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Those of you who follow New Mexico basketball may have noticed I haven’t been playing or anyone who knows me may have noticed I have been so distant from everyone and there is a good reason for that.  I have struggled with depression off and on since high school. I was diagnosed with ADHD and anxiety in 4th grade. I was put on medication to help with school and only took it during school (summers and weekends off) I was told my medication had a slight antidepressant in it. Since my depression wasn’t constant and would come and go my parents just helped me through it, thinking my medication would help. Last spring, after taking a medical redshirt, trying to recover from surgery, and learning how to balance school with a tough travel schedule my depression showed up in a big, bad, scary way!  I went home after school got out, got into my doctor, and started on an antidepressant.   I returned to UNM for summer and fall and killed it in practice.  Was earning playing time and showing signs of having a great season.  However, in late September I started spiraling into a dark place again. My coaches noticed a dramatic change.  I would call me several times a day to my mom in just a complete meltdown. I couldn’t make it through a practice without breaking down in tears.  I couldn’t function, stopped doing homework, lost interest in basketball, and was going down a dark path to the point where I was questioning if I should even be here.  My coaches called my mom and said she needed to come and be with me.  She was on a plane the next day and spent 4 days in Albuquerque.  I went to see the team doctor and learned my ADHD medication and depression medication were canceling each other out.  For about 6 months I wasn’t getting any medication.  I got on a new medication that worked with my ADHD meds and got in with the sports therapist.  Slowly but surely I started to feel like myself again.  Then the start of the semester came and anxiety attacks kicked in. They would hit me out of the blue.  They were almost crippling and exhausting.  So back to the doctor I went and decided it was time to stop the ADHD meds - too much stimulation.  Now I am about 2 months ADHD meds free.  Grades are still good and I feel like myself again. I still take an antidepressant every day but I am in such a better place! Through all of this, I missed practices and games.  My coaches, teammates and everyone involved in Lobo basketball put me in a protective cocoon and took great care of me and I couldn’t be more thankful for them. My coaches decided to limit me to make sure I was mentally healthy.  I've handled it the best way possible and I understand their decision because I know what a dark scary place I was in. You change from here. I am so grateful that I reached out for help. I knew I could call my parents, coaches, and teammates at any time.  Most people (young kids and young adults especially) don’t have that. Most don’t dare to reach out and ask for help. I hope someone reading this will see that it can happen to anyone, even kids who are living out their dreams.  Everyone needs help at some point.  So there it is. That is the big story and mystery as to why I haven’t been on the floor and why I have been so distant from everyone. I have accepted that I have an invisible injury that I am fixing and is well on the mend!   I will be back in a Lobo jersey next year!  -BA1

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HIGHLIGHT BBB 🏀: The top two teams in class 6 met today in Columbia. (1)Oak Park visiting (2)Battle. One of the most intense games of the season came down to wire. Caleb Estes hit the game winning shot with 2 sec left on the clock to get the road victory 73-71. @KOMUsports

Thinking about the talent on “non” Power Conf schools: DaRon Holmes - @DaytonMBB Isaiah Stevens - @CSUMBasketball Tyon Grant Foster - @GCU_MBB Great Osobor - @USUBasketball Jaedon LeDee - @Aztec_MBB At least 2 of those players should in consideration for All-American.

Mos Def was a bonafide star in music and cinema. And did it authentically. Kids, do your homework before you start throwing dirt on the legends

HEEM @koapeat

There goes that man. @Ty_Youngbull

BVNW OL Andrew Babalola (@AndrewBabalola4) in the house for today's game. #kufball

TYON. GRANT. FOSTER. 16-0 RUN. DON'T FIRE THE LOPES UP.

@joetipton Kentucky

Duke and Baylor are now the two contenders for 5⭐️ VJ Edgecombe as Kentucky is now out of the running, according to a source. Story: on3.com/news/vj-edgeco…

Dawg off a leash is lethal 😈

Patrick Beverly, when asked by JJ Redick if he thought Kobe Bryant belonged in the GOAT conversation: “Yes, game-changer. When it comes to drive and determination, after M.J., who was it? But no one likes to say it for some reason. Kobe taught people how to work hard. He gave you the blueprint of what you should do to be a successful basketball player. People tend to forget about it.”

Nick Saban's time at Alabama will end with every single player that played 4 years for him winning at least 1 national championship. Over a 17 year stretch. Absolutely insane.

Stay Ready! Slow Grind 🐌 🏀

My “current” Mount Rushmore of College Basketball Coaches. Who you got?

"[In] my 15 years of playing basketball, Kobe Bryant was the best basketball player in the National Basketball Association." Kenyon Martin

The players got the word that there’s a certain fan base talking foolishly on Kobe like Kobe wasn’t HIM. Well, y’all are seeing the results of that. The players aren’t having it. If you think that Lebron is better than Kobe that’s your opinion. I’m not mad, I strongly disagree, but to each his own. But if you think Bron is better than Kobe and it isn’t even close, you don’t know basketball and it’s obvious you just started watching basketball post 2013 or you grew up hating Kobe and just can’t let it go because he destroyed your favorite teams while you were growing up.

I believe this will be his 5th visit to KU the past year. 👀 Dude has a crazy impressive offer list too. He would obviously be a massive get for this #KUfball staff looking to step up their in-state recruiting game.

Lance Leipold and the #Kansas staff will host the state's No. 1 prospect and @247Sports No. 3 offensive tackle in the land in Blue Valley Northwest product Andrew Babalola this weekend. “Seeing what Coach Leipold has been able to do with the program in such a short amount of time has been amazing to see." Story: 247sports.com/Article/andrew… @MSwain247