Coach Kou

• Player Development • Dedicated source for b-ball talent in Des Moines, IA

[Derek Deprey @derekdeprey]

One day you’re gonna wake up and AAU basketball will be over. No more weekend tournaments, packed gyms, or team hotels. No more “one more game” next weekend.

One day you’ll be out of eligibility for high school basketball. Then college basketball too.

And eventually, the thing that feels like your whole world right now becomes a memory.

So stop playing scared. Shoot your shot. Sprint the floor. Dive on the loose ball. Compete with confidence. Enjoy your teammates. Because one day you’ll wish you could go back and play just one more game with them.

Fear and hesitation have ended way more careers than missed shots ever will.

Just something to think about.

[Coach Kou @IAmCoachKou]

Cmon guards look for Ayton on the roll!!!

[Coach Kou @IAmCoachKou]

Damn man, I don’t get emotional often but Jordyn Tyson, you got me kid lol

[Omaha Biliew @BiliewOmaha]

Let’s do it Lope Nation❗️

[Frank Garza.eth @frankgarza57]

When Luka was in the 7th grade, coaches/parents told me my son should probably try out for the drama or chess club instead of basketball.
He was slow, non-athletic, in WADC league and not what AAU was looking for.
We didn’t fight the noise, we built a process. Skepticism is oxygen if you know how to breathe it in.
Over 20,000 hours of fundamentals, visualization, feedback, and relentless work through his Sr year in college; no one did more.
This article features an up and coming sports journalist highlighting the journey, mindset, setbacks, along with the parenting philosophy, and the long road most people don’t know is possible.
Thank you, @TannerJPloost
💛🖤💚🍀🦚 @NoaDalzell @BobbyKrivitsky @celtics @CelticsLead @celticslife @celticsblog @

[Aaron Poe @aaronpoe_]

2025-2026 Year 1 Highlights🎬

[Taylor Rooks @TaylorRooks]

BREAKING: Angel Reese is headed to the Atlanta Dream.

Sources tell me the Atlanta Dream and the Chicago Sky have agreed to a trade.

[Coaching Carousel @TheCoachCaro]

With Will Wade going back to LSU, one thought is on our mind. Free Book Richardson! #TheCarousel

[Jaydon Kimbrough @Jaykimbrough07]

1. 2026 First Team All-Metro
2. Mr. Iowa Basketball Finalist
3. Class 4A 2026 State Champion
4. IPSWA Class 4A All-State First Team
5. Prep Hoops Iowa 4A All-State Team
6. IHSAA All-Tournament team
25-0 State Champs 💍
19.0 PPG
4.3 RPG
3.0 APG
2.6 SPG
56 FG%
40 3PT%

[Tyler Tachman @Tyler_T15]

Ben McCollum: "We just told them, the day after that, unless it's media that's asking you questions, you're not allowed to talk about the Florida game. So, I don't want you to read social media about. I don't want you to drink the poison. We let them talk about it for five minutes in film the other day and they could goof around about all the things that went on. And then right when that five minutes was done, it's done, and we're on to Nebraska."

[Jaidyn Coon @CoonJaidyn32]

After recent changes at Creighton, I will be reopening my recruitment. I’m grateful for Coach McDermott and the entire Creighton staff. I’ll continue to evaluate my options moving forward, with Creighton still very much in consideration.

[Kiki deng @Kikideng9]

Freshman season🚦
33-3/20-0 in ICCAC w/ @DMACC_MBB
6’5 195 Guard
conf play 10.3 ppg 4 rbds
23 pts 7 rbd 3 ast vs KCK
21 pts 8 rbd 2 ast 1 stl vs SWICC
27 pts 3 rbd 1 ast 2 stl vs NIACC
33 pts 3 rbd 3 ast 1 stl vs #11 Iowa Western
26 pts 7 rbd 1 ast 1 stl vs #5 Iowa Central

[Dennis Marshall @mar5hallhoops]

Say it louder. Many coaches sitting at home or looking for jobs don’t understand this.

[College Basketball Report @CBKReport]

TAMIN TAKEOVER 🌪️

26 PTS (CAREER-HIGH)
3 REB
10 AST
5 STL
53.3% FG

ONTO THE SWEET 16 💪

[Iowa State Men’s Basketball @CycloneMBB]

The Fourth 26-10-5 Game in NCAA Tournament History.

Just Another Day for the Kid from Ames.

#Cyclones | #C5C | @TaminLipsey

[Kirk Herbstreit @KirkHerbstreit]

Really like TJ Otzelberger-what an impressive program he has built in Ames. 3rd sweet 16 in 5 years!
And has kids that are all about playing for each other!
Special culture. @CycloneMBB serious threat in this tournament.
Especially with PG Tamin Lipsey leading the way!

[Jeff Goodman @GoodmanHoops]

I honestly can't say enough for what TJ Otzelberger has done in Ames.

3 Sweet 16's in the last 5 years.

Took over a program that was 0-18 in Big 12 play.

[College Basketball Report @CBKReport]

Ben McCollum legitimately does not lose.

2026: 23-12 | S16+
2025: 31-3 | DI R32
2024: 29-5 | DII S16
2023: 31-3 | DII R32
2022: 34-5 | DII Champion
2021: 28-2 | DII Champion
2020: 30-1 | ❌
2019: 38-0 | DII Champion
2018: 27-4 | DII First Round
2017: 35-1 | DII Champion

GOAT.

[Hoop Herald @TheHoopHerald]

This is a HEAVY quote here that many people need to hear

“If you disappear on a guy when he makes a mistake, I’m not so sure that’s a genuine relationship you built”

Let this sink in

[Ankeny Basketball @ankenyhawkhoops]

Congratulations Amario Aguirre!
🏀 All-State
🏅 - First Team