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Here you'll find words about sports, God, current events, and pop culture. I'm a writer, pastor, father, husband and lead columnist for .

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@RyanAlanScott
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4 years
@Starbucks Would this be the case if you hadn't been publicly shamed?
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@RyanAlanScott
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8 years
I am a long time @AFCWimblyWombly fan. This story is awesome. @AFCWimbledon @johngreen @sportswithjohn
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@RyanAlanScott
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2 years
1/4 Some incredible wisdom from @WabashCollege @wabashathletics @WabashBBall senior, Tyler Watson, ten minutes after losing in the #d3hoops National Semifinals (a thread): "It’s crazy to think that we put in all this extra work, all these extra hours and you get this result.
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@RyanAlanScott
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3 years
We've always speculated how a good #d3hoops team would do in Division 1 (and we know they wouldn't get rolled). Remember, @UST_MBB is living the experiment this season. 3-3 so far, playing only guys who enrolled before the move and 1 freshman. Keep an eye out as they represent!
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@RyanAlanScott
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2 years
It's 1:36am and the seniors from both #d3hoops National Championship game teams are still hanging out together, celebrating great careers. #whyd3
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@RyanAlanScott
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4 years
@TomCottonAR What's the penalty for genocide?
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@RyanAlanScott
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3 months
Amazing stat: John Krikorian has been at CNU 14 seasons now. Every player he's recruited, who spent four years in that program, has been to a #d3hoops Final Four.
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@RyanAlanScott
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2 years
No matter what life is going to thrown at me after this, I’ll be alright. I’ve been disappointed before and I’ve found ways to succeed. That’s what I’d tell anyone who’s wondering ‘Should I play college basketball? Should I play Division III basketball?’ That’s why." 4/4 #whyd3
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@RyanAlanScott
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6 years
Both head coaches in the #FinalFour championship game on Monday will have spent time on #d3h benches. Coincidence? I don't think so. @NCAADIII is where champions are made.
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@RyanAlanScott
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9 years
Bo Ryan played at d3, Wilkes, and won four d3 national titles coaching UW-Platteville. No question who @d3hoops fans are rooting for Monday.
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@RyanAlanScott
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2 years
The team entrance at @VisitFortWayne for the #d3hoops Final Four.
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1 year
I'm continually reminded of Paul Bassett's history class at @NazSeminary where he reminded us the original definition of heretic was not one expelled from the Church, but one who refused to come to the Table of the Lord alongside someone with whom they disagreed. #NazGA2023
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@RyanAlanScott
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2 years
Average margin of victory in the NCAA Tournament for @RMCHoops was 25.3 points. Insane. #d3hoops
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@RyanAlanScott
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3 months
Mary Schleusner of Washington and Lee just broke the #d3hoops NCAA tournament rebound record with her 82nd rebound in just three games. Holy cow.
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@RyanAlanScott
Ryan Scott
1 year
When you consider what @cnuwbb lost, in terms of production and leadership, to injury in this #d3hoops tournament, it's a tremendously impressive feat to make the title game and be in it to the end. Very disappointing loss, I'm sure, but a great testament to their hard work.
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@RyanAlanScott
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2 years
Thanks to the whole @YUathletics family who welcomed us outsiders in tonight and made the whole experience a lot of fun. I hope to be back soon. #d3hoops
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@RyanAlanScott
Ryan Scott
6 years
Nate Axlerod may have played his last game for @OWUSport today. In it he got his 2000th point and 650th assist - he may be the only person in #d3h history to achieve both. Hopefully we'll see him at the @NABC1927 all-star game in Salem.
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@RyanAlanScott
Ryan Scott
3 months
My daughter picked Wartburg to win the #d3hoops WBB title because she thought they had the coolest name. They didn't quite make it, but they might be the coolest people! Thanks to @jlitt33 and @WartburgWBBALL for two shirts and a card signed by the whole team! We appreciate it!
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@RyanAlanScott
Ryan Scott
1 year
We should also recognize @RMCHoops for its all-time #d3hoops MBB record of 63 consecutive home wins (and counting).
