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This arena has been upgraded a lot over the years. The glass house ( look behind the upper level) is where Tennessee plays the state tournament.

Murphy Athletic Center (The Glass House), Murfreesboro, TN circa 2006 - Home of the Middle Tennessee State University Blue Raiders - Opened 1972 - Capacity 11,520

State Champs!

Three Houston High School alums will play for Creighton men's basketball next season Mason Miller, Johnathan Lawson and Brock Vice won a state championship with the Houston Mustangs in 2020-21. They'll run it back together in Omaha next season.

Good luck to these two former Mustangs!

Memphis basketball's Johnathan Lawson will join high school teammate Brock Vice at Creighton Former Houston High School teammates Johnathan Lawson and Brock Vice announce they committed to Creighton basketball on Wednesday.

Pure Shooter! 🏀🔥💰

Griggs buzzer be**er gives Memphis women's basketball sixth straight win Sunday’s win marks the first 18-win season for the Tigers since the 2015-16 season. Also, Memphis has 10 road wins for the first time since 1985.

Mavrick is playing well and leading our team. 🏀💪

Pressure is a privilege for Houston's Mavrick Miller The son of former Memphis Grizzlies player Mike Miller is leading Houston High Mustangs in his senior season.

When Michael Jordan did not make his Varsity basketball team, his Mother did NOT: 1) complain to the school, 2) call the Coach, 3) demand a meeting with the AD, 4) transfer schools, 5) suggest MJ "take a year off" from the JV basketball team.

She simply told Michael, "get in the gym and work harder."

Now he's the greatest basketball player of all time. 🐐

Imagine what kids, and the world, would become if more parents were like Deloris Jordan, rather than making excuses and complaining under the guise of "just being their kid's advocate."

Taken from NEA Sports. -Ben

GO Maddie!

Routine pays off for Tigers sharpshooter Madison Griggs The Houston High alumna set the U of M’s career 3-point record after previously breaking the single-season record for men’s and women’s basketball as a freshman.

Marques Johnson is a former NBA All-Star who now works as an analyst with the Milwaukee Bucks.

He said he once asked coach John Wooden, “What is the most important thing or aspect about coaching, what would that be?”

Coach Wooden said, “You have to love your players. You don't have to like them all, but you have to love them.”

When you connect with a coach on that level, you are going to go out there and play for them.

https://www.acoachsdiary.com/post/week-of-1-8-discussion-questions

A Coach's Primary Responsibility...

Have you been trained in CPR/AED?♥️

Calkins: Would we be ready if a local high school athlete suffered cardiac arrest? Houston High student Eden Johnson, 17 is behind a remarkable effort to teach emergency cardiac response that began at Houston but has already reached well beyond that school.

Morant gives signature shoes to boy after Grizzlies beat Sacramento MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Beyond the Grizzlies coming away with a win against the Sacramento Kings Sunday night, one 9-year-old middle Tennessee boy walked away with the gift and experience of a lifet…