It's clear Sanders is at least considering coming back for his final year on the banks.
When the season ended I was pretty confident that he would be back. He wants the NBA and imo his best chance is playing one more season in Pikells program.
Over the next few weeks Sanders is going to be thinking about this decision a lot. He's been posting Rutgers related things since the tourney ended. I urge everyone (except @Greene Rice FIG) to show him love on social media and tell him how much you appreciate him, want him back, what next year might look like.
I'm not one to promote interacting with athletes on social media (especially high schoolers) but Sanders is one of our own and showing him some love might have a real impact.
Sanders isn't perfect and has some flaws both on and off the court (needs to work on his outside shot, left hand, making flights from FLA to NJ etc.). With that said this kid has given it his all for 3 years. He started off playing on one of the worst D1 programs under Jordan and bought into Pike's program. The W/L record hasn't been pretty but Pike is building this team piece by piece and anyone that has followed this team can sense that we're on the upward trajectory.
This program will be fine with or without Sanders next year. One could argue how many extra wins he would mean or if we had a chance at making an NIT/tourney run.
Not the point of this thread as it really doesn't matter.
1 more year with Corey could really make next year fun and continue the momentum build and ramp up the national spotlight on the program. Just look at the attention and buzz a 3 day run created at MSG....we were 3-15 during the season! The spotlight is great for student/fan support as well as recruiting and there's no question Sanders would deliver in this regard.
When the season ended I was pretty confident that he would be back. He wants the NBA and imo his best chance is playing one more season in Pikells program.
Over the next few weeks Sanders is going to be thinking about this decision a lot. He's been posting Rutgers related things since the tourney ended. I urge everyone (except @Greene Rice FIG) to show him love on social media and tell him how much you appreciate him, want him back, what next year might look like.
I'm not one to promote interacting with athletes on social media (especially high schoolers) but Sanders is one of our own and showing him some love might have a real impact.
Sanders isn't perfect and has some flaws both on and off the court (needs to work on his outside shot, left hand, making flights from FLA to NJ etc.). With that said this kid has given it his all for 3 years. He started off playing on one of the worst D1 programs under Jordan and bought into Pike's program. The W/L record hasn't been pretty but Pike is building this team piece by piece and anyone that has followed this team can sense that we're on the upward trajectory.
This program will be fine with or without Sanders next year. One could argue how many extra wins he would mean or if we had a chance at making an NIT/tourney run.
Not the point of this thread as it really doesn't matter.
1 more year with Corey could really make next year fun and continue the momentum build and ramp up the national spotlight on the program. Just look at the attention and buzz a 3 day run created at MSG....we were 3-15 during the season! The spotlight is great for student/fan support as well as recruiting and there's no question Sanders would deliver in this regard.
