Jul. 31—LAS VEGAS — David Riley's short tenure as Eastern Washington's basketball coach is already loaded with special moments the 34-year-old will savor long after his career ends.
There was his first Division I win, on Nov. 19, 2021, against Cal State-Northridge, his first win against a high-major program eight days later at Washington State and, more recently, a historic 18-game winning streak midway through the 2022-23 season that stood as the longest unbeaten stretch in the country before it ended Feb. 25 against Idaho State.
Another one of those moments arrived for the young Eastern Washington coach last month when Riley was finalizing plans to watch former Eagles guard Angelo Allegri make his professional debut for the Charlotte Hornets in the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas.