Let’s go!!! Excited and grateful to be back in Texas and with my dude Coach Jordan Fee. Humbled… I will miss my fam at FAU! Coach John Jakus, thank you for being a friend, especially when I needed one the most.
Matas Vokietaitis in two NCAA tournament games: 20.0 PPG, 12.5 RPG.
The Texas big man is now averaging 17.6 points and 8.1 rebounds in his last 12 games. Emerging as one of the best centers in the country late in the season.
I made the best decision of my life 4 years ago when I decided to become a student manager at FAU. While I am sad that it has come to an end, I can’t help but be filled with immense gratitude for the players, coaches, and managers I met along the way. I will always be an Owl!!!
This emotion from Amar Amkou is EVERYTHING sports is about.
Came over from Senegal after playing in the BAL, missed his entire freshman year with injury, has a sparse role this season.
Entered into the starting lineup tonight & converts the game clinching and-1.
Special.
There a reason he wins. Goes hand and hand with him telling his staff to home and not allowing guys to work all day. Too many coaches punish the players thinking this grind mentality wins. Work smart. Have a plan. Be detailed and efficient.
Billy Donovan shares a lesson that changed how his players thought about winning.
At Florida, he had a manager track how long the ball was in each player's hands during a game.
He asked one of his starters: "How many minutes do you think you had the ball in your hands for the game?"
The player said 15 minutes when he had played 30.
The real numbers?
"A backcourt player, for the most part, is probably 92% of the game gonna be played without the ball in their hands. A frontcourt player - 95% of their minutes is gonna be played without the ball in their hands."
Think about that. You're playing without the ball almost the entire game.
"It's amazing to me how many players focus on points, points, points. That's what goes on ESPN. That's what gets the highlights."
"But if you're gonna strictly talk about winning and you're really driven and motivated by winning and competing and being a good teammate, you have to look at the fact is -- what am I doing with my 92, 93, 94, 95%?"
"Am I screening? Am I running the floor? Am I on the floor for loose basketballs? Am I rebounding? Am I taking a charge?"
"There's so many ways to impact the game with the amount of time you're on the floor when the ball's not in your hands."
This is what separates good players from winning players.
You control how you show up.
You control your attitude.
You control your effort.
Great teammates master what they do when no one's watching - and when the ball isn't in their hands.
Winning isn't about the glamour. It's about the 95%.
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Walking is not “light exercise.”
It’s how you regulate glucose, oxygenate tissues, drain lymph, reduce inflammatory load, boost brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), and balance your nervous system.
It's medicine.
RESEARCH: Vitamin D supplementation in those over the age of 50 in Germany was associated with a 'significant reduction' in cancer mortality, with it estimated to prevent almost 30,000 cancer deaths per year.
(Source: Molecular Oncology journal)