{"id":590,"date":"2016-12-10T21:20:23","date_gmt":"2016-12-10T21:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.breakthroughbasketball.com\/hubershow\/?p=590"},"modified":"2017-01-05T17:59:16","modified_gmt":"2017-01-05T17:59:16","slug":"32","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.breakthroughbasketball.com\/podcast\/32\/","title":{"rendered":"#32 &#8211; &#8220;A Blueprint For Building a Program With Kevin Thomas&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4760\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-590-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/breakthrough\/content.blubrry.com\/breakthrough\/Huber-KT_Final.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/breakthrough\/content.blubrry.com\/breakthrough\/Huber-KT_Final.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/breakthrough\/content.blubrry.com\/breakthrough\/Huber-KT_Final.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/breakthrough\/content.blubrry.com\/breakthrough\/Huber-KT_Final.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.breakthroughbasketball.com\/podcast\/?powerpress_pinw=590-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/breakthrough\/content.blubrry.com\/breakthrough\/Huber-KT_Final.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Huber-KT_Final.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/breakthrough-basketball-jim\/id1038442051?mt=2&amp;ls=1#episodeGuid=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.breakthroughbasketball.com%2Fhubershow%2F%3Fp%3D590\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breakthroughbasketball.com\/podcast\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breakthroughbasketball.com\/podcast\/subscribe-to-podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p><p>Taking over and turning around a losing program takes a plan, and Kevin Thomas has been the man with a plan at State Fair Community College in Sedalia, Missouri.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breakthroughbasketball.com\/podcast\/32\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-591\" src=\"https:\/\/www.breakthroughbasketball.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kevin_Thomas_State_Fair.jpg\" alt=\"kevin_thomas_state_fair\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.breakthroughbasketball.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kevin_Thomas_State_Fair.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.breakthroughbasketball.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kevin_Thomas_State_Fair-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Coach Thomas applied the principles he learned playing for college basketball&#8217;s all-time winningest coach Gene Bess with 1,243 wins. \u00a0He took over a struggling 4 and 24 program and turned it into a nationally ranked program in three years.<\/p>\n<p>In this Jim Huber Podcast, you will receive tales from JUCO land, the secrets to recruiting, motivating players to buy in and win.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy this episode of The Jim Huber Show!<\/p>\n<p><strong>What You will Hear In This Podcast<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1:18- Playing for Gene Bess who has won over 1,200 games<\/li>\n<li>3:30- How to use KISS as a recipe for success<\/li>\n<li>4:30- The importance of developing well rounded players<\/li>\n<li>5:51- Ways to keep it simple on the defensive end of the court<\/li>\n<li>6:51- How Kevin Punter fought through adversity to star at Tennessee<\/li>\n<li>10:16- Strategies that Coach Thomas has used to develop All-Americans<\/li>\n<li>11:43- What we can learn from Marcus Mondaine\u2019s life?<\/li>\n<li>13:35- The characteristics that coaches love to see in players they coach<\/li>\n<li>16:27- The reasons that a player should attend Junior College<\/li>\n<li>17:30- How do you find a school that is the right fit?<\/li>\n<li>19:45- Experiences of playing with former NBA player Isaiah Rider<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Find information on Coach 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