Entries For 'Tournaments'

Today’s picks (live from Berlin)

May 1st, 2009 · No Comments

The second day of the Nike International Junior Tournament is in the books. Everything looks like it is going to be a Final between FMP Belgrade and Lietuvos Rytas. But both teams need another win to be for sure in the O2 World on Sunday.

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Today’s picks (live from Berlin)

April 30th, 2009 · No Comments

The first day of the Nike International Junior Tournament is history and the day ended nearly with a massive upset as the 2008 champ FMP Belgrade won against the hosts of ALBA Berlin by only 1 point.

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Short Rho tournament review

April 29th, 2009 · No Comments

The Rho tournament for U17 teams has been played this weekend in Northern Italy and saw the Canadian Elite Hoop Factory winning the title. Without having been there, I just give you the main information about who were the players of the tournament.

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Nike International Junior Tournament: preview

April 26th, 2009 · 8 Comments

This Thursday starts the Nike International Junior Tournament in Berlin and features some of the best U18 Club Teams in Europe. Three qualification tournaments and two Wildcards later, 8 teams will fight in 2 groups to get the trophy. I took a quick look at the teams and tell you who are the prospects to […]

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Today’s picks

April 21st, 2009 · 1 Comment

After the heavy Easter weekend, let’s go for a recap of all the action of the last days.

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Nike Hoop Summit 2009 review

April 18th, 2009 · 5 Comments

The Nike Hoop Summit 2009 has seen the first victory of the World Select team since Dirk Nowitzki in 1998. The team of coach Rob Beveridge took over the lead in the final minutes of the game despite being athletically far behind the more spectacular US kids. Being more limited in that are was not […]

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Heavy weekend picks

April 10th, 2009 · 13 Comments

This Easter weekend is once again packed with interesting tournaments and events around European Youth basketball. I try to give a short preview about all the stuff that you can follow throughout the net over the upcoming days.

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Cholet Mondial Basket 2009 – teams announced (UPDATE)

April 6th, 2009 · 1 Comment

The organization team of the Cholet Mondial Basket Tournament has announced the dates and participants of the 28th edition that will be played this year for U18 Club Teams.

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Nike Hoop Summit 2009: International team announced

March 18th, 2009 · 3 Comments

The International team of the 2009 edition of the Nike Hoops Summit has been published.

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NIJT 2009: Wildcards go to ALBA and Union Olimpija

March 17th, 2009 · 1 Comment

We got the news today that the two wildcards for the Nike International Junior Tournament go to the local ALBA Berlin and Union Olimpija Ljubljana. So the Euroleague did not go that much into the sportive results but preferred to take the local team from Berlin and a team that features one of the most […]

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