Steve Smiley
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Greeley, CO
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Blessed, honored, and humbled to become the next head coach of the UNC 🐻🐻🐻! Can’t wait to get started!
🚨 BREAKING 🚨
Help us give a warm welcome to our new head coach
@coach_smiley
!
We are glad to have you stay as a part of the 🐻 family!
Join us tomorrow for a virtual press conference officially introducing Coach Smiley tomorrow at 3 pm.
#GoUNCBears
🐻🏀
#BigSkyMBB
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✅ CIT Champs🏆
✅ School Record 26 Wins
✅ 1st Big Sky MBB Team to ever win a postseason title
✅ 1st D1 MBB team in Colorado since 1940 (CU - NIT) to win a postseason title
✅ Smashed the attendance record
🙌Thank You to the entire UNC & Greeley community for all that you do!
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Can’t wait to start working with not only a great coach, but more importantly a lifelong friend! Let’s welcome
@CoachHReed
to UNC & Greeley!
“
@CoachHReed
is a born-and-raised Colorado guy, and he will take a tremendous amount of pride in continuing to build the tradition of UNC in his home state.” -
@coach_smiley
📰 >>
#GoUNCBears
🐻🏀
#BigSkyMBB
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Saw this randomly on Facebook. I would have to say that this is extremely accurate.
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For all of the people that have reached out to me already for congratulations, I can’t thank all of you enough! I’ll be reaching back out as soon as I have a few free minutes! In the meantime, GO BEARS!
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This is truly an entire team award for the Bears and a reflection of a winning season! Great players that sacrifice daily and the best staff in the Big Sky! Humbled to get this nomination. 🐻🏀🔥🐻🏀🔥
Congrats to Steve Smiley for being named the Big Sky Conference Co-Coach of the Year ❕
#GetUpGreeley
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I’ve been really lucky to have 2 programs take a chance on me as a head coach, had great mentors, been blessed to coach great players, and worked with great staffs! This is a reflection of all that. Onwards! 🐻🏀🔥🐻🏀🔥
🚨CONGRATULATIONS COACH‼️🚨
Coach Smiley picked up his 200th Head Coaching Win against Northern New Mexico
#GetUpGreeley
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A couple classic Don Meyer ideas - it’s amazing how his ideas / teaching / thoughts never get outdated. Thanks to my guy
@JustinBauman
for sending over!
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(1) So saddened by the news to dismantle athletics at Sheridan College. SC was the place that gave me my 1st real shot as a 27yr old Head Coach. My son’s 1st camp was in the Golden Dome, my daughter was born in Sheridan, and my wife and I worked at the college for 6 great yrs.
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Congrats to my brother
@CoachSundance
!!! There’s no doubt he will Ride For The Brand and bleed 307!!!
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15 years of Marriage to the Incredible Nikki Smiley celebrated today! Love you Babe! Cheers to many more!
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The day my life changed and I didn’t even know it! Always good to have a little luck in life😉. Best part is that Coach Meyer included his “Beeper #”. Not going to show those references in case
#s
are still active for some of the legends of the game!
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We all have to do better. Thank you NBA for taking a stand tonight. Let’s all pray for real change and for us to be part of the solution!
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Reorganizing the home office, stumbled upon a couple classics!
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Doing just fine and excited for when I / we are allowed to resume. The great Don Meyer used to teach his players that NBA stood for Next Best Action, and that is how I’ll approach this as well. Love my squad and health / safety will always be first for our team. Go Bears! 🐻🏀
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Would have loved to be in Indy competing with the Bears today, but I know we’ll get there in the future. Getting a chance to watch young Madden bring home a 🥇 was a huge blessing!
