Giannis shot 4 FT’s last night and
@TheAthletic
has 3 articles on how long he takes to shoot free throws? God forbid you cover the conference finals and the actual basketball.
Y’all are embarrassing. Great opportunity today to recognize a guy’s loyalty, a franchise’s commitment their star, a win for the small market … and you come on with this 💩 Y’all know they already have one 💍 right? Go talk about why Embiid can’t win anything
"It's questionable... He didn't have to do this... He could have signed the same deal at the end of the season."
@WindhorstESPN
on Giannis agreeing to a 3-year, $186 million contract extension with the Bucks 🗣
(via
@FirstTake
)
Women’s basketball has NEVER been better! The talent, the depth, the competitiveness. People forget how young our game is. We’re finally dipping into third generations of players - where their grandma “maybe” played … not sure we understand how important that is
Not exactly
#girldad
... but I’ve had the “why don’t you coach men?” question for years. From the first day I coached girls/women ... I knew I wouldn’t coach boys again. Now that I’m 40 ...proud
#girldad
👦🏼 9-yr old me wondered how you could ever be a coach for a job
👨🏼🎓 19-yr old me thought you could maybe do it ... but not full time
👨💼 29-yr old me thought he hit the ceiling to this thing
👱🏻♂️ 39-yr old me woke up getting ready to coach in his 7th NCAA Tournament.
#Madness
In a year when recruits (especially 2021’s) & coaches need streaming more than ever, Nike Tournament of Champions decides to charge $1000 to watch games next week. With staff furloughs & frozen/chopped budgets that’s a heck of a stance! Look forward to hearing how the games go 😉
Oshkosh … I need you to know … Our kids gave EVERYTHING for this. They are incredible! 🖤💛 If you’ve followed our team please take two minutes to hear about who they are
I have one request of the crowd tonight at
@FiservForum
… all positive. These games go bad for the home team when they get down 6 and there’s murmurs or booing. Just cheer. Going bad? Cheer louder. Bring the juice!
#FearTheDeer
The path to where you want to get is rarely straight. We left that same locker room Feb 5 beaten, but not defeated. I love my fighters! We were 11-9 and 4-5 in the WIAC. We all sat in a room and owned our failures. Then learned. Then grew. Then came together. Then ✂️🏆 Now we 💃
When you build it together - you share it forever. 2nd decade was supposed to start with a “rebuild.” Instead they won 20 for the 10th straight year and got us to the Final 32 - while dealing with real life adversity. This one was for the program - Culture doesn’t graduate🤞🏼🖤💛
Professional Women’s Basketball begins in Oshkosh, WI tonight! This is an incredibly important step in opportunity & investment in female athletes. Women’s basketball is beating down the door! Talent is at an all-time high, the WNBA has never been better, and the game is growing.
Since her son, and her sideline energy are the talk of the state tournament, feels like a good time to say … our program is what it is because of Jenny Kenesie and everything she taught me! I promise there’s not a better basketball coach in the state. Pick your mentors wisely!
Summer of ‘12 we were hired to take over programs that combined to go 1-31 in the WIAC. Year later we started a now 9 year streak of 1 of our programs in the NCAAs. For the 6th time - we’re dancing together! Find a men’s program that supports & makes you better. Let’s dance boys!
I love seeing all these tweets about the bonuses Power 5 coaches get for making the NCAA Tournament. We made the NCAA’s and got a meal at Iowa’s Best Burger Cafe 😉 (excellent by the way)
Bucks 1st quarter possessions last night
0 pass: 10 times
1 pass: 11 times
2 pass: 4 times
3 pass: 3 times
4 or more: 0 times
I counted 3 times where the ball went from one side, to the other, then back (all of their sets I believe). 14 of 28 it never left original side. 😬😬😬
Please join us on February 6 to help fight the cause. We’ll have various pink items for raffle or purchase with all proceeds going to Chloe’s chosen charity. So proud of my PG 🖤💛🏀
It’s a basketball game.
