Interesting and nuanced article about Tilly’s performance v. UI Indy. Despite any limitations he demonstrated, he’d certainly have been welcomed here this season.
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Yes, would’ve been welcomed back to the Mission Campus, but let’s be honest: Tilly regularly excelled against inferior opponents. When faced with tough matchups, he usually did not excel. The article is right to question the performance.
It’s certainly possible that he’s upped his game during the off-season. I’m just opining based on observable history.
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Good luck to him. The one thing that stands out to me in his SCU career was on the hilltop against USF. He missed the front end of a 1 and 1, and cost us the victory. Ouch
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Good point buckets; we’ll see how he performs against the B1G bigs.
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It’s pretty easy to argue that he just wasn’t used properly at SCU. Ohio St. likely saw that and was willing to pay top dollar for him. He presents a nightmare matchup when he has some space.
I think he’ll have a rather prolific career playing professionally somewhere in Europe (moves well for his size, but not well enough for the NBA). Wish him all the success.
Hi all,
I changed the thread title to consolidate this thread for updates on all of SCU’s transfers out.
Mostly because I was excited to see Kosy Akametu get a double-double at Iona: 22 points and 10 rebounds, including 5 offensive rebounds! Really cool for Kosy, and I’m glad that he found a team that would give him run.
Tyeree Bryan has appeared in 3 games for the Red Raiders but has yet to show an impact equal to what he had last season at SCU. But we know that he can be explosive when the conditions are right.
And regarding Tilly, I think it’s too early to tell whether he’s being used better at Ohio State. He had a dominant first game, yes. But his numbers in the subsequent two games are in line with Santa Clara Tilly or even a little worse: 15 points, 6 boards, and 4 assists against Purdue-Fort Wayne but paired with 4 fouls and 5 TOs. Against App State, he got 9 points (5-5 on FTs) and 5 rebounds. But he took six 3Ps and missed them all. In fact, he’s 2-13 on three pointers to date. I’m not making the point that Tilly has regressed or anything, and even as a Michigan alum, I’m reluctantly rooting for his (individual) success at OSU. But like JC said, the real test will come against Big10 front courts, and even against low-ranked opponents, I don’t yet see evidence of some Tilly renaissance.
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Too bad he couldn’t do that FT% on the Hilltop
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Well, that memory put a cloud on my day!
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Very happy for Kosy!!!
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Watching Texas Tech playing Arkansas on ESPN. Tyree Bryan having a good game. Started for the Red Raiders, with 4:30 left in the game, he’s played 29 minutes, 8 points on 3-6 shooting (2-4 from 3), 4 rebounds 4 assists and committed just one foul.
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We miss Tyree. Didn’t think he got enough credit in his time here. Solid shooter, good athlete and was our best wing defender that past 2 years IMO.
Would have been great if he stuck around, could have had a good 3 man rotation of Mahi, Tyree, Hammond at the 2 & 3 spots; and could have slid Hammond to the PG spot at times to get all 3 on the court at the same time
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Did he have another year of eligibility? From his bio on the TT website, it says:
“Played the last two seasons at Santa Clara, one at Charleston Southern and his freshman year at Indian River State College”
But perhaps that first year at State College didn’t use a year of eligibility?
He fell under the Diego Pavia lawsuit ruling so got an extra year of eligibility. If the ruling sets a precedent Mahi would also get another year. But the coaching staff isn’t counting on that being the case
I think EVERYONE gets extra years of eligibility EXCEPT Camaron Tongue.