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After sitting in a college classroom w this dude for 4 years, I’m speechless
@CoachSundance
😂😂
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Not our night tonight, but I absolutely couldn’t be more proud of this group and what they’ve accomplished this year! When we get a chance to reflect, it will be clear that we had a very special season! Congrats to Montana State on playing a tremendous game tonight. 🐻🏀🔥🐻🏀🔥
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Good luck to Dalton
@DaltonKnecht3
as his NBA Dreams become reality tonight! We are all proud of you out here in Bear Country! We will be tuning in! 🐻🏀🔥🐻🏀🔥
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What a season for 🐻🏀!
✅ Tied for 3rd-most wins UNC history (22)
✅2nd Big-Sky Title Gm appearance UNC history
✅3rd-Place finish in CBI Nat’l Postseason Trny (3rd team UNC history to win postseason gm)
✅2nd MTE Trny title UNC history (Rainbow Classic)
✅Only the beginning
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Congrats young dude! Keep working!
After a great talk with
@CoachSundance
, I am extremely blessed to announce I have received my first division 1 offer from Wyoming!
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Couldn’t be prouder for our guys! What a win for the entire program and all of 🐻 country. UNC, and Greeley! 200 minutes of effort and Winning Plays tonight! 🐻🏀🔥🐻🏀🔥
BEARS WIN!!! BEARS WIN!!!
UNC Leaders:
27, Kountz
18, Johnson II
18, Knecht
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Always tough to end the season, especially on a night when we just didn’t quite have it, but couldn’t be more proud of this group! To get to the Final 4 of a postseason tourney with this field is a big deal and will only help us as we continue to build. Future is bright! 🐻🏀🔥
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Excited!
@CoryFehringer
is a HUGE addition to the staff! Excited for the future of 🐻🏀!!!! Great coach, better human!
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Couldn’t be more proud of my favorite player
@_maddensmiley5
- his team lost in the final minute today in the State Title. His entire team left it all out there. Very thankful for an awesome season and to be able to see him compete on the final day! ❤️
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Great year for the 🐻!
✅ Another 20+ win season!
✅ UNC record for Big Sky wins!
✅ Competed for a title until the last night of the Regular Season!
✅ Big Sky Coach of the Year
✅ Big Sky Player of the Year
✅ Big Sky Defensive Player of Year
✅ Big Sky Freshman of the Year
We had a good time on the hardwood this season and we could not have done it without our fans.
Thank you Bear Nation for your support of
@UNC_BearsMBB
and we can't wait for next season!
#GoUNCBears
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Happy Easter from the Smile’s - minus Madden (en route to Africa)! He is Risen!
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Had a great conversation with our TEAM today. A lot of hurting people out there. We all have to do better!
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Special life moment! Celebrating 20 years being married to my best friend, the amazing Nikki Smiley! Been a heck of a ride so far. Here’s to another 20, and then another, and another! ❤️❤️
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Huge, GRITTY win to start the season. Many moments in that game where our guys could have folded, but they dug in for all 40. Big TEAM win = Proud Coach 🐻🏀🔥🐻🏀🔥
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Big News! Can’t wait to continue working and building with Coach Green!!!! Future is bright!
"I am beyond thrilled to announce that
@DorianGreen22
has decided to stay on our new staff" -
@coach_smiley
📰 >>
#GoUNCBears
🐻🏀
#BigSkyMBB
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Extremely grateful for this continued opportunity to coach
@UNC_BearsMBB
! I’m lucky to have an elite staff and work with great players and people. Any perceived success for a HC is a reflection of those players and staff. Also grateful for all who prepared me to be a HC! 🐻🏀🔥
One more HUGE signing for this early recruiting period...got
@coach_smiley
locked up to lead
@UNC_BearsMBB
for five more years!
#GetUpGreeley
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Big night for our program! Took 80 years to get a road win in Laramie (last year) and now we’ve got the back-to-back W’s! Proud of the fellas, competed and found a way to get it done!
A team-high 23 points from Bodie Hume (
@bodiehume
) and UNC became the first non-conference team to win in the Double-A in back-to-back seasons
#GoUNCBears
#BigSkyMBB
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Time to add another memory! 19yr Anniversary is today as I somehow got lucky enough for Nikki Smiley to say “I DO” in Estes Park in 2004! A lot has changed since then, but one thing that hasn’t is our love for each other! Luckiest man alive!
