INDIANA BLACKOUT 17U UA RISE

IN-LADY-BLACKOUT17U ONLY 🌠'S SHINE IN A BLACKOUT! NOT EVERYONE CAN SAY THEY GOT PTSD FROM GIRLS🏀 LUCKY🍀 Coach @b_ingme1st & @thee_coach_smith

[Tommy Reamon Jr. @tommyreamon]

Parents, understand this: College coaches are NOT recruiting the best player on every high school team.

They're recruiting players who fit THEIR roster needs, scheme, and positional requirements.

Being good doesn't automatically make you recruitable at every level.

[Coach Hollins @Coach_KHollins]

Congratulations to 2027 Havana Thompson @havana_rae from Pike High School (Indianapolis, IN) @LadyRedDevilsB1 on receiving an offer from Vincennes University @vincenneswbb

[Trenton Luera @TrentonLuera14]

A D2 coordinator posted something that should scare every recruit reading this.

His school’s database held 50,000+ recruits for a single class.

One class.

One year.

50,000 names.

He can’t watch 50,000 highlight tapes.

Nobody can.

So he doesn’t try.

He eliminates.

Fast.

Every coach runs a checkbox system before he presses play on your film.

Checkbox 1 is size.

You can’t control height, but weight is 100% on you.

If you’re undersized for your position, every other box has to be perfect just to survive the cut.

Checkbox 2 is position need.

A coach can love your film and still cut you if he already took 3 quarterbacks in your grad year.

Zero room left.

That’s why sending 100 messages to one level is a losing bet.

Fire wide across every level.

Some staff has a hole at your spot right now.

Checkbox 3 is grades, and it’s the one most families ignore.

Below FBS, academic money stacks on top of athletic money.

A 3.5 GPA kid is cheaper to offer than a 2.5 GPA kid with the same exact film.

Talent gets you recruited.

Grades get you offered.

Aim for a 3.0 minimum, and know that 3.5+ often maxes your offer.

Check your NCAA core GPA, not your transcript number.

Core excludes PE and electives.

Floors are 2.3 for D1 and 2.2 for D2.

Checkbox 4 is your X profile.

When a coach hears your name, he searches X, not Google.

He gives you about 30 seconds to prove you’re worth the click.

A helmet photo, no measurables, and a bare Hudl link gets you cut before he ever opens your film.

Only after all of that does he reach checkbox 5: your first 5 plays.

A D1 recruiter and a director of player personnel both told me the same number.

30 seconds.

3 to 5 plays before he decides.

Order your best play first, because there is no later.

Notice the order here.

Size, position need, grades, X profile, then film.

Film is dead last.

Most recruits obsess over their highlight tape and fail every box that comes before it.

And here’s the part that flips this whole thing.

You can pass every single box and still get skipped, because he simply forgot you exist.

A coach needs to see your name about 7 times before it sticks.

One message is not a strategy.

It’s hope.

[Kellen Buffington @BuffThe806GM]

I know y’all want early offers for your kids/ players. Sometimes early praise lowers the ceiling of a player/ person though. Can make the circle delusional too.

I know YOU want it, but can THEY handle it?

Means nothing unless you’re good enough when it’s time to be good enough

[Bra’Laun Leavell @BraLaun_Leavell]

i’m blessed to receive my first uscaa division 1 offer to play at Berkeley College. Thank you to Coach Candice for giving me this opportunity and believing me!

@Coach_KHollins @LadyRedDevilsB1 #allglorytogod

[Coach Hollins @Coach_KHollins]

Congratulations to 2027 Bra’Laun Leavell @BraLaun_Leavell from Pike High School (Indianapolis, IN) @LadyRedDevilsB1 on receiving an offer from Berkeley College @BerkeleyWbb

[Coach Hollins @Coach_KHollins]

🚨 COLLEGE COACHES 🚨

Don’t miss this opportunity to evaluate some of Indiana’s top #Uncommitted talent at Pike High School!

🏀 Live Combine: 3–5 PM
🔥 Live Practice: 5:30–7:30 PM
📅 September 8

Butler, NIU & IU Kokomo are confirmed—will you be next?

#WBBRecruiting #PikeProud

[havana @havana_rae]

After a great visit and talk with Coach Dzurick I’m blessed to receive an offer from @SpartansWBBALL thank you for the opportunity!!

@INDYBLACKOUT17U @Coach_KHollins

[Bra’Laun Leavell @BraLaun_Leavell]

September & October open gym schedule is out! Looking forward to getting some work in and having college coaches come check us out. 🔴⚫️

If you’re a college coach and want to come through, reach out to Coach Hollins!!.
@LadyRedDevilsB1 @Coach_KHollins

[Addisyn King @AddisynK33]

Grateful to have received an offer from GRCC!!

[Coach Hollins @Coach_KHollins]

Congratulations to 2027 Jazlyn Miller @jazfaith33 from Pike High School (Indianapolis, IN) @LadyRedDevilsB1 on receiving an offer from Southwestern Michigan College @SMCRoadrunners

[Coach Hollins @Coach_KHollins]

Congratulations to 2027 Havana Thompson @havana_rae from Pike High School (Indianapolis, IN) @LadyRedDevilsB1 on receiving an offer from Franklin College @FCGriz_WBB

[havana @havana_rae]

Thank you @prepballstars for this opportunity so excited to compete for the next three weeks. thankful for the opportunity!!

@Coach_KHollins @LadyRedDevilsB1

[Marsha Frese @CoachFrese]

Good vs Great. Share the 🏀

[Marsha Frese @CoachFrese]

Elite teams move the ball. Elite teams share the ball. Players that stall the ball stand out. And not in a good way.

[Coach Jess Mannetti @jmnetter33]

Day 1&2:
1. FINISH layups. Don’t leave high % points on the floor.
2. HIGH IQ players think like a coach.
3. PLEASE pass inside to the open post 🙏
4. Limit UNFORCED TURNOVERS by valuing the possession.
5. Champion mentality has resilience, toughness and grit. YOU’VE GOT THIS!

[Bra’Laun Leavell @BraLaun_Leavell]

After a great visit i'm blessed to have received an offer from @MU_AncillaWBB . Thank you to coach Gould for the chance and opportunity to play at the next level!!⚡️

@Coach_KHollins @LadyRedDevilsB1

[Bra’Laun Leavell @BraLaun_Leavell]

So excited to be back on the court this weekend in Ohio and even more excited to be back at playing with @INDYBLACKOUT17U for my last go round. Come check us out as we compete!.

@Coach_KHollins @PikeHSAthletics

[Coach Hollins @Coach_KHollins]

Congratulations to 2027 Jazlyn Miller @jazfaith33 from Pike High School (Indianapolis, IN) @LadyRedDevilsB1 on receiving an offer from Marian University Ancilla @MU_AncillaWBB

[Coach Hollins @Coach_KHollins]

Congratulations to 2027 Bra’Laun Leavell @BraLaun_Leavell from Pike High School (Indianapolis, IN) @LadyRedDevilsB1 on receiving an offer from Marian University Ancilla @MU_AncillaWBB