Adam Shrager

@TJTibbs Yes sir!

We have successfully allowed our institutions and athletic programs to be treated like startups for this generation. College basketball used to be about so many things that are integral to life development. Now, it is mainly about money, trying to be a professional and status.

@andersontobin @TTU_Basketball Best of luck Coach

1st night at the Hoop!!! Lots of work to do, but excited to lead @TTU_Basketball!

@DevaneyCoach First thing I tell kids is grades are the glue to it all...need to have them to make this work

Was a D1 athlete but a D3 student. Kids make sure you hit those books hard. Student comes before the athlete for a reason.

@LSNSPORTSNET @DJSackmann And no guarantees the ADs will vote for it...many ADs won't less work

@DJSackmann The NJSIAA is supposed vote on a shot clock in May.

No shot clock in HS basketball in some states is absolute chaos. NJ state final games are in the 30’s. This is not real basketball. No league in the world operates like this.

@DJSackmann Don't get me started. NJ if you are down in the 4th and clock gets under 4 mins opposing coaches will hold the ball..layup or free throws. Force you to start trapping and fouling way too early.

@rotonda21 6'6" 4/5 from DePaul Catholic class of 2026. 2nd in Nj in blocks and avg 13 pts and 11 Rebs a game. instagram.com/griff_iths34?i…

Scholarship $ available NCAA Division 2 program Looking to add 6+ players for a the varsity & developmental roster Would love to hear from incoming freshmen, JUCO, D3, and Grad transfers, Make sure you have your release. DM me with your film. Coach

@TweetsbyCoachP I coached in Texas for 15 years Tell me the school district...and level.

I need opinions: A high school in TX is beginning interviews for their Girls Basketball coaching position. It has been open for over a month now due to circumstances. They received over 125 applications and only 12 of those were from women coaches. Why do you think that is? I would love real dialogue on this one.

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@John_Carroll @CoachJasonSmith Congrats guys. Have 6'6" player here in NJ 2026 I unsigned 12 pts 10 Rebs a game. 2nd in state in blocks. Message me if interested

Welcome to Masters Academy International, Jason Smith! @CoachJasonSmith #MAI

@MCC_TribunesMBB 2026 Aiden Griffiths DePaul Catholic NJ. 6'6" second in state in blocks ...avg 13 pts 11 Rebs

MonroeCC Men’s basketball (NJCAA Division II) is recruiting 2026 prospects/transfers at all positions. 15 RegionIII Championships • Players have moved on to NCAA D1/2 scholarship programs • Competitive practices/schedule •Looking for competitive, coachable players. DM Open.

@boys_champion @CharliGeorgelos Love that kid!!! Congrats Nik

District 26-5A 1st Team! THE BEST GLUE GUY in the Region. 🔥🏀. Congrats on a great Senior season and a fantastic career, #22! 💥 4:1

@zebraonice @BreadmanBoxing To use a local park NJ in March ...weather issues. Had snow on ground till a few days ago. Stop gas lighting. Everyone picks on basketball but never soccer or volleyball or baseball when it comes to club sports Raised 4 kids been through them all

@ashrager @BreadmanBoxing Host tryouts at the local park. You'll truly get to see who is the best of the best shooting on a double rim with no net

AAU 🏀. The biggest scam going in youth sports. $25 try out fee, $1,400 registration fee if your kid makes the team. $50 entry fees to tournament games. A, B and C teams for each age groups. Age loopholes including the Reclassed kids. #nobueno

@CoachKurzawski You don't have a choice if you want to play college basketball. The club season live periods dictate all of this. Don't blame it on coaches...most of us are out here trying to help kids get recruited and grow their games.

Jumping straight into AAU after a long high school season is both unsafe & irresponsible. Programs that truly care about the mental and physical health of their players understand this. Rest & recovery are essential for real growth. Basketball should challenge athletes - but it shouldn’t be a nonstop, year-round marathon.

