Christopher Wright

[Ben Weitzenkorn @BenWeitzenkorn]

Johnquell Garner led his team to a win today adding 25 points. Johnquell is an athletic forward that plays with energy every possession and is a coaches dream.

[William Payne @TweetsbyCoachP]

Parents are NOT the enemy.

One of the most overlooked pressures in youth sports doesn’t fall on the athlete. Or the coach on the sideline. It falls on the parent standing next to them.

For many families, the recruiting process arrives long before anyone feels ready for it.

There’s no manual. No orientation. No one sits parents down and explains how rankings work, what coaches are actually looking for, or what a “verbal commitment” really means.

Parents are simply expected to figure it out…..often while holding down multiple jobs, raising other kids, and trying not to let their own hopes get tangled up with their child’s.

Like coaches and officials, parents are operating in real time, with limited information, making decisions that feel like they matter forever.

Should my kid play up an age group? Specialize in one sport or stay multi-sport? Pay for private training? Travel for exposure events? Reach out to coaches directly, or wait to be noticed?

Every answer seems to come with a contradiction. Every other parent on the sideline seems to know something you don’t.

Social media doesn’t help. It’s easy to see other families’ commitment posts and wonder if your child is falling behind, even when “behind” isn’t a real thing at twelve, fourteen, or even sixteen years old.

What gets lost in all of this is that most parents aren’t chasing a scholarship or a headline. They’re trying to support a kid who has a dream, without accidentally getting in the way of it.

That’s a harder balance than it sounds.

Push too hard, and the joy disappears. Step back too far, and a kid might miss opportunities they didn’t know existed. Ask too many questions, and you risk becoming “that parent.” Ask too few, and you risk missing something important.

Most parents are simply trying to do right by their child, with no real roadmap and no shortage of people ready to offer (often conflicting) advice.

None of this means parents shouldn’t be informed, involved, or thoughtful about the process. They should be.

But it does mean grace matters here too.

Because behind every recruiting question, every late-night Google search, and every awkward conversation with a coach, is usually just a parent trying to help their kid chase something meaningful…..while hoping they don’t get it wrong.

They’re not asking for a perfect playbook.

They’re asking for a little patience, a little honesty, and maybe a reminder that they don’t have to have it all figured out to be doing a good job.

[Marc Isenberg @marcisenberg]

The Frosh class that entered in 2022 got no COVID year, walked into a backlog of players who did—and now gets hit again because the NCAA and members waited until after the portal to act. Unfair, but right on brand.

[Christopher Wright @PrivilegeToKnow]

@jstockd2 @jackrritt Radiation from the wireless. Little to none from the wired .

[Coach John @Sauce_MacKenzie]

That white lady fucked the Michigan coach. Got the salary perks from fucking the Boss. Then got to cry on Good Morning America 🇺🇸 & garner MORE sympathy for knowingly sleeping with a married man. That’s some wild shit

[Christopher Wright @PrivilegeToKnow]

@TweetsbyCoachP I’m curious how this will work with JUCO players 2 years not counting against their eligibility now

[Mit Winter @WinterSportsLaw]

Another new NCAA rule that should strongly be considered.

Move signing dates for high school athletes to dates after a sport’s portal has closed.

High school athletes currently have zero clue what the team they’re committing to will look like.

Or wait until portal closes.

[Tavaras Hardy @CoachTHardy]

Black Head Coaches in men’s college basketball is nearing the endangered species classification.

[William Payne @TweetsbyCoachP]

Offering a kid you have zero plan to develop is worse than not offering them at all.

[Overtime Elite @OvertimeElite]

Micah Tucker had himself a year at Georgia St‼️ One of the hardest workers out there is on the move 👀 @micahtuckerr

The 6’3” freshman PG averaged 14 PPG & 3 APG for the Panthers 🔥

[Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns® Men's Basketball @RaginCajunsMBB]

HOW DID THIS GO IN⁉️

#GeauxCajuns | #SCTop10

[Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns® Men's Basketball @RaginCajunsMBB]

2⃣1⃣ and a career-high for @c__wright 🤟

He became the first Cajun since 2021 to make 5⃣+ threes and shoot 1⃣0⃣0⃣% from deep in the same game

#GeauxCajuns

[Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns® Men's Basketball @RaginCajunsMBB]

𝐖𝐄𝐋𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐄 𝐓𝐎 𝐋𝐎𝐔𝐈𝐒𝐈𝐀𝐍𝐀 @c__wright

6-3 | Guard
Alpharetta, Georgia | Oregon State

Career Highlights: 3⃣0⃣ starts between OSU and Georgia, career-high 1⃣7⃣ against No. 18 Memphis, scored 1⃣6⃣ against No. 2 Auburn

#GeauxCajuns

[Christian Wright @c__wright]

#committed 🖤 let’s go

[King’s Ridge Men’s Basketball @KRCSHoops]

A 6’1 Junior from Birmingham, Alabama @KyleSandy355 @OntheRadarHoops @TMarkwith14 @_joshtec @TaiYoungHoops @DrKrisWatkins

[Jon Rothstein @JonRothstein]

"Work ethic eliminates fear." - Michael Jordan

[Gateway Sports Venue @GSV_STL]

Nick Lewis @_nicklewis35 hits this 25-footer to send the St. Charles city championship into overtime @scwbasketball @scwactivities

[Jesse Sowa @Jesse__Sowa]

In Christian Wright, Oregon State men's basketball is getting a defensive-minded point guard who averaged more than 22 minutes a game while playing all 32 games as a freshman with the Georgia Bulldogs last season. https://t.co/zxMskfL6Mp @c__wright @BeaverMBB

[Steve Harvey @IAmSteveHarvey]

Read that again👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