Terrific article about Pike post selection in NY Post
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“So Steve got some under-recruited kids who fit his personality, and he developed those guys,” Young said. “I don’t know if we had one Big Ten recruit. I can’t describe to you how bad those first few practices were. I used to walk out of the RAC and look up at the banners of the schools in our league, the Indianas and Michigan States, and to think Steve just finished fourth in that league is incredible. He’s done as good a job at building a program as any coach in the country.”
Pikiell did it by turning Atlantic 10 recruits into Big Ten players. Rutgers was dead last in the conference when he arrived, 14th out of 14 teams, and some in and around the program thought finishing 10th in the Big Ten would be a hell of an achievement.
Pikiell did it by turning Atlantic 10 recruits into Big Ten players. Rutgers was dead last in the conference when he arrived, 14th out of 14 teams, and some in and around the program thought finishing 10th in the Big Ten would be a hell of an achievement.