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@RyanAlanScott
Ryan Scott
3 months
I get asked every year why the NCAA has the losing #d3hoops tournament teams come do a press conference. This is the kind of #whyd3 gold that makes these valuable opportunities. @HobartHoops @_StefanThompson
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@RyanAlanScott
Ryan Scott
2 years
Watching D1 games more intensely this #FinalFour , it's easy to see how #d3hoops is objectively "better" basketball. These guys have more size and athleticism, but they rely on those things to make up for mistakes and technical deficiencies the D3 guys could never get away with.
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@RyanAlanScott
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5 years
I'm totally not watching the #maskedsinger but the Raven is definitely Rikki Lake and I called it before she sang a note.
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@RyanAlanScott
Ryan Scott
2 years
Senior nights are always cool. Great to see @YUathletics not just start the seniors who don't normally see many or any minutes, but kudos to @elliotsteinmetz for sticking with them and to the seniors for absolutely crushing it. Not missing a beat! #d3hoops
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@RyanAlanScott
Ryan Scott
2 years
Lost in the final weekend of #d3hoops , @UST_MBB finished 10-20, 8th place in the Summit League. Now, when people ask how a top D3 team would do in D1, we know. Very cool. Great job. We're rooting for you. Only up from here!
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@RyanAlanScott
Ryan Scott
4 years
Congrats to @YUathletics on making the second weekend of the #d3hoops tournament - and to Gabe Leifer on his fourth career triple double. 10 points, 20 rebounds, 10 assists.
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@RyanAlanScott
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5 years
. @astonfrancis2 records set tonight: Most points in a season: 1052 and counting. Most points NCAA tourney game: 62 Most point in one NCAA tourney: 180 (in just four games) and counting Most 3pt in a tourney game: 12 (tie) Also had 10+ rebounds in 3 of 4 games thus far. #d3hoops
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@RyanAlanScott
Ryan Scott
11 months
@sportswithjohn @JNJNews What if this was their plan all along? To pretend to be mean, profit-hungry corporatists only to get "oldest internet celebrity John Green" to make free ads for them?
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@RyanAlanScott
Ryan Scott
2 years
I said before the game "If both teams play their A game, I think Yeshiva wins." I still believe that. The question we've always had with Yeshiva is how infrequently they need their A game and how hard it is to find. I hope they learned a lot tonight. #d3hoops #YUvIWU
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@RyanAlanScott
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2 years
@sportswithjohn When you get to 90 minutes you just remove one player per side every five minutes until someone gets to three goals. Imagine if a match ever got down to one on one?!!?
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@RyanAlanScott
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7 months
@HilltopperBlog @IWUhoopscom The call really makes it.
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@RyanAlanScott
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1 year
Just a reminder, the Brazilian Nazarenes have been graciously offering to host GA for the better part of three decades now. #NazGA2023
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Ryan Scott
2 years
One of the most dominating #d3hoops NCAA tournament performances we've ever seen. @RMCHoops closest game was a 16 point win in the second round. They won the National Title game by 30. Congratulations.
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@RyanAlanScott
Ryan Scott
1 year
I won the jackpot. Seat of honor at the #d3hoops Final Four. Next to the legend!
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@RyanAlanScott
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5 years
@cinemasins Giving ghost away without even a pat goodbye? That was the most egregious thing ever... on a show that features multiple rapes and three? different incestuous relationships. Seriously. I'm not even a dog person.
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2 years
It doesn’t seem fair in the moment, but I the one thing I want future players and anyone who plays college basketball is to invest in it. Give your all to it – day in, day out – you won’t regret it. 2/4
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@RyanAlanScott
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4 years
@cinemasins Will it be a shot for shot remake of the direct to video Lion King 2?
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@RyanAlanScott
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1 year
And @UWWMensHoops takes down @UWL_Basketball on the road. Whatever happens this season, what these guys have done in the wake of Derek Grey's tragic death this summer has been truly inspirational. Not what could've been, but what is. #d3hoops at its finest.
