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[QUOTE="RF2044, post: 2002871, member: 40"]
Jardine was a frustrating player, but he shows what can happen as a player develops over the course of their career.  Came in as kind of a combo guard in the Flynn class, had a terrible shooting stroke.  Gets injured, irons out the flaw in his shooting mechanics.  Comes back after sitting out a year with a retooled game and garners sixth man of the year award from the sporting news.  Struggles a little bit stepping into a bigger role as a junior, but by senior year has worked out a lot of the turnover issues from his game, and quarterbacks a team that goes 30-1 in the regular season and spends part of the year ranked #1.

Funny thing is, Jardine was no blue chipper.  He wasn't a top NBA prospect.  And he wasn't even a great player during his time here at any point during his career.  He was just a guy who improved consistently over the course of his career, to the point where he was a pretty good player by the time he was a senior.  I guess you could say the same thing about Gbinije if you count him as a 1, but that's part of what we've missed post-Jardine--having lead guards who come and are here for more than a year before bailing.  College basketball is so guard driven, it is a significant disadvantage to not have above average point guard play.
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