I completely understand wanting to play NCAA D1 basketball. However, not everyone’s journey is the same!
High School ➡️ D1
Prep School ➡️ D1
JUCO ➡️ D1
NCAA D3 ➡️ D1
NCAA D2 ➡️ D1
NAIA ➡️ D1
If you have an opportunity to keep playing, take it! You can’t go D1 from the house! 🤷🏻♂️
The NCAA & NAIA just waived ACT/SAT requirements for incoming freshmen. So all of you kids that have been sitting on and collecting “offers”, the game just changed!
There are about to be 100’s if not 1000’s of kids in your sport who will now be eligible for that same offer!
Let me answer the most frequently asked question: "How!?"
1) My wife said “let’s do it!” & has been all in!
2) GREAT players -
@LSUSMBB
&
@LSUSWBB
3)
@devin_jackson
- every AD/coach in America should have him on your radar!
4) I’ve always been a little crazy. So here we are! 🤣
Best under the radar coaching performance so far this season…
NAIA LSU Shreveport MBB head coach Kyle Blankenship took on additional duties as the WBB HC just days before the season started after a late change was made.
His men’s team is currently 13-3 and the women are 14-2
Power 5 schools are recruiting NAIA players to help them win…
I remember the days when recruiting was the other way around and we were trying to get Power 5 guys at our NAIA to help us win.
Wild. Times.
We’re back in the NAIA Fab Four! 5 years seems so long ago, but the celebration in our locker room brought back so many memories. Happy we were able to create some new ones today!
First thing I was asked on this morning of our
@NAIA
Opening Round game...
Can you change his diaper?
I’m officially awake now and ready to compete!! 🤣🤣🤣
They stack up a lot quicker when you coach two games every night! 🤣
Never thought No. 300 would come coaching a women’s game much less on a night we cut down the nets together, but I don’t think it could’ve been any more perfect!
Thankful & blessed to lead
@LSUSMBB
&
@LSUSWBB
!
These guys have always made my kids feel special, and for them to come up with the idea to let my son fill out the bracket is one of the coolest things I’ve ever witnessed!
What a memory! We’ll NEVER forget this one!
#TOGETHER
#FAMILY
I don’t tweet about our team much, but these guys deserve it after back to back wins on the road on back to back nights! It’s hard enough to win on the road in conference, but to do it twice in 24 hours is something special! Proud of our guys for their toughness & togetherness!
Thank you Seniors! Proud of you all for sticking it out through the ups and downs this year. My goal was always to get you to this night because I knew you would never forget it! What a way to go out by defeating the
#1
team in the country!
#Together
#Squad
Some BIG TIME high school football tonight under a beautiful Oklahoma sky!
@CoachBBlank
and the Owasso Rams knock off the state’s No. 1 team and defending state champs, 42-19!
#Blood
Incredible season
@LSUS_Baseball
! What a fun ride yall took us on this May! We couldnt be more proud of you guys.
My dude
@bneffendorf
can flat out get it done! We’ll be back!
Thank you seniors for leaving your mark on
@LSUS_Athletics
& finishing as one of the best teams ever!
When
@devin_jackson
and I found out we’d get to coach both teams in the
@NAIA
National Tournament!
I’m most grateful for the opportunity. I know our girls are super excited too!
Salina, Kansas will be filled with some Purple and Gold next week! Can’t wait!
#TOGETHER
#FAMILY
I probably don’t tweet enough about my team, but what they did tonight was pretty special! Snapped the 49-game Home winning streak of our in-state conference rivals. It was their 1st loss at Home EVER! Standing room only crowd & a crazy environment. So happy for my guys
@LSUSMBB
!
15th straight appearance for
@LSUSMBB
! Lots of players and coaches before this 2018-19 group paved the way. We can’t wait to be back in KC again this year and hope make all of you proud!
#TOGETHER
Just ran into some
@OwassoAthletics
golf parents this morning at our hotel in Longview, TX. When I told them my uncle was
@CoachBBlank
, their response didn’t surprise me...
“Oh! We love him!”
#legend
The Bible tells us that the greatest commandment is to love God with EVERYTHING we have. The second is to love our neighbor as we do ourselves.
