Archive for January 2, 2017
Alvin Brown released by AZS Koszalin
Alvin Brown (208 cm, USC Aiken’14) has been cut by Polish club AZS Koszalin (Poland-TBL) and is now a free agent. The 26-year-old Brown played eight games for them this season and averaged 1.8 ppg and 1.0 rpg. He did not meet the team’s expectations and AZS Koszalin is now in the basketball market for…
Read MoreJunior Mbida parts ways with Dijon
Cameroonian international player, Junior Mbida (204 cm) has left French club JDA Dijon Bourgogne (France-Pro A) at the end of 2016. He was added to the Cameroonian national team in 2015. Junior played a dozen games for Dijon before his departure and averaged 3.2 ppg and 2.1 rpg. He is a veteran of the French…
Read MoreChinemelu Elonu joins AEK Athens
AEK Athens (Greece-A1) has agreed to terms with Chinemelu Elonu (206 cm, Texas A&M’09) and will be adding the big man to their roster this 2017. He is a 29-year-old Nigerian international player who played for Texas A&M in his college days. In 2015-16 Elonu lent his talents to Besiktas Istanbul (Turkey-BSL), signing with the…
Read MoreYakhouba Diawara added by JuveCaserta
Pasta Reggia JuveCaserta (Italy-Serie A) is getting an infusion of a veteran presence on their roster with the addition of Yakhouba Diawara (201 cm, Pepperdine’05) to start 2017. Diawara is a 34-year-old French international player who was a former member of the French national team in 2006 to 2008 and again in 2012. After his…
Read MoreNCAA: Villanova enters 2017 atop rankings
The Villanova Wildcats usher in 2017 as the consensus number one team in the NCAA rankings after eight weeks. They are still undefeated, with their 14-0 record and the Big East team recently downed 10th ranked Creighton 80-70 to end 2016 on a high note. This is their fourth-straight week atop of the AP rankings,…
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