Melissa M. Hart

mom to 4 • special needs mom and special ed para

[Melissa M. Hart @mhart71]

@yallarefools lol I have been a Dallas fan since PB joined. Never ever will I be a NY fan. I love watching Kaitlyn Chen so I will root for her, while hoping GSV loses. But Houston? I hope they fail miserably.

[Melissa M. Hart @mhart71]

@Queen_LIZabethh It was awesome!

[Melissa M. Hart @mhart71]

Thank you @ConnecticutSun
Such a mistake not keeping the team here in the basketball capital of the world. We have the most loyal women’s basketball fans. To take away our team is senseless.
I will miss going to the games with my daughter. It was “our thing”

[Melissa M. Hart @mhart71]

@JoshuaBarzon Market Basket pointing at CT? There are zero in CT. 81 Stop and Shop. Assuming we are purple for stop and shop and the line is a mistake

[Melissa M. Hart @mhart71]

@BillHartSeed The boatless dock is depressing

[Melissa M. Hart @mhart71]

@trendyhoopstars Another UCONN favorite!

[I talk hoops 🏀 @trendyhoopstars]

🚨 Let’s talk about how instrumental Kaitlyn Chen has been during the Golden State Valkyries' current eight-game winning streak:

✨Scored 13 points off the bench in a three-point win over Atlanta.
✨Recorded 8 points and 2 assists in a nine-point win over New York.
✨Posted 14 points and 4 assists in a road win over Washington.
✨Dropped 16 points and 3 assists in an 83–75 victory over Toronto.
✨Finished with 14 points on a perfect 100% shooting in a road win over Indiana.

[Melissa M. Hart @mhart71]

@fubosupport I received an email 6/12 NBC returning Starting on your bill cycle on or after June 24, 2026 we will be increasing the price of your base plan to $98.99/month.
But no date as to when the NBC channels will be available. Will I be charged before I have access?

[Melissa M. Hart @mhart71]

@WNBA I had to update the app. Now it won’t airplay any more. It says it is, but it just goes black. Great update. Reason number 10 I’ll never subscribe again.

[Melissa M. Hart @mhart71]

@wnba I will never pay for subscription again. I’m also tired of trying to find the games, ultimately to discover we can’t even watch them. I have Peacock, Amazon and a WNBA subscription, but can’t watch the games tonight because they’re on USA and my provider isn’t accepted.

[Melissa M. Hart @mhart71]

@SportsonPrime @PrimeVideo The camera angle is awful! We feel like we have to turn our heads to watch the game. I feel like I’m watching a high school game.

[Melissa M. Hart @mhart71]

@justine_or92322 @Executnr If you want to watch the games live (like most people do), then yes it’s useless. I’m never paying again.

[Melissa M. Hart @mhart71]

@Sydney2Nicole Exactly! @WNBA it shouldn’t take 20 minutes to figure out we can’t even watch the games with our PAID subscription until after they are over! Is the game on peacock? ESPN? Prime? Ion? Blacked out? Wth? I will not be dumb enough to pay for wnba subscription again

[Golden State Valkyries @valkyries]

Sophomore season and showing OUT 🙂‍↔️

Career night for KC.
Career-high tying night from three for Ja.

[UConn Women’s Basketball @UConnWBB]

Congrats on a legendary career, Tina Charles 💙

[Alaina Morris @alainammorris]

Geno Auriemma giving Shea Ralph a standing ovation after winning Naismith Women’s National Coach of the Year.

What a full circle moment.

[Coach AJ 🎯 Mental Fitness @coachajkings]

Geno Auriemma shares what he looks for in recruits and his non-negotiables.

"When I watch them play...plays their butt off every possession. They come down here, they get a rebound, they outlet it, and they get a layup at the other end. Then they run back, block a shot, go down the other end. And they just play like that the whole game."

That's the first filter - Effort. Every possession. No plays off.

"Are they unselfish? Are they a great teammate?"

"When they get subbed out of the game, do they go sit at the end of the bench, put a towel on? Or are they involved in the game?"

He looks at your body language and how you act as a teammate. Because that shows your character.

"Are they the kind of person that I want at my house for dinner? Are they the kind of kid that's gonna go to class all the time?"

Effort. Unselfishness. Body Language. Great Teammate. Character.

You recruit for who they are - not just what they can do.
(🎥ESPN)

[Brad Stulberg @BStulberg]

You’re never out until you’re out.

Play the game in front of you. Not the game you wanted to happen. Not the game that just happened. Not the game you hoped would happen. But the game that is happening.

It's a remarkable lesson for basketball, for all of sport, and really, for all of life.

In the Elite 8 of the NCAA tournament, the UConn Huskies came out flat against the No. 1 seed Duke.

The Huskies trailed by 15 at halftime.

No. 1 seeds were 134-0 all time in the NCAA tournament when leading by 15 or more points at halftime.

That’s across the entire NCAA tournament history. Every round. Every year.

UConn had every reason to give up. But they simply refused. Most people check out when the odds turn against them. But UConn never stopped playing to win.

Their big man Tarris Reed Jr. put the Huskies on his back. He played incredibly on both sides of the ball.

The Huskies cut the lead to 13. Then to 11. Then to 7. Then to 5. And then, in the final seconds of the game, they cut the lead to two.

Duke inbounded the ball, UConn pressured and forced a turnover. With less than a second on the clock, Braylon Mullins—who had shot 0 for 4 from three—put up a deep 3 from the logo, and nailed it.

UConn 73. Duke 72.

134-1.

After the game, UConn coach Dan Hurley said this about Mullins:

"The courage. You have a young man, he's a rare human being. The toughness about him, to take the shot, on a tough shooting night, but he was due."

It was an off night. And yet with everything on the line you have no choice but to pull the trigger. Shooters shoot. That's confidence in the process.

March Madness is an ultimate test of emotional regulation. Over 3 weeks and 6 games, nothing ever goes to plan.

You prepare. You practice. You visualize. Then stuff happens.

The difference between those who collapse and those who rise? How they respond, especially when things don’t go their way.

What's true in basketball is true in life.

It's easy when everything is going your way. But things will go wrong. You'll fall behind. The score won't look good. Most people check out when the odds turn against them.

UConn never stopped playing their hardest.

Not when they were down 19. Not when they were 1 for 11 from three. Not when history said it was over.

It’s called having a next play mentality:

You can't control what already happened. You can't control the score. You can only control the next play.

One stop. One bucket. One possession at a time.

That's how you erase a historical deficit against the No. 1 team in the country. It's how you work through the biggest challenges in life too.

Excellence does not mean control. It does not mean perfection. It means refusing to quit on yourself when the situation looks hopeless. It means trusting your preparation even when nothing is falling.

It means playing the game in front of you. Not the game you wanted. Not the game you hoped for. The game that is happening.

Stay in the arena. Play the next play.

[Melissa M. Hart @mhart71]

@PanthersCoachV @hblethh__ lol I was sitting above you and didn’t even know it.

[SNY UConn Women’s Basketball @SNYUConn]

For the sixth time, UConn will have both their women's and men's basketball teams in the Final Four 👏