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Big win! Never easy to win, especially against a really good team in a hostile road environment. One of the wildest endings I’ve been a part of, but proud of the guys for hanging on! 🐻🏀🔥🐻🏀🔥
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I’m so proud of my close friend
@NSUBballSather
for getting this opportunity! 20 yrs ago he found the young
@CoachSundance
and myself in the back gyms of a team camp in Wyoming. I’ve loved him ever since. He’s one of the best, as a coach, but more importantly, on a human level.
Head men's basketball coach Paul Sather steps down, accepts position at UND
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Excited to see my son compete on Thursday in the Final 4! Great article, shows the sacrifice that coaches and families have to make at times!
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Twitter Fam! Personal note, looking for help for my Dad, or as many know him as Tim, Pops, Coach Smiley, Professor Smiley and Pito! Looking to spread the word ⬇️⬇️
@CoachSundance
@CoachHReed
@Vonseggerndesi1
@Coach_Cloep
@KenDeWeese
@nickschroeder24
@CoryFehringer
@DorianGreen22
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“People don’t pay for average”
“Be a total package coach”
“Find the Teachable Moment” - best time is after a big win or loss
“Make the practices like the games and the games like the practices”
“Must be demanding without being demeaning”
#MeyerNotes
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Especially grateful to get through this year! Too many people to tag in
@UNC_Bears
, but thank you to our Admin, Facilities, Sports Info and so many more that had to embrace “other duties as assigned” and most importantly our Ath Trainers, Maddie, Tracy for hrs & hrs of work! 🐻🏀
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This never gets old. Some 💎 from the Legend!
Coach Don Meyer explains what the true meaning of TEAMS is!
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Have multiple copies of this in every player / coach notebook I own during my 7 yrs w/ Coach. Still applies!
The Easy and The Hard: By the great Don Meyer.
He is still coaching us
@jerrymeyer247
Read & Share.
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7-day countdown to one of the biggest Team Camps west of the Mississippi! Final preparations are under way for the nearly 200 teams from 9 different states heading to Greeley next Thursday! 🐻🏀🔥
@UNC_BearsMBB
@CoryFehringer
@CoachHReed
@DorianGreen22
@coachklump
@Coach_Cloep
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Awesome win on the road tonight! Proud of the entire organization. Right back at it for a 9am(!) tip on Monday morning. 🐻🏀🔥
Another fun night in Montana. First team in 20 years to win three straight in Missoula!
📰>>
#BearsStrong
🐻🏀
#BigSkyMBB
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The alma-mater gets it done again! 3x in a row in one of the top d2 leagues in the nation = IMPRESSIVE! 👏 🐺 🏆
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Big TEAM win tonight! Road wins are never easy, but the group found a way to get it done. Proud to get the win, especially on Coach Meyer’s Birthday!
BEARS WIN!!!
@DaylenKountz2
(26),
@bodiehume
(21) &
@mattoraw23
(21) all with 20 points in the win!
#BearsStrong
🐻🏀
#BigSkyMBB
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A wise old coach used to love the following saying: “There comes a time when Winter asks what you’ve done all Summer.”
@CoachSundance
@CoachLWicks
@HammerCSUPueblo
@CoachHReed
@nickschroeder24
@BOConnor21
When CJ McCollum was informed that he played 60 minutes tonight he said, “that’s why I condition all summer, I work on my diet, I get my sleep, I get my massages, so I can be ready to play every night.” Young fellas...it all matters. It takes a lot of sacrifice to be great.
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My favorite player! Love this kid!
Madden Smiley has proven himself to be one of the top prospects in a loaded 2026 class, as he is a big guard who plays older than his age level
@UpriseAG
@PrepHoopsCO
@Bball_CO
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Had to drop some more
#DonMeyer
notes to start off the weekend!
