1/ Quick thread on Indiana state budget. The first thing to notice is that under basic growth assumptions (GDP at last' year's nominal rate, and inflation 4.5% in FY24, 2.5% in FY25), the state is spending much less on public services than in past.

The Miami Heat are in the Eastern Conference Finals for the 3rd time in 4 seasons. How have they checked egos and sustained culture year after year? In part, by avoiding a Pat Riley concept called “The Disease of Me.” These are its 6 danger signs (and how to avoid them):

Coaches: Player-coach relationships are either transactional (“You play, I coach”) or transformational (Build relationships for a lifetime). ⁦Dusty May⁩ & Florida Atlantic Men's Basketball⁩ look to be the latter. theathletic.com/4521911/2023/0…

Payton absolutely knocks it out of the park in the classroom as well!!! Now let's go win that sectional!!!

The Miami Heat drag themselves into the 4th quarter down 8 after a masterful Jokic quarter and rough offensive quarter for Miami 2 minutes later, the Heat lead by 3 All behind Duncan Robinson Quick thread on how he single-handedly turned it all around:

Great first day of youth basketball camp! Over 200 Royals having fun and putting in some hard work!

Update to our schedule at the Charlie Hughes shootout! Saturday June 24 - 11:40am at Westfield HS vs L.C. Saturday June 24 - 2:20pm at Westfield HS vs Evansville Harrison Sunday June 25 - 10:20am at Carmel HS vs Norwell Sunday June 25 - 1:00pm at Carmel HS vs Decatur Central

The PAC High School League was 🔥 Congrats to WHS Rocks Basketball HSE Royals Basketball Crispus Attucks BBB Northside Lions Arsenal Tech Boys Basketball LC Bears Boys Bball and Ben Davis Basketball on winning their brackets 🏆 Thanks to all 64 teams who came out. See you next year 👀

Excited to start our Super Hoops weekend at IWU Hoops !

Thank you to former HSE standout NTG™ for giving his time to talk to our 7th/8th graders about his college basketball experience. He showed them the locker room & talked to them about discipline, hard work, & accountability. We are proud of Noah! IWU Hoops HSE Royals Athletics

A great day of volunteering at Wheeler Mission Center for Women Wheeler Mission ! 20 players, 3 coaches gave 70 hours of service - which can go back to Wheeler Mission providing around 894 meals for those in need! It’s not what you can do, but what you can do for others!

Control what you can control: • Attitude, effort, and pride. • “Do not let what you can’t do interfere with what you can do.” • Hold yourself to a high standard. Ask yourself “if everybody had my attitude, my work ethic, and my mindset, what type of place would this be?”

After his second year at Michigan, Tom Brady wanted to transfer. He wasn't playing in games, and he was so low on the depth chart that he only got 2 reps in practice. Brady met with his coach to express his frustration, “The other quarterbacks get all the reps.” Coach replied,

2024 Sr Michael Griffith Great teammate, great leader, great student, great player. Would help a lot of college programs!

Basketball season is officially here! The Royals will start off their season with a scrimmage vs Ben Davis this Wednesday.

HSE Royals are your Homestead Tournament champions! A hard fought victory over Munster 57-56 in 2OT. Kyle Neddenriep John Harrell IndyStarSports IndyStar HS Sports Indiana Sports Talk Trevor Andershock Courtside Indiana Richie Hall

Incredibly proud of this group tonight! Dig deep, stay together, find a way!!!

“We have a saying that everyone’s role is different, but everyone’s status is the same. It’s a reminder that no matter how bright the spotlight gets, we are all part of something much larger than ourselves.” - Jay Wright

Shoutout to my guy Joey Meyrose for letting HSE boys & girls b-ball teams into a showcasing of Giannis upcoming documentary!!! Awesome experience!! John Ashworth Chris Roberts Jason M Young

There was nothing easy about that - our team played tough and battled all night. Just came up short. We are proud of our 5 seniors, all who had great seasons and helped our program earn a lot of respect. #ALLIN