Barry Huckeby

God & Family First!l Husband, Dad of 3 Sons, Poppa Huck to Twin Grandaughters & Tyson/Hollyann!

[Grand Rapids Storm @grstormbb]

Midwest Challenge always a top tier event. This year STORM will be well represented on Team Michigan squad! Time to rep the mitten. Let’s Go! 💪

[Coach AJ 🎯 Mental Fitness @coachajkings]

Brad Stevens shares his non-negotiables for life.

"I wanna enjoy who I'm working with. I wanna enjoy where I'm working. I wanna have a goal, but I also wanna enjoy the journey of getting to that goal."

"For me, it starts with being a great teammate. That is something I look for in people. Those relationships are probably the most important thing."

It starts with the people and the character of those people.

Then he explained what it means to show up every day:
"You put your signature on your work every day. You give it everything you have."

"You do it for the good of the whole. You do it to get better at your own job. You do it to improve the whole and see where the chips may fall."

It means giving your best effort and bringing a mindset of excellence to yourself and your team.

"I've been lucky enough to be on really good teams. Teams that have had chances to play for things that are really, really special."

Then he shared what stays with you:
"Very rarely when you look back on those teams - whether at Butler or here - do you think about the individual games or even the moments of the games."

"You think about the people and the individual times with the people."

"That's the special part about being a part of a sports team. That's why you walk through the building every day."

The relationships always stay.

Stevens' wisdom is simple: it comes down to character.
• Be a great teammate.
• Strive for excellence.
• Enjoy the people and the process.

Character isn't what you say - it's what you do consistently.
(🎥 Way of Champions)

[Greg Berge @GregBerge]

20 years as a varsity coach taught me 10 things about building winners.

#7 is the hardest one for coaches👇

1. Culture is built in the moments you think don’t matter.

2. Your best player sets the standard, or destroys it.

3. Discipline is a form of love.

4. The locker room tells you everything about your real culture.

5. The coach-player relationship is the foundation of everything. Build it first.

6. Players don’t remember plays. They remember how you made them feel.

7. The hardest thing to coach: getting players to want what the team needs more than what they want.

8. It’s not just what you say. It’s how you say it, who you say it to, and when.

9. Getting players to own their role, not just accept it, is rare.

10. The coach who wins long-term builds people, not just players.

20 years. 500+ games.
This is what actually matters. 🏆

[Hoop Herald @TheHoopHerald]

This is the hardest thing to teach young players, but it’s so true

“I’m a firm believer if guys get lost in the dirty work of the game, those are the guys that are going to get great looks at the basket”

[Hoop Herald @TheHoopHerald]

Brad Stevens is extremely good at his job

One thing he tries to do, accumulate winners

Luka Garza has been a big time winner his whole life and steps up whenever he is called on

[Saginaw Valley State MBB @SVSU_MBB]

Big congrats to Wilson Huckeby on being named the Associated Press D2 Player of the Year! 🏀🏆

[Reverend Jordan Wells @WellsJorda89710]

🚨BREAKING: Arizona Wildcats forward Koa Peat opens up about his true calling — using his platform to share the Gospel rather than chasing basketball as his ultimate purpose.🚨

“I don’t think basketball is my purpose. I think being able to have this platform to share The Gospel is really my purpose.”

What a powerful testimony from a talented young athlete whose dad is a pastor. Peat isn’t walking away from the game entirely, but he’s making it crystal clear where his heart is anchored.

There’s a revival going on in sports right now — athletes boldly prioritizing faith, purpose, and the Gospel over fame and fortune. Stories like this are popping up more and more.

Continue to pray for this revival. Pray that more athletes use their platforms to point people to Jesus. 🙏🏽

[Rustin Dodd @rustindodd]

the strangest part about Keaton Wagler being overlooked is he played on a two-time state champ team in suburban Kansas City whose teammate was a top-30 recruit in this year's class. Not exactly the middle of nowhere. Shows you how de-emphasized HS basketball is in recruiting.

[Gene Steratore @GeneSteratore]

Nothing, literally nothing, you accomplish in this life compares to looking at your child and feeling that overwhelming rush of love and pride.

❤️

[Kyle Neddenriep @KyleNeddenriep]

College basketball's most efficient player is a Cathedral grad at Final Four, beloved by Illinois https://t.co/oTD0vXLnbt via @nwbaird

[Jared Ramsey @jared_ramsey22]

Here is the Free Press Dream Team and All-State teams for the 2025-26 high school boys basketball season

https://t.co/OsAnGJVqLF

[Greg Berge @GregBerge]

Your best player is either raising your standard or lowering it.

There is no middle.

Leadership matters.

[Mezy @mobizness]

@NBA_NewYork @thetoyman1 Lets go Athletes stand up
#IstandwithJaydenIvey

[Barry Huckeby @CoachBHuck]

@Zach3Hahn https://t.co/b0iNaGF1Wx

[Bank Hoops - Stephen Bell @BankHoops]

Elite jumpshot aesthetics. Take me away ...

[Barry Huckeby @CoachBHuck]

@Zach3Hahn Or a kid w Indiana roots

[Barry Huckeby @CoachBHuck]

@dandakich And there is another Indy kid who wasn’t good enough for any of the 11 D1 teams in Indiana out of high school who starts for another Final Four team at Illinois…Jake Davis! At what point is SHOOTING the basketball consistently going to be important again in building rosters?

[Melissa the Hopeful🏠Homemaker @BiblicalBeauty]

'Pistol Pete' Maravich sharing his testimony of faith in Jesus Christ in 1987 less than one year before his death at the age of 40:

"I want all of you to know this tonight about Peter Maravich. You may never have heard of me. It makes no difference. I'm just one person on this earth saved by the grace of God through faith in Jesus Christ. I want you to know this, that the change that came into my life was Jesus Christ.

It was not winning. I won all my life. I won every trophy, award, everything you can think of, but every time I won something, I wanted something more. I had to win again. It wasn't money, because money'll buy you everything but happiness. It'll pay your fare at every place but Heaven. Material things—I've driven everything some of you strive for from Rolls Royces to BMWs to Mercedes to Porsches. It wasn't religion because in the name of religion, Jesus Christ was placed upon that cross.

And the purest thing about Christianity is the fact that it's your choice. You can't work. You can't earn. I knew that, and I understood it now.

I want you to know this. The last thing I'd like to say is this, next week I'll be inducted into the Hall of Fame. I'll get that big ring. In fact, it's a bigger ring than I would have got for the championship, but I'll tell you something about all the awards. They all pale to the glory of Christ and what He's done in my life. It's amazing what He has done in my life.

I wouldn't trade my position in Christ for a thousand NBA championships or a thousand Hall of Fame rings or for a hundred billion dollars. There's nothing like the joy of Jesus Christ in your life."

[Jon Root @JonnyRoot_]

“I wish at [my player’s] age, I would’ve gone much deeper into a relationship with Jesus Christ… To me, the most important thing is to God with all my heart, soul, & mind.”
- Tennessee HC Rick Barnes

(via @TreyWallace)

[Butler Basketball Guru @ButlerGuru]

Coach Nored on what he looks for in a player:

- Humble, always striving to get better
- Tough, both physically and mentally
- Competitive, not just win every game, but give everything they have to win every possession
- Great teammate, buy into each other

#DawgsOnly

[Illinois Wolves @WolvesILL]

If you’re moody.. you won’t make it in our program.

Ben McCollum