Tanner Massey

"Grit...is a skill unto itself" -Eric Spoelstra

@mcline_20 High quality coach and person!

Congrats to Joe! One of the most creative and innovative minds in the game!

Daemen Coach Mike MacDonald is one of the really good guys - and really good coaches - in college basketball. Congratulations to the Wildcats for reaching the 2026 Elite Eight! @DaemenAthletics @DaemenMBB @NCAADII

Simple counter versus an extended pickup point is a high ballscreen. This immediately draws nail help (perhaps inappropriate help), and the dominoes start to fall.

The primary ballhandler doesn't always have to tip the 1st domino. Here is Braden Smith coming off Zoom action w/#14 screening his own. Notice how he changes the screening angle at last second to prevent the under. Smith draws 2, forces the tag & has multiple options to playmake.

“This whole idea about ‘fatigue’ is one of the most overridden things ever. These guys grew up playing 3 games a day in EYBL… I’ll take the momentum of winning over the rest this time of the year.” — Chris Beard on players in CBB being ‘fatigued’ 👀

Mentioned it on @929espn, but asked Taj Gibson about his dialogue with Tuomas Iisalo as his soundboard. Really good stuff. "Coach T is a phenomenal coach. He's in that tier of the young future. He's the future. I was in Charlotte last year with Coach Charles Lee. Now I'm here. The last three years, I've been around some good young coaches, and then now just being up under him and really seeing how he moves. He just knows his stuff. He knows his X's and O's like the back of his hand. I remember one thing I told him, every time we talk, I'm gonna piggyback off you. I'm here to be that veteran that is here to supply and do whatever you need me to do." "This is a family oriented team, and we're in a special moment right now, as far as getting these young guys prepared and getting these young guys ready for the next level."

Love a good Hook/Flip screen!

Iowa's Ben McCollum brought up the enemy of great is good in his postgame news conference. Interesting comments. "People sit in mediocrity for a long time because they start to fall in love with really good. I probably had that happen to me when I was in, like, my seventh or eighth year. We went to three straight Sweet 16s and lost by one, two points. ... I always thought we were really good and close. Then I realized that was the biggest issue that we had, was the fact that we were settling for really good." "Trying to go from really good to being great is something that is really hard to do, and our kids need to understand really good is not acceptable. It's actually worse than being bad."

Love this. Amen. Every word of it.

Let’s gooo! @iGREDUS

Chargers unplugged 🔌 Liberis led with 19 points, going 100% during the game.

@M_Orris44 Well done, Coach!

That’s a wrap for regular season ✅ 18-9 Overall, 16-6 Conference #2 Seed for the Conference Tournament Best time of the year!🌟

Old but great article on mimicing/shadowing free throws before actually shooting them. Think Steve Nash and Ray Allen. espn.com/blog/truehoop/…

The fluidity of a good EuroLeague offense is always poetry in motion Love this set that leads to a 45 cut grammar school layup This action is easy to execute and will move the defense More of this, LESS iso ball (Via @EuroLeague_X_Os 🎥)

Join us Saturday for this celebration!! #BELIEVE

Having a hand above the ball is a crucial component of a quality closeout vs a great shooter. The defender wants to deter vision and discourage the thought of shooting the ball.

“The sun’s always shining in the gym”

Burn baby 🔥

Great team win!

@CoachJustinGray Fantastic, Coach!

Oliver’s is 🔥🔥🔥