South America
DeAndre Coleman to Alianza Viedma
DeAndre Coleman (201 cm, South Alabama’09) will continue his professional career this 2016-17 as a player of Alianza Viedma Rio Negro (Argentina-TNA). Coleman recently played one game for Trigueros de Ciudad Obregon (Mexico-CIBACOPA). He scored two points and grabbed eight rebounds in his lone game and left the team shortly after signing with them this…
Read More2016 Olympic Basketball: An Epilogue
Now that the adrenaline from the 2016 Olympic Basketball Games has faded, we can take a look back at how amazing the quadrennial event was and put into perspective some of the storylines that accompanied it. As expected, USA Basketball took home the gold medal in the event, despite the absence of some veteran team…
Read More2016 Olympic Games: Quarterfinals Roundup
Quarterfinals day at the 2016 Olympic Games brought plenty of the excitement that was predicted. However, perhaps the contests were not quite as close as many thought they would be. The USA, Spain, and Australia all romped to easy wins to book their places in the final four. Serbia and Croatia had yet to hit…
Read More2016 Olympic Games Quarterfinals Preview
The Quarterfinals of the 2016 Olympic Games Basketball tournament were locked on Monday evening. As we reported yesterday, the closing of contest in Group B ended a frantic and hugely entertaining group stage. Eight teams proved themselves over the first week and were rewarded with a berth in the final eight. Now that the tournament…
Read More2016 Olympic Games: Quarterfinals Set
And then there were eight.. The cream has truly risen to the top. The elite eight teams competing in the knockout rounds of the basketball competition of the 2016 Olympic Games are locked in. The last games of the group phase finalized the standings. Hosts Brazil were able to put up a win on the…
Read More2016 Olympic Games: Day 8
The men’s Basketball tournament is starting to take shape at the 2016 Olympic Games. Day 8 in Rio saw Group B wrap up its penultimate round of games before the knock-out stages. There were plenty of significant talking points on Saturday ahead of the final group games which run Sunday through Monday. An all-South American…
Read MoreLithuania Still Undefeated at 3-0
Six days into the Men’s Basketball competition of the 2016 Olympic Games several surprises and story lines have already begun to unfold. Spain’s slow start, Australia’s stiff challenge to the USA, and now Lithuania’s 3-0 surge have all been eye-openers thus far. The USA team still looks formidable, but the race for which teams will…
Read More2016 Olympic Games: Day 4 roundup
Day 4 of the 2014 Olympic Games was reserved for Group B action, with Group A completing their second game on Day 3 of the men’s Basketball tournament. During the day of play on Tuesday, both Argentina and Lithuania remained undefeated at the top of the standings, while hosts Brazil got off the mark with…
Read MoreBrazil downs Spain to open Olympics account
Game 2 of Group B in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games got underway on Tuesday, with hosts Brazil outlasting Spain 66-65 early in the day. It was a first victory for the Brazilians and puts the country on track in a tournament where it is expected to do well with the home floor. Spain is…
Read More2016 Olympic Games: Australia Keeps Rolling
Day 3 action of the Men’s Basketball competition in the 2016 Olympic Games did not disappoint. Australia and the USA snagged wins yet again and remain undefeated in early on. China took another furious beating, allowing France to get on the board and put up a notch in the win column. We still have a…
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