@CoachHammerSC
@CoachHReed
@CoachSundance
@BOConnor21
@CoachLWicks
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Tough pill to swallow for our entire organization and university, but we’ll be ready when allowed! Health and safety first and foremost. Go Bears!
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Wife and Daughter at my game last night. Wife gets nervous, can’t watch, so they both go to my office for the ending. See how dirty I’ve let it become, so daughter calls me out! Appreciate the accountability! 😂😂😂 Love my squad!
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Phenomenal run for my 🐺’s! Proud, proud alum. It was a pleasure to watch the best team in school history and the best d2 fans in America rock The Pentagon all week. One shot never defines a season...
@CoachSundance
@NSUBballSather
@nsuwolves_mbb
@WolvesAthletics
@moonjosh
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Any postseason invite is a blessing and we’re excited to be moving on! The CBI tourney is going to be loaded with a tremendous field. Can’t wait to COMPETE! More details soon….🐻🏀🔥🐻🏀🔥
We're not done yet!!! We are excited to accept an invitation to the
@CBITourney
!
#GetUpGreeley
🐻🏀
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Madden’s Christmas came early, had a chance to see his hero for the 1st time in awhile! Dame is one of the best in the world, but more importantly, he’s as good of a person as there is. Grateful that we had a chance to see him compete again. Not many built like him!
@Dame_Lillard
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Classic
@CoachDonMeyer
footage!
Incredible footage of Legendary Coach Don Meyer talking about how to play through a mistake!
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Another huge congrats to
@UNC_BearsVB
@LyndseyOates
after the big win vs CSU tonight! The 🏦 was rocking! 👏👏🐻🔥🐻🔥
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Proud of our TEAM. Had opportunities and came up a few plays short at the very end. Never easy losing the game that ends the season, but the future is undeniably bright in Bear country! 🐻🏀🔥
#BearsStrong
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Big time win over a great team! Never easy winning at Weber. Proud of our guys bouncing back from a tough L in Idaho. Need that BANK 🏦 rocking in 48 hours on Monday as we COMPETE against Idaho State 🐻🏀🔥🐻🏀🔥
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Road wins are the best! Proud of the guys for a big-time effort for all 40 minutes tonight. Great start to 2022. 🐻🏀🔥🐻🏀🔥
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What an effort by the guys tonight! A lot of adversity to overcome. Couldn’t be more proud of the team. Survive and advance! 🐻🏀🔥🐻🏀🔥
The Bears
#WIN
!
UNC defeats Portland State 84-80 and advance to play Montana State tomorrow at 8 pm!
#GetUpGreeley
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Will go down as one of the all-time great Bears!!!! Bodie, we’re all proud of you! Go attack that next dream! 🐻🏀🔥🐻🏀🔥
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Getting old! 4 Decades in the game of LIFE!
It's the big man's BIRTHDAY!!! Let's wish Head Coach
@coach_smiley
a great birthday! Rumor has it it's a big one! 🎂🥳🎉
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One of the best articles I've ever read on my Coach & Mentor, Don Meyer:
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So proud of our crew! 3 possession game with 8 min left, ran out of steam at the end. No doubt we got BETTER today against one of the best in the country. On to WAZZU! 🐻🏀🔥🐻🏀🔥
#GetUpGreeley
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Always a pleasure seeing my guy
@kenpomeroy
! One of the smartest humans I know. I was lucky enough 8 yrs ago to have
@PhilBeckner
tell me the 1st thing I needed to do when I got a chance at d1 was get a ☕️ w Ken and listen and learn. He wasn’t wrong! If you know, you know!
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Another monster road win! Great way to end the Non Con. A short break and then we’re right into Big Sky play! 🐻🏀🔥
BEARS WIN!!! Heading into
#BigSkyMBB
play with a 4⃣-game win streak! We'll start it out at Portland State on 12/28
#GoUNCBears
🐻🏀
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Big win for the squad today on the 🏖!!!! So proud of their effort. FAU is a LEGIT team from a great league (Conference USA) and our guys found a way to get it done. Onto the next! 🐻🏀🔥🐻🏀🔥
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Kids in today’s microwave society have a tough time figuring this out!