But for
@UWOWBB1
's
@CPustina
, it's far more than that.
The Titans will host
@UwpWbb
on Feb. 6 in their Pink Game. The game holds extra meaning for Pustina. She lost her mom Nancy to triple negative breast cancer this past Nov.
#MoreThanAGame
Never cared what gets written (thanks for covering D3WBB) but our program has a 7-year history of winning games like THIS and THIS. There is no limit to how many games you can win by having tough-minded whatever it takes kids year after year. We are proud of who we are.
#BeUs
When you build a program you hope to find women who believe in the name on the front. The people who said “oh boy, you lost all those seniors, now what?” Culture doesn’t graduate. It creates more great players who keep fighting. 19 wins - Hope for one more shot with them! 🖤💛
Special shout out to our Hall of Fame SID Kennan Timm who was involved in that huge, terrible accident on Hwy 41. Hrs back home resting but found a way to watch the last 3 minutes of our game from the hospital. No bigger Titan through and through. Love ya buddy!
When you tell them before their senior year of high school - if you come here you could do A B & C. And then they come and do the whole damn alphabet! Leah, Nikki, Kendal, Brooke, Katie, Abby, Claire, Julia, and Mattea. Your legacy is incredible. Thank you & I love you! 💛🖤🤞🏼
Last night we got to put all 7 of our healthy seniors on the floor to start the game our other 2 in the coaches box. It was a great moment! Thank you Oshkosh for coming out and honoring this group! And thank you
@UWRFWomensBball
for allowing this to happen! It means a lot🤝
If my kids had to give up their Sweet 16 I think the the least the rest of you can do is chill at home and watch your streaming services. St. Patrick’s Day isn’t that important
My least favorite day is Saturday … but I encourage anyone who has followed our team the last few years to come and help us honor our Senior Class! Game at 7:00 pm. I typically am a mess with 3 or 4 … I will need an IV and salt tablets bawling about NINE
Being a college basketball coach was never the goal … But became a gift. We’re mostly judged on less that 60 hours a year. Taught again it’s about the other 8700 hours and who you spend that time with. I love our players. They’re resilient and strong. I’m so proud of them 💛🖤
Tomorrow my 3rd student-athlete in 8 years at UWO will graduate in 3.5 years. To those who tell HS’ers “I don’t know if you can be a great student & play sports in college.” You have no idea what they are capable of. There’s a good chance they can/will because they’re an athlete.
There’s a myth on teams that just because you get older means it’s your “turn” to play.
It might be your “time,” but it’s never your “turn.”
Time is earned. Turns are handed.
What an incredible ride! We were prepared to grow with lots of new faces. I was not fully prepared for 19 young women who never stopped working for/with each other. There’s often someone who checks out early - not this team. Thank you to my players for giving Oshkosh all you had!
2018-19 will be on
@UWOWBB1
's greatest hits album.
🖤 26-4 record
💛 WIAC regular season & tourney titles
🖤 NCAA Sweet 16
Congratulations on a great season, Titans!
#HailTitans
#TitansAreChampions
Year 11 at UW-Oshkosh starts now! I could not be more grateful for every young woman and her family who trusted me to coach them. I hope you all have gotten even a fraction as much out of this as I have. I love you all! This program will continue to make you proud 💛🖤
When it comes to team accomplishments NOTHING beats seeing your name on the bracket! In July of 2012 this seemed so far from possible - now we make our 9th trip in the last 10 tournaments. Proud of THIS group for their every day dedication to the mission. See you Friday Oshkosh!
Thank you for all the kind words. I was lucky 12 years ago when Oshkosh gave me a shot. I’ve been lucky again to connect with so many young women and their families who believe in the same things our program does … and want to work to be special! Excited to grow with THIS group
HISTORY MADE ✔️
Congratulations to our leader who became the ALL-TIME winningest coach in program history 🐐🐐🐐
Coach Brad Fischer👑 now holds a 2️⃣4️⃣0️⃣-6️⃣6️⃣ record and is not done yet!!
