Lower Richland Boys Basketball

NEW: This one is in motion. 👀 6-10 CIAA Defensive Player of the Year Alex Atkinson is scheduling visits. 30+ D1 schools got in the mix… and it’s starting to narrow. Where does he land: 👉 on3.com/transfer-porta…

Charles Barkley on coaches that coach their guys hard “Parents & friends get mad because you're getting yelled at, get better parents & better friends."

"Your job as a coach is to coach your players. If their parents and their friends are getting mad because you're getting yelled at, get better parents and better friends." Coaches aren't calling you out. They're calling you up! Build connections so they hear the corrections.

Barkley dropped truth 💯 We used to CELEBRATE coaches like Pitino & Izzo. Now it’s clip-chasing to shame greatness 🤦‍♂️ Players don’t need soft… they need being coached hard and accountability . They need adversity. That’s LIFE. #CoachesEdge #CBB

Incredible take from Charles Barkley on Tom Izzo: "The media, who don't know anything about sports, say 'Why is he yelling his players?' That's called coaching... if parents & friends get mad because you're getting yelled at, get better parents & better friends."

“When you allow your children to grow up it’s a direct, direct reflection of your parenting. If you hover over them all the time and they can’t work through problems, they’re going to have some issues. You’ve got to let them work through problems because they’re working through the things you’ve instilled in them,” Dawn Staley Let them learn.

Rick Pitino was asked what stops people from being great. His answer was one word. "Ego stops greatness. I call it edging greatness out." "In a spiritual sense, ego is edging God out. But ego is edging greatness out." And he made a key distinction: "I'm not talking about confidence. You have to be a confident person." "But ego really gets you to where you think you've arrived. You think you know it all. You stop learning. You stop listening." That's the trap. Confidence keeps you hungry. Ego convinces you that you've already made it. You lose your hunger and humility. "Learning and listening are important for great leaders. Great leaders have to listen and they have to continue to learn and surround themselves with people that are better than them." EGO = Edging Greatness Out The moment you think you've arrived is the moment you stop growing. Stay confident. Stay humble. Never stop learning. (🎥@LewisHowes )

Coach K shares a universal truth about success, resilience, and growth. "When you're getting your butt kicked, it's called changing a limit." "So many parents today don't allow their kids to change limits...They're worried about them failing instead of learning. You learn through the experience of failure and success." Growth requires discomfort. You have to be willing to look bad before you get better. The problem isn't failure - it's protecting people from it. "Failure was never a destination." You can't grow or be successful without accepting that there will be challenges and adversity. (🎥 Duke Fuqua School of Business )

Blue Team wins 74-69 in OT MVP: Jhnai Sumter of @LadyDiamondWBB @Epic_Hoops

Mario James of @DiamondMBB

Since Sunday’s update, Alex Atkinson tells @On3 he’s heard from the following schools. Memphis Morehead State Towson Georgia Southern Northwestern State UC Riverside The 6-10 soph. was CIAA Def. Player of the Year and 1st-Team All-CIAA this season.

6'10 Alex Atkinson (Claflin) has been a hot target for so many teams, and it is no surprise. Has 2 years left, was All-CIAA Defensive POY, All-CIAA First Team, and has truly shown why we were so high on him out of high school. #PhenomHoops @AAtkinson2024 Last Year's Stats: 14.6ppg, 8.6rpg, 1.1apg When speaking to him, he informed us these are the schools that have reached out so far: Houston Christian Evansville UAB UNC Asheville Iona UNCG Liberty Sacramento State Marshall KSU Youngstown State Robert Morris Georgia State IU Indy Western Carolina Louisiana Tech Canisius Citadel NC Central Old Dominion Campbell Cal State Fullerton New Mexico State UL Monroe Milwaukee North Alabama Radford Delaware George Mason Rhode Island ETSU Jacksonville Rice UT Martin Southern University Southern Illinois Lindenwood FGCU Stephen F Austin Binghamton @Coach_Rick57 @colbylewis20 @JeffreyBendel_ @ty1ewis @Phenom_Hoops @UnderratedAthl_

Congratulations to Jhnai Sumter: 1st in shot put & broke the school record with a throw of 45 feet; 1st in discus; 2nd in Javelin & took home the girls field events MVP at the 💎 🐝 Track Invitational @LadyDiamondWBB @lrhsdhornets

Alex Atkinson earned 1st-team All-CIAA honors this season and was named the CIAA Defensive Player of the Year. The Claflin (DII) forward also was named to the CIAA All-Tournament team.

One of the best D2 bigs in the country. Will be a steal for any D1 program! @AAtkinson2024 14.4 PPG | 9 RPG | 1.5 BPG in just 24 minutes per game. Coaches tap in! @EZSportsGroup

Claflin F Alex Atkinson has entered the transfer portal. verbalcommits.com/players/alex-a…

Alex Atkinson tells me he’s heard from the following schools since entering the portal… Rhode Island George Mason Siena ODU Louisiana Tech Eastern Kentucky Radford Rice ETSU Jacksonville & more The 6-10 soph. averaged 14.6 points, 64.0% FG, 8.6 boards & 1.4 blocks this season

I have entered the transfer portal 6’10 forward These are a few highlights from my sophomore season at Claflin University 14.4 ppg, 9 Rpg CIAA Defensive Player Of The Year All CIAA First Team #1 FG% in conference

@AAtkinson2024 Congratulations now be the Hardest worker in the classroom & on the court ❕ #☝🏿L🏀VE #💎MINE

Congratulations to our AD, Liz Still, for being named the 4A Athletic Director of the Year by the SCAAA. @lrhsdhornets