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awhom111
03-21-2017, 09:55 PM
I am unsure of the level of coverage I will do in this thread this year, but I figure that it is a good time to get started.

Recruiting the classes of 2019 and 2020 can't start soon enough, right? The 24 players headed to USA U16 Boy's tryouts has been announced:
https://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2017/03/mu16-athletes.aspx

awhom111
04-06-2017, 09:05 PM
FIBA has announced more details of the new FIBA Americas Championship, called the AmeriCup. It looks like the United States will field a team for the first time in a decade. That will probably be used to prepare for the qualifiers for 2019 as opposed to showcasing NBA players and it will be interesting to see who coaches and plays. I would try to explain the qualifying format for 2019, but it is excessively complicated and we should probably just wait for the draw and the schedule to be announced.

awhom111
04-21-2017, 12:52 AM
There has been plenty of USA Basketball news this week.

They have confirmed that the USA Basketball will field a men's team at this summer's AmeriCup although more details are not available. The draw was conducted for the groups to be played in Argentina, Colombia, and Uruguay. The United States joins the Dominican Republic and Panama in Uruguay. Argentina hosts Canada, the US Virgin Islands, and Venezuela. Colombia will welcome Mexico, Puerto Rico, and another South American team, which was supposed to be Brazil before their federation was suspended. They could still participate or a replacement could be named. The final stage will be in Argentina and they will automatically qualify along with the top team in each group (second place in Argentina's group if they win it).

USA Basketball also announced a new mini-tournament for a U23 Women's team. Jeff Walz of Louisville has been selected as the coach. This tournament is a good idea because USA Basketball is not responsible for either of the World University Games teams this summer (Maryland was picked on the women's side and Purdue was picked on the men's side).

A coaching staff was also announced for the U16 Girl's team as they have opted for DIII head coach Carla Berube of Tufts after two years of high school coaching in the last cycle results in a pair of debacles.

awhom111
04-25-2017, 09:47 PM
USA Basketball named the selection committee for the next international cycle. Shane Battier was picked for the U18/19 Men's committee. This is probably all a ploy for Coach K to retain a recruiting advantage, ignoring the four college coaches on the committee.
https://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2017/04/2017-2020-selection-committees.aspx

The U16 Girl's team has part of their tryouts roster determine as invitees have been announced. Open tryout applicants will be announced later.
https://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2017/04/wu16-invitees.aspx

awhom111
05-02-2017, 10:07 PM
Another Duke name is involved in a selection committee as Trajan Langdon will be part of determining the team for world championship qualifiers:
https://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2017/05/wcq-committee.aspx

With his knowledge of the D League and Americans playing overseas, he should be a perfect addition for this role. This is the first official confirmation that non-NBA professionals, especially from the D League, will be the ones representing the United States in the qualifiers, which will be against other teams from the Americas.

awhom111
05-03-2017, 09:44 PM
The USA U19 Women's Team tryouts roster has been announced. There are currently no Duke ties on it:
https://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2017/05/wu19-trials-athletes.aspx

awhom111
05-07-2017, 01:38 PM
FIBA conducted their draw for qualifying groups earlier today:
http://www.fiba.com/basketballworldcup/2019/news/draw-results-in-for-fiba-basketball-world-cup-2019-qualifiers

The United States got the most politically interesting group possible with Mexico, Puerto Rico, and Cuba. Games will start in November.

There are some pre-qualifying games that still need to be played, but here are all the groups:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C_Owa0uXoAEAGDt.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C_OlPJRXkAIBzWt.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C_OuO2-XUAEsZ3-.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C_OxltOWsAEgJzO.jpg

Truth&Justise
05-08-2017, 10:46 AM
awhom111, thanks for tracking this!

Any info on the structure of the American's qualifying tournament? My understanding is that the top three from each group go on to the next round. So as long as USA isn't last (and I'm fairly certain our D-leaguers can beat Cuba), we move on to the next round. Is that correct? And if so, what happens after that?

Also, the groups look very uneven. Even assuming Brazil's suspension is lifted and it gets the final spot, Chile and Colombia are two of the weakest teams in the field. Meanwhile, the USA has Mexico and Puerto Rico, either of whom might be favored to win Group B (depending on if Brazil qualifies) or D (depending on Canada's development). Strange!

Truth&Justise
05-08-2017, 10:56 AM
For reference, here are the FIBA rankings for the teams in the tournament (not the best measure, but the only objective one we've got):



Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D


Argentina (6)
Brazil** (7)
USA (1)
Canada (18)


Uruguay (26)
Venezuela (15)
Puerto Rico (17)
Dominican Republic (24)


Panama (33)
Chile (NR)
Mexico (19)
US Virgin Islands (59)


Paraguay (46)
Colombia (NR)
Cuba (NR)
Bahamas (NR)



**Assuming Brazil's suspension is lifted and they get the last spot.

I know it's silly to worry about this as a fan of the USA, but I thought it was interesting.

awhom111
05-08-2017, 09:57 PM
awhom111, thanks for tracking this!

Any info on the structure of the American's qualifying tournament? My understanding is that the top three from each group go on to the next round. So as long as USA isn't last (and I'm fairly certain our D-leaguers can beat Cuba), we move on to the next round. Is that correct? And if so, what happens after that?

Also, the groups look very uneven. Even assuming Brazil's suspension is lifted and it gets the final spot, Chile and Colombia are two of the weakest teams in the field. Meanwhile, the USA has Mexico and Puerto Rico, either of whom might be favored to win Group B (depending on if Brazil qualifies) or D (depending on Canada's development). Strange!

Yes, the top 3 teams move on to the second round. FIBA chose to go with a regional split in Asia and the Americas, which does result in slightly different group strengths (East Asia may be stronger than West Asia). I agree that Group B could be very weak, especially compared to Group A and Group D ended up being much weaker than Group C.


For reference, here are the FIBA rankings for the teams in the tournament (not the best measure, but the only objective one we've got):



Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D


Argentina (6)
Brazil** (7)
USA (1)
Canada (18)


Uruguay (26)
Venezuela (15)
Puerto Rico (17)
Dominican Republic (24)


Panama (33)
Chile (NR)
Mexico (19)
US Virgin Islands (59)


Paraguay (46)
Colombia (NR)
Cuba (NR)
Bahamas (NR)



**Assuming Brazil's suspension is lifted and they get the last spot.

I know it's silly to worry about this as a fan of the USA, but I thought it was interesting.

It will be interesting to see what kinds of players teams will have available in this new format (because there are a lot of behind the scenes moving pieces politically). I actually like that the United States should face three teams that are nearly at full strength so that the decision makers understand exactly what level of players we need to qualify.

awhom111
05-15-2017, 09:52 PM
It's only a partial Duke connection as Bella Alarie is added to the USA U19 tryout roster:
https://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2017/05/bella-alarie-added-to-wu19-trials-roster.aspx

Court coaches were announced for the Men's U19 tryouts today. It can be interesting to see who might be a future youth team coach and also which lower division coaches are held in high esteem by their colleagues.
https://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2017/05/mu19-court-coaches.aspx

awhom111
05-21-2017, 06:36 PM
The first USA team of the summer has been announced as the U19 Women's team finished their tryouts earlier today. Bella Alarie made it and is not the only Ivy Leaguer on the roster.
Roster:
https://www.usab.com/womens/u19/roster.aspx
Announcement:
https://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2017/05/wu19-team-announcement.aspx
Quotes:
https://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2017/05/wu19-quotes.aspx

There are nine current collegians, two incoming freshmen, and the top 2018 high school recruit.

awhom111
05-22-2017, 09:52 PM
The USA Basketball approach to the Girls and Boys youth teams are very different. The U16 Girls team will use an open applicant tryout process along with the invited players, resulting in the 142 player tryouts seen here:
https://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2017/05/wu16-trials-complete-roster.aspx
https://www.usab.com/basketball/media/pdfs/2017/2017-rosters/17-wu16-trials-roster-all---alphapdf.aspx

awhom111
05-25-2017, 10:07 PM
More players were added to the USA U16 Boy's team tryouts:
https://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2017/05/mu16-add-8-athletes.aspx

The draw for the two FIBA Americas U16 tournaments were conducted earlier in the week. The USA Boy's team faces the Dominican Republic, Mexico, and Puerto Rico, leaving Argentina, Canada, Paraguay, and Venezuela on the other side. THE USA Girl's team faces Colombia, Mexico, and Puerto Rico, leaving Argentina, Canada, the Dominican Republic, and Venezuela on the other side.

awhom111
06-01-2017, 12:32 AM
It took the better part of a week, but the committee chose 12 players for the USA U16 Girl's team that will compete in the FIBA Americas Championship next week:
https://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2017/05/wu16-team.aspx
https://www.usab.com/womens/u16/roster.aspx

JasonEvans
06-01-2017, 10:11 AM
Is there any indication whether Canada is going to get it's best players to play on the team for the World Championships? A team with Nick Stauskas, Jamal Murray, Corey Joseph, and Tyler Ennis in the backcourt and Andrew Wiggins, Kelly Olynyck, Tristan Thompson, Trey Lyles, and Dwight Powell in the front court would be one of the top 5 in the world, for sure, and could probably beat a full strength Team USA on a good night.

