SHENZHEN – Zeal, zest, spite, passion – whatever we chose to call it -Serbia’s basketball team demonstrated it perfectly on Tuesday. In a do or die game against Turkey, where the loser stood no chance of going into the next round, the Serbs showed the class that took them to gold two years ago. […]
American Greg Mangano goes up for a rebound versus South Korea SHENZHEN – Almost every player on theU.S.A. men’s basketball team has played in front of a crowd of 18,000 before. One glance at the team’s roster and all the heavyweight schools of American collegiate sports are there. Notre Dame, Michigan State, Syracuse, Kentucky, Purdue […]
Boris Bakovic gets ready to receive the ball in the paint SHENZHEN – In one of the closest and most intense matches of the basketball tournament at the Shenzhen Universiade,Canada defeated the defending championsSerbia 70-67.Serbia went into the second half with a seven point lead and seemed to have control over the Canadians and […]
OTTAWA – Canadian Interuniversity Sport, in conjunction with Canada Basketball, announced Friday the 12 student-athletes who will represent Canada in women’s basketball at the 26th Summer Universiade in Shenzhen,China. The Canadian roster is made up of seven CIS all-stars and five NCAA including Justine Colley of East Preston, N.S., Jill Humbert of Saskatoon, Elyse Jobin […]
LJUBLJANA – The 11th European Universities Basketball Championship was held in Córdoba, Spain, between 13th and 20th of July 2011. The tournament hosted 18 male teams and 12 female teams, representing 29 universities from 17 different countries. The Opening Ceremony was attended by the major of Córdoba, Mr. José Antonio Nieto, and the […]
OTTAWA – Canadian Interuniversity Sport, in conjunction with Canada Basketball, announced the 12 student-athletes and the team personnel who will represent Canada in men’s basketball at the 26th Summer Universiade from August 12-23, 2011, inShenzhen,China. Highlighting the all-CIS roster are two members of the reigning national champion Carleton University Ravens, forward Tyson Hinz of Ottawa […]
CEBU CITY – The Federation of School Sports Association of the Philippines (FESSAP) will be sending an all-Cebu team revolving around 63rd National Students Championship titlist University of Cebu (UC) and other stars from the Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation Inc (CESSAFI) to represent the Philippines in the men’s basketball competitions of the 26th Summer […]
WINDSOR, Ont. – The CIS Women’s Basketball Coaches Association proudly announced Sunday the organization had raised $104,763.53 for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation in 2010-11 thanks to its fourth annual Shoot For The Cure initiative. The impressive amount was unveiled before the 2011 CIS championship final at the University of Windsor’s St. Denis Centre. Jeff […]