This is a program championship. The women before this group that set the standard. The women right now who sacrifice what’s best for them to do what’s best for us. This year wasn’t supposed to be our turn … but they made it our TIME. Built for this.
Couldn’t be prouder of the women that have made this possible. Just the 4th time in the history of our league (2nd for UWO) that a program has won 20 for 7 straight years. Winning is hard. Winning year after year - another level.
#HailTitans
The amount of people that have their fingerprints on things like this makes me emotional 🥹 Trusting parents, selfless players, committed assistants. Build it together … share it forever. Every piece of it 🤞🏼🖤💛
I try to pick up McDonald’s coffee for Lisa before work and my new favorite thing is this group of senior citizens that has started circling up their cars in the Shopko parking lot next door to drink coffee and hang out. I need to start building my senior parking lot crew
Women’s basketball coaches - good luck finding yourself a men’s coach who will hype your team and players like this (does your MBB coach pull WBB clips from synergy?!?!)! This is the Oshkosh Basketball Family. It’s always WE and US
#HailTitans
If you need a reason to watch
@UWOWBB1
(besides 8 straight 20 win seasons), check out the plays
@LeahPorath
made in OT on Wednesday night. Tune in this upcoming Wednesday. You will enjoy this team.
Congrats isn’t a big enough word to say to
@UWOCoachLewis
and his team! So happy, proud, and excited for all you guys! The daily investment we all get to see is second to none! It was amazing to watch! Earned every ounce!
#TitansAreChampions
#TitansAreNationalChampions
In a level where the 4 year retention rate sits in the mid 30s - our program is right about 70% It’s because of women like this who sacrifice what’s best for them for what’s best for the Titans. The only way 9 seniors happens is selflessly. Come see us honor them tomorrow night.
This team is an incredible example of staying the course, gritting your teeth, and putting in the work. At 11-9 there weren’t enough games on the schedule to keep the 20-win streak alive ... so they just went and earned more. Third “Sweet 16” for our seniors ... that’s a legacy
Arden Hills Regional CHAMPION
@UWOWBB1
advances to play March 13 vs.
#13
Loras College (Iowa) (25-4). Game time at venue are TBD.
UWO (20-10) reaches 20 wins for 8th straight year & will play in the NCAA 3rd round for 8th time (4th in past 7 seasons).
#HailTitans
🏆💛🖤
Thank you to everyone who came out tonight to support the cause ... we raised upwards of $2,300 for
@metavivor
to help advance their research. We will never forget Nancy Pustina and what she taught us in her fight. We’re extremely grateful for everyone’s generosity. 🙏🏼 💕
So predictable…
Bill Simmons: For Jrue, this might be the deepest offensive team he’s been on.
The 2021 Bucks had 7 guys average double digits. Last year’s Celtics had 5; two are gone. Porzingis adds one back.
If Jrue is so great … why weren’t the Bucks favorites already?
Here’s to normalizing signing day for all sports at every collegiate level! It’s really freaking hard to play in college and the investments it took to get to that moment are incredible! Congrats to everyone… you’re one of the 7%. Elite!
So freaking proud of these women! When you come to Oshkosh you sign up for a HIGH standard! This group has had different people step up each night and figured out a way to win the toughest top-to-bottom league in the country. Unassailable. We’re not perfect. But we are champions!
.
@UWOWBB1
Wins
@wiacsports
Crown Outright With Win Over Pointers🏀🥇
📰
The Titans return to action on Wednesday for the semifinal round of the WIAC Tournament at the Kolf Sports Center at 7 PM📅
#GoldStandard
I’m so proud of these women! Never complained about one thing all year. Just worked hard, competed, pulled like crazy for one another (bench mob!) They went through so much off the court outside of COVID that young women shouldn’t have to deal with. I couldn’t love them more.🖤💛
Absolutely gutted for
@BadgerCoachTsip
... nobody cares more about WI basketball. Not just Badger Basketball; Wisconsin (the state) Basketball. Many Power 5 coaches are too big for the little people, to Tsip there are no little people; just people. Can’t wait to see what’s next!
