Rick Lewis
@Coach_Rick57
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President, Phenom Hoops; Sports Correspondence, Charlotte Observer, News & Observer; Voting Member, Spalding All-American Committee
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@Phenom_Hoops
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@Raleigh_CC
Locked in for the next 3 years.
✔️ 20-courts under one roof
✔️ 20-minutes from UNC, Duke, NC State
✔️ Raleigh (great destination city)
✔️
#PhenomPlatform
✔️ Organized + professional events
✔️ Player/game recaps
✔️ Video highlights
📅 July 11-14,…
It may look like a madhouse but
@Coach_Rick57
and his staff have this event running like clockwork. Always 40 teams playing, 40 teams in the building waiting for next, and 40 teams that just finished. A smooth operation here at
@Raleigh_CC
.
#PhenomHoopsLive
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Four great principles:
1. Let it go
2. Rise above
3. Move on
4. Stay positive
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No matter how good you are, the ball will stop bouncing one day. Make sure you get an education that lasts a lifetime
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Hard to understand. We shoot a terrorist in the leg, but we shoot to kill an unarmed man.
#TerenceCruthcher
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Young players, the little things do matter. Had a D1 coach reach out to me this morning asking for his phone number.
Play of the night goes to Elijah Thomas of
@WallaceSelect
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After the last game of the day, he took the time to clean their bench. Picked up all the trash. Straightened up the bench.
Leaving the place better than he found it.
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After a great conversation with my wife of 41 years, I am humble and blessed to announce I have an extension of my marriage, and therefore will not have to enter the transfer portal. Respect my decision.
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Post game speak by HC David Noel (Southern Durham) after an exciting 52-50 win over Moravian Prep. “Sign me up coach, I’m ready to play”
#PhenomTeam
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Your body language is a billboard for your mental toughness and maturity.
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Ja Morant went to a public school in SC
Zion Williamson went to a private school in SC
Pat Williams went to a public school in NC
Coby White went to a private school in NC
But all four attended the same school for all four years of high schools. You don't have to bounce around.
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Always remember those who believed in you when you were invisible to everyone else.
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"Remember who ignored you while you needed them and who helped you before you even had to ask. "
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#PhenomHoops
back in VA Beach for NCAA LIVE PERIOD ❗️⬇️
#Phenom757Showcase
⛹️♂️: MS + HS Divisions
🗓️July 16-18
🏖️ VA Beach, VA
🎥
@TheHoopState
✍️ National scouts
📜 Game/player recaps
🏀 College coaches in attendance
REGISTER:
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“How good can we expect to be if our best player is not our best teammate” – Brad Stevens
http://t.co/XUoiUSaFcD
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Said it many times before. Parents, just enjoy the wonderful journey of your child's basketball career. If they're fortunate to be recruited by ANY LEVEL, cherish it. Use that opportunity as a platform to get a college degree. Find the right fit "on and off the basketball court"
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#PhenomSummerFinale
“Bragging Rights”
📍 Rock Hill Sports & Event Center
📆 August 13-15
🎥
@TheHoopState
⛹🏽♂️MS division: $250
⛹🏽♂️HS division: $350
💰Multi-team discounts
“Finale champion gets 3 free
@Phenom_Hoops
events in 2022”
Link:
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In 2009, after 30 years of employment> I loss my job. In my 50's at the time. Wondered what to do with my life. Had a lot of anxiety & even got depressed. Decided to take my life savings & retirement & invested in
@Phenom_Hoops
as a full time business.
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Said it at the time, Kevin Keatts was a home run hire for NC State, can I change it to "Grand Slam" hire?
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#PhenomHardwoodClassic
NCAA APPROVED LIVE EVENT
📅 July 23-25
⛹️♂️ MS Division: 14U-11U $295.00
⛹️♂️ HS Division: 17U-15U $595.00
💰 $50.00 multi-team discount
🏙️ Rise Indoor Center
🎥
@TheHoopState
✍️ National scouts
📑 Player/game recaps
🏀 College coaches in attendance
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NCAA new eligibility requirements. Why young basketball players need to work as hard in classroom as on the court
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40 years ago today, this wonderful lady said "I do. She's been by my side every step of the way. Happy Anniversary to
@mememargaret
What a wonderful journey we have lived.
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Thanks
@ty1ewis
for all the wonderful memories. So proud of you, but more importantly you are a great young man
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Throughout his life, he was labeled too small, but no one measured the size of his heart & his enormous faith
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Saw a First this weekend, Team Loaded NC 17U brought a trash bag to the game and picked up all their empty water bottles after the game. Left the bench area area clean for the next team.
