Archive for August 2012
Slam wins shootout, grabs 2012 IBL title
The Bellingham Slam rode a big second quarter effort to a 142-109 victory over the Portland Chinooks to claim the 2012 International Basketball League Championship on Sunday evening inside a raucous Whatcom Pavilion. Trailing 31-30 after a back-and-forth first quarter, the Slam posted 40 points in the second, with 23 coming from guard Morris Anderson…
Read More2012 IBA title to Soldiers
The top seeded Kankakee County Soldiers knocked off the third-seeded Albany Legends 150-116, the past weekend at the Genesis Convention Center, in Gary, Indiana, thus becoming Champions of the Independent Basketball Associations spring basketball season. The Soldiers claimed their second Championship of the year, as they were also the champions of the IBA winter season.…
Read MoreHYPE 2012 EBA Champs
Hudson Valley Hype hit a high note on their miracle season with a hard-fought 102 93 win over the defending EBA Champion Metropolitan All-Stars from Washington, DC. The Hype, who finished in last place in 2011 with a 1-11 record, started their 2012 campaign with a win and never looked back. They marched through their…
Read MoreBrian Graham and His New World Order
” Greetings from New York City. In a major move for minor league basketball I have formed The Federation Of American Professional Basketball (FAPB). I have noticed that there is major discrepancy and a kind of back alley way of operating within the subterranean dwellings of American minor league basketball. At times I have found…
Read MoreSouth Africa on top
The South African men’s U18 team has won an international tournament in Cape Town, in which the national U18 teams of Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo also participated. South Africa won both games, 101-77 against Burundi and 88-67 against the Democratic Republic of Congo, while the latter also won against Burundi with 91-85.
Read MoreNiger wins tournament
Niger has won the “Channel 4” tournament in Freetown, Sierra Leone in which also the national teams of host Sierra Leone, Mauritania and Guinea Bissau participated. Home team favorite Sierra Leone lost 81-87 to Niger in the first game, while Guinea Bissau proved too strong for Mauritania (72-44). In the final Niger won with 75-70…
Read MoreEthiopia wins East African prestige tournament
This past weekend Ethiopia hosted an international tournament in Addis Abeba in which the national teams of Djibouti, Eritrea and Sudan also participated. Ethiopia won the first game against Djibouti with 56-44, while Sudan was too strong for Eritrea with 81-63. In the final game, more than 10.000 fans witnessed the home team win in…
Read MoreReunion Island to host international tournament
Reunion island is set to host an international women’s tournament called “peace and friendship” at the end of August. Along with the national team of Reunion Island, the teams of Swaziland, Seychelles and Mauritius are also expected to participate.
Read MoreFirst game ever in Diego Garcia (BIOT)
For the first time ever an official Basketball game was played last night on Diego Garcia, the biggest island of the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT). The national team of the Comoros Islands played against the national team of Sao Tomé en Principe and won with 67-64 in front of 800 spectators, which is almost…
Read MoreBenin to feature in Slamfest Basketball Tournament
Benin is among eight countries that will participate in the forthcoming Slamfest Super basketball League scheduled for July 20 to 22 at Nairobi’s Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani. Other countries that have confirmed their participation include Tanzania, Uganda, South Sudan, Nigeria, Senegal, Rwanda and hosts Kenya. The countries will compete in 16 games where the…
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