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@RyanAlanScott
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6 years
I was probably going to watch the new Maze Runner anyway, since I saw the other two, but @EW 's review touts a "man-bunned @barrypepper ," so I'm totally in. @cinemasins
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@RyanAlanScott
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4 years
Andrew Jackson was a proud racist, and a perpetrator of genocide. His replacement by Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill was blocked by @realDonaldTrump . If the representatives of the people haven't seen fit to remove the statue, it behooves the people to do it themselves.
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@RyanAlanScott
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2 years
@D3Direct If it's not a SCIAC school or NYU, it might just be @EndicottCollege , a real sleeper beautiful location.
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7 months
Keene State sports information is beyond top notch. They don't just promo their own guys, but grab photos and logos for every player on the top two #d3hoops Preseason All American teams. The effort and attention to detail is continually astounding.
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Ryan Hearn
7 months
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@RyanAlanScott
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4 years
The world has gone mad. Fear is far more dangerous than any virus. Are they going to refund the transportation and lodging expenses of all the fans who've already traveled to these games? I'm just speechless. #d3hoops
@HopkinsSports
HOPKINS ATHLETICS
4 years
Breaking - Important update about NCAA Men's Basketball 1st & 2nd Round games at Johns Hopkins - #GoHop
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@RyanAlanScott
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2 years
Congrats to @OACBBallShow on having three teams from the Great Lakes Invitational in the Final Four. #d3hoops
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@RyanAlanScott
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2 years
You won’t regret the lessons you learned. You won’t regret the lessons you’re taught. If you give your full self every single day, you can’t lose. The scoreboard won’t define the wins and losses. 3/4
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2 years
Ultimately, IWU was the better prepared team - execution is everything in #d3hoops . Talent only takes you so far. #YUvIWU
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@RyanAlanScott
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3 years
Aaaaaaaaaaaand, the #d3hoops season has officially begun!
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2 years
Yeshiva did not hit a three in the first half (most of them were contested). IWU went 9-14 (and most of them were open). Titans also won the rebounding battle 21-7. That's the difference - its not so much skill as execution. This is what top level #d3hoops is all about. #YUvIWU
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I look forward to the day when a killer #d3hoops resume doesn't require a stopover in D1, but it's a good day nonetheless. Great coach. Great guy. Great hire. Good luck, @CoachJ_Loeffler
@LoyolaMBB
Loyola Men's Basketball
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2 years
Continue to think about @jhardy_32 and his family everyday. Kudos to @espn for staying with him and updating this beautiful tribute. @WashUBasketball @WASHUBears #d3hoops #MindOverMatter
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@RyanAlanScott
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2 years
Dang. Jack Davidson had 42-7-4. Matthew Schner had 30-15-10. Wabash wins by 1 at Emory. Best game of the tournament so far. Hands down. #d3hoops
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@RyanAlanScott
Ryan Scott
2 years
Whether you believe in providence, fate, karma, kismet, or coincidence, it's an incredibly appropriate moment in the world for a prominent Jewish basketball player to be getting attention and bringing goodwill!
@IWUhoopscom
Bob Quillman
2 years
Bigger than basketball. #whyd3
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2 years
@USMNT @yunusmusah8 How about a first international goal to celebrate?
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1 year
Interesting that Sarmiento addresses us in English (with jokes) after multiple GAs where "rumors" abounded that he shouldn't be elected because he couldn't speak English. BGS: 2, Fear: 0 at #NazGA2023 !
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1 year
Well, @RMCHoops had a 29 game win streak broken by Mary Washington in November. How did they respond? They've rolled off 25 straight since. Yes, that's 54-1 in their last 55. A pretty good #d3hoops team.
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1 year
We're spending a ton of time arguing about sabbatical "suggestions" when most pastors never get one. Why not actually make it a requirement? #NazGA2023
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1 year
Only going to address this once. To the embittered @MountUnion_MBB twitter fans: if your narrative of this #d3hoops title game run is "being cheated," it's always going to be a painful memory, rather than a fantastic reminder of all this team accomplished. Think of the future.
