Sean Blackburn

Union University WBB Head Coach @UUAthleticsWB 🐾🐶

[AUSA Hoops @AUSA_Hoops]

Congratulations to @MccumberSienna on her commitment to @UUAthleticsWB!

Coming out of Surf Coast Basketball, Sienna is an athletic, long, and skilled guard who brings versatility and impact on both ends of the floor.

Excited to see her next opportunity at Union and what’s ahead in her journey.

Well deserved, Sienna! 💪

[Chris Oliver @BBallImmersion]

"Why would we say that we can't?"

NCAA D2 national champion Easton Bazzoli joins The Basketball Podcast to discuss the power of belief in building champions:
https://t.co/RYWOMbsAeH

[Chris Oliver @BBallImmersion]

Love to learn more about how Jim Crutchfield has had so much success? This episode connects the Crutchfield-style to how Gannon and head coach Easton Bazzoli executed it all the way to a DII national title.

Listen: https://t.co/RYWOMbt84f

[Patrick Estepp @CoachEstepp]

So proud of @EastonBazzoli and the job he has done with @GANNON_MBB leading them to their 1st National Title!! Got to celebrate with a few former @CedarvilleMBB players! #ProudCoach

[Melech. @MelechThomas]

Jesus to the Pharisees on Easter Monday:

[NCAA Division II @NCAADII]

Knights on the mic 🎤

Hear from @GUKnights head coach Easton Bazzoli & the #D2MBB tournament Most Outstanding Player Pace Prosser after claiming the 🏆

#MakeItYours

[NCAA Division II @NCAADII]

FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS ARE YOUR #D2MBB CHAMPIONS‼️

#MakeItYours | @GUKnights

[Gannon Men’s Basketball @GANNON_MBB]

THE CLIMB IS COMPLETE⚔️

WE ARE THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONS‼️🏆

[Small College Basketball @smcollegehoops]

Watching @GANNON_MBB playing in the @NCAADII National Championship game, and thinking about Jordan Fee, who led the historical turnaround for the Golden Knights ....and thinking about how impressive Easton Bazzoli has been in his two years as Head Coach Gannon. So impressive!

[Adam | Faithful Messenger @Adam_FaithfulM]

In 1986, the American Medical Association published an article titled "The Physical Death of Jesus Christ". It details the entire process of Jesus' trial to His death on the cross.

In Luke 22, before Jesus is arrested, it is written that He was in great distress & sweating blood. Although rare, it is recognized as Hematidrosis, a condition caused by high levels of stress.

At the time, the crucifixion was considered the worst death for the worst of criminals. But this is not all Jesus faced. He endured whipping so severe that it tore the flesh from His body. He was beaten so horribly that His face was torn & His beard ripped.

A crown of thorns, 2-3 inches long cut deeply into His scalp. The leather whip used to flog Him had tiny iron balls & sharp bones. The balls caused internal injuries while the sharp bones ripped open His flesh. His skeletal muscles, veins, & bowels are exposed, causing major blood loss. Most men do not survive this kind of torture. After Jesus was severely flogged, He was forced to carry His cross while people mocked & spat on Him.

Crucifixion was a process meant to instill excruciating pain, creating a slow & agonizing death. Nails as long as 8 inches were driven into Jesus' wrists & feet. The Roman soldiers knew the tendons in the wrists would tear & break, forcing Jesus to use His back muscles to support Himself to breathe. Imagine the struggle, the pain, the courage...Jesus endured this reality for 3 hours!

The Gospel of John writes that after Jesus' death, a Roman soldier pierced His side with a spear & blood & water came out. Scientists explain that from hypovolemic shock, the rapid heart rate causes fluid to gather in the sack around the lungs & heart. The accumulation of fluid in the membrane around the heart is called a Pericardial effusion & the lungs is called a pleural effusion.

To the world, Christianity is as foolish as it can get. They believe it's for the weak. But when you are confronted by the reality of the cross, it's clearly not a pretty sight. It is brutal & horrific.

This is the weight Jesus carried. The weight of the sins of the world, all so that we can live. God's wrath is fully satisfied in Jesus. This is what it took. Repent & believe! Jesus is “God among us” in the flesh. Jesus is our Savior. Jesus loves you so much that He went through this spiritual and physical punishment for your sins and mine.

Jesus is the LORD, Almighty God, Everlasting Father.

Thank You, Jesus.