@KDJmedia1 @step_basketball His way of seeing things was so refreshing and simple. Matt is missed but we he installed in Jack will live on.having coached for 25 plus years Jack is on short list of the best high school players I have ever been around...team first kid that can do it at both ends. He's Special

@KDJmedia1 @step_basketball I've known Jack and his family since we moved to NJ about 9 years ago. Our kids played club ball on two different teams together during those years. Everything you said is right on point about Matt. I was with Matt 3 days before he passed at his house taking about our sons

In all my years of broadcasting, I'd never gotten emotional on air until tonight. It was impossible to hold back the tears. Jack Piccione of Tappan Zee lost his father suddenly last Sept. 1. Matthew Piccione died of a heart attack minutes after playing pickleball with friends. He was 51. Over the last three years, I got to know Matthew Piccione fairly well. One day back in 2023, he asked coach George Gaine for my number so he could call me just to say thank you for calling out Jack's contributions during Tappan Zee's championship run. Jack was a role player who averaged maybe 5 points a game as a freshman. But he started and never came off the court. "I know he doesn't score a lot of points," Matthew Piccione said. "But you are one of the only people who appreciates what he does for the team." Matthew Piccione kept a very low profile at games and reinforced in his son to be the emodiment of all the things that make Tappan Zee basketball different than any other program in the state. Play unselfish. Defend. Be coachable. Defend. Draw charges. Pass. Sacrifice for your teammates. And, of course, defend some more. Nobody in the history of Tappan Zee basketball since I have been covering has ever played that role better than Jack Piccione. He's the best best defensive player in the program and is on an elite level of players I've been around in Section 1. When Matthew died in September, I worried about Jack. I wondered what his senior season might be like. The person most responsible for instilling and reinforcing the values that made Jack great was now tragically gone. Tonight, Jack Piccione scored 5 points in the Section 1 Championship game. FIVE. Yet not only did his team because of his performance, I had the honor of handing him the MVP Trophy to prove it. In the final 90 seconds of the game, I shared the story of Matthew Piccione and his passing. You will hear the emotion in my voice. It's genuine, not because of any relationship I had with him. You just can't be a sports parent and not relate to loving your child and always wanting what's best for them. Because here's what I am going to tell you. And I really want all parents to read this and remember it: Your kids' youth - not just athletics, but all of it - is short and it's precious. You don't get this time back when it's over. It goes way too quick. And some don't even get to see it to the end. You have a choice: You can spend this period of their lives stressing about how many points they score, what awards or accolades they receive, begging people to vote in the online poll for Player of the Week, emailing the coach and complaining about playing time or lamenting the number of shots they get in a game. Go ahead. You can make all of that important for yourself and your child. Trust me, you won't be alone in doing so. Or you can do what Matthew Piccione did. Sit in the stands and enjoy watching your children compete. Teach them that it's team above all else, stress what it means to sacrifice and ensure them that, when you do those things and have success, the feeling of hanging a banner will far exceed any of the personal accolades think are important. And, sadly, God might choose that you won't be around to see it all anyway. Matthew didn't get to give his son a hug after he won tonight. And Jack didn't get to see the pride in his father's face. Think about that. If you are a parent, try to put your child in Jack's shoes. If God forbid your child was confronted with the same tragedy, you'd want them looking back on this sacred period of their lives the way Jack will forever recall them with his dad. Tonight was complete validation for Jack Piccione and all of the things his father always told him. Jack scored 5 points and won the MVP on his way to becoming the most decorated basketball player in Tappan Zee history. Nobody has ever won more in a TZ uniform than the most unselfish player they've ever had. He wouldn't trade his career with anyone, either. Take a moment to listen to myself and Pleasantville coach Nick Bonura from tonight's @SportsEngine broadcast of @TZeeAthletics @TZhoops

@VarsityAces The worst

East Orange just ran off 90 seconds of the clock. Never looked to shoot. Shot clock ?

@jerseyforce_ @The0fficial2ez Lots of good ones. Established programs . There are some other new and up and coming programs like @MarathonElite

🤷‍♂️ louder for the folks in the back!! @The0fficial2ez

HS Coaches: Be sure you understand college recruitment especially at the D3 level. Players are offered roster spots by the HC before enrolling. I am hearing HS coaches encouraging “walking on”…that barely exists today. If they are told by the HC they are college ready and have a roster spot - they are being recruited! ADs: Inservice about college recruitment is a must.