Zack Berman

M. Ed - Head Basketball Coach/Math Teacher at Wachusett Regional High School. Fan of 3 pointers.

[Jon Rothstein @JonRothstein]

I'll say it again: Duke's second group of 5 could be a back end Top 25 team.

Blue Devils by THIRTY NINE over Tennessee without Caleb Foster and Drew Scharnowski.

A very alarming 80 minutes of exhibition basketball by the Vols the last two weeks.

[Thomas Anderson @thomasandrsonIV]

Mid Season Highlights (5 games)

57/91 (62.6%) 964 yds, 14 tds, 1 int
14 rushes, 84 yds, 1 TD
145.1 passer rating

https://t.co/9mJKZOtNFd

[Brad Bentz @Coach_BentzFSU]

Really wanna shout my guy out for any coaches still looking for a guy this cycle. The film and the numbers speak for themselves, but I can’t say enough about his leadership and intangibles as well.

[Zack Berman @ZBerman3]

🏀 The Wachusett Boys Basketball team store is OPEN! 🟢⚪
Lots of gear options to rep this season, all shipped right to your door. Store closes October 23!
🛒 https://t.co/huRskZMf7H

[Tom Crean @TomCrean]

Offensive Rebounding is not hard to TEACH.
It’s hard to ENFORCE.
It’s tedious. It’s physical. It’s awareness driven. You have to sprint full speed and escape contact. You have to read angles. You have to sprint back after the attempt.

You have to DEMAND it every POSSESSION !

[Zack Berman @ZBerman3]

10000%

[Fullcourtpass @Fullcourtpass]

Joe Mazzulla on reports of the Celtics vibes being high at training camp

"Every team you lead is the most together team right now. Because we haven't traveled. No one's gotten benched. No one's been on a losing streak. No one's gotten blamed in the media. No one's had to go stand in the corner for 10 minutes and not get the ball. So, you learn those things as the season goes on, and you just learn how to work through those things together. And you can't simulate those. It just comes with time. And so, right now I would say all 30 teams feel great about themselves, and we got to wait till adversity hits. And adversity is even a strong word. There's nothing really adverse about playing in the NBA. But we got to wait until stuff doesn't go your way, and then you got to figure out who we are and how we're going to be at our best."

(Via @NoaDalzell)

[Barstool Chicago @barstoolchicago]

Not talking to my girl or family today out of respect for Sean Burke.

[Mid-Major Madness @mid_madness]

POP WATSON HEISMAN

[UMass Football @UMassFootball]

West Coast W.

4-0 and 1-0 in the @MACSports 👏

#Flagship 🚩

[Brendan C. Hall @BHallWrites]

Hear me out. New breakaway conference including but not limited to:

UMass
UConn
Boston College
Rhode Island
Syracuse
Pitt
West Virginia
Temple
Miami Ohio
Western Michigan
Rutgers
Buffalo

[Zack Berman @ZBerman3]

Gonna be a star

[HoopDirt.com @HoopDirt]

Denzel Washington named Men's Basketball Video Coordinator at Boston University
https://t.co/fVkwVboyL8

[Ryan Hammer🔨 @ryanhammer09]

ALWAYS pro Sir'Jabari Rice here

best shot fake possible

[That Guy Rocked @ThatGuyRocked]

Cam Krutwig

That guy rocked.

[UMass Football @UMassFootball]

Three straight.

#Flagship 🚩

[Zack Berman @ZBerman3]

@DUNKOFFIC1AL @SH00T_ Screenshot?

[Trevor Hass @TrevorHass]

Wachusett senior Teegan Lanpher will continue her basketball career at Adelphi University.

Scrappy, skilled and fearless player who helped the Mountaineers secure back-to-back D1 state titles @GlobeSchools @WachusettAD @wachuwbb @TeeganLanpher @LadyRivals @IAMCoachU1

[Josh Chambers @JoshChambers]

Max Strus says making the NBA required him to accept he doesn’t have a bag anymore and that shooting got him on the floor but defense would keep him out there

“I don’t have a bag. I used to have a bag back in college, but I don’t anymore because you find what your niche is and you just go at it.”

“I knew shooting the basketball was going to get me on the floor, and then I knew playing defense was going to keep me on the floor. I’ll guard the best player. I don’t care. They’re going to score on me because everybody’s that good. You can’t really stop anybody anyway.”

“So it’s like, how can I make it as tough as possible on them? I don’t need to shoot the ball. I’m all right. I can do other things that I know are helping the team win. How can I make Donovan Mitchell better? How can I make James Harden better? How can I make Jarrett Allen better?”

“If I feel like I haven’t gotten a shot, it’s like, all right, go crash the offensive rebound and get it. I’m not going to sit here and cry to myself about not shooting the ball or not being involved. Make yourself useful.”

“My first couple years [in Miami], I don’t think I dribbled the ball once. Come off a handoff and shoot, come off a screen and shoot, and then defend and rebound. That’s all I did.”

“As you continue to build more confidence within the team, within the coach, they put you in positions where, all right, now I can do a little bit more.”

“You’ve got to have the humbleness to humble yourself to, ‘I’m not that guy anymore. I can’t be that guy anymore.’ But then be ready for the opportunity when it does come, ‘No, I could still be that guy. That’s just not what we need right now. But when we do, I got you.’”

[Zack Berman @ZBerman3]

Something players at all levels should buy into!!!

[Josh Chambers @JoshChambers]

Max Strus says making the NBA required him to accept he doesn’t have a bag anymore and that shooting got him on the floor but defense would keep him out there

“I don’t have a bag. I used to have a bag back in college, but I don’t anymore because you find what your niche is and you just go at it.”

“I knew shooting the basketball was going to get me on the floor, and then I knew playing defense was going to keep me on the floor. I’ll guard the best player. I don’t care. They’re going to score on me because everybody’s that good. You can’t really stop anybody anyway.”

“So it’s like, how can I make it as tough as possible on them? I don’t need to shoot the ball. I’m all right. I can do other things that I know are helping the team win. How can I make Donovan Mitchell better? How can I make James Harden better? How can I make Jarrett Allen better?”

“If I feel like I haven’t gotten a shot, it’s like, all right, go crash the offensive rebound and get it. I’m not going to sit here and cry to myself about not shooting the ball or not being involved. Make yourself useful.”

“My first couple years [in Miami], I don’t think I dribbled the ball once. Come off a handoff and shoot, come off a screen and shoot, and then defend and rebound. That’s all I did.”

“As you continue to build more confidence within the team, within the coach, they put you in positions where, all right, now I can do a little bit more.”

“You’ve got to have the humbleness to humble yourself to, ‘I’m not that guy anymore. I can’t be that guy anymore.’ But then be ready for the opportunity when it does come, ‘No, I could still be that guy. That’s just not what we need right now. But when we do, I got you.’”

[Zack Berman @ZBerman3]

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[UMass Football @UMassFootball]

NEW BLOCK ARE YOU READY?!?!

#Flagship 🚩

[Zack Berman @ZBerman3]

Day off from school. Come get better.🚦🏀
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