The final buzzer of Iona’s season was the starting gun for Rick Pitino.
that stretches back to 2000. A 10-man transfer class — a group led by Ivy League Player of the Year and the nation’s No. 2 scorer Jordan Dingle , valuable UConn reserve and three-year Virginia Tech starter Nahiem Alleyene, Iona point guard Daniss Jenkins and talented wings Glenn Taylor Jr. and RJ Luis of Oregon State and Massachusetts, respectively — is ranked fourth nationally by 247Sports.com.
“I always say pressure is a good thing, pressure helps you work your ass off. Helps you get up early, stay up late, be innovative and get creative. The pressure on us was enormous.” The momentum turned during a hectic five-day span when St. John’s hosted seven different recruits for visits, five of whom they landed. There was Brady Dunlap, a top-150 high school recruit and one-time Notre Dame signee. A pair of highly regarded transfer wings, Luis and Taylor. Niagara high-scoring guard Noah Thomasson, high school wing Spencer Mahoney and Iona duo Quinn Slazinski and Sadiku Ibine Ayo.
Pitino broke down Dunlap’s game in minute detail and compared him to past players he developed with a similar skill set — like 2013 Final Four Most Outstanding Player Luke Hancock. Pitino“It was tiring, it was hard, I was gutting through it,” Dunlap recalled.“If you did this workout five times a week with Coach Pitino, how good would you be?” Masiello asked him.
Added Dunlap, a Newhall, Calif., native: “It’s cool to be around the energy of New York City. Even the crazy drivers on the street and everyone going in different directions, I liked that. Everybody has a purpose.”Then came April 30, a day that — other than the hiring of Pitino — may be remembered as the most important for next season. It was the day Dingle visited St. John’s unofficially, putting into motion the most significant addition of the Pitino era.
. Pitino also laid out the areas Dingle still needs to hone in order to get drafted in a year — from improving his assist-to-turnover ratio to making others around him better. Pitino illustrated his player development history, what he did with former stars Donovan Mitchell and Terry Rozier at Louisville, and pointed to the numbers his two guards, Jenkins and Clayton, put up this past season at Iona.
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