Yes ….its a rebuild, when we only recruit 7 freshmen and three years and have one on the roster (Jmike ).
I’m not gojng to get into how and why we got here ….but to get out of it …pike needs guys in his program to get to their junior and senior year that can play his defensive system :..rebound and be tough on the court
Our system is not built on winning throigh the portal
So simply put …it means SUSTAIN and RETAIN
1.) Sustain recruting . The class of 2024’, even without Ace and Dylan here …has two legit 4 star kids in sommerville and grant , and a 150-200 kid in Dortch .
The class of 2025 has two similar type kids in mark and Nuwili , and two more in the 150/200 range in Powers and ware .
We need to continue to sign classes like this that have 2-3 top 125 prospects per year …and a couple of more solid depth pieces in them. We need two more classes like this …to rebuild a roster .
2.) Retain ….we cannot come into a year again with a completely turned over roster .
We must ….must retain the guys to develop a nucleus and foundation and restabkished continuity . I mean, have of a new team every year …you even after teach them how to practice your way .
Must keep
Lathan
Dylan G
Bryce
JaMichael
Jordan
Emmanuel Ogoble
Then …the year after …derkack and Ogoble are done , and we can return 8 guys ..and we really need to keep at least 6 of them, and preferable 7….to bring a soph /frosh dominated team to a junior /soph teams .
Both sustain and retain take NIL $$$ . That needs to be addressed
But we aren’t going to get it done in the portal….this is how pike and staff get the most out of the program
Sustain and retain ….
Pin that one :…that’s what we gotta do
