Top-25 small forward Riley devotes to Illinois

• Jeff Borzello, ESPN

  • Personnel WriterJun 23, 2024, 09:18 PM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider.
  • Joined ESPN in 2014.
  • Graduate of University of Delaware.Top-25 hire Will Riley has

  committed to Illinois and reclassified to the 2024 class, planning to register and suit up for the Battling Illini next season.He officially signed his letter of intent with

  the university Sunday.”It’s exciting to add a supremely talented player in Will Riley to our program,”coach Brad Underwood said.”He is the practiced position-less basketball player who has all the tools offensively. Obviously, [Illinois assistant coach] Orlando [Antigua] contributed with his relationships and did an exceptional job leading this recruitment. Will has the capability to score it at all three levels, and he offers us another action player who can make plays for others and himself based upon matches. He is skilled, has an excellent midrange and float game, and incredibly high basketball IQ.”Editor’s Picks A 6-foot-9 little forward from Canada who participated in the Phelps School(Pennsylvania), Riley is ranked No. 24 in the ESPN 100 for the 2025 class. He has actually been

one of the best scorers on the Nike EYBL circuit throughout the spring, balancing 21.9 points with UPlay.Riley took sees to Arizona, Illinois, Kentucky and Alabama, however his relationship with Antigua– who had recruited Riley when he was on John Calipari’s personnel at Kentucky– helped the Illini win out.Underwood has actually dramatically refilled Illinois following the departures of beginners Terrence Shannon Jr., Marcus Domask, Coleman Hawkins and Quincy Guerrier from a group that went 29-9 and advanced to the Elite 8. Riley is the latest offseason addition to a group that consists of international employees Tomislav Ivisic and Kasparas Jakucionis, in addition to transfers Kylan Boswell(Arizona), Tre White (Louisville ), Ben Humrichous (Evansville), Carey Booth (Notre Dame) and Jake Davis(Mercer).