DJ Heltsley

Believer. Husband. Father. Son. Brother. Friend. Wildcat. #BearDown

[DJ Heltsley @DHelts]

Co-sign ✍️

[Aaron Torres @Aaron_Torres]

Jedd Fisch walked away from a 9-win team that likely would've been favored to win the Big 12 the following year.

Could have gone to a 12-team playoff, and his Alma mater opened up a year after that.

Instead he is in a mess at Washington... that is 100 percent self created 🤷‍♂️

[DJ Heltsley @DHelts]

🐻⬇️

[Sam Vecenie @Sam_Vecenie]

Did my first 2027 NBA Mock Draft of the cycle over on Game Theory yesterday with guest @AdamFinkelstein breaking it down. Here's what the top-10 looks like in what is shaping up to be an insane cycle that will be very fluid.

[DJ Heltsley @DHelts]

@WCCSG_ Darrell Brooks. 🔨🔨🔨

[Justin Spears @JustinESports]

The Crean Lutheran quartet in Arizona’s 2027 recruiting class:

QB Caden Jones
WR Ty Johnson
WR Braylen Ross
CB Evan Mack

From Juice County to Tucson. 🍊🌵

[DJ Heltsley @DHelts]

@KevoPosts @PHNX_Wildcats One year of Shelstad as plug’n play starter, with Mandequit playing backup PG for a year before taking over would sound great.

So would 3 years of Isaiah Johnson.

[Arizona Basketball @ArizonaMBB]

Indianapolis bound 🐻⬇️

[DJ Heltsley @DHelts]

LUUUUUUUUUUUUTE!

[Arizona Athletics @AZATHLETICS]

is it dusty in here or just us

[OptaSTATS @OptaSTATS]

Tonight for @ArizonaMBB:

Brayden Burries: 23 points, 63.6 FG%
Koa Peat: 21 points, 72.7 FG%
Ivan Kharchenkov: 15 points, 66.7 FG%

It's the first time ever any team had 3 freshmen score at least 15 points on 60.0% shooting in an NCAA Tournament game.

[Arizona Basketball @ArizonaMBB]

Feeling elite.

[Arizona Basketball @ArizonaMBB]

How Sweet it is!

[Big 12 Conference @Big12Conference]

All Hail Arizona.

#Big12MBB | @Phillips66Gas

[Bo @BMaster30]

“How many times have you watched Jaden Bradley’s game winning shot”
Me:

[Big 12 Conference @Big12Conference]

The Player of the Year would like a word.

#Big12MBB | @Phillips66Gas

[Big 12 Conference @Big12Conference]

Player of the Year with the play of the year.

#Big12MBB | @Phillips66Gas

[Arizona Basketball @ArizonaMBB]

THE CLOSER

[Arizona Basketball @ArizonaMBB]

Coach Lloyd passed Brad Stevens to set the NCAA record for most win in first five seasons as head coach.

[Arizona Basketball @ArizonaMBB]

𝗕𝗜𝗚 𝟭𝟮 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦

[Arizona Basketball @ArizonaMBB]

An ice cold HOOPER 🥶

[Javier Morales @JavierJMorales]

Eugene Edgerson posted this public message on Facebook about his son's Senior Day at Salpointe. Wouldn't expect anything different from Gene. This kind of character goes back to the days I called him over the phone about his recruitment by Arizona when he attended St. Augustine High School in New Orleans. You could tell then he was raised right. This comment by Gene should be shared to every single parent who has a young athlete as a son or daughter:

"It’s senior night and Jazi didn’t get to play.
I never once walked up to my son’s high school basketball coach about playing time. Not once.
See, that wasn’t my lane.
My job was to raise a young man.
Coach’s job was to run a team.
If my son wanted more minutes, I told him what was told to me:
‘Work so hard they can’t sit you.’
I wasn’t about to teach him that when life feels unfair, you go over somebody’s head. Nah. Life don’t work like that. The world ain’t handing out minutes — you earn them.
I sat in them bleachers quiet.
Clapped when he did well.
Drove him home when he didn’t play.
And in that car, I’d say —
‘You control effort. You control attitude. Everything else? That’s grown man business.’
Too many dads fighting battles their sons need to fight themselves.
Basketball ain’t just about buckets.
It’s about learning how to handle disappointment without folding.
I didn’t need my son to be the star.
I needed him to be solid.
Because one day it won’t be about minutes…
It’ll be about marriage, jobs, pressure, and real-life fourth quarters.
And I refuse to raise a young man who thinks somebody owes him playing time.
#basketball #basketballdad #hooplife #highschoolbasketball #earnednotgiven"

[Bryce DeGroat @NFL_Convo]

The Seahawks had the best point differential by any Super Bowl Champ in NFL History (+246)

Let that sink in.