Much respect
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As you awake this morning, do yourself a favor. Look around you. Appreciate what you have, it's a blessing and nothing will be the same a month from now, a year from now. Value and appreciate every single day
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Can you believe this lovely young lady has spent 38 years with me? She is definitely a 5️⃣⭐️
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What a wonderful day. My son Colby became a dad. Baby Emma . 🙏
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Looking to be the best
#PhenomHoops
event we have EVER had!!
📅April 28-30, 2023
📍Raleigh Convention Center
👉NCAA LIVE EVENT
Ages 17u-14u... 250+ teams all in one building, with college coaches all along the baselines!
Make sure you register here: …
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Players/parents have no idea how difficult it is to get an offer at the D1 level. If you're fortunate to get one, value it
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With the NCAA Live Period right around the corner (April 8-10) and (April 22-24) let's be realistic at what to expect in today's current recruiting culture with the transfer portal.
1. 95% of college coaches will be watching 17U ONLY
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Travel ball season is now here. . Teams should be chasing scholarship opportunities rather than trophies. After a while, those trophies collect dust. Education lasts a life time.
Most of all, enjoy the journey
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Some people aren’t loyal to you. They are loyal to their need of you. Once their needs change, so does their loyalty
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Spoke to a college coach about today's 5 layers of recruiting in order of importance.
1. Re-recruit your own players
2. Recruit the transfer portal
3. Recruit JUCO
4. Recruit post grad
5. Recruit high school players
Recruiting has definitely changed. It's okay for players to go…
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Happy Anniversary to my wife of 39 years.
@mememargaret
She's one of the sweetest and most caring person you will meet.
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A special thank you to all the NC State fans that supported Tyler at Butler. Very passionate and tremendous fan base.
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If you're pulling for the Butler Bulldogs against UNC, give me a retweet
#GoDawgs
#TheButlerWay
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Stick with people who saw your potential while everyone else counted you out.
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🏀AAU/Club Teams
#PhenomChampionShowcase
#PhenomHoops
✔️ Great tune-up for July Live Period
✔️ Create early buzz for college coaches
✔️ Player recaps/highlights
✔️ Build momentum
⛹️♂️MS + HS Divisions
🗓️ July 2-4
🌠 Rock Hill, SC
🎥
@TheHoopState
⬇️
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Yes, I'm a proud dad. Congratulations to my boy T Lew
@ty1ewis
on his new position with ECU
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My brother, Johnnie, passed away this morning. He was a kind and caring person who will be missed greatly. Johnnie was a great brother and friend. He loved my kids Bridgett, Colby, and Tyler like they were his own.
Proverbs 17:17
"A friend loves at all times, and a brother is…
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Thanks to everyone that has supported
@ty1ewis
over the years. It is greatly appreciated. NC State and Butler were a great career
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What a lot of young players don't understand. It's not all about scoring. Yes, scoring is important, but do you make your team better and can you defend your position.
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People who defend your name when you’re not around are the most loyal friends you could ever have.
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Stick with people who saw your potential while everyone else counted you out.
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Fake has become so acceptable that people get offended when you keep it real.
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Dirty little secret, I pay as much attention to a player's body language on and off the court, whether he has good manners and yes I'm biased to players who say "thank you," "yes/no sir." It's the simple things. If I'm a college coach, these things matter.
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Pay close attention to people who don’t clap when you win.
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Win or lose tonight, the biggest takeaway from Hubert Davis' coaching style. Wants the game to be fun & allows players to make mistakes which allows them the confidence to make the big play.
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George Floyd was arrested for "allegedly" giving a store owner a counterfeit $20.00 bill. Let that sink in just for one moment. Simple fact, if George Floyd was white, he would be alive today. We can no longer be silent.
We all need to listen and educate ourselves.
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Dirty little secret, I pay as much attention to a player's body language on and off the court, whether he has good manners and yes I'm biased to players who say "thank you," "yes/no sir." It's the simple things. If I'm a college coach, these things matter
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Ten things that require ZERO TALENT
1. Being on time
2. Work ethic
3. Effort
4. Body language
5. Energy
6. Attitude
7. Passion
8. Being coachable
9. Doing extra
10. Being prepared
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Young prospects, the higher your GPA, the higher number of schools that can recruit you.
Academics matter
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Congratulations to
@IsaiahEvans26
for winning North Carolina Mr. Basketball back-to-back. More importantly, Evans (a Duke signee) played JV basketball his freshman year. He was patient and believed in the system. How many players today would have stayed all four years at their…
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Your No. 1 job as a coach is to make your players better men in society. If they become better players that’s a bonus.
#Coach
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Your No. 1 job as a coach is to make your players better men in society. If they become better players that’s a bonus.
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Your No. 1 job as a coach is to make your players better men in society. If they become better players that’s a bonus.