I love my team. Some of them out there on sheer grit. 19-6 on the 12th best strength of schedule in the country through injuries and COVID. I’ll take our program every day of the week. They’ve earned a shot in March.
FINAL:
#11
UW-Whitewater 67,
@UWOWBB1
59.
WIAC Semis
Leah Porath 18 points for Titans; Nikki Arneson & Ava Douglas 11; Julia Silloway (5 assists) 9.
UWO (19-6) will learn 2/28 whether it receives a Div. III Championship at-large berth.
📷 Larry Radloff,
My first decade here is ☑️
The goal was to build a perennial contender with great people who graduate ready for their next chapter, but never forget what this experience means. We’ve never had to compromise our values. That is a championship program! Excited for the next 10!
Following a remarkable run to the national quarterfinals,
@UWOWBB1
ended the 2021-22 season ranked 12th in the NCAA Division III by .
UW-Oshkosh has won at least one game in each of its last 14 trips to the Division III postseason.
We’re proud of this one … when you’re only guaranteed 25 a year … getting 20 wins every single season is a huge accomplishment. Proud of our women for bringing it EVERY. SINGLE. YEAR. And love this graphic cause their are some legends on here!
After watching our team, and specifically our seniors, fight for the last month to keep their season/careers alive ... it was heartbreaking to tell them it was over in a hotel room. This may not have been our best team ever; but it was our gutsiest. We owned our failures and(1/2)
.
@UWOWBB1
's incredible Sweet 16 run has come to an end.
2020 Titans senior class:
93 wins ✅
2 WIAC regular season titles 🏆🏆
2 WIAC postseason titles 🏆🏆
3 trips to NCAA Sweet 16 (3rd UWO class to do so) 💃💃💃
#HailTitans
💛🖤
Couldn’t be prouder of our squad! 1 objective - put together the best team we could & win a championship. These players were way better than anticipated! Women’s basketball has never been better & this group got out what they put in. Thank you for the chance to watch you play!
This is
@LeahPorath
game log freshman year in conference. She played 53 MINUTES! Scored 24 pts. The path to success is never linear. Never asked why. She said “I need to get better” and has worked tirelessly to make it happen. Self made success is the best kind. Proud of you 12
Congratulations to
@UWOWBB1
senior guard Leah Porath on reaching 1,000 career points tonight!
The 2020 WIAC Player of the Year & NCAA Division III All-American is the program's 22nd player to score 1,000 points.
#HailTitans
“mEn MAke mOrE $$$”
If you think for a second renting workout equipment or some branded swag even moves the $ needle for the NCAA budget, you’re wrong. To them “yoga mats” = women like yoga right?
I have players throwing 75’s around. Get outta here with your dumbbell rack
✋ Raise your hand if your women’s volleyball, women’s basketball AND softball teams all made the Sweet 16 this year! (We’ll wait … but Texas and Stanford you’re the only other ones who can raise it)
#GoldStandard
Pat Connaughton was +21 in 32 minutes. This is why coaches play guys through their struggles in February when you think they’re losing games because of it. He played the long game, showed him trust, and got rewarded. That’s as much coaching as any ball screen defense.
We said we’d measure this year by the process and not the results. I’m super proud of their unselfishness and their commitment to our culture. We are A LONG away from our potential … but we have a group who owns their faults. Humility = Growth. They earned their break! ✏️📈
Also, how many instances can anyone think of where the
#Packers
and Dr. Pat McKenzie pushed a guy to play when he shouldn't have? It's the opposite around here.
Tried to be less social media focused this year (unless Bucks). But public shout out to our team! 18 wins against the nation’s fourth toughest schedule. Have dealt with real life adversity; kept fighting. 8 different leading scorers, 1,700 freshman minutes. Excited for next week!
