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Billy Donovan shares a lesson that changed how his players thought about winning.
At Florida, he had a manager track how long the ball was in each player's hands during a game.
He asked one of his starters: "How many minutes do you think you had the ball in your hands for the game?"
The player said 15 minutes when he had played 30.
The real numbers?
"A backcourt player, for the most part, is probably 92% of the game gonna be played without the ball in their hands. A frontcourt player - 95% of their minutes is gonna be played without the ball in their hands."
Think about that. You're playing without the ball almost the entire game.
"It's amazing to me how many players focus on points, points, points. That's what goes on ESPN. That's what gets the highlights."
"But if you're gonna strictly talk about winning and you're really driven and motivated by winning and competing and being a good teammate, you have to look at the fact is -- what am I doing with my 92, 93, 94, 95%?"
"Am I screening? Am I running the floor? Am I on the floor for loose basketballs? Am I rebounding? Am I taking a charge?"
"There's so many ways to impact the game with the amount of time you're on the floor when the ball's not in your hands."
This is what separates good players from winning players.
You control how you show up.
You control your attitude.
You control your effort.
Great teammates master what they do when no one's watching - and when the ball isn't in their hands.
Winning isn't about the glamour. It's about the 95%.
(🎥@Coaching_U )
(🎥@brendansuhr)
SAINTS SWEEP - 2 big wins for AQ in first home games on new turf at Meijer Complex - 29-4 and 10-1 over SHU 29 runs new AQ record for runs in a game!! @NAIABall @AQSaints
Reeths Puffer 2025 Brayden Mitchelson with 3 as time expires.
D1 District 1st Round:
#43 Greenville (21-1) leads Muskegon Reeths-Puffer (6-15) 45-33
End of 3rd quarter
@RPRocketball
Reeths-Puffer hangs on to defeat Jenison tonight 62-56.
The Rockets led by as many as 23 points and had to hold off a spirited run by the Wildcats to end the game.
Brayden Mitchelson racked up 22 points - 19 in the second half - and Marvin Moore had 20 - 14 in the first half.
SAINTS WIN
AQ 87, UNOH 77
A monster game from Caden Pokorzynski (23 points, 17 rebounds) helped the Saints improve to 2-0 in conference play! #SaintsMarchOn#AQYEAH
He was on the team that just got scored on. Can't even chalk this one up to him being turnt. He just let the intrusive thoughts win. I respect it so much.
@Brayden_mitch a 6'4 Senior G/F from Reeths-Puffer had a great weekend. He had a game with 31 points (4-threes) and another game with 20 points. Brayden makes great decisions with the ball. On the defensive end he can guard 1-5.
His weekend averages were 18p/7r/3a