Posts by Bryce
The Brazilian Basketball League to begin at the end of November
The Brazilian Basketball League will start at the end of November. There will be a record 18 teams participating in the league. The historic news was recently announced by the league’s administration. The first round will begin on November 24th, the last round on the 6th of April. The playoffs will then commence on the 9th of…
Read MoreEuroBasket 2013: 6 Spots, 10 Teams, Tip Time!
The EuroBasket 2013 Qualification round is about to be committed to the history books, but before they start planning for the Final Round, there’s a game or two left to be played. Today marks the final day of competition to determine which 16 teams will earn the right to compete for their respective countries in…
Read MoreEuroBasket 2013: Georgia qualifies, six left
Georgia took advantage of game eight of the EuroBasket 2013 Qualification Round to punch their tickets to the Finals with a 73-70 win over Latvia. Georgia was the only team that was able to definitively qualify, leaving six openings for the rest of the teams to fight for on the last day of competition, Tuesday,…
Read MoreReggie Miller credits sister, comes clean in Hall speech
Reggie Miller credits sister Cheryl When Reggie Miller was inducted into the Naismith Hall of Fame yesterday, he and his big sister Cheryl became the first brother-sister duo in the Hall. Because Cheryl is already a member of the HOF, she was given the honor of being one of three escorts for Reggie (Charles Barkley…
Read MoreEuroBasket 2013: Game Eight Scenarios
Today marks game eight in the EuroBasket 2013 Qualifications and with only nine teams assured of spots in the Finals next September in Slovenia, the possible scenarios for which teams are going to grab the last seven spots are complex and many. Here are some possibilities for teams to qualify today… Group A (They play…
Read MoreAduaneros de Puerto Cabello hope to turn things around
Aduaneros de Puerto Cabello (the customs agents, from Venezuela) will face off in its second consecutive series away from home. They will play against the Bravos de Portuguesa Mañana (another Venezuelan team). They must get a couple of victories to move up in the rankings after having lost their two previous games. One of the…
Read MoreLins adds another victory in the Paulista Championship
Lins has won for the second time in the Paulista Championship of Sao Paulo Province, Brazil, beating Raizen 84-81 in a really tight game The best players of the game were Biro with 21 points, Fernando Henrique and Lucian Matao with 13 points for the home team (Lins) and Douglas Gorauskas with 19 points and…
Read MoreCheshire Jets of the BBL under new ownership
The Cheshire Jets of the British Basketball League (BBL) has been sold to local businessman Haydn Cook who has taken over and is preparing for the season opener on Sept. 23rd. The team had announced in July that they were looking for new owners, which is when Cook stepped in. The organization release the following…
Read MoreRosen Barchovski resigns as Bulgaria’s National Team Coach
Rosen Barchovski has announced that after the final two games of the EuroBasket 2013 Qualification series that he will step down as the coach of the Bulgarian National Team. In a prepared statement, Barchovski stated that he will do everything possible to guide the squad to qualifying for the the EuroBasket 2013 Finals, but regardless…
Read MoreFIBA 3×3 Madrid Tips off today
The final FIBA 3×3 Masters event is set to tip off today at 15:00 (GMT +2) today in Madrid with 15 teams gunning for 12,000 Euros in prize money for the champions and a trip to Miami, FL for the FIBA 3×3 World Tour Final. The second place team will take home a cool 5,000…
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