I could maybe buy that if this was 2018-2019 and growing a roster over 4 years was the norm
not to mention pikes seat is red hot and as bac mentioned 2 teams below you in standings are HIGHLY likely to spend their way out of the basement and have better coaches than pike in Altman and buzz...
Some think we should run it back with mostly the same roster because by getting older they will “develop” and we will just win 3-4 more games based on that
if only it was as simple as that …
It’s not the only measuring stick
he has successfully rebuilt two power conference programs and DOES run excellent offense
Also a better recruiter
I would take him here over shaheen for reference
Seems to not matter since they are 40 minutes from a title
worth nothing their season avg is 77.5
it was 81.3 in 2024 and 78.5 in 2023… not much of a difference
If the field expands to 76 it absolutely will
8 more at larges… auburn and Oklahoma and West Virginia had 15 losses and were in the mix
Several 14 loss teams made it so stands to reason 15 losses with 8 added team would make it
If nothing else this verifies for me that it’s tournament or bust for Pike… no gray area
have a season like Indiana seton hall Stanford West Virginia
Auburn or Oklahoma had or see ya later
If it’s 24 teams playing I would imagine this will look something like 4 play in games for the 16 seeds and 8 play in games for at large bids maybe 10-11 seeds or 11-12 seeds
Without turning it into an essay
The arch of his coaching career here was a slow build to a 3 year window of really good basketball between 2019-2022 and you could claim 4 during the Mag season but that was a missed opportunity and collapse nonetheless
the subsequent 3 seasons were abject...
But we’ve done a horrible job with HS recruiting for years and thus the problem becomes compounded and when you have a coach on the hot seat the patience required to build a program that way becomes less and less
We are also in year 11 and shouldn’t be looking to build a program or rebuild a...
Nobody on the team made any type of case to be kept in a meaningful role
the 3-5 guys I would even consider would be 6th 7th man at best (Francis) and most are deep rotation guys
I’m intrigued by powers and mark simply because of age but you’d have to convince them to be okay playing a lot...