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@RyanAlanScott
Ryan Scott
2 years
The #d3hoops fun will never end. Went to breakfast this morning, the @LongIslandNets are there. I mention the #FinalFour was here, one guy says, "I played d3," looks up at me, it's @GuilfordMBB legend, and @d3hoops All-Decade team member, Ben Strong. Small world.
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4 years
I know things have changed a lot since July, when this list was compiled, but I thought it would be a good boost for #d3h conversation while we're waiting for the delayed season to (hopefully) get started. It's all explained in the photo.
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@RyanAlanScott
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3 months
Just a shout-out to 2023 #d3hoops National Player of the Year, Alex Sobel - he's been starting almost every game for Sacred Heart (3rd in the NEC) and averaging 12 and 7 with 84 blocks on the season. (He was 19 and 12 last year at Middlebury, with 101 blocks). Good is good.
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@RyanAlanScott
Ryan Scott
1 year
Not enough bus pictures, #d3hoops . Keep them coming. Also, if you don't think we're giving you enough pub, make some videos, introduce us to your teammates. Let's flood twitter with #d3hoops travel day content!
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@RyanAlanScott
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2 years
North Carolina's just lucky they didn't draw @RMCHoops .
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@RyanAlanScott
Ryan Scott
3 months
That's a #SCTop10 play right there. @ESPNAssignDesk
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D3hoops/Patrick Coleman
3 months
Trine is going to the Final Four! #buzzerbeatet #d3hoops
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1 year
What we just witnessed at #NazGA2023 might be the first time when the delegates from outside the US have influenced what we in the US have understood to be a core identity of the denomination. It will not be the last time. (And I'm happy for it!)
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1 year
Today #d3hoops provisional @wwcmbb defeated @MUWHoops 113-86, led by AD and WBB coach, Robin Martin, stepping in to be (we think) the first woman to coach (and win) a d3 men's basketball game. Also, both teams are the Owls.
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1 year
Now that @Haqqaton_TSD doesn't have to chair the CA committee anymore, I nominate @TimothyRGaines #NazGA2023
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1 year
Man, @SchreinerMBB had to win their final regular season game to make the SCAC tournament. Now they're going dancing. This is a great #d3hoops story! @RexChapman
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1 year
Nichols has now won 20 in a row, after starting the season 6-5. They're one of eight teams still playing in #d3hoops
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1 year
Reflecting on #NazGA2023 : As a pastor, I don't need better definitions or more rules. I need the freedom to seek God in every unique pastoral encounter and the faith of my denomination that I will do so humbly and with integrity, seeking support and guidance from God's people.
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3 years
Some good #d3hoops press in a major newspaper!
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2 years
This is one of the craziest moved I've ever seen in real time. What he does here is spin against his momentum entirely around to ditch the defender and lay the ball in. It was even better in person. #d3hoops
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@RyanAlanScott
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2 years
Annual reminder that #d3hoops All-Region teams are out. All-Americans will be released on Saturday. There are more players deserving of recognition than there are spots to give. It's always better to say "_____ is really good, too" rather than "____ got robbed." They're all good!
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@RyanAlanScott
Ryan Scott
2 years
Got to spend the first half with @IWUhoopscom 's best friend, @Gabe_Leifer #d3hoops
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4 years
@cinemasins The answer to this AND who will replace Trebek on Jeopardy is obvious: @KenJennings
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@RyanAlanScott
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2 years
Have any Macs fans isolated that Turell reverse 360 layup from yesterday? We gotta get that video circulating on twitter. That alone might be enough to get him drafted. #d3hoops @PoppersMacsLive
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@RyanAlanScott
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6 years
For those @OWUSport fans who've been retweeting me all week, I got curious and looked it up - Axlerod is the third #d3h player to get 2,000 pts and 650 asts. Phil Dixon of Shenandoah (2297, 889) and Moses Jean-Pierre (2483, 669) - both guys played more than 20 years ago.
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@RyanAlanScott
Ryan Scott
2 years
Best one I've seen so far! #d3hoops
@SCWBB
Springfield College Women’s Basketball
2 years
That feel when you hear you’re playing in the @NCAADIII tournament. The Posse is going dancing. #d3hoops #TakeTheStairs @SC_Pride @SpfldCollege @d3hoops
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2 years
@nbagleague @MotorCityCruise That's actually pretty routine if he gets minutes.