-Jason "put those guys up against D-Leaguers and the USA is going down" Evans

JasonEvans
06-01-2017, 10:18 AM
Is there any indication whether Canada is going to get it's best players to play on the team for the World Championships? A team with Nick Stauskas, Jamal Murray, Corey Joseph, and Tyler Ennis in the backcourt and Andrew Wiggins, Kelly Olynyck, Tristan Thompson, Trey Lyles, and Dwight Powell in the front court would be one of the top 5 in the world, for sure, and could probably beat a full strength Team USA on a good night.

-Jason "put those guys up against D-Leaguers and the USA is going down" Evans

By the way, the top player in the class of 2019 is 6-7 small forward R.J. Barrett, who is from Canada (though he is playing his prep school basketball in Florida). Duke is recruiting him hard! He's the best Canadian player since Andrew Wiggins.

awhom111
06-02-2017, 12:56 AM
Is there any indication whether Canada is going to get it's best players to play on the team for the World Championships? A team with Nick Stauskas, Jamal Murray, Corey Joseph, and Tyler Ennis in the backcourt and Andrew Wiggins, Kelly Olynyck, Tristan Thompson, Trey Lyles, and Dwight Powell in the front court would be one of the top 5 in the world, for sure, and could probably beat a full strength Team USA on a good night.

-Jason "put those guys up against D-Leaguers and the USA is going down" Evans

Most of their players have played when available. Thompson, Olynyk, Wiltjer, Powell, Joseph, Ennis (Tyler not his brother Dylan, who opted to suit up for Jamaica), and Stauskas all have good records of showing up (also Anthony Bennett, but they may not want him anymore). One of the problems is that Wiggins angered a section of the fanbase by skipping out on the Olympic qualifying tournament last year). Adding in players that have had minimal exposure to the top team like Murray, Dillon Brooks, R.J. Barrett, and Simi S. should keep the pipeline flowing. Their youth team has blown a couple of chances to beat the United States in recent years.

The big question will be the resources that the federation has to put together a qualifying team. If it's possible to have too many players in the NBA, Canada does. The younger players will not be able to play while in school (although Katie Meier let her Dutch players play in EuroBasket qualifiers in the middle of Miami's season). With no quality in their domestic league, they have to hope that they can fly their European players over midseason and add in any Canadians choosing to play in the D League.

awhom111
06-07-2017, 12:39 AM
The USA U16 Boy's team has been named:
https://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2017/06/mu16-team-named.aspx
https://www.usab.com/mens/u16/roster.aspx

They still have a week before their tournament. The girls start their games on Wednesday with FIBA's YouTube channel carrying all games live and on replay.

awhom111
06-08-2017, 12:23 AM
The United States is not the reigning champions, but they should have no issues winning the FIBA Americas U16 Girl's Championship. They started with a 91-33 win over Colombia:
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u16women/2017/0706/Colombia-USA#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Also in their group, Mexico beat Puerto Rico 76-49:
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u16women/2017/0706/Mexico-Puerto-Rico#tab=boxscore_statistics

The other group saw title holders Canada beat Venezuela 89-38 and hosts Argentina beat the Dominican Republic 77-42:
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u16women/2017/0706/Venezuela-Canada#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u16women/2017/0706/Dominican-Republic-Argentina#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Here are some other players that have roots to the States part of the United States:

Mexico:
Katia Gallegos, Franklin (TX)

Puerto Rico:
Jacqueline Vargas-Bines, Upper Dublin (PA)
Angelee Rodriguez, Ferguson (FL)
Giana Boulden, Trenton Catholic (NJ)

awhom111
06-09-2017, 12:44 AM
It was a day for announcing rosters I guess. Angela Salvadores is one of fifteen players named in Spain's U20 tryout squad for next month. After missing last summer's tournament with an injury, she will want to be a part of this team, which should be the overwhelming favorites for the European Championship.
http://www.feb.es/2017/6/8/baloncesto/quince-jugadores-para-europeo-u20f-matosinhos/70684.aspx

The USA U16 Girl's team clinched their spot in the semifinals and next summer's U17 World Championship, although it took them a while to get going against Mexico before winning 100-37.
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u16women/2017/0806/USA-Mexico#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Colombia beat Puerto Rico earlier 68-52 so they face Mexico for the last qualification spot.
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u16women/2017/0806/Puerto-Rico-Colombia#tab=boxscore_statistics

The qualifiers in the other group are set after Canada beat the Dominican Republic 89-48 and Argentina beat Venezuela 71-42.
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u16women/2017/0806/Dominican-Republic-Canada#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u16women/2017/0806/Argentina-Venezuela#|tab=boxscore_statistics

awhom111
06-10-2017, 12:47 AM
Another Duke player with international plans this summer is Antonio Vrankovic. He is one of fifteen players invited to tryout for a Croatia team that will head to the Borislav Stankovic Cup in China in July. There are several regular national team exhibition tournaments and this is one of the more prestigious ones and even the tryouts against Croatian pros should be a good experience even if its not the full national team.
http://www.hks-cbf.hr/vijesti/2017/reprezentacija-turnir-kina-henrik-sirko-pozvan-umjesto-roka-badzima

At the U16 Girl's tournament, the United States continues to get the job done with minimal fuss after a 79-32 win over Puerto Rico:
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u16women/2017/0906/Puerto-Rico-USA#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The other game in the group was for the semifinals place and qualification for the next U17 World Championship and it was Colombia grinding out a 45-41 win over Mexico.
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u16women/2017/0906/Colombia-Mexico#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The other group started with the meaningless game as Venezuela beat the Dominican Republic 70-50. The last game would determine the semifinal bracket and Canada had to fight past Argentina for the 71-65 win.
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u16women/2017/0906/Venezuela-Dominican-Republic#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u16women/2017/0906/Canada-Argentina#|tab=boxscore_statistics

That leaves the following Saturday schedule:

5th Place:
Venezuela vs Puerto Rico
Mexico vs Dominican Republic

Semifinals:
Canada vs Colombia
United States vs Argentina

awhom111
06-11-2017, 12:07 AM
The USA U16 Girl's team was not particularly convincing in the first half, but still pounded Argentina 98-42:
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u16women/2017/1006/USA-Argentina#|tab=boxscore_statistics

They will face Canada in the final after the defending champions beat Colombia 64-38:
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u16women/2017/1006/Canada-Colombia#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In the battle for fifth place, Venezuela edged Puerto Rico 62-61 and Texas high schooler Katia Gallegos led Mexico past the Dominican Republic 102-45:
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u16women/2017/1006/Venezuela-Puerto-Rico#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u16women/2017/1006/Mexico-Dominican-Republic#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Sunday's Schedule:
7th Place: Puerto Rico vs Dominican Republic
5th Place: Venezuela vs Mexico
3rd Place: Colombia vs Argentina
1st Place: Canada vs United States

awhom111
06-12-2017, 12:37 AM
The USA U16 team reclaimed the FIBA Americas title by dismantling Canada in the second quarter to win 91-46. They have to wait until next year to try to take back world glory.
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u16women/2017/1106/Canada-USA#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The game was delayed because it took Argentina overtime to beat Colombia 59-52.
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u16women/2017/1106/Colombia-Argentina#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Mexico clearly took out some frustration on Venezuela after missing a golden chance to qualify, winning 71-28.
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u16women/2017/1106/Venezuela-Mexico#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The day started with Puerto Rico beating the Dominican Republic 76-69 to avoid last place:
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u16women/2017/1106/Puerto-Rico-Dominican-Republic#|tab=boxscore_statistics

awhom111
06-14-2017, 12:09 AM
The USA U16 Boy's team starts play in the FIBA Americas Championship at 3:15pm ET. FIBA will have all the games live on their YouTube channel with the option to watch games as replays. I suppose it's still a little early to figure out the recruiting implications, but some of these names will certainly become more well known soon.

awhom111
06-15-2017, 12:57 AM
The USA U16 Boy's team had an easy enough start with a 110-69 win over Puerto Rico:
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u16/2017/1406/USA-Puerto-Rico#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The other game in the group went to the Dominican Republic 86-45 as Mexico, which features Texas high schooler Oscar Lucero, took the loss:
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u16/2017/1406/Mexico-Dominican-Republic#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The day started with Paraguay beating Venezuela 70-64 and closed with Canada beating hosts Argentina 75-61.
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u16/2017/1406/Venezuela-Paraguay#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u16/2017/1406/Canada-Argentina#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The United States is back in action on Thursday at 5:45pm ET and can be seen on FIBA's YouTube channel.

awhom111
06-16-2017, 12:30 AM
The USA U16 Boy's team rolled to another win, beating the Dominican Republic 94-45 and qualifying for the semifinals and the next U17 World Championship:
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u16/2017/1506/Dominican-Republic-USA#|tab=boxscore_statistics

They finish the group stage at 1:15pm ET on Friday against Mexico and can be seen on FIBA's YouTube channel.