[Paul Fleuret @RealAbs1776]

Understand this: The movies and shows about the crucifixion have been tame when compared to what He actually went through.

Even The Passion Of The Christ was forced to hold back a little in order to avoid an X rating.

Crucifixion was, and still is, arguably the most excruciating death someone can experience.

The night before in Gethsemane, He was sweating blood. This is known as hematidrosis. This would have caused His skin to become extremely sensitive, thus making the beatings to come even worse.

The fear He felt was the beginning of His feeling the weight of our iniquities being laid on Him.

Yet - in this moment, He didn’t demand that the Father take it from Him. He only asked for the cup to pass Him over if it was within the Father’s will.

Up next came the Cat of Nine Tails, or a Roman Flagrum. This was a weapon with long leather “tails”, each embedded with sharp bones and metal.

He was flogged 39 times as Jewish law mandated “40 minus one”, because 40 was said to kill a man.

This flogging wasn’t like being punished by your father’s leather belt.

Every strike tore flesh, every strike exposed muscle. Every strike exposed nerve endings. Every strike tore flesh to the bone.

This would be like getting struck with razor blades over and over again, leading to hypovolemic shock from blood loss.

Oh, and the crown of thorns? These weren’t rose thorns. These were thorns which were 2-3 inches long. Beaten into his skull.

These thorns would have pierced his skull, tripping the trigeminal nerve, thus causing unimaginable pain and even more blood loss from the dozens of head wounds.

At this point, extreme nausea and dizziness would begin to set in.

What came next? Carrying the cross. Which weighed around 300lbs. This would be like carrying two full kegs on your back.

Splinters and wood grating against the open flesh on His back. And He had to carry it 650 yards, or close to a half mile.

Imagine carrying a log on your back after being skinned alive.

Up next? He was nailed to the cross with spikes 5-7in in length. Piercing His wrists - this no doubt pierced the median nerve, causing extreme burning sensations up and down His arms.

A spike was driven through his ankles - severing nerves and tendons. This would have felt like standing on broken glass every time He pushed Himself up in order to breathe.

He suffered for 6 hours.

His chest muscles collapsing, making every single breath a fight for life.

His shoulders were dislocated, His arms stretching unnaturally long.

His heart was struggling to pump blood.

He was extremely dehydrated, His lips cracking.

His heart more than likely literally ruptured from the stress.

And on top of all of that, He had to feel a separation with the Father for a period of time in order to REALLY bear the weight of our sin.

He took up this burden for ALL sin before Him, and ALL sin which came after Him.

HE DID IT ALL FOR US.

To free us. To defeat sin. To give us a pathway to the Kingdom.

Every sin we commit is exactly why He had to do it.

And the real kicker? He knew what was coming when He rode into Jerusalem … and He didn’t turn around. He kept going.

For us.

[Gannon Men’s Basketball @GANNON_MBB]

Grateful to be practicing in April 🏀

[NCAA Division II @NCAADII]

Gannon is in the building ‼️

@GUKnights welcome to Indy 🙌

#MakeItYours | #D2MBB

[Lamar Men's Basketball @LamarMBB]

A new chapter begins.

[Small College Basketball @smcollegehoops]

Congratulations to Coach Easton Bazzoli & Coach Mike Chalas for leading Gannon to the @NCAADII National Championship game! What a season, as the Golden Knights will roll into Indy with a 33-3 record. @GANNON_MBB @GUKnights

[Sean Blackburn @Seanb__12]

⚔️⚔️⚔️

[Gannon Men’s Basketball @GANNON_MBB]

AAAAHHHHHHHH😤🔨

[Women’s Basketball Coaches Association @WBCA1981]

The 2026 WBCA NCAA DII Coaches’ All-Americans ⬇️

#WBCA | 🔗 https://t.co/rn4JKg4TaD

[Sean Blackburn @Seanb__12]

Always enjoy seeing individuals with an elite process get elite results! Liv is an adult on and off the floor. She continues to be a true blessing to me and this program! 🙏🏼❤️

[Olivia Lee @Lee22Olivia]

God continues to bless!🙃 so thankful for this amazing honor and all the people that went into making this possible❤️
https://t.co/4OV3uS6fOo

[Gannon Men’s Basketball @GANNON_MBB]

First on the final four board💪

[NABC @NABC1927]

Congratulations to the NABC Division II District Coaches of the Year!