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3 years
My view for eight games over the next two days at @MC_Pioneerhoops . #GreatLakesInvitational #d3hoops
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1 year
This @KeeneStateOwls broadcast is first class and the gym is full for this huge game. It might be rural northeast, but this is a real #d3hoops program really showing out on a national stage tonight.
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@RyanAlanScott
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4 years
@cinemasins I think Twitter is just getting better at cleaning out the dead weight.
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Ryan Scott
5 years
@USMNT @GoldCup This is a freaking disaster guys. You held Sargent out of the U-20s and then didn't add him to the roster? I won't even blame @cpulisic_10 if he quits on the #USMNT like @TeamMessi did with Argentina. This is embarrassing.
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@RyanAlanScott
Ryan Scott
2 years
Listening to @d3hoopsville from last night... decided I'm leaving early for Stockton. I want to see all those @YUathletics fans lined up for tickets. #d3hoops tourney starts in three hours.
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@RyanAlanScott
Ryan Scott
2 years
Big night for #d3hoops . @UWOCoachLewis gets name checked during the @celtics @Suns game on @espn towards the end of the first quarter. Van Gundy calls @UWOMBB a "power."
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Ryan Scott
2 years
While I'm at it - shoutout to @DBurrows302 and @MUWHoops . Delaware guy moved to Mississippi to take over a program that barely existed, in the middle of COVID. Already have more wins this year than the entirety of last season. Way to go, guys! #d3hoops
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@RyanAlanScott
Ryan Scott
2 years
I wonder if all those teams who now think they can beat @YUathletics will actually call to schedule them?
@IWUhoopscom
Bob Quillman
2 years
Many #d3hoops fans now believe their team would kick Yeshiva's ass. What IWU did - the poise in a deafening gym, the defense, the shot making, the toughness - was special. The game isn't played on a spreadsheet. Your team vs YU in real life might end up different than u think.
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1 year
Congrats to @CNUathletics and @UWWAthletics the only two schools with both wbb and mbb into the #d3hoops Sweet Sixteen
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Ryan Scott
5 years
Congrats to @TauerJohn and the @USTTommiesMBB , defeating @WhitmanMBB in a close #d3hoops contest tonight. Just Whitman's second regular season home loss since 2014. They had an entirely different mascot back then!
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2 years
@sportswithjohn We got so caught up getting ahead of Mexico, we forgot to check the outside lane.
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Ryan Scott
5 years
I know I've been a @YUathletics Stan this year, but I genuinely believe this young man is the best player in the #d3hoops Atlantic region and should be an All-American.
@SkylineConfD3
Skyline Conference
5 years
#SkylineMBB Player of the Year is Gabriel Leifer of @YUathletics #d3hoops
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Ryan Scott
8 months
Unlike a lot of #d3hoops voters, I don't spend a ton of time on my preseason ballot. Ultimately we know almost nothing and this poll is nearly meaningless. I went bold and expect to have an entirely different perspective by Thanksgiving.
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Ryan Scott
2 years
@CollinsforTX As a member of Congress, you should be aware that's already been done.
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Ryan Scott
2 years
He put his head down and went to work every single day. One of the most influential coaches you may not have heard of. Always the center of attention in any #d3hoops @NABC1927 gathering.
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SpringfieldAthletics
2 years
#SpringfieldCollege 's Charlie Brock Announces Retirement #d3hoops
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Ryan Scott
1 year
Quite the accomplishment: @CNUathletics has both mbb and wbb in the #d3hoops final four!
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@RyanAlanScott
Ryan Scott
3 years
Just booked my hotel for the Great Lakes Invitational #d3hoops tournament, hosted by @MC_Pioneerhoops next month. Excited to see #1 and #3 face off along with a whole host of great games.
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Ryan Scott
1 year
Texas State paid @cru_basketball enough to take a trip to the pacific northwest later this month and didn't even get a win out of it. Too bad it's an exhibition for #d3hoops .
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