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Michigan basketball reaches out to San Francisco guard transfer Tyrone Riley IV

clayton-sayfieby:Clayton Sayfie•03/30/25•

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Tyrone Riley IV
San Francisco guard Tyrone Riley IV finishing 1 of his 35 made dunks in 2024-25. (Photo by Kyle Terada-Imagn Images)

Michigan Wolverines basketball is one of many programs who have reached out to San Francisco guard transfer Tyrone Riley IV, according to Sam Kayser of 24/7 High School Hoops. The other schools who have reached out include Indiana, Kansas State, Texas Tech, Arkansas, Florida, Texas A&M, Creighton, USC, UCLA, Arizona, Oregon, Mississippi State, Texas, St. John’s Arizona, Baylor, Washington, Oregon State and Grand Canyon.

The 6-foot-6, 180-pounder just wrapped up his freshman season at San Francisco and has three years of eligibility remaining.

According to the On3 rankings, Riley is the No. 74 overall player and No. 10 small forward in the NCAA transfer portal. He was a four-star recruit and the nation’s No. 124 overall prospect in the 2024 class, according to the On3 Industry Ranking.

Playing in 34 games with as many starts, Riley averaged 9.6 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assist and 1.6 steals in 28.2 minutes per game for the 25-10 Dons, coached by Chris Gerlufsen.

Riley shot 61.3 percet on twos (87-of-142), 32.6 percent on three-pointers (29-of-89) and 73.5 percent from the free throw line (61-of-83). On 4.4 attempts per game, Riley connected on 73.8 percent of his shots at the rim, slotting in the 92nd percentile nationally. Thirty five of his made field goals at the rim came via dunks, leading the team.

Highlighted by 26- and 28-point performances in wins over Cal Poly and Chicago State, Riley scored in double figures in each of San Francisco’s first four games. But he hit the double-digit mark in only one of the next eight outings, before breaking back out with 17 points in a victory over Montana Dec. 21. He was much more productive from then on out and registered double figures in six of his last eight contests.

“He’s still learning as a freshman,” Gerlufsen said after the Dec. 21 win over Montana. “He’s ultra talented, and has kinda gone through a little bit of growing pains here as of late, but I think he’s kinda turned the corner and gotten back to being the guy that we know he is.”

The Watts, Calif., native was named to the All-WCC Freshman Team this past season. The Dons were invited to the NIT for the second straight season and fell in their second game to Loyola Chicago, 77-76.

A four-star recruit, Riley attended Downey (Calif.) St. Pius X-St. Matthias Academy. He checked in as the No. 17 player in the state of California last cycle.

Michigan ended its season Friday in Atlanta, falling to No. 1 overall seed Auburn. The Wolverines won 27 games and the Big Ten Tournament, before advancing to the Sweet 16.

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