Jim Blaine

After a Great Conversation with Coach Miller,I am blessed to receive a Offer From Clarke University #agtg

After great conversations with @CoachMill21 I’m blessed and thankful to receive an offer to Clarke University!

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I've been to 2, you ?

After a great visit with @CoachBlainer and @CoachMill21 I am blessed to say I have received an offer to play at Clark University! @ClarkeMBB

@TravisBOUND @dekker @BadgerMBB @OliviaDekker Wow!

Happy Sam Dekker Day! On this date 14 years ago, @dekker hit one of most famous shots in #wisbb history: youtube.com/watch?v=KGJzhz… @BadgerMBB @OliviaDekker

@JordanLoppnow Inaugural

1st Annual Electric City Girls All-Star Basketball Game:

@Matt_Pinner Man walking on the moon

Age yourself by naming a historical event you remember vividly when you were young

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8 for me! You??

In all my years of broadcasting, I'd never gotten emotional on air until tonight. It was impossible to hold back the tears. Jack Piccione of Tappan Zee lost his father suddenly last Sept. 1. Matthew Piccione died of a heart attack minutes after playing pickleball with friends. He was 51. Over the last three years, I got to know Matthew Piccione fairly well. One day back in 2023, he asked coach George Gaine for my number so he could call me just to say thank you for calling out Jack's contributions during Tappan Zee's championship run. Jack was a role player who averaged maybe 5 points a game as a freshman. But he started and never came off the court. "I know he doesn't score a lot of points," Matthew Piccione said. "But you are one of the only people who appreciates what he does for the team." Matthew Piccione kept a very low profile at games and reinforced in his son to be the emodiment of all the things that make Tappan Zee basketball different than any other program in the state. Play unselfish. Defend. Be coachable. Defend. Draw charges. Pass. Sacrifice for your teammates. And, of course, defend some more. Nobody in the history of Tappan Zee basketball since I have been covering has ever played that role better than Jack Piccione. He's the best best defensive player in the program and is on an elite level of players I've been around in Section 1. When Matthew died in September, I worried about Jack. I wondered what his senior season might be like. The person most responsible for instilling and reinforcing the values that made Jack great was now tragically gone. Tonight, Jack Piccione scored 5 points in the Section 1 Championship game. FIVE. Yet not only did his team because of his performance, I had the honor of handing him the MVP Trophy to prove it. In the final 90 seconds of the game, I shared the story of Matthew Piccione and his passing. You will hear the emotion in my voice. It's genuine, not because of any relationship I had with him. You just can't be a sports parent and not relate to loving your child and always wanting what's best for them. Because here's what I am going to tell you. And I really want all parents to read this and remember it: Your kids' youth - not just athletics, but all of it - is short and it's precious. You don't get this time back when it's over. It goes way too quick. And some don't even get to see it to the end. You have a choice: You can spend this period of their lives stressing about how many points they score, what awards or accolades they receive, begging people to vote in the online poll for Player of the Week, emailing the coach and complaining about playing time or lamenting the number of shots they get in a game. Go ahead. You can make all of that important for yourself and your child. Trust me, you won't be alone in doing so. Or you can do what Matthew Piccione did. Sit in the stands and enjoy watching your children compete. Teach them that it's team above all else, stress what it means to sacrifice and ensure them that, when you do those things and have success, the feeling of hanging a banner will far exceed any of the personal accolades think are important. And, sadly, God might choose that you won't be around to see it all anyway. Matthew didn't get to give his son a hug after he won tonight. And Jack didn't get to see the pride in his father's face. Think about that. If you are a parent, try to put your child in Jack's shoes. If God forbid your child was confronted with the same tragedy, you'd want them looking back on this sacred period of their lives the way Jack will forever recall them with his dad. Tonight was complete validation for Jack Piccione and all of the things his father always told him. Jack scored 5 points and won the MVP on his way to becoming the most decorated basketball player in Tappan Zee history. Nobody has ever won more in a TZ uniform than the most unselfish player they've ever had. He wouldn't trade his career with anyone, either. Take a moment to listen to myself and Pleasantville coach Nick Bonura from tonight's @SportsEngine broadcast of @TZeeAthletics @TZhoops

First off I would like to thank god for this opportunity, second I would like to thank Coach Blaine for giving me this opportunity and believing in me as a player and a person. I will be continuing my academic and athletic career at Clarke University.

I am blessed to receive an offer to play basketball at the next level thank you Coach Blaine.@CoachBlainer

One of my biggest pet peeves: People who say “could care less.” If you could care less, you care. *couldn’t care less*

Blessed to receive an offer from Clarke University thank you @CoachBlainer @NOCEnidMBB @JC4PT @JUCOroundup

A forced curl helps set up a back screen in this play from BYU. Check out why "forcing" the curl action adds real unpredictability to your playbook. youtu.be/PxtUA9VIJbk?si…

@wolfofx @3YearLetterman has at least that many letters and a gently used set of encyclopedias.

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Eat at a local restaurant tonight. Get the cream sauce. Have a cold pint at 4 o’clock in a mostly empty bar. Go somewhere you’ve never been. Listen to someone you think may have nothing in common with you. Order the steak rare. Eat an oyster. Have a negroni. Have two. Be open to a world where you may not understand or agree with the person next to you, but have a drink with them anyways. Eat slowly. Tip your server. Check in on your friends. Check in on yourself. Enjoy the ride. Anthony Bourdain

blessed to say i’ve received an offer from Clarke University thank you to @CoachMill21 and @CoachBlainer #Clarkepride🔵🟡

An article months in the making! I broke down Duke's elaborate defense that is built to stop modern offenses. This article is for coaches trying to stay ahead of the curve and fans who care way too much about basketball (and have too much free time) sbourne2020.wixsite.com/sambourne/post…

@jockosports @BadgerMBB @RocketsRandolph @uwplatteville Bob won 10 state titles. Ten of the 16 won by Benton High School graduates as coaches.

What an absolute joy it was to sit behind this Hall of Fame Coach and person tonight at the @BadgerMBB game. Bob Haffele who led @RocketsRandolph to 7 state titles and graduated from @uwplatteville is a legend and great man! Love you Coach!!!!