The other game in the group opened the day as Puerto Rico beat Mexico 81-68, setting up a Caribbean showdown on Friday for the other qualification place:
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u16/2017/1506/Puerto-Rico-Mexico#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In the other group, Canada was less than convincing against Paraguay, but won 79-71 and Argentina managed to grind out a 49-39 win over Venezuela:
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u16/2017/1506/Paraguay-Canada#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u16/2017/1506/Argentina-Venezuela#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Canada also advances while the final game of the day will determine the other spot between Paraguay and Argentina.

Friday also marks the start of the EuroBasket Women tournament, although there are no Duke ties in this edition.

awhom111
06-17-2017, 02:05 AM
The USA U16 Boy's team opened up Friday's action with a 127-52 pasting of Mexico:
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u16/2017/1606/USA-Mexico#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The next game actually meant something as Puerto Rico fended off David Jones and the Dominican Republic 94-88:
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u16/2017/1606/Dominican-Republic-Puerto-Rico#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The other group followed the same pattern with Canada beating Venezuela 80-43 in a meaningless game and Argentina coming back to beat Paraguay 71-52 to grab the final spot in the semifinals and the next U17 World Championship:
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u16/2017/1606/Canada-Venezuela#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u16/2017/1606/Paraguay-Argentina#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Saturday's Schedule (all games on FIBA's YouTube channel):

5th Place:
Dominican Republic vs Venezuela
Paraguay vs Mexico

Semifinals:
Canada vs Puerto Rico
United States vs Argentina (8pm ET)

Friday also marked the start of the EuroBasket Women tournament. I wrote about it here:
http://www.womensbasketball247.com/2017/06/eurobasket-group-phase-day-1-june-16th/

These are the players involved with some familiar names for fans of the women's game:

A:

Czech Republic:
Kia Vaughn, USK Prague (Czech Republic)/New York Liberty, Rutgers
Michaela Stejskalova, Gran Canaria (Spain)
Karolina Elhotova, USK Prague (Czech Republic)
Alena Hanusova, USK Prague (Czech Republic)
Ilona Burgrova, USK Prague (Czech Republic), South Carolina
Lenka Bartakova, Nymburk (Czech Republic)
Veronika Vorackova, USK Prague (Czech Republic)
Katerina Elhotova, USK Prague (Czech Republic)
Tereza Vyoralova, USK Prague (Czech Republic)
Petra Kulichova, Botas (Turkey)
Petra Zaplatova, Rotenburg (Germany)
Pavla Svrdlikova, Brno (Czech Republic)

Hungary (all names with surname second):
Zsofia Fegyverneky, Sopron (Hungary)
Krisztina Raksanyi, Pecs (Hungary)
Zsofia Licskai, Pecs (Hungary)
Zsofia Simon, Gyor (Hungary)
Zsofia Varga, Gyor (Hungary)
Dora Medgyessy, Cegled (Hungary)
Courtney Vandersloot, Yakin Dogu University (Turkey)/Chicago Sky, Gonzaga
Tijana Krivacevic, Girne University (Turkey), Drafted 34th in 2010 by Seattle Storm
Nora Bujdoso, Cegled (Hungary)
Debora Dubei, Sopron (Hungary)
Bernadett Hatar, Sopron (Hungary)
Dorina Zele, DVTK (Hungary)

Spain:
Laura Nicholls, Ragusa (Italy)
Silvia Dominguez, Avenida (Spain)
Alba Torrens, UMMC Ekaterinburg (Russia), Drafted 36th in 2009 by Connecticut Sun
Laia Palau, USK Prague (Czech Republic)
Marta Xargay, USK Prague (Czech Republic)/Phoenix Mercury
Leonor Rodriguez, Uni Girona (Spain), Florida State
Sancho Lyttle, UMMC Ekaterinburg (Russia)/Atlanta Dream, Houston
Anna Cruz, Dynamo Kursk (Russia)/Minnesota Lynx
Leticia Romero, Florida State, Drafted 16th in 2017 by Connecticut Sun
Maria Conde, Florida State
Laura Gil, Avenida (Spain)
Bea Sanchez, Uni Ferrol (Spain)

Ukraine:
Ievgenia Spitkovska, Avangard (Ukraine)
Vita Horobets, Tim-Skuf (Ukraine)
Liudmyla Naumenko, Villeneuve (France)
Olga Maznichenko, Montbrison (France)
Olesia Malashenko, MBK (Turkey)
Alina Iagupova, Villeneuve (France), Drafted 34th by Los Angeles Sparks in 2013
Taisia Udodenko, Nymburk (Czech Republic)
Olga Yatskovets, Avangard (Ukraine)
D'Andra Moss, MBK (Turkey), VCU
Anna Olkhovyk, Tim-Skuf (Ukraine)
Kateryna Dorogobuzowa, Lublin (Poland)
Arina Bilotserkivska, Suduva (Lithuania)

B:

Belarus:
Katsiaryna Snytsina, Hatay (Turkey)
Yuliya Rytsikava, Tsmoki Minsk (Belarus)
Tatsiana Likhtarovich, Gyor (Hungary)
Volha Ziuzkova, Sirenos (Lithuania)
Maryia Papova, Galatasaray (Turkey)
Maryia Filonchyk, Chevakata Vologda (Russia)
Marina Kress, Horizont Minsk (Belarus)
Alena Holubeva, Olimpia Grodno (Belarus)
Alex Bentley, Adana Aski (Turkey)/Connecticut Sun, Penn State
Viktoriya Hasper, Tsmoki Minsk (Belarus)
Yanina Inkina, South Plains (JC)
Maryna Ivashchanka, Torun (Poland)

Italy:
Elisa Penna, Wake Forest
Gaia Gorini, Ragusa (Italy)
Giorgia Sottana, Schio (Italy)
Cecilia Zandalasini, Schio (Italy)
Francesca Dotto, Lucca (Italy)
Raffaella Masciadri, Schio (Italy), WNBA (2004-2005 and 2008)
Alessandra Formica, Ragusa (Italy)
Valeria De Pretto, La Spezia (Italy)
Martina Crippa, Lucca (Italy)
Kathrin Ress, Schio (Italy), Boston College
Sabrina Cinilli, Napoli (Italy)
Laura Macchi, Schio (Italy), WNBA (2004-2005)

Slovakia:
Rebeka Mikulasikova, Piestanske Cajky (Slovakia)
Veronika Remenarova, KP Brno (Czech Republic)
Zuzana Zirkova, Good Angels Kosice (Slovakia), WNBA (2003)
Nikola Dudasova, Piestanske Cajky (Slovakia)
Terezia Palenikova, Piestanske Cajky (Slovakia)
Sabina Oroszova, Piestanske Cajky (Slovakia), Eastern Illinois
Barbora Balintova, Good Angels Kosice (Slovakia)
Anna Jurcenkova, Good Angels Kosice (Slovakia)
Marie Ruzickova, Reyer Venezia (Italy)
Romana Vynuchlova, Samorin (Slovakia), Oklahoma City (NAIA)
Nikola Kovacikova, UKF Nitra (Slovakia)
Angelika Slamova, Piestanske Cajky (Slovakia)

Turkey:
Pelin Bilgic, Fenerbahce (Turkey)
Ayse Cora, Fenerbahce (Turkey)
Olcay Cakir, Yakin Dogu University (Turkey), Drafted 27th in 2013 by New York Liberty
Birsel Vardarli, Fenerbahce (Turkey)
Bahar Caglar, Yakin Dogu University (Turkey)
Isil Alben, Galatasaray (Turkey)
Tugce Canitez, Fenerbahce (Turkey), Westmont (NAIA)
Quanitra Hollingsworth, Yakin Dogu University (Turkey), VCU and WNBA (2009-2011, 2013, 2015)
Saziye Ivegin, Abdullah Gul University (Turkey)
Tilbe Senyurek, Botas (Turkey)
Cansu Koksal, Galatasaray (Turkey)
Esra Ural, Fenerbahce (Turkey)