LOVE! The word is a verb. It’s an action. It’s time to take our love for others to a higher level! Let your actions speak!
Mark 12:31
Since 1988, I have waited with anticipation for One Shining Moment at the conclusion of the NCAA Tournament. Tonight would have been no different.
Instead, I cleaned my garage! 🤷🏻♂️
BUT, according to my wife, that is “One Shining Moment!” 🤣🤣🤣
Enjoyed watching former
@LSUSMBB
player
@jakegreene013
coach his team in the State Semifinals today! I couldn’t be any more proud of the coach, husband and father he is!
#ALLIN
#ALLTHETIME
This morning my daughter told me she loved me. I usually just get a “luh you” or something. Almost like it’s a conditioned response.
However, today was different...
Me: I love you, Landry!
Her: I love you too!
It may not seem like much, but one word melted my heart
#too
❤️😭
STATE CHAMPS! Legendary stuff to take a 3-7 Owasso team and turn them into champions in year one! Nobody better than
@CoachBBlank
! Happy for him and my dad tonight!
#Blood
I grew up playing ball w/the 2 on the ends. I lived with 1 & lived @ the others! 😀 The 2 men in the middle were my 1st coaches & taught me so much about the game! And National Champion Coach Jen used to babysit me!! Nobody better than the Roberts fam! Congrats!
#SicEm
#Champs
Incredible season for
@LSUS_Baseball
! One play, one pitch, one moment, one run, one game will never define them. It ended a little sooner than we all hoped, but this group was one of the best to ever wear the Purple & Gold!
Proud to be associated with this team &
@LSUS_Athletics
Incredible season for
@LSUS_Baseball
! Hard to do what they did all season long! Fought til the finish! This group will go down in the record books!
Congrats, fellas on a tremendous year! You’ll be remembered forever!
What a group! We started this season without a single returner, but these guys believed in what
@LSUSMBB
is all about & they got it done! I’m so proud of them. They have been BY FAR the easiest crew to coach in my 11 years, and they deserve all of this & more!
#Family
#TOGETHER
Conference Champs!!!
With the win tonight, we clinched at least a share of the
@RRACsports
Regular Season title while also securing the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament & automatic bid to the National Tournament!
That’s 6 straight 💍’s!
#3Peat
#AnchorUp
#TOGETHER
⚓️🏀
It’s been a wild few days, but I wouldn’t trade this crazy life for anything. And yesterday, we welcomed our son into the world. I don’t have the words for the amount of joy and pride I felt when I got to see and…
BIG win tonight versus one of the hottest teams in the country!
@LSUS_Baseball
had The Dock Rocking! Loudest we’ve heard in a long time! Thanks, guys!!! Let’s do it again soon!
#AnchorUp
#JumpOnBoard
I’m gonna go out on a limb and say this might be the best officiated Region XIV Tournament game in history. Keith Kimble just called the Natty three nights ago! 👀 Darron George is pretty big time too. And the third crew member hasn’t missed a call either lol
@JUCOadvocate
Always hurts when you don’t win that last game. Enjoyed the ride this season. Loved going to battle every day with this staff! We’ll be back! ⚓️
#LSUSBasketball
#PilotPride
#AnchorUp
Winning is HARD! Winning in the National Tournament is even harder! Proud of our guys tonight. They showed some toughness vs. one of the more disciplined and physical teams we’ve played this year!
#SurviveandAdvance
Congrats to
@CalvaryCavs
on an incredible season! Lots of
@LSUSMBB
ties with several former campers on the court and the son of my coach and
@LSUS_Athletics
Hall of Famer
@ChadMcDowell_
. Heckuva run to the state finals! Proud of you all!
Congrats to
@LSUSWBB
for being the ONLY undefeated team left in
@NAIA
D1 Women’s Basketball! These girls can hoop! 16 of 17 wins are by double digits!
#AnchorUp
#JumpOnBoard
What an incredible season for
@LSUS_Baseball
! Never fun to not win your last game, but this team has a lot to be proud of! Way to represent
@LSUS_Athletics
this season guys!
#AnchorUp
@billcochran01
@chris_avery5
Very true in some cases. However, some kids (even really smart, intelligent ones) are just really poor standardized test takers and might actually thrive in a college setting!
