Killian Tillie
| No. 33 – Gonzaga Bulldogs | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Power forward / Small forward | ||||||||||||||||||
| League | West Coast Conference | ||||||||||||||||||
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March 5, 1998 Paris, France |
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| Nationality | French | ||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 200 lb (91 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| High school | INSEP (Paris, France) | ||||||||||||||||||
| College | Gonzaga (2016–present) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Killian Tillie (born March 5, 1998) is a French basketball player. He stands 6'9" (206 cm) tall and plays forward. Tillie joined Gonzaga University beginning in the 2016-17 season.
Tillie played basketball and volleyball until the age of 14, before choosing to focus on basketball. He started his basketball career in the youth setup at Cagnes Basket, when he was six years of age. He then moved to Stade Laurentin Basket, before joining the youth academy of Olympique d'Antibes in 2013. Prior to the 2014-15 season, he joined the INSEP academy.
"Killian is a dynamic athlete that will end up being a very good faceup-type four. Once we get him in the weight room and work on his strength, he’ll be a very good player at the highest level."
"We expect him to contribute right away, if his health is under control with some knee issues. He is one of those really interesting guys. He has incredible instincts. It's probably hard to pinpoint his strengths, but he doesn’t really have a weakness either. He has tremendous upside, and we think his potential is off the charts."
In January 2015, Tillie was highlighted by ESPN among five of the best international players in the 2015 and 2016 classes with aspirations to play college basketball. He was drawing major interest from California at the time, and scouts were impressed with his terrific offensive rebounding, athleticism and high motor.
In August 2015, Tillie travelled to the United States and took official visits to Georgia Tech, Utah, and Gonzaga. Less than a week after his trip to Spokane, he verbally to committed to play college basketball at Gonzaga University, citing the Zags' "success with international players and because of the people that love basketball there." He signed with the Zags in the early signing period in November 2015.
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He made his first appearance in a Gonzaga shirt on November 5, 2016, when scoring four points to go along with four rebounds, three assists, two blocked shots and two steals in twelve minutes of play against West Georgia. As a freshman during the 2016-17 season, Tillie appeared in 33 games, averaging 4.2 points and 3.2 rebounds in 12.3 minutes. He saw 14 minutes of action in the NCAA championship game against North Carolina, pulling down nine rebounds and scoring one point.
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