C:

France:
Olivia Epoupa, Villeneueve (France)
Endy Miyem, Schio (Italy)
Helena Ciak, Dynamo Kursk (Russia)
Celine Dumerc, Landes (France), WNBA (2014)
Sarah Michel, Lattes Montpellier (France)
Valeriane Ayayi, Villeneuve (France), WNBA (2015)
Gaelle Skrella, Lattes Montpellier (France)
Hhadydia Minte, Charleville (France)
Marine Johannes, Bourges (France)
Alexia Chartereau, Bourges (France)
Marielle Amant, Villeneuve (France)
Diandra Tchatchoung, Bourges (France), Maryland and Drafted 20th in 2013 by San Antonio Stars

Greece:
Anna Niki Stamolamprou, Robert Morris
Evdokia Stamati, Olympiakos (Greece)
Lolita Lymoura, PAOK (Greece)
Anna Spyridopoulou, Proteas (Greece)
Evanthia Maltsi, Olympiakos (Greece), WNBA (2007)
Angeliki Nikolopoulou, Proteas (Greece)
Katerina Sotiriou, Battipaglia (Italy)
Afroditi Kosma, Olympiakos (Greece)
Artemis Spanou, Uni Girona (Spain), Robert Morris
Styliani Kaltsidou, Olympiakos (Greece)
Eleanna Christinaki, Florida
Mariella Fasoula, Boston College

Serbia:
Tamara Radocaj, Chevakata Vologda (Russia)
Sonja Petrovic, USK Prague (Czech Republic)/Phoenix Mercury
Sasa Cado, Istanbul University (Turkey)
Sara Krnjic, Sopron (Hungary), Drafted 35th in 2011 by Washington Mystics
Nevena Jovanovic, Landes (France)
Jelena Milovanovic, Avenida (Spain), WNBA (2014)
Sanja Mandic, Pecs (Hungary)
Aleksandra Crvendakic, Sopron (Hungary)
Maja Skoric, Cegled (Hungary)
Dragana Stankovic, Hatay (Turkey), Drafted 30th in 2015 by San Antonio Stars
Tina Jovanovic, DVTK (Hungary)
Ana Dabovic, Dynamo Moscow (Russia)/Los Angeles Sparks

Slovenia:
Teja Oblak, Good Angels Kosice (Slovakia)
Ziva Zdolsek, Triglav (Slovenia)
Maja Erkic, Atomeromu (Hungary)
Annamaria Prezelj, Celje (Slovenia)
Rebeka Abramovic, Triglav (Slovenia)
Nika Baric, UMMC Ekaterinburg (Russia), Drafted 20th in 2012 by Minnesota Lynx
Tina Jakovina, Vicenza (Italy)
Sandra Pirsic, Atomeromu (Hungary)
Eva Lisec, Atomeromu (Hungary)
Tina Trebec, Neftochimic Burgas (Bulgaria)
Shante Evans, Celje (Slovenia), Hofstra
Larisa Ocvirk, Celje (Slovenia)

D:

Belgium:
Kyara Linskens, Namur Capitale (Belgium)
Kim Mestdagh, Charleville (France), Colorado State
Antonia Delaere, Castors Braine (Belgium)
Sofie Hendrickx, Namur Capitale (Belgium)
Marjorie Carpreaux, Waregem (Belgium)
Emma Meesseman, UMMC Ekaterinburg (Russia)/Washington Mystics
Ann Wauters, Abdullah Gul University (Turkey)/Los Angeles Sparks
Hanne Mestdagh, Freiburg (Germany), Colorado State
Serena-Lynn Geldof, Miami
Heleen Naewelaers, Sint-Katelijne-Waver (Belgium)
Julie Vanloo, Ragusa (Italy)
Jana Raman, Kangoeroes Willebrook (Belgium)

Latvia:
Paula Strautmane, Quinnipiac
Elina Babkina, C.R.E.F. (Spain), Drafted 29th in 2011 by Los Angeles Sparks
Gunta Basko, TTT Riga (Latvia), Siena
Aija Putnina, Istanbul University (Turkey), Colorado
Anete Steinberga, USK Prague (Czech Republic), UTEP
Aija Brumermane, Dunkerque (France)
Anna Dreimane, Colorado State
Ieva Krastina, TTT Riga (Latvia)
Ilze Jakobsone, Liepaja (Latvia)
Kristine Vitola, Galatasaray (Turkey), UTEP
Kitija Laksa, South Florida
Kate Kreslina, Fordham

Montenegro:
Irena Matovic, Buducnost Podgorica (Montenegro)
Jelena Skerovic, Gdynia (Poland)
Jelena Vucetic, Kazanochka (Russia)
Natasa Popovic, Reims (France)
Milica Milosev, Osnabruck (Germany)
Snezana Aleksic, Zaragoza (Spain)
Kristina Rakovic, Valencia (Spain)
Bozica Mujovic, Buducnost Podgorica (Montenegro)
Iva Perovanovic, Besiktas (Turkey)
Jovana Pasic, Universitatea Goldis ICIM Arad (Romania)
Milica Jovanovic, MBK (Turkey)
Angel Robinson, Yakin Dogu University (Turkey), Georgia and WNBA (2014)

Russia:
Natalia Zhedik, Nadezhda Orenburg (Russia)
Raisa Musina, Polkowice (Poland)
Evgenia Belyakova, UMMC Ekaterinburg (Russia)/Los Angeles Sparks
Maria Vadeeva, Dynamo Kursk (Russia)
Ksenia Levchenko, Dynamo Kursk (Russia)
Epiphanny Prince, Dynamo Kursk (Russia)/New York Liberty, Rutgers
Elena Kirillova, Dynamo Kursk (Russia)
Natalia Vieru, UMMC Ekaterinburg (Russia)
Ksenia Tikhonenko, Dynamo Moscow (Russia)
Elena Beglova, Nadezhda Orenburg (Russia)
Maria Cherepanova, UMMC Ekaterinburg (Russia)
Zhosselina Maiga, Nadezhda Orenburg (Russia)

awhom111
06-18-2017, 12:38 AM
The USA U16 team continued rolling as they beat Argentina 121-49:
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u16/2017/1706/USA-Argentina#|tab=boxscore_statistics

They face Canada in the final after our neighbors beat Puerto Rico 81-66:
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u16/2017/1706/Canada-Puerto-Rico#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Earlier in the day, the Dominican Republic beat Venezuela 71-57 and Mexico beat Paraguay 71-60 in the consolation bracket.
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u16/2017/1706/Dominican-Republic-Venezuela#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u16/2017/1706/Paraguay-Mexico#|tab=boxscore_statistics

I wrote about EuroBasket Women here:
http://www.womensbasketball247.com/2017/06/eurobasket-group-phase-day-2-june-17th/

awhom111
06-19-2017, 01:34 AM
The USA U16 team finished their easy tournament run with a 111-60 win over Canada.
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u16/2017/1806/Canada-USA#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Earlier in the day, Venezuela beat Paraguay 53-49, the Dominican Republic beat Mexico 71-51, and Puerto Rico beat Argentina 78-67:
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u16/2017/1806/Paraguay-Venezuela#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u16/2017/1806/Mexico-Dominican-Republic#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u16/2017/1806/Puerto-Rico-Argentina#|tab=boxscore_statistics

awhom111
06-20-2017, 12:33 AM
My recap of the end of the group phase of EuroBasket Women:
http://www.womensbasketball247.com/2017/06/eurobasket-group-phase-day-3-june-19th/

The Czech Republic, Belarus, Slovenia, and Montenegro are eliminated, leaving 11 teams to compete for 5 spots in the next World Championship.

awhom111
06-21-2017, 12:39 AM
Jack White was not among the players named to Australia's World University game team.