MATT FARRELL: Fresh Year - 4 min per game, Soph Year - 13 mpg and 2.6 ppg, Now - NBA Prospect.
#Patience
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Was fun to see so many Wolves last night! Special bond that we all have. Missed getting Carmen Meyer in the picture, but was so great to see her, too! 🐺
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Feels good to be officially back at practice! No better feeling than the first day of practice 🐻🏀🔥
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Love this guy
@CoachSundance
!!! After heartache and homelessness, Wyoming native Wicks is home | Mens Basketball |
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Not easy to get on this list! Proud of our guy
@DorianGreen22
!!! Great coach but even better person!
#BearsStrong
Congrats to
@DorianGreen22
on earning the distinguished honor of being named to the
@NABC1927
30 Under 30 list!
#BearsStrong
🐻🏀
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Massive Road Win for the fellas! First time the
@UNC_BearsMBB
have won at Weber in the D1 era! Proud of the grit, it was a grinder for 30. Onto the next!
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Great finish to the regular season! 22-9, 15-5 in the Big Sky! Now, everybody is 0-0 and it’s a 1-game season in Boise next week! 🐻🏀🔥
BEARS WIN!!! The boys were balling tonight! We are the 2⃣ seed in next week's
#BigSkyInBoise
Tournament.
#GoUNCBears
🐻🏀
#BigSkyMBB
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Was true when he told us that every day almost 20yrs ago, true today, will be true 20yrs from now.
@CoachSundance
@CoachLWicks
@CoachHReed
"Those who work the hardest are the last to surrender." - Coach Don Meyer
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Was an honor to have Coach Karl in the gym today!
Coaching legend George Karl hanging out with UNC Bears Basketball today. With UNC Coach Steve Smiley.
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Had a great team with the 🐻 and the fam in beautiful San Juan, Puerto Rico! Special experience, and very grateful for all that made it possible! 🐻🏀 🔥🐻🏀 🔥
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Happy 18-year Anniversary to my best friend and the rock of Squad Smiley! Luckiest man in the world to be on this journey of life with you! Love you Babe!
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#COY
- The legend
@NSUBballSather
and staff racking up awards! Gave me my first real college coaching job at the age of 22! Always grateful! Go get another 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
BACK-TO-BACK
It’s déjà vu, as
@NSUBballSather
earns his second
@NorthernSunConf
Coach of the Year honor!
Sather and
@nsuwolves_mbb
went 22-6 in the regular season, winning the NSIC Championship!
#GoWolves
#maroonNgold
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My guy!
@NorthDakotaMBB
Paul Sather making it happen! I’ve seen that move once or twice before! 😂😂😂 beating the B1G 10 in Year One! Let’s gooooooo!!!!!!
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I couldn’t be more excited to keep this season going and to compete with our guys in Florida! This is an elite postseason tourney with some of the best mid-majors in the country! We’re honored to be part of the field. Can’t wait to see the bracket on Sunday! 🐻🏀🔥🐻🏀🔥
Pack your postseason bags, the Bears are headed to Daytona for
@CBITourney
! Deets:
#GetUpGreeley
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Former 🐻🏀 player Kai Edwards playing against NBA All-Star Rudy Gobert in the Euro’s today!
@kaiedwardsunco
@UNC_BearsMBB
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Survive and advance! Amazing effort for 40 min.
#ProudCoach
🐻🏀🔥
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For the 2nd time this weekend… The Bears just got better (again)! Future is even BRIGHTER. 🐻🏀🔥🐻🏀🔥
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Big bro Dave
@Vonseggerndesi1
created a CLASSIC piece that will be the centerpiece of future 🏠 gatherings when the time is right! He is ELITE at his craft. 🐻🏀🔥
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