The Polish forward Tomasz Gielo is a member of the highly talented 1993 generation from the Eastern European country. The 2m04 tall player made a very early commitment to play NCAA Basketball for the Liberty Flames which came a bit by surprise to some people. We spoke to Tomasz on what motivated him to take […]
Living in America: Tomasz Gielo
January 28th, 2012 · No Comments
Tags: Liberty·Living in America·NCAA·Poland·Tomasz Gielo
FIBA U19 World Championship: 2nd round recap
July 7th, 2011 · No Comments
The second round is done at the FIBA U19 World Championship in Riga and we see both Australia and the United States of America going out on the top of their respective groups. The major disappointment comes of course from the hosts of Latvia who finished last in Group E after losing 4 games in […]
Tags: 2011 U19 World Championship·Alexander Varnakov·Boris Barac·Daniel Szymkiewicz·Dario Saric·Grzegorz Grochowski·Jan Grzelinski·Jonas Valanciunas·Mario Hezonja·Mateusz Ponitka·Przemyslaw Karnowski·Tomasz Gielo·Toni Katic
FIBA U19 World Championship Preview: Poland
June 29th, 2011 · No Comments
One of the teams that comes to Latvia with a lot of hopes is Poland. After having won the Silver Medal at the U17 World Championship in Germany, it looks like the Polish teams is taking the World Championship as a preparation event for “their” U18 Euro later this summer. But as Rafal Juc explains, […]
Tags: Daniel Szymkiewicz·Filip Matczak·Grzegorz Grochowski·Mateusz Ponitka·Michal Michalak·Piotr Niedzwiedzki·Przemyslaw Karnowski·Tomasz Gielo
Easter Weekend Tournament Review
April 25th, 2011 · 2 Comments
The Easter Weekend is generally packed with interesting tournaments. Here we go for a quick review of the results of the main events from the last days.
Tags: Adonis Thomas·Aleksa Subaric·Alessandro Paesano·Amedeo delle Valle·Bruno Cingala Mata·Bruno Duranti·Cheikh Diagne·Daniel Dolenc·Edvinas Seskus·Filip Kovacek·Francesco Candussi·Gavin Schilling·Guillermo Hernangomez·Hugo Invernizzi·Ilimane Diop·Javier de la Blanca·Johannes Richter·Joonas Caven·Jules Guichard·Julius Wolf·Karamo Jawara·Kenneth Ogbe·Ludvig Hakanson·Malik Müller·Mam Jaiteh·Martin Martinez·Mateusz Ponitka·Michal Michalak·Michalis Liapis·Michele Peroni·Nicola Akele·Nikola Simic·Paul Albrecht·Peter Moeller·Piotr Niedzwiedzki·Przemyslaw Karnowski·Rasmus Larsen·Riccardo Rovere·Sergio Herranz·Stian Emil Berg·Tobias Borg·Tomasz Gielo·Vincent Gaillard·Zaire Thompson
An update on Europeans in the NCAA
February 8th, 2011 · 3 Comments
With the March Madness approaching and the Conference games in full effect, it is time to make an update on the Europeans playing currently in the NCAA. Additionally, we give a little update on some of the most interesting news in terms of European Recruiting.
Tags: Jeffery Taylor·Keelan Cairns·Martin Breunig·NCAA·Nikola Vucevic·Patrick Heckmann·Przemyslaw Karnowski·Simeon Esprit·Tomasz Gielo·Vlad Moldoveanu
An update on NCAA recruiting in Europe
October 10th, 2010 · No Comments
The NCAA season 2010/2011 is approaching so it is about time to take a look what happened this summer in College basketball in relation with European talent. We go over the main players recruited from the 2010 class and take a look forward to the Class of 2011 and 2012.
Tags: Anthony Drmic·Enes Kanter·Igor Hadziomerovic·Mateusz Ponitka·Mathis Keita·Mathis Mönninghoff·NCAA·Nemanja Bezbradica·Niels Giffey·Piotr Niedzwiedzki·Przemyslaw Karnowski·Tomasz Gielo·Torgrim Sommerfeldt
U18 European Championship 2010 Division A: the Big Guys
August 16th, 2010 · 1 Comment
The big guys drew the most interest in the U18 European Championship as this group featured several highly interesting players. Even if Enes Kanter was absent, the tournament featured several NBA potentials and we go over the players that have impressed us the most.
Tags: 2010 U18 European Championship Division A·Boris Barac·Bozo Dumic·Dennis Kramer·Jonas Valanciunas·Nikola Siladi·Olexiy Len·Przemyslaw Karnowski·Rudy Gobert·Stefan Nastic·Tomasz Gielo
Generation Ranking: 1993 born players (UPDATE)
July 26th, 2010 · 2 Comments
The 1993 born players competed in the first ever U17 World Championship in Hamburg this July. With the astonishing result of Poland and the disappointing ending of our #1 team Spain, there were some changes necessary. Here we go for the explanations.
Tags: Ignas Ramasauskas·Jaime Fernandez·Luka Mitrovic·Mantas Mockevicius·Mateusz Ponitka·Nemanja Bezbradica·Nenad Miljenovic·Przemyslaw Karnowski·Simonas Kymantas·Tauras Jogela·Tomasz Gielo
U17 World Championship 2010: Poland
July 15th, 2010 · No Comments
We start our review of the European teams that participated to the U17 World Championship with Poland. The team that finished 4th at the U16 European Championship in 2009 now won the Silver Medal and showed clearly the best progress of all the European teams that were present.
Tags: 2010 U17 World Championships·Daniel Szymkiewicz·Filip Matczak·Mateusz Ponitka·Michal Michalak·Piotr Niedzwiedzki·Poland·Przemyslaw Karnowski·Tomasz Gielo
U17 World Championship: Watch the Final LIVE
July 11th, 2010 · 1 Comment
Today, the final of the first ever U17 World Championship will be played in Hamburg. Poland and Team USA will face each other at 4pm European Time. To put you up in the right mood, check the highlight videos below and subscribe to FIBA TV to watch this exciting game LIVE on your PC at […]
Tags: 2010 U17 World Championships·Bradley Beal·James McAdoo·LIVE·Mateusz Ponitka·Michael Gilchrist·Poland·Przemyslaw Karnowski·Tomasz Gielo·USA