Barry Huckeby

20 years as a varsity coach taught me 10 things about building winners. #7 is the hardest one for coaches👇 1. Culture is built in the moments you think don’t matter. 2. Your best player sets the standard, or destroys it. 3. Discipline is a form of love. 4. The locker room tells you everything about your real culture. 5. The coach-player relationship is the foundation of everything. Build it first. 6. Players don’t remember plays. They remember how you made them feel. 7. The hardest thing to coach: getting players to want what the team needs more than what they want. 8. It’s not just what you say. It’s how you say it, who you say it to, and when. 9. Getting players to own their role, not just accept it, is rare. 10. The coach who wins long-term builds people, not just players. 20 years. 500+ games. This is what actually matters. 🏆

This is the hardest thing to teach young players, but it’s so true “I’m a firm believer if guys get lost in the dirty work of the game, those are the guys that are going to get great looks at the basket”

Brad Stevens is extremely good at his job One thing he tries to do, accumulate winners Luka Garza has been a big time winner his whole life and steps up whenever he is called on

Big congrats to Wilson Huckeby on being named the Associated Press D2 Player of the Year! 🏀🏆

🚨BREAKING: Arizona Wildcats forward Koa Peat opens up about his true calling — using his platform to share the Gospel rather than chasing basketball as his ultimate purpose.🚨 “I don’t think basketball is my purpose. I think being able to have this platform to share The Gospel is really my purpose.” What a powerful testimony from a talented young athlete whose dad is a pastor. Peat isn’t walking away from the game entirely, but he’s making it crystal clear where his heart is anchored. There’s a revival going on in sports right now — athletes boldly prioritizing faith, purpose, and the Gospel over fame and fortune. Stories like this are popping up more and more. Continue to pray for this revival. Pray that more athletes use their platforms to point people to Jesus. 🙏🏽

the strangest part about Keaton Wagler being overlooked is he played on a two-time state champ team in suburban Kansas City whose teammate was a top-30 recruit in this year's class. Not exactly the middle of nowhere. Shows you how de-emphasized HS basketball is in recruiting.

Nothing, literally nothing, you accomplish in this life compares to looking at your child and feeling that overwhelming rush of love and pride. ❤️

College basketball's most efficient player is a Cathedral grad at Final Four, beloved by Illinois indystar.com/story/sports/c… via @nwbaird

Here is the Free Press Dream Team and All-State teams for the 2025-26 high school boys basketball season freep.com/story/sports/h…

Your best player is either raising your standard or lowering it. There is no middle. Leadership matters.

@NBA_NewYork @thetoyman1 Lets go Athletes stand up #IstandwithJaydenIvey

@Zach3Hahn x.com/bankhoops/stat…

Maybe some mid and high major schools should recruit Indiana kids who know how to play and shoot the lights out!!

@Zach3Hahn Or a kid w Indiana roots

@dandakich And there is another Indy kid who wasn’t good enough for any of the 11 D1 teams in Indiana out of high school who starts for another Final Four team at Illinois…Jake Davis! At what point is SHOOTING the basketball consistently going to be important again in building rosters?

'Pistol Pete' Maravich sharing his testimony of faith in Jesus Christ in 1987 less than one year before his death at the age of 40: "I want all of you to know this tonight about Peter Maravich. You may never have heard of me. It makes no difference. I'm just one person on this earth saved by the grace of God through faith in Jesus Christ. I want you to know this, that the change that came into my life was Jesus Christ. It was not winning. I won all my life. I won every trophy, award, everything you can think of, but every time I won something, I wanted something more. I had to win again. It wasn't money, because money'll buy you everything but happiness. It'll pay your fare at every place but Heaven. Material things—I've driven everything some of you strive for from Rolls Royces to BMWs to Mercedes to Porsches. It wasn't religion because in the name of religion, Jesus Christ was placed upon that cross. And the purest thing about Christianity is the fact that it's your choice. You can't work. You can't earn. I knew that, and I understood it now. I want you to know this. The last thing I'd like to say is this, next week I'll be inducted into the Hall of Fame. I'll get that big ring. In fact, it's a bigger ring than I would have got for the championship, but I'll tell you something about all the awards. They all pale to the glory of Christ and what He's done in my life. It's amazing what He has done in my life. I wouldn't trade my position in Christ for a thousand NBA championships or a thousand Hall of Fame rings or for a hundred billion dollars. There's nothing like the joy of Jesus Christ in your life."

“I wish at [my player’s] age, I would’ve gone much deeper into a relationship with Jesus Christ… To me, the most important thing is to God with all my heart, soul, & mind.” - Tennessee HC Rick Barnes (via @TreyWallace)

Coach Nored on what he looks for in a player: - Humble, always striving to get better - Tough, both physically and mentally - Competitive, not just win every game, but give everything they have to win every possession - Great teammate, buy into each other #DawgsOnly

If you’re moody.. you won’t make it in our program. Ben McCollum

Hire a COACH. Not a celebrity.

Lyric Sloan caught up with Freeland senior Wilson Huckeby after the Falcons captured the Division 2 Boys Basketball State Championship with a win over Unity Christian tonight at the Breslin Center. Powered by @CallSam @wilson_huckeby