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#PhenomHavocInTheUpstate
🏀NCAA APPROVED LIVE PERIOD❗️
⛹️♂️14U-10U: $295.00
⛹️♂️ 17U-15U: $495.00
🗓️ July 9-11
🚦Upward Star Center
🌇 Spartanburg, SC
✍️ National scouts in attendance
📜 Game/player recaps
🎥Highlights
Link:
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With the July NCAA Live Period quickly approaching. Teams should be chasing scholarship opportunities rather than trophies. After a while, those trophies collect dust. Education lasts a life time
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Young players, always remember. Stick with the ones who saw your potential while the whole world was counting you out.
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Probably an understatement, but the SoCon is one of the most underrated conferences in the country.
Wofford
UNCG
Furman
ETSU
Outstanding teams and outstanding coaches in this league
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This is my basketball mom of the year. Here, bright and early rebounding for her son
#PhenomStayPositive
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Can’t emphasize this enough for 🏀 parents. Sit back, relax, and enjoy. It’s over quicker than you want it to be. Hardest thing is to “just trust the process.” If it is meant to be, it will happen. Be positive and give encouragement that team success is most important.
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Never, ever give up.
True story, my wife turned me down three times for a date before she said yes. 44 years, we are still together. 🤣
God is Good.
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What you do when the gym is empty will determine what will happen when the gym is filled.
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Young players need to start developing positive behavior sooner rather than later. Stop complaining about calls, no need to talk back to opposing players when you make a good play. Don't give college coaches a reason not to recruit you.
#my2cents
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No matter how good you are. Make sure you get an education that lasts a lifetime. The ball does stop bouncing one day.
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Always remember those who believed in you when you were invisible to everyone else
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To young 🏀 prospects
“You will play at the level you can defend.”
Take pride in your defense. Just don’t work on ball handling & shooting. Work on your defensive posture and lateral quickness. Sit low, make yourself bigger by playing with your arms and hands out
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Your best player has to set a tone of intolerance for anything that gets in the way of winning
Jeff Van Gundy
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The person that challenges you & holds you accountable loves you more than the person that watches you stay the same and settle for mediocrity.
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People will be jealous of your shine, but clueless of your struggle.
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Pay close attention to the people who don't clap when you win.
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Players that want to get recruited need to focus more on their leadership. Body language. Composure. How they treat teammates.
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Players that are fortunate to get a basketball scholarship. Use those 4 years to prepare you for the next 40
years. 📕📖📚📝🏀
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First weekend having
@colbylewis20
and
@ty1ewis
working together for
@Phenom_Hoops
It was an unbelievable weekend
#PhenomHoops
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Best advice I can give 🏀 parents.
Enjoy the journey
Be patient & don't rush the process
Let things happen organically
It all ends one day
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To all the dads and sons as they travel the journey together.
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Congrats to my son
@colbylewis20
as he starts his new basketball journey with coach Ryan Odom and UMBC
So proud of you big time
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Young players, remember this. “If a coach can’t trust your effort in the weight room, the classroom and at practice, how can you be trusted to play in a game?”
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Confession. I'm biased to young players that play hard on both ends of the court. Guys who play with conviction, passion and a purpose. Guys that say "we" instead of "me." Guys that have great body language and VALUE WINNING.
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UNC HC Hubert Davis & AC Jeff Lebo checking out Sadiq AJ White along with Drake Powell today
#PhenomHoops
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Thinking about adding 3 on 3 tournaments at our fall events. Best way to learn to play the game. Ball screens + spacing
What do you think?
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In their first official year as a D1 school, Queens University moves to 9-2 with the win over ETSU. More importantly, the entire starting 5 are all players from NC, not to mention they were all under-recruited. Big wins over Marshall, Green Bay, Bowling Green, & High Point
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In speaking with Mr. Foster, Caleb Foster will remain in high school and will not enroll at Duke early.
#PhenomHoops
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Happy anniversary to my beautiful wife. (37 years) The sweetest & most caring woman you will ever meet.
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In Loving Memory of My Superman (My Dad)
August 13, 1931-October 23, 2014
He fought a courageous battle
http://t.co/HnQjaWQrua
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While the NIL is the number one priority for most athletes at the current time, and I'm all for them benefitting from their image and likeness, at what point do we talk about getting a meaningful degree that will prepare them for the next 40 years of their lives? The ball will…
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As the summer travel ball season comes to a close, I hope parents & players take the time to thank their coaches. Seen first hand how so many coaches sacrifice time and money to help others. No matter the level, the large majority do it for the right reason
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With the travel ball season quickly approaching. Teams should be chasing scholarship opportunities rather than trophies. After a while, those trophies collect dust. Education lasts a life time
#PhenomHoops
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Blessed to receive an offer from my wife of 40+ years. LOL
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I don’t care who is doing better than me. I am doing better than I was last year. It’s me vs. me.
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