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Eric Riley
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Riley played for the Mavericks, Houston Rockets, Los Angeles Clippers, Minnesota Timberwolves and Boston Celtics in five National Basketball Association seasons, averaging 3.1 points per game. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, he played for Cleveland"s Saint Joseph High School and then collegiately at the University of Michigan. In 1991, as a sophomore, Riley led the entire 1990-1991 Michigan team in both rebounding and blocked shots.
In fact, Riley was second in the Big Ten Conference in rebounds for the 1990-1991 season.
He earned honorable mention All-Big Ten recognition in 1991. On the Fab Five teams, Riley led all reserve players in points, rebounds and blocks.
After being relegated to reserve status following the arrival of the Fab Five, he had the best game of his career in the Southeast Regional semifinals of the 1992 National Collegiate Athletic Association Men"s Division I Basketball Tournament. His rights were acquired by the Rockets in a pre-1993 National Basketball Association Draft trade and they waived him on December 12, 1994.
Following his National Basketball Association career, he had a long career in Europe.
In 2009 Eric Riley started a non-profit called High Rise Foundation. HRF is a non-profit charity with the mission to mentor young adults through sports programs, sports clinics and academic tutoring.
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He was an injured reserve member of the 1993-1994 Houston Rockets who won the National Basketball Association championship. At Michigan, he redshirted on the 1989 National Collegiate Athletic Association national champion Wolverines team, and then was the sixth man on Michigan"s 1991-1992 & 1992-1993 Fab Five teams that reached the 1992 & 1993 National Collegiate Athletic Association Men"s Division I Basketball Championship final game. Thus, Riley was a member of the 1993-1994 Houston Rockets when they won their first title under Michigan alumnus Rudy Tomjanovich, though Riley was put on the injured list before the playoffs started.
