Adams Central Boys Basketball

S/O to the following basketball players for earning Central Conference Recognition! *Kowen Rader - 2nd Team All Conference *Brodie Luksan - HM All Conference *JJ Foster - HM All Conference *Trey Slechta - HM All Conference *Riley Propp - HM All Conference

One of the best to ever do it 🫡

Winning teams understand that confrontation is not dysfunction when it protects the standard. It is commitment. It is care. It is leadership. The difference between average and winning is this: average lets the little things slide. Winning confronts them.

Small guards aren’t the problem… bad evaluation is. March keeps exposing it. Skill > Size. Always. open.substack.com/pub/prospectus… #ProspectU #MarchMadness

𝗕𝗮𝗱 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀 ... NOBODY reminds anyone of the standards 𝗔𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀 ... COACHES remind team of the standards 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀 ... CAPTAINS remind team of the standards 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀 ... EVERYONE reminds each other of the standards

Rick Pitino shares a masterclass on teamwork and selflessness. "Regardless of how you play, when you play for the name on the front, the back prospers." "When you play for the name on the back, you never prosper. All you are is guys with good stats. That's it." Stats don't win championships - teams do. "Play for the front. Give everything you have for the front name." "Do everything - from diving on the floor, to blocking shots, to setting screens, to playing together. Play for the name on the front." Great teams play for each other. They know connected teams achieve more. "The name on the front is gonna bring big rewards for the name on the back. I guarantee it." "Give it everything you have for this name." The formula is simple: Put the team first, and everything else follows. Play for the front. The back will take care of itself. (🎥St. Johns )

Sign at Villanova basketball facility: "Players play for their teammates and coaches; actors play for the crowd."

I think the High Point band has identified the proper amount of cowbell.

Is that the first bounce/roll/break Nebraska men’s sports have gotten in like… a quarter century?

The number of Wisconsin high school hoops and stalling showing up on my timeline is insane. I’m happy our Nebraska high school leadership voted in a shot clock when we did. I thought we were later to the party but I’ve learned Nebraska was ahead of the game.

“God sometimes pulls you out of the storm, and sometimes He sits with you through it.” All-time quote from Lady Vols coach Kim Caldwell. Let’s attack the offseason and come back stronger next year. 🩵🧡

Props to Fred for letting his guys go on that last possession. Props to Pryce for recognizing the attention he drew and making the simple play to give it up with the game on the line. Props to Braden for punching the gap without hesitation and making the play.

WATCH AND DREAM.

In a season of winning plays, Hoiberg on defense, Sandfort to give it to Frager going downhill. Everyone doing it for the greater good.

DASCASDNIQVINQFFIDNQDSKNVQDFSIVNQSIFVNBVQFSIVNQFDIQBNFSINGVFS WE DID IT HUSKERS WIN HUSKERS WIN HUSKERS WIN

“Champions do daily what everybody else does occasionally. You are not extraordinary.  You just do the ordinary - extra. That's what separates you." - Kenny Smith (Via @thewinningdiff1 🎥)

“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.

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."

How do coaches determine playing time? Pretty simple. “Who is going to go out there and give us the best chance to win?” - Kirby Smart That’s it.

“Comparison is the thief of joy. Thats how you get in trouble, you know saying someone’s better than this player, not better than that player,” Kara Lawson Comparison measures people. Standards measure progress. If you focus on others, you lose sight of your identity.