Possibly the dumbest post ever on this site but, I’ll name a few:
EO - was a mess when he got here, much better when he left. He was a guy no one wanted and when he left the sky was falling. He turned in to a legit player during his time here
Freeman - no doubt he improved under Pike
Geo - skinny kid with no offers, legit Big 10 player now (if you dispute that you know nothing about basketball)
Myles - he was light years better last year than his first year…again, if you can’t see that, you know nothing about basketball
Shaq Carter - year 2 of Shaq he improved a lot and provided valuable minutes
Young - left Texas as athletic and erratic…left here athletic and much less erratic
Harper - under recruited, now on every watch list…Even this year, jump shot not there yet and he knows to put the ball on the floor and get to the rim…he didn’t do that enough last year, plus his d and rebounding have been solid
Guys I personally didn’t see really improve as much as I would have expected:
Tez - could never really get over the hump on consistency
Sanders - 4 years with pike may have been good for him, but possibly just not a good fit for the two
Paul - love the kid, plays so hard, just not yet for me
McConnell - again, love the kid, thought he was going to be much more than a role player, but I love him on the team, good d, rebounds, seems to find ways to make plays…just thought he’d be a more consistent offensive impact
This is certainly not a complete list, but
Suggesting Pike can’t develop guys shows a lack of basketball IQ in my opinion.