he has played so far.

[GooooMarquette]

It'll be interesting to see how he progresses, but he did look pretty good last night.  Loose handle at times, but certainly not afraid to take a shot.  Hit one from pretty much the same spot as Novak's near half court 3 against UConn. 

[GGGG]

Since he values shooting more, and quickness less, that Buzz seemed to, I wonder if Wojo would have looked at him.

[Texas Western]

Since he values shooting more, and quickness less, that Buzz seemed to, I wonder if Wojo would have looked at him.

This interview lists the other schools he had offers from.

http://www.vucommodores.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/082214aab.html

[77ncaachamps]

Should ALMOST EVERY D-1 quality child of a Marquette athlete alum get the automatic offer? How about a sniff?

[Freeport Warrior]

Should ALMOST EVERY D-1 quality child of a Marquette athlete alum get the automatic offer? How about a sniff?

He did get a sniff from Buzz, but it was only fleeting. His dream school was Marquette, just didn't pan out.

[Texas Western]

Should ALMOST EVERY D-1 quality child of a Marquette athlete alum get the automatic offer? How about a sniff?

I think they should get an honest hearing at a minimum. It is in the schools interest to do so. Obviously it can be a delicate situation. School should have some flexibility to offer some kind of partial academic scholarship if they don't want to use an athletic.

[GGGG]

I think that he got an "honest hearing."  Buzz did look at him...even in person.

[Freeport Warrior]

I'm told there was an offer by Buzz with a very, very limited time window. Family wanted minimal time to weigh options, and it was not given. Window immediately closed. Vandy, Creighton and others made Riley a priority and invested a ton of time in recruiting him over many, many months. Buzz came in at the last hour with a take it or leave it - I need an answer by the end of the day kind of thing. LaChance made the right read and ended up in a great situation. It also helped that Stallings kicked two or three main guards off the team in the last year.