Jake Becker

A high school basketball team doesn't win championships in March, it wins them in July, in empty gyms, with no crowds and no hype. The work you do when no one's watching is what shows up under the bright lights.

@DannyJConrad @BarstoolBigCat I didn’t flush, but we’re chillin’

My apologies. Reed’s hotel room tour

@DannyJConrad @BarstoolBigCat Chillerrrrrr

BREAKING: REED NAILED HIS FIRST INTERACTION WITH BRIANNA CHICKENFRY

GIRLS TRIPLE JUMP Top 3 finishers: 1. Havana Olander (Little River), 11.30m (37' 1")(1.3) 2. Kinsley Plumer (Valley Center), 10.53m (34' 6.75")(0.0) 3. Callie Porter (Manhattan), 10.46m (34' 4")(1.1)

@VivaLaStool @kbnoswag Spinning like the dickens

DOWN GOES @kbnoswag!

I caught up with Will Berg, Dillon Battie and T.J. Williams to discuss why they bucked the trend in college basketball to enter the transfer portal and explore their options. My story on why they wanted to come back to Wichita State for next season: #storylink=mainstage_lead" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">kansas.com/sports/college…

It never gets old watching Nathan “Nasty Nate” Webb do what he does… helped his team to a 2nd place finish in the 4x8 Relay and two golds in the 800 and 4x4. Here’s his anchor leg of the 4x4 Relay - electric finish from one of the best runners in Valley Center history! #BeGreat

🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨 Billy Butler received 88% of over 32,000 votes and is now officially the 61st member of the Hall of Pretty Good!

Main highlights sr. season @MichaelKnight_3 @VC_Basketball for putting this together

Cleanthony Early That guy rocked.

Congrats to Junior guard Ray J Logan for earning 2nd Team All-AVCTL honors this year! #ValleyHoops

Congrats to Senior guard Nash Jamolod on being selected All-AVCTL Honorable Mention! #ValleyHoops

15 degrees and wind chill makes it feel like it’s below zero? Must be Spring Break in Kansas! Had to move inside today - indoor workouts are just a case of making the best of a bad situation. Had a solid cardio workout capped off with some abs seen here! #BeGreat

@joannachadwick Huge spot in the game too, some may have swallowed the whistle there. Great call

The fans weren’t happy, but this stoppage was one that the ref won’t regret.

Frank Martin (@coachFMartin) said, "The season teaches you to either become a winning team or a losing team." "You don't go thru the season and stay the same. Winning teams take ownership - individually and collectively." Winning teams create a culture of ownership👇

Awesome action to get a wide open catch & shoot 3pt.

@thefilm_room @OldschoolGP

ATHLETES: Protect your mindset. One of the fastest ways to lose confidence is to listen to outside voices that drive you to blame, complain, and make excuses.

“The Mamba Mentality is about being the best version of yourself.” - Kobe Bryant x.com/Mindset_Machin…

Ben McCollum didn’t flinch after losing three straight games in brutal environments. “When you’re losing, the world is ending. When you’re winning, everything’s perfect.” That’s the lie most people believe. Inside his program, nothing changed. No panic. No celebration. No emotional whiplash. Just a continued commitment to the process. McCollum kept the evaluation simple. Against Illinois, it was a poor start, some growth, and losing plays late. Against Purdue, too many losing plays and a costly offensive rebound. The next game? Fewer losing plays and more winning ones. That was the entire adjustment. Not narratives. Not results. Plays. Here’s what most people miss: the outside world lives in extremes. Inside great programs, everything stays boring. Stable. Grounded in the work. McCollum filters noise ruthlessly. He listens to people who help him improve his bosses, famiand ly, mentors. Social media? Useless. That discipline wasn’t accidental. It came from years in Division II. Getting exposed. Learning how far he still had to go. Making quiet adjustments. Building real confidence through repetition, not praise. The takeaways are simple but uncomfortable: Results lie. Process tells the truth. Don’t chase wins, eliminate losing plays. Noise doesn’t make you better; honesty does. Faith in the work is built long before it’s rewarded. Sometimes it won’t pay off tonight. Sometimes not tomorrow. But if the process is right, it always shows eventually. Question: Where do you see people abandoning the process too early—sports, leadership, or life?