EuroBasket Women continued:
http://www.womensbasketball247.com/2017/06/eurobasket-quarterfinal-qualification-games-june-20th/

Ukraine, Serbia, Hungary, and Russia were eliminated. The winners of the quarterfinals (not counting Spain, which qualifies as the host) will qualify for the World Championship next summer while the losers will get another chance to finis high enough to grab a spot. The matchups are Spain-Latvia, Belgium-Italy, Turkey-Greece, and France-Slovakia.

awhom111
06-23-2017, 12:54 AM
As expected, Olek Czyz was named to Poland's preliminary squad for EuroBasket. It's good to hear that he should be healthy.
http://pzkosz.pl/aktualnosci/n/64257/

I wrote about the EuroBasket Women Quarterfinals here:
http://www.womensbasketball247.com/2017/06/eurobasket-quarterfinals-june-22nd/

Belgium, Greece, and France won so they join Spain and the United States in the 2017 World Championship. The winners of the Latvia-Italy and Turkey-Slovakia games on Saturday will join them.

awhom111
06-24-2017, 12:57 AM
Angela Salvadores had her first exhibition game for Spain's U20 team as they prepare for the upcoming European Championship with a tournament in France. She led the team with 15 points and added 7 rebounds in 24 minutes as they beat the Portugal U20 team 89-56.

Puerto Rico has announced that Sofia Roma will not be able to compete for the national team in July at Centrobasket Women due to academic commitments. Do not be surprised if Fago Bez Davalos is unavailable for Mexico for the same reason.

awhom111
06-25-2017, 12:41 AM
Angela Salvadores and Spain's U20 team continued their exhibition tournament with a 62-59 loss to Serbia's U20 team. Angela had 3 points in 5 minutes.

I wrote about the EuroBasket Women semifinals here:
http://www.womensbasketball247.com/2017/06/eurobasket-semifinals-june-24th/

Six of the sixteen spots in next year's World Championship are now filled after Latvia beat Italy and Turkey beat Slovakia.

awhom111
06-26-2017, 12:38 AM
Angela Salvadores and Spain's U20 team finished their exhibition tournament with a 74-49 win over France's U20 team. Angela led all scorers with 19 points in 24 minutes.

I wrote about the final day of EuroBasket Women here:
http://www.womensbasketball247.com/2017/06/eurobasket-finals-june-25th/

Spain wins the title ahead of hosting next year's World Championship.

awhom111
06-30-2017, 09:09 PM
Angela Salvadores and Spain's U20 team is hosting an exhibition tournament before the main event next week. Angela had 10 points in 20 minutes in a 78-36 win over Belgium's U20 team. Maria Conde, who has opted to leave Florida State to turn professional, had 20 points and Laia Raventos of Charlotte had 14 points.

The USA U19 Men's team starts their World Championship at 11:30am ET on Saturday against Iran. The game can be seen live or as a replay here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8sG_bu4I6U

I figure we can keep stuff about the U19 team here and keep the Bolden thread for Bolden since he's not on this team.

awhom111
07-02-2017, 12:12 AM
Angela Salvadores and Spain's U20 team continued their exhibition tournament with a 68-55 win over Russia's U20 team. Angela led all scorers with 14 points in 20 minutes.

The USA U19 Men's team started the World Championship with an easy 108-48 win over Iran. It's probably too early to draw any conclusions about lineups or which players will be key in later games.
http://www.fiba.basketball/world/u19/2017/0107/Iran-USA#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Their next game will be at 12:15pm ET on Sunday and can be seen here live or as a replay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-mtNxq_N1Q

The other game in the group was a close one as Angola took advantage of Italian absences to force overtime, but still lost 70-66. Silvio De Sousa is missing his running mate, which would have made Angola a pretty dangerous team, but he still had a good game.
http://www.fiba.basketball/world/u19/2017/0107/Angola-Italy#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In Group A, the day started with New Zealand needing a big fourth quarter to beat South Korea 88-81. The other Kentucky guy at the tournament, Tai Wynyard had 22 points and 6 rebounds and a couple of incoming freshmen, Isaac Letoa and Quinn Clinton also had good games. Han Seung-Hui led South Korea, which did not even get a good game from their star. France is probably considered the second strongest team heading into the tournament and they led big early against Argentina, hitting cruise control in a 62-53 win. Bathiste Tchouaffe, who is probably the name you want to know long term from this team, led the way in the win.
http://www.fiba.basketball/world/u19/2017/0107/New-Zealand-Korea#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/world/u19/2017/0107/Argentina-France#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In Group B, hosts Egypt looked to be rolling against Puerto Rico, but had to hang on to a 67-65 win as they hope to get more out of their star. In the loss, Fairfield commit Jesus Cruz had a good game while he got some help from island-based players in the form of Luis Lopez, who plays for one of the Puerto Rican colleges that play a partial DII NCAA schedule, and Gerardo Teixeira, who appears to mainly play with the junior team of one of the teams in their pro league. The game that was the most anticipated of the first day was not quite at that level as Lithuania beat Germany 98-79. Germany at full strength would have been a near lock for a top four place, but a pair of absences leave them likely short of medal contention. Lithuania got good games from their stars Arnoldas Kulboka and Tadas Sedekerskis, but also got contributions from Daniel Ewing's teammate Rokas Jokubaitis.
http://www.fiba.basketball/world/u19/2017/0107/Egypt-Puerto-Rico#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/world/u19/2017/0107/Germany-Lithuania#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In Group C, Spain had a very tough time with Japan, winning 78-67 with Eric Vila of Texas A&M leading the way. Gonzaga's Rui Hachimura led Japan with 20 points and 10 rebounds. Canada is missing a very large number of players, but they rolled past a Mali team that did not play its American-based players 91-42. RJ Barrett had 20 points and 11 rebounds as he is one of the more dangerous players in the tournament. Canada also got their shooters going, although Oregon-bound Abu Kigab did not dial it up from distance as much as UAB's Nate Darling.
http://www.fiba.basketball/world/u19/2017/0107/Japan-Spain#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/world/u19/2017/0107/Canada-Mali#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Here are all the other rosters to the best of my ability as I try to check multiple sources for these, but am sometimes reliant on FIBA, which is occasionally completely wrong. A few players are on loan to lower division teams and in those cases, I am trying to list the parent team. Any American ties that I could find are noted.

A:

Argentina:
Francisco Caffaro, NBA Global Academy (Australia)
Leonardo Lema, Atenas (Argentina)
Facundo Corvalan, Bahia Blanca (Argentina)
Matias Solanas, La Union Colon (Argentina)
Luca Valussi, Obras (Argentina)
Lautaro Lopez, San Lorenzo (Argentina)
Santiago Vaulet, Bahia Blanca (Argentina)
Santiago Bruera, Instituto (Argentina)
Leandro Cerminato, San Lorenzo (Argentina)
Lautaro Berra, Obras (Argentina)
Mateo Chiarini, Atenas (Argentina)
Maximiliano Andreatta, Regatas Corrientes (Argentina), Committed to Harcum (JC)

France:
Adam Mokoka, Gravelines-Dunkerque (France)
Killian Tillie, Gonzaga
Bathiste Tchouaffe, Nanterre (France)
Mel Esso Essis, Conrad Academy (FL)
Abdoulaye N'Doye, Cholet (France)
Jules Rambaut, Chalons-Reims (France)
Warren Woghiren, Cholet (France)
Enzo Goudou-Sinha, Nancy (France)
Pierre Hannequin, Gravelines-Dunkerque (France)
Bastien Vautier, Nancy (France)
Digue Diawara, Lyon-Villeurbanne (France)
Arsone Mendy, Nanterre (France)

New Zealand:
Taane Samuel, Whittlesea Pacers (Australia)
Hamish McDonald, Canterbury Rams (New Zealand)
Quinn Clinton, Canterbury Rams (New Zealand), Committed to St. Mary's
Isaac Letoa, Wellington Saints (New Zealand), Committed to Dartmouth
Tobias Cameron, Gold Coast Rollers (Australia), Signed with Abilene Christian
Toby Gillooly, New Mexico Highlands (DII)
Josh Aitcheson, Southland Sharks (New Zealand)
Tai Wynyard, Kentucky
Callum McRae, Palmerston North Boys' (New Zealand)
Flynn Cameron, Gold Coast Rollers (Australia)
Angus McWilliam, Canterbury Rams (New Zealand), Committed to TCU
Sam Waardenburg, Miami

South Korea (family names first):
Kim Hyeong-Jin, Korea University (South Korea)
Park Ji-Won, Yonsei University (South Korea)
Lee Jung-Hyun, Kunsan (South Korea)
Park Min-Uk, Yonsei University (South Korea)
Shin Min-Suk, Kunsan (South Korea)
Yun Won-Sang, Dankook University (South Korea)
Yang Jun-U, Sungkyunkwang University (South Korea)
Han Seung-Hui, Yonsei University (South Korea)
Kim Jin-Young, Korea University (South Korea)
Yang Jae-Min, Torrelodones (Spain)
Seo Jeong-Hyeon, Kyungbock (South Korea)
Ha Yun-Gi, Samsil Commercial (South Korea)

B:

Germany:
Nelson Weidemann, Bayern Munich (Germany)
Bennet Hundt, Bernau (Germany), Dalton (GA)
Philipp Hadenfeldt, Gottingen (Germany)
Oscar Da Silva, Schwabing (Germany), Signed with Stanford
Louis Olinde, Bamberg (Germany)
Richard Freudenberg, St. John's
Ferdinand Zylka, Berlin (Germany)
Felix Hecker, Kronberg (Germany), Apple Valley (CA)
Philipp Herkenhoff, Vechta (Germany)
Moritz Sanders, Nurnberg (Germany)
Isaac Bonga, Frankfurt (Germany)
Lars Lagerspuch, Braunschweig (Germany)

Egypt:
Abdelrahman Abdelmaged, Smouha (Egypt)
Mohamed Youssef, Smouha (Egypt)
Abdelrahman Elgindy, Gezira (Egypt)
Mohamed Ramadan, Smouha (Egypt)
Omar Youssef, Smouha (Egypt)
Omar Farag, Smouha (Egypt)
Siefeldin Elsandily, Gezira (Egypt)
Ahmed Khalaf, Manresa (Spain)
Omar Elsheikh, Knox (NY), Signed with Fairfield
Mohamed Elsayed, Al Ittihad (Egypt)
Aly Elraei, Al Ahly (Egypt)
Esam Mostafa, Al Ahly (Egypt)

Lithuania:
Tadas Pazera, Delikatesas (Lithuania)
Eimantas Stankevicius, Weissenfels (Germany)
Arnoldas Kulboka, Bamberg (Germany)
Dovydas Giedraitis, Ezerunas (Lithuania)
Tadas Sedekerskis, Saski Baskonia (Spain)
Rokas Gadiliauskas, Gran Canaria (Spain)
Grantas Vasiliauskas, Zalgiris (Lithuania)
Mantvydas Zukauskas, Siauliai (Lithuania)
Gytis Masiulis, Zalgiris (Lithuania)
Dziugas Slavinskas, Nafta-Universitetas (Lithuania)
Donatas Kupsas, Long Island Lutheran (NY)
Rokas Jokubaitis, Neptunas (Lithuania)

Puerto Rico:
Nicholas Guadarrama, Perkiomen (PA)
Luis Lopez, UPR Mayaguez (Puerto Rico)
Jesus Cruz, Loomis Chaffee (CT), Committed to Fairfield
Adrian Ocasio, UPR Rio Piedras (Puerto Rico)
Elmer Natal, UPR Bayamon (Puerto Rico)
Brandon Davis, Bishop Alemany (CA), Signed with UC Santa Barbara
Leandro Allende, Citadel
Alexis Negron, IMEI (Puerto Rico)
Jorge Pacheco, Liberty
Luis Cuascut, UPR Bayamon (Puerto Rico)
Edwin Rivera, Cohelet (Puerto Rico), Signed with Lincoln (JC)
Gerardo Texeira, Ponce Lions (Puerto Rico)

C:

Canada:
Jordan Henry, Pine Ridge Secondary (Canada)
Lindell Wigginton, Oak Hill Academy (VA), Signed with Iowa State
RJ Barrett, Montverde Academy (FL)
Danilo Djuricic, St. Michael's College (Canada), Committed to Harvard
Nate Darling, UAB
Noah Kirkwood, Ashbury College (Canada)
Grant Shephard, Montverde Academy (FL)
Amidou Bamba, Coastal Carolina
Emanuel Miller, Bill Crothers Secondary (Canada)
Prince Oduro, First Love Christian Academy (PA), Signed with Siena
Abu Kigab, Prolific Prep (CA), Signed with Oregon
Anthony Longpre, Glenelg Country (Maryland), Signed with St. Joseph's

Japan:
Yuki Mikami, Chuo University (Japan)
Keisuke Masuda, Tsukuba University (Japan)
Avi Schafer, Brewster Academy (NH), Committed to Georgia Tech
Kanta Mizuno, Hosei University (Japan)
Rui Hachimura, Gonzaga
Isaiah Murphy, Pima (JC)
Kazuma Tsuya, Tokai University (Japan)
Shuki Shigetomi, Senshu University (Japan)
Tensho Sugimoto, Nihon University (Japan)
Taiga Kagitomi, St. Thomas More Prep (CT)
Yudai Nishida, Tokai University (Japan)
Shuki Nakata, Ohori Senior (Japan)

Mali:
Badra Samake, Police (Mali)
Ibrahim Camara, CRB (Mali)
Ousmane Traore, Police (Mali)
Lassana Haidara, Police (Mali)
Namakan Traore, Real (Mali)
Martin Diakite, Nantes (France)
Ichaka Samake, Kalaban (Mali)
Mahamoud Balayira, Police (Mali)
Sekou Dembele, Police (Mali)
Oumar Drame, Djoliba (Mali)
Moulaye Sissoko, Central Park Christian (AL)
Blaise Keita, Sunrise Christian Academy (KS)

Spain:
Pol Figueras, Barcelona (Spain)
Alvaro Sanz, Huesca (Spain)
Eric Vila, Texas A&M
Aleix Font, Barcelona (Spain)
Maxim Esteban, Barcelona (Spain)
Victor Moreno, Fuenlabrada (Spain)
Ignacio Ballespin, Obila (Spain)
Osas Ehigitor, Fuenlabrada (Spain)
Joshua Tomaic, Maryland
Pol Molins, Joventut Badalona (Spain)
Ignacio Rosa, Malaga (Spain)
Bernat Vanaclocha, Estudiantes (Spain)

D:

Angola:
Eric Amandio, Impact Basketball Academy (FL)
Childe Dundao, Petro de Luanda (Angola)
Silvio De Sousa, IMG Academy (FL)
Selton Miguel, Impact Basketball Academy (FL)
Geraldo Santos, Vila Clotilde (Angola)
Rifen Miguel, Impact Basketball Academy (FL)
Jonatao Ndjungu, Interclube de Luanda (Angola)
Milton Valente, Primeiro de Agosto (Angola)
Tarcio Domingos, Primeiro de Agosto (Angola)
Cristiano Xavier, Primeiro de Agosto (Angola)
Levy Miguel, Casper (JC)
Melvyn Da Silva, Vichy-Clermont (France)

Iran:
Shayan Pourkavehdehkordi, Shiraz (Iran)
Mohammad Bahram, Petrochimi (Iran)
Seyed Shahravesh, Qazvin (Iran)
Amirhossein Azari, Chemidor (Iran)
Mohammad Jafari, Azad University (Iran)
Ehsan Samadi, Chemidor (Iran)
Amirhossein Rezaeifar, Mahram (Iran)
Mehran Rezaei, Chemidor (Iran)
Mohammadamin Kamalvand, GK Gorgan (Iran)
Farshad Gholami, Petrochimi (Iran)
Amirhossein Khandanpoor, Mahram (Iran)
Meysam Abedi, Esfahan (Iran)

Italy:
Lorenzo Penna, Virtus Bologna (Italy)
Alessandro Simioni, Reyer Venezia (Italy)
Guglielmo Caruso, Moncalieri (Italy)
Alessandro Pajola, Virtus Bologna (Italy)
Riccardo Visconti, Reyer Venezia (Italy)
Davide Denegri, Casale Monferrato (Italy)
Lorenzo Bucarelli, Siena (Italy)
Andrea Mezzanotte, Treviglio (Italy)
Federico Massone, Biella (Italy)
David Okeke, Auxilium Torino (Italy)
Michele Antelli, Reyer Venezia (Italy)
Tommaso Oxilia, Virtus Bologna (Italy)

awhom111
07-02-2017, 08:50 PM
Angela Salvadores and Spain's U20 team finished their exhibition tournament with a 68-55 win over France's U20 team. Angela had 10 points in 20 minutes. Maria Conde had 16 points.

