Archive for October 27, 2020
Bethune-Cookman University cancels all sports for the 2020-21 season!
Bethune-Cookman is the first NCAA D1 school to cancel all sports for the entire year, including basketball. “B-CU will forgo all spring athletic competition, including football and men’s and women’s basketball, baseball, softball and track and field,” Dr. E. LaBrent Chrite, the school’s president, said in a letter published by HBCU Gameday. “The recent spike…
Read MoreEurocup suspends games
The Eurocup has announced the following schedule changes for Round 5 of the 2020-21 season due to the COVID-19 situation. • Nanterre 92 vs. Frutti Extra Bursaspor, originally scheduled to be played on Tuesday, October 27, has been suspended. Nanterre 92 requested the suspension of the game due to the team’s impossibility of having a…
Read MoreAntino Jackson signs with Sopron
Antino Jackson (182 cm, G) has signed with Sopron KC from Hungary. In the past, Jackson also played in Israel, Estonia, and Italy. Antino Jackson graduated from the University of New Mexico in 2018, where he was on the MWC All-defensive team in his senior year. He also averaged 10.5 ppg and 4.7 aspg.
Read MoreMiami Heat fan gets a tattoo on his head
Vellaznimi inks Cedric Council
Vellaznimi from Kosovo has signed the 23-year old American Cedric Council (203, F). Council got his basketball education at Coppin State. When he graduated in 2019, he signed with his first overseas team, Dinamo Tbilisi, from Georgia. However, Cedric Council left that club in February and moved to Kosovo where he signed with Trepca Mitrovice…
Read MoreCollege basketball bubble off the table
The planned ESPN college basketball bubble tournaments in Orlando will not take place. ESPN won’t pursue their planned bubble tipoff tournaments in Orlando because there were disagreements on health and safety protocols. The 10 events, which featured more than two dozen programs, will no longer take place. The teams are now under pressure to seek…
Read MoreMalique Trent will play in Iran
Malique Trent (189 cm, G) has signed with Mahram Tehran from Iran. Trent graduated from Hampton University in 2018, where he posted 13.4 ppg and 3.3 aspg. He then landed his first professional job in Ukraine with BC Zaporizhye. Last season Malique Trent moved to another Ukrainian club (SC Prometey Kamianske) but left in March…
Read MorePlymouth tabs Prince Ibeh
British BBL team Plymouth Raiders has signed American player Prince Ibeh (208 cm, C). He has Nigerian parents and was actually born in London of all places, but he has never played in Britain. Instead, Prince Ibeh and his parents moved to the US when he was only five years old. After high school, Ibeh…
Read MoreCrvena Zvezda has the best offensive rating in the world.
The Serbian team Crvena Zvezda Belgrade currently has an offensive rating of 160,7 in the Adriatic league, meaning that they score 160,7 points per 100 possessions. That’s the best in the world right now. But there is more. Their eFG% (effective field goal percentage) is the 5th best in the world with 62,2, and they…
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