With the transfer rate the way it already is, I bet some coaches will be willing to roll the dice!
It’s been a minute since we dropped one at The Dock! Tough one tonight, but games like these will make us better in March. Championships aren’t won in November!
On the road vs. a Top 5 team on Thursday night. Another great opportunity to get better & learn more about ourselves.
The “Champions Bruncheon” is always my most favorite
@NABC1927
event! It’s even better when the Emcee is from your hometown!
@TimBrando
and I are just two Shreveport kids living out our dream!
Thankful to have our staff and my wife with me yesterday! They make it all happen!!!
Thank you
@LSUSMSOC
and
@LSUSWSoc
for your support ALL year! Y’all driving over to Longview tonight made this coach smile! The Dock will be the toughest venue in the country for opponents to play in for many years to come with you all leading the charge!
#THANKFUL
“Another year down
And baby, somehow
Our song never gets old
The honeymoon phase
And butterflies fade
But I'll never let you go
We were just kids
Stealin a kiss
And it feels like forever ago
But I love you more than yesterday
And we still got forever to go”
Grateful for the recognition, but even more thankful for the incredible players and assistant coaches who are the ones that really get it done for us!
#TOGETHER
People forget UConn was 14-0 and
#1
in the country. They beat Oregon, Alabama, Iowa state, Oklahoma State and Florida in consecutive games. They won every game during that stretch by double-digits.
This is that team! They are that good!
My life, since the age of six, has always consisted of playing or coaching basketball games nearly every Saturday in January. This, however, will be the third consecutive weekend that I’ll be watching ball in the stands or on my couch! 😢
Excited to add these two Louisiana guys to our roster! Both have experience at the highest level of college basketball, and will fit in great here at LSUS.
Built By The Boot, baby!
Auditioning for the Assistant Baseball Coach position! I’ll have some extra time on my hands next year now that I’m only coaching one team.
I’m ready
@bneffendorf
!
Take all the wins. Y’all can have them. This is what I want to be remembered for. Serving others. Impacting lives. Loving first. Loving most!
Today, we were able to positively influence the lives of over 700 kids in our community! Forever thankful for this platform we have! 💜💛
We’ve had some tremendous players with very lofty stats come through our program over the past 16 years! These records aren’t broken easily! However,
@4slim_jg
is on pace for the highest NAIA single season rebound average since 2003. It’s been pretty special to watch every night!
I’ve found myself sitting in silence a lot over the past 36 hours. I’ve also reflected, I’ve read and I’ve listened. I still can’t find the words. My two daughters are my greatest joy. Being a dad is my greatest responsibility. This hit me to the core! 😭
Congrats to my former player, first-ever assistant coach and my great friend
@FrancisUSAO
on winning the first of many regular season conference titles in his career! Proud of you dude!!!
Big win tonight, but the highlight of my day was finding out we are having another little girl! My PG will now have a SG to pass it to! 😬
#futurebackcourt
Really happy for this group right here! Fun to watch them come together and accomplish something special despite all the adversity throughout the year. Can’t wait to follow them in the National Tournament!
#AnchorUp
Storybook finish would be UNC in the semis and Kansas in the finals. Coach K takes out their ultimate rival and then gets his last national title vs. the Jayhawks - the same team he won his first against!
#MarchMadness
#Destiny
I’ve played a lot of video games in my lifetime, and I don’t recall ever throwing for over 400 and 7 TD’s in a half! I guess I never created a player as good as
@Joe_Burrow10
! 🤷🏻♂️
Everyone has made it to Kansas City! My girls arrived tonight and my sister flew in from Colorado with my nephew earlier today. So thankful for my family and their unending love and…
Always great to be at the Final Four and
@NABC1927
Convention, but it’s even better this year because I’m with my dad. Can’t wait to take him to the Champions Luncheon tomorrow!
Here’s an idea
@CBSSports
@TurnerSportsPR
: starting next Thursday at 11:00 am, broadcast the best ever
@marchmadness
game for that time slot. Continue throughout the day for a total of 4 games. Do it for each round/day of the tournament through the championship. WE WILL WATCH!!!