The USA U19 Men's team got another easy win, this time against Angola 109-68. The only thing to learn from this one is that Romeo Langford is struggling with an injury and did not play. Silva De Sousa had another good game and was joined by another Florida high schooler, Rifen Miguel.
http://www.fiba.basketball/world/u19/2017/0207/USA-Angola#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The next game will be for the top spot in the group after Italy beat Iran 64-45.
http://www.fiba.basketball/world/u19/2017/0207/Italy-Iran#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In Group A, Argentina beat South Korea 100-76 as Leandro Lema was unstoppable. France had trouble pulling away from New Zealand, but got the 80-69 win. The current collegians for New Zealand, Sam Waardenburg and Tai Wynyard, got some more help from St. Mary's bound Quinn Clinton.
http://www.fiba.basketball/world/u19/2017/0207/Korea-Argentina#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/world/u19/2017/0207/France-New-Zealand#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In Group B, Germany eventually built a lead on Puerto Rico to win 69-49. Oscar Da Silva, who is headed to Stanford, has taken on a bigger scoring role for Germany with other absences. The Citadel's Leandro Allende led the way in the loss. Arnoldas Kulboka led Lithuania again, beating Egypt 88-50. The hosts will be happy that they managed to get better games from Omar El-Sheikh and Ahmed Khalaf, who were expected to lead the team.
http://www.fiba.basketball/world/u19/2017/0207/Puerto-Rico-Germany#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/world/u19/2017/0207/Lithuania-Egypt#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In Group C, Japan fended off Mali 76-73. Georgia Tech commit Avi Schafer had a good game along with Rui Hachimura again. Mali was at full strength for this game, getting a good effort from Kansas prepster Blaise Keita. Spain has completely flown under the radar compared to other teams before this tournament, but Aleix Font helped them beat Canada 78-73. The two NCAA players, Eric Vila and Josh Tomaic also had solid games. Lindell Wigginton and RJ Barrett struggled shooting, which could be a problem, but Abu Kigab had another good game along with Siena-bound Prince Oduro. Danilo Djuricic, who will play for Tommy Amaker at Harvard also chipped in with 10 points.
http://www.fiba.basketball/world/u19/2017/0207/Mali-Japan#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/world/u19/2017/0207/Spain-Canada#|tab=boxscore_statistics

As always, other national teams have a lot more games to play than the United States. The South American U17 Girls' Championship has been played in Sucre, Bolivia over the past five days to qualify three teams for the next U18 FIBA Americas Championship that will qualify teams for the 2019 U19 Championship. Chile beat Venezuela 69-64 to grab the last spot. Argentina then beat Colombia 71-55 to win the championship.
Final Standings:
Argentina
Colombia
Chile
Venezuela
Ecuador
Peru
Bolivia
Uruguay

awhom111
07-04-2017, 12:15 AM
The USA U19 Men's team will finish the group stage against Italy at 10:00am ET on Tuesday and can be seen here live or as a replay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx1o_pBazFY

awhom111
07-04-2017, 07:48 PM
The USA U19 Men's team finished the group stage with a 98-65 win over Italy as it took until the second half for the team to really pull away. P.J. Washington had a near perfect game.
http://www.fiba.com/world/u19/2017/0407/Italy-USA#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In the other game in the group, Angola beat Iran 70-48. Eric Amandio joined Silvio De Sousa and Rifen Miguel as Florida high schoolers having good games in the win.
http://www.fiba.com/world/u19/2017/0407/Iran-Angola#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: United States 3-0, Italy 2-1, Angola 1-2, Iran 0-3

In Group A, Argentina fended off New Zealand 74-70. Some players who will be more known in NCAA circles soon, Quinn Clinton, Sam Waardenburg, and Isaac Letoa, had good games in the loss. France dominated the second half to beat South Korea 87-55.
http://www.fiba.com/world/u19/2017/0407/Argentina-New-Zealand#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u19/2017/0407/Korea-France#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: France 3-0, Argentina 2-1, New Zealand 1-2, South Korea 0-3

In Group B, Germany beat Egypt 66-40 as the hosts did not play their star. Lithuania topped the group with a 96-57 win over Puerto Rico. Local collegian Luis Lopez and Liberty's Jorge Pacheco led the way in the loss.
http://www.fiba.com/world/u19/2017/0407/Germany-Egypt#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u19/2017/0407/Puerto-Rico-Lithuania#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: Lithuania 3-0, Germany 2-1, Egypt 1-2, Puerto Rico 0-3

In Group C, Rui Hachimura and Japan tested Canada early, but fell 100-75. Canada should feel good about getting both Lindell Wigginton and RJ Barrett firing and Danilo Djuricic found his range along with Abu Kigab and Nate Darling, but they have been placed in the most difficult section of the bracket. Spain beat Mali 62-43 as both teams had an eye on the knockout stages with their places in the standings already secured.
http://www.fiba.com/world/u19/2017/0407/Canada-Japan#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u19/2017/0407/Spain-Mali#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: Spain 3-0, Canada 2-1, Japan 1-2, Mali 0-3

The United States will play Mali at 9:30am ET on Wednesday. The game can be seen here live or on replay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odtaJWqcNuY

Bracket:
France vs Puerto Rico
Canada vs Angola
New Zealand vs Germany
Mali vs United States
Argentina vs Egypt
Spain vs Iran
South Korea vs Lithuania
Japan vs Italy

awhom111
07-06-2017, 12:25 AM
A number of news outlets had this for a while, but it is now official. Jeff Van Gundy will be the head coach of the USA team until the summer 2019, taking charge of the team for the upcoming AmeriCup and the all World Cup Qualifiers. Assistants for the AmeriCup have been named, but they may not continue during qualifiers. This is about what we could reasonably expect for a hire for this particular job.
https://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2017/07/mwcq-coaches.aspx

The USA U19 Men's team started the important rounds of the competition, racing out to a big lead on Mali and coasting to a 117-69 win. P.J. Washington continues to lead the way as Brandon McCoy had a big game. They get another rest day on Thursday before the rest of the knockout stages are played on three straight days over the weekend.
http://www.fiba.com/world/u19/2017/0507/Mali-USA#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The other games started with Canada controlling the second half to beat Angola 87-65. Danilo Djurisic and Abu Kigab both shot well from outside, which helped RJ Barrett and Lindell Wigginton. Silvio De Sousa continued to lead Angola. The next game may have been the best of the day with a close game going right to the end before Italy could get the late basket to win 57-55. Rui Hachimura nearly carried Japan himself as he also got help from JC player Isaiah Taylor who you will see in boxscores as Shinsaku Enamoto. Eric Vila and Spain continue to fly under the radar a bit, but they beat Iran comfortable 70-50. Lithuania was not messing around, quickly jumping on South Korea on their way to a 110-63 win. France was not as convincing, but led wire to wire in an 84-66 win as they did get Gonzaga's Killian Tillie more involved, which could be key in their next game. Fairfield-bound Jesus Cruz led the way for Puerto Rico as they got another solid game from Liberty's Jorge Pacheco. Oscar Da Silva and Germany looked to be in good shape against New Zealand, but Tai Wynyard, Sam Waardenburg, and company fought back and only lost 72-65. The hosts had a great start in front of their fans to close the day, but Argentina held their nerve and withstood a final charge to win, 72-67. The other incoming Fairfield freshman, Omar El-Sheikh, in the tournament had a solid game for Egypt.
http://www.fiba.com/world/u19/2017/0507/Canada-Angola#tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u19/2017/0507/Japan-Italy#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u19/2017/0507/Spain-Iran#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u19/2017/0507/Korea-Lithuania#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u19/2017/0507/France-Puerto-Rico#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u19/2017/0507/New-Zealand-Germany#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u19/2017/0507/Argentina-Egypt#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Brackets:

Quarterfinals:
France vs Canada
Germany vs United States
Argentina vs Egypt
Lithuania vs Italy

9th Place:
Puerto Rico vs Angola
New Zealand vs Mali
Egypt vs Iran
South Korea vs Japan

awhom111
07-07-2017, 12:14 AM
With the move to the quarterfinals, the U19 Men's World Championship will be on ESPN3 with consolation games still on FIBA's YouTube Channel. The United States faces Germany at 3:15pm ET but the other games are worth a watch too. Lithuania has been very consistent as they face Italy at 7:45am ET. Argentina and Spain then play at 10:15am. On the United States side of the bracket, the France-Canada game at 12:45pm should be exciting.

FIBA's YouTube channel will have extensive coverage of the U20 Women's European Championship. Angela Salvadores and Spain open their tournament against Poland and can be seen here live at 3:45pm ET on Saturday or on replay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3G_joZ6l-7I

awhom111
07-08-2017, 01:20 AM
The USA U19 Men's team knew that they would be getting their first big test in the quarterfinals. The game was close throughout the first half as Germany surged into the lead early in the second half before the Americans regathered themselves and raced to an 81-59 final margin. This was the first time a crunchtime lineup was established as Austin Wiley and Carsen Edwards provided key minutes. Ferdinand Zylka was the unexpected star for Germany alongside Stanford-bound Oscar Da Silva.
http://www.fiba.basketball/world/u19/2017/0707/Germany-USA#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The semifinal will be on ESPN3 at 2:30pm ET on Saturday.

