Michael Phy

Romans 12:12 | UCLA & Creighton Alum | Data Scientist

[Michael Phy @micphy]

"for riches do not last forever; and does a crown endure to all generations?" Proverbs 27:24

[Noah Darling @noahdarling_]

College Baseball: The People’s Sport

[Jordan Moore @iJordanMoore]

Just wrapped up 4 days in Omaha and I can’t express how great this event is. It must be on your bucket list as a sports fan.

From my experience:
Stadium: 10/10
Food: 10/10
Weather: 10/10
Bar scene: 10/10
Family atmosphere: 10/10
Merch options: 10/10
Omaha: 10/10

It’s heaven.

[Isaiah Thomas @isaiahthomas]

Jalen Brunson thank you!!! Don’t run away from “small” guards! You can win with them too. Just gotta believe and give em a real opportunity

[Dean Oliver @DeanO_Lytics]

If my count is right, if they stopped the games after 46 minutes, the Spurs would have won the series in 5 games.

[ESPN @espn]

Take it all in, West Virginia 💛

For the first time ever, those country roads lead straight to Omaha‼️

[ESPN @espn]

NO. 1 UCLA WITH BACK-TO-BACK HOMERS IN THE 9TH TO KEEP ITS SEASON ALIVE‼️

[Michael Phy @micphy]

💯💯💯

[Sean Martin @PGATOURSMartin]

College baseball feels like the last of the big NCAA sports where mid-majors have a chance to make some noise.

And that is why its stock is skyrocketing.

[Sean Martin @PGATOURSMartin]

College baseball feels like the last of the big NCAA sports where mid-majors have a chance to make some noise.

And that is why its stock is skyrocketing.

[Mindset for Money @Mindset4Money_X]

Bro humans were down 3-0 and we just won game 7 this week 😭😭

[Jermaine Curtis @JermaineCurtis]

UCLA becoming the #1 overall seed is incredibly impressive.

People don’t realize how hard it is not just to BECOME #1…

but to STAY #1.

I was on a UCLA team that reached #1 in the country.

And honestly?

once you get there…
everything changes.

Every team circles your name on the schedule.

Every team gives you their best shot.

The pressure grows.

The expectations grow.

And if you’re not careful…
you slowly stop playing free.

You start trying to protect the ranking instead of competing.

That’s what makes what this UCLA team did so special.

To go wire-to-wire as the #1 team in the country…

while carrying expectations the entire season…

takes an unbelievable level of:
- toughness
- consistency
- confidence
- mental freedom

Especially in baseball.

Because baseball has a way of humbling you FAST.

Excited to watch the postseason start this Friday.

Thank you for reading,
Jermaine Curtis

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[ESPN @espn]

UCLA IS THE NO. 1 OVERALL SEED IN THE NCAA BASEBALL TOURNEY 🔥

[LA Clippers @LAClippers]

2⃣🖐🏾

Kawhi Leonard has been named to the 2025-26 Kia All-NBA Second Team!

[LA Clippers @LAClippers]

All-NBA numbers for The Klaw 📈🖐🏾

[UCLA Football @UCLAFootball]

Welcome to the show 🍿

@CoachBobChesney @RichEisenShow

[Nate Jones @JonesOnTheNBA]

It’s really Kawhi. Kawhi didn’t understand that if he just signed first, OKC lost a lot of their leverage in trading PG. Once Sam knew Kawhi signing was contingent on PG being traded to the Clippers, he went for the kill

[Barstool UCLA @StoolWestwood]

Bob Chesney is the real deal 💙💛

[Michael Phy @micphy]

@BadgerMBBVC @csteed Other thing I had in mind that is related to FTs is getting into the bonus earlier -- how many floor fouls you draw (also prevent). It helps you create more scoring opps, in situations that maybe you wouldn't even have gotten one. But that one is a little out of your control.

[Michael Phy @micphy]

@BadgerMBBVC @csteed Definitely! I view it as shooting attempts / scoring opportunities! So FGA + FTA (or if being technical trips to the FT line)

Great pointing out the Catch-22ness of the pace metric too....

Any other ideas on how to increase scoring opportunities over your opponent?

[Michael Phy @micphy]

@csteed In most games, both teams will generally have approx the same number of poss: You play faster, you get more poss, but your opponent also gets more poss too. And in the end it evens out.

Open to brainstorming ideas because I do think this is the next layer to peel back.

[Michael Phy @micphy]

@csteed I've been thinking how to ⬆️ shooting attempts (which is what you refer to here) and the ways you can get to more attempts. Agree on 2/3.

I'm not sure pace is connected though, since pace will generally even out for both teams during the course of the game