@KellyPSheffield
This turned into a weird way to have a bunch of volleyball fans say they prefer volleyball to basketball. We could just say “it’s great to finally see all the first round games get the coverage they deserve … now let’s do the same for volleyball.”
The news is out. Bittersweet for me & our program to have to say good bye to Coach McNiff while also being incredibly proud & happy for her & this opportunity! We have been side-by-side for 6 years of 20-win seasons, WIAC titles and NCAA Tournament runs. Thank You for everything!
Finally get to talk about it! Thanks to UWO for allowing me to be involved - a tremendous opportunity for us to help advance women’s basketball. An incredibly high level of women’s basketball will be played in Oshkosh this summer. We can’t wait to start announcing our roster!
Let me see ... 6-2 playing the toughest schedule in the league a few players down? I’d say that regular season was a big success! Proud of our kids who keep stepping up when their number is called. Toughness doesn’t graduate. I freaking love our team
#HailTitans
Path to All-American HM
Fresh year (COVID): 29 min
Soph year: 197 min
Transfer? Nope
Quit? Nope
Trust your process? Yep
Trust your coaches? Yep
Trust the culture? Yep
Work? Quadruple Yep
Jr year: All-WIAC
Sr year: All-Region/All-American
Old school. Timeless.
Love you 34
Two notes…
1. Bill Simmons has mentioned in essentially every pod how the Bucks aren’t a contender and he’s not afraid of them
2. He posts this lineup breakdown …
Only 4 lineups have played 200+ mins together and have a +10 rating. Two notes…
1. When KP plays, the Celtics remain ridiculous.
2. The new Clips starting 5 is clicking and the stats back it up. Gotta admit, those 5 guys play well together. We’ll see if they can stay healthy.
All my guy
@UWOCoachLewis
does is cut nets! ✂️ Proud of you buddy and proud to share this adventure with you. Blessed to be at a school where the men’s coach appreciates and respects the women’s game like you all do.
#HailTitans
If you coaches haven’t tried this corner-stack play to confuse & baffle the defense (and your own team) ... you’re behind the times. Just like we drew it up.
#spacing
For everyone that fights for and believes in women’s basketball, growing the game, and increased opportunities - we created this team ... the greatest collection of talent in the history of Wisconsin WBB! Come see these women fight for a championship! It’ll be worth every penny!
GWBA championship game is set.
#1
seed Wisconsin GLO (13-0) vs.
#3
seed Flint Monarchs (7-6) for all the league's marbles. Opening tip at 3 pm Aug. 11 at Menominee Nation Arena in Oshkosh.
#LetsGLO
💙💚
Practice
#10
tonight! Probably can start putting in a couple sets and start going live with shell.
Wait what? We have a game? At Green Bay? Like THE Green Bay?
Welp - ready or not we’ll see you at the Kress! Excited to introduce this team. New roles and new faces!
#PNP
Shout out to our girl
@LeahPorath
who is smashing it in the Netherlands! Had her first 20-piece last weekend and keeps getting better and better. Proud of you Leah!
2,158 Women’s basketball players entered the portal over the last 12 months. Focus on finding a 4-year FIT. Ask lots of questions. If a school truly wants you and cares about you they should be an open book. What is their retention rate? How many have they had transfer out/or in
The best environment we’ve played in in my 10 years at Oshkosh. All the credit to our women who were completely connected today. Took every single one of us. We earned another week together! Never want it to end 💛🤞🏼🖤
2022 Recruiting Class Officially ✅
Can’t wait til NCAA rules allow us to announce this group that’s joining our returners. Will be big shoes for everyone to fill but we invested in people and families. Couldn’t be happier with the group we’re welcoming! 2023’s - you’re up! 🖤💛
The best women’s basketball team in Wisconsin history … is back. And the gym was loud! If your teams don’t talk bring them to a game …. These women never stop communicating.