The other quarterfinals games started with an upset as Italy fended off Lithuania 73-68. Tadas Sedekerskis had a good game, but his usual running mate struggled mightily and they could not overcome it. Spain continues to fly under the radar as the only other undefeated team, but Texas A&M's Eric Vila helped them beat Lautaro Lopez and Argentina 70-58. The next game was probably the most anticipated of the round with Canada building a lead going into the half and hanging on to it 73-67. RJ Barrett carried the team on his shoulders in the absence of Lindell Wigginton, which is a storyline worth watching for Saturday. Abu Kigab had another good game as Grant Shepherd, who has prepped in Florida, but is heading to a CIS school for college, also chipped in off the bench. Gonzaga's Killian Tillie emerged for his team alongisde Bathiste Tchouaffe, but it was not enough.
http://www.fiba.basketball/world/u19/2017/0707/Lithuania-Italy#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/world/u19/2017/0707/Argentina-Spain#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/world/u19/2017/0707/France-Canada#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In the consolation bracket, Puerto Rico beat Angola 63-59. Jorge Pacheco of Liberty continued a solid tournament while junior college player Levy Miguel and Florida prepster Rifen Miguel led the way in the loss. Taane Samuel had another good game, continuing to overshadow some of his DI teammates like Tai Wynyard and Quinn Clinton as New Zealand beat Mali, who received decent contributions from Kansas high schooler Blaise Keita, 87-63. Hosts Egypt are pursuing a prize for their fans, starting with a 57-53 win over Iran. Japan controlled the first and fourth quarters, beating South Korea 77-64 despite struggles in the middle of the game. Rui Hachimura of Gonzaga continues to be one of the standout individuals, getting some help this time from Yudai Nishida and Georgia Tech commit Avi Schafer.
http://www.fiba.basketball/world/u19/2017/0707/Puerto-Rico-Angola#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/world/u19/2017/0707/New-Zealand-Mali#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/world/u19/2017/0707/Egypt-Iran#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/world/u19/2017/0707/Korea-Japan#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Brackets:

Semifinals:
Canada vs United States
Spain vs Italy

5th Place:
France vs Germany
Argentina vs Lithuania

9th Place:
Puerto Rico vs New Zealand
Egypt vs Japan

13th Place:
Angola vs Mali
Iran vs South Korea

JasonEvans
07-08-2017, 06:44 PM
Semifinals:
Canada vs United States
Spain vs Italy

Coaching matters...

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DEPZcKvXsAY2DvD.jpg

I hope all these kids will remember what a lousy time they had and that they never have to endure playing for this self-promoting clown ever again ;)

awhom111
07-09-2017, 12:51 AM
Angela Salvadores and the Spain U20 team started the European Championships with an 84-59 win over Poland. Angela led all scorers with 27 points in 26 minutes. Maria Conde, who has left Florida State, had 13 points and Maite Cazorla of Oregon had 11 points. UTEP player Zuzanna Puc had 16 points and 6 rebounds in the loss.
http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20women/2017/0807/Poland-Spain#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Her next game will be against Sweden and can be seen here live at 11:15am ET on Saturday or as a replay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oKnYm22L3c

As covered in its own thread, the U19 Men fell to Canada 99-87. Payton Pritchard emerged alongside P.J. Washington as Austin Wiley and Carsen Edwards had good games again, but it was not enough. It would be easy to say that it's all due to RJ Barrett going nuts, but he fouled out with the game still well within reach and the team's starting point guard still injured. Abu Kigab, in foul trouble himself seized the reigns of his team as they tried to get Nate Darling and Tommy's incoming freshman Danilo Djurisic open shots. The play of Grant Shephard, who would probably get some solid D1 offers now if he was not already planning on heading to the University of British Columbia, battled inside all night and made enough key plays down the stretch.
http://www.fiba.basketball/world/u19/2017/0807/Canada-USA#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The team now has to play for the bronze medal and can be seen on ESPN3 at 12:00pm ET with the final also broadcast there at 2:30pm ET.

In the other semifinal, Spain looked to be cruising early, but Italy fought back twice, edging the final frame to win 66-63. Eric Vila of Texas A&M had a solid effort in the loss as Italy surprised with a finals place after losing key players very late in the process.
http://www.fiba.basketball/world/u19/2017/0807/Spain-Italy#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Teams were still fighting for 5th place as Lithuania beat Facundo Corvalan and Argentina 85-77. France may have still been reeling from their loss the day before as Germany smoked them 86-60.
http://www.fiba.basketball/world/u19/2017/0807/Argentina-Lithuania#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/world/u19/2017/0807/France-Germany#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The battle in the bottom half was pretty strong. Fairfield-bound Jesus Cruz led Puerto Rico, getting help from prepster Nick Guadarrama and Leandro Allende of the Citadel as they beat New Zealand 74-70. New Zealand was led by their usual trio of NCAA players as Tai Wynyard, Quinn Clinton, and Sam Waardenburg had good games. The other game went into overtime, but Rui Hachimura and Japan left the hosts empty-handed with the 76-73 win. Ahmed Khalaf did have a good game in the loss as the other future Fairfield player Omar El-Sheikh chipped in as well.
http://www.fiba.basketball/world/u19/2017/0807/Puerto-Rico-New-Zealand#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/world/u19/2017/0807/Egypt-Japan#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Teams are fighting to avoid last place. Silvio De Sousa led Angola again as they beat Mali 73-54. Amirhossein Azari had a great game for Iran, but it was Kim Jin-Young who was the difference as South Korea won 81-77.
http://www.fiba.basketball/world/u19/2017/0807/Angola-Angola#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/world/u19/2017/0807/Iran-Korea#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Final day schedule:
15th Place: Mali vs Iran
13th Place: Angola vs South Korea
11th Place: New Zealand vs Egypt
9th Place: Puerto Rico vs Japan
7th Place: France vs Argentina
5th Place: Germany vs Lithuania
3rd Place: United States vs Spain
1st Place: Canada vs Italy

awhom111
07-10-2017, 12:43 AM
Angela Salvadores and the Spain U20 team continued their tournament with an 87-48 win over Sweden. Angela had 13 points in 24 minutes. Maria Martianez of Oral Roberts had 14 points and Maria Conde the former FSU player had 11 points and 6 rebounds.
http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20women/2017/0907/Spain-Sweden#|tab=boxscore_statistics

They finish the group stages at 11:15am ET on Monday against Belgium and can be seen here live or on replay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ax5Uf2y288

The USA U19 Men's team had a medal to salvage and they wasted no time jumping on Spain and rolling to a 96-72 win. Payton Pritchard was a mild surprise for the all-tournament team as Carsen Edwards was probably the breakout player for the team while Immanuel Quickley and Cam Reddish ended their tournaments on a strong note heading into the college selection process. Ignacio Rosa led Spain while Eric Vila of Texas A&M finished a strong tournament.
http://www.fiba.basketball/world/u19/2017/0907/USA-Spain#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The last game of the day was for the title and Canada did not show any hangover from their big win, beating Italy 79-60. RJ Barrett did not need to do as much for his team, which welcomed Lindell Wigginton back and got good games from Abu Kigab and Nate Darling again.
http://www.fiba.basketball/world/u19/2017/0907/Canada-Italy#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The day started with the battle to avoid last place as Ehsan Samadi and Iran beat Mali, which was led by Kansas high schooler Blaise Keita, 70-61. Silvio De Sousa put in one last monster effort for Angola as they edge South Korea 58-56 for 13th place. New Zealand spoiled one last party for the home fans as Tai Wynyard and Quinn Clinton finished strong tournaments in the 85-69 win. Mohamed Youssef led Egypt. While he did not have a particularly noteworthy tournament, it is worth mentioning that Callum McRae attends the same high school that Nick Horvath teaches at and presumably he has played a role in Callum's development as a part of the basketball scene in the Palmerston North area. The player who has had to be the most consistently excellent for his team would be Gonzaga's Rui Hachimura as his efforts were not enough for Japan in a 68-67 loss to Puerto Rico. The veterans led the way in the win as Jorge Pacheco of Liberty got help from Fairfield-bound Jesus Cruz and Leandro Allende of the Citadel. Gonzaga's Killian Tillie played well in the latter stages of the tournament for France as they beat Argentina 69-63 for 7th place. In a battle of teams that had expected medal contention, Germany beat Lithuania 80-74 for 5th place. Stanford fans should be happy about what Oscar Da Silva has shown while former St. John's player Richard Freudenberg finally had a solid game after struggling to find his scoring touch.
http://www.fiba.basketball/world/u19/2017/0907/Mali-Iran#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/world/u19/2017/0907/Angola-Korea#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/world/u19/2017/0907/New-Zealand-Egypt#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/world/u19/2017/0907/Puerto-Rico-Japan#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/world/u19/2017/0907/France-Argentina#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/world/u19/2017/0907