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@WIPlaymakers @prospectu_gee That is how you build good players and teams! Be consistent and it will pay off!

No adds in july, EVER! 6 of 10 guys at 17u have been with the program at least 4 years. 2 since 3rd grade. All 10 kids playing in college (3 will be football players). 8 of the received scholarships at D1 or D2 in bball or fball. We are ride or die no matter what others do in this space.

The transfer portal didn’t start in college basketball. It started long before that. Watching games this weekend. You see a lot of players that switched jerseys. Some for the good others for the bad. New Piece “The Grass Ain’t Greener” known-unknown.net/the-grass-aint…

@ady_ketterhagen @KinsleyKetty10 She can't even keep up telling me her next offer anymore 😂😂😂. ❤️ U Kins! Keep working!

Daily ritual at this point🤭 @KinsleyKetty10

@WIPlaymakers Do they not seed? How dumb it they dont?

Big wins by 17U East E32 and 17U North E32 last night 4 of the top 8 teams in the tournament played each other in the first round. Smh... We dont make the draw we just play it and these two teams got it done against great teams! Keep it rolling!

@KinsleyKetty10 @CoachBanghart @uncwbb Boom! Keep working

After a great call with @CoachBanghart I am blessed to receive an offer from the University of North Carolina! Go heels! @uncwbb

@KinsleyKetty10 @GoDucksKG @OregonWBB Let's go!!! 🦆🦆🦆

After a great call with Coach Graves, I am blessed to receive an offer from the University of Oregon! Go ducks! @GoDucksKG @OregonWBB

@Coach_Peplinski @AltoonaGBB ❤️❤️❤️

🥹Final Night of Summer League is in the books! @AltoonaGBB Players - We see you showing up to compete hard together on the court & cheer each other on when your JV or V team isn’t playing! It has been fun to watch you work! #MoreThanAGame #GrowTheGame #SummerLeague2026

This is one of my favorites! Just love it!

I spent this weekend at the EYBL and Made Hoops events in Las Vegas. As I walked from court to court, one thing kept standing out to me. Parents. Youth sports has become very comfortable criticizing them. Sometimes it’s deserved. We’ve all seen parents who lose perspective. But that wasn’t the story I saw. I saw moms and dads riding the rail for hours, cheering every possession, carrying bags, buying meals, paying for hotels, flights, gas, tournament fees, and everything else that comes with chasing a dream. I saw parents encouraging their child after tough games, celebrating small victories, and doing everything they could to help them navigate a recruiting process that is confusing even for people who work in college athletics. Here’s the reality: There is no handbook for raising a student-athlete. Most parents are simply doing the best they can with the information they have. Often, while being purposefully mislead for them to spend more money. They’ll make mistakes. So do coaches. So do athletic directors. So do officials. So do recruiters. This weekend reminded me that the overwhelming majority aren’t trying to make youth sports harder. They’re sacrificing time, money, weekends, and comfort because they believe in someone they love more than themselves. The loud minority gets the attention. The quiet majority deserves the appreciation. Sometimes we should spend a little less time criticizing parents and a little more time recognizing just how much they’re giving up so their kids have a chance.

In the last three years as a HS Athletic Director, I fielded over 100 emails, texts, and calls attempting to explain why a coach was directly responsible for a loss one of our teams suffered. In that same time, I didn’t take a SINGLE call, text, or email telling me a coach was the reason we won a single game. We played for, and/or won, 10 state championships in 2 seasons.

@Coach_Peplinski I just love those uniforms

🥹The moments pass, but the memories last! Safe travels home from Cincinnati for all! 💞

Some of the best times playing hoops in getting in a HOT gym in the summer and just playing❤️

This is 1st year I did EOG situations with our AAU HS teams. Saw a need to fill. Just watched 🇺🇸 17U women’s team, leading by 9 in last min, give up two 3s, then foul, but survive last possession for a 2 pt win😱 This is why we worked on no 3’s no fouls defense (called Blue)😉

Haaland’s training explains why defenders call him a monster.

Yeah he definitely doesn't skip his leg days.

EYBL promoting what’s wrong with today’s AAU environment with banners all throughout the gym: “I am the show” and “I’m who they came to see.” Imagine “Be the standard”; “Leaders build leaders”; “Better together”; “One Team. One Goal.”; “Dive first. Celebrate later.”

These guys are having the time of their lives in this basement league 😭

@coachroeglin Agree!!

Move it to Green Bay. GB is set up much better for families….hotels, parking, restaurants. Madison does not have enough hotels, there is zero parking and few choices other than bars for food.

I love these... Men are cool 😭🥹❤️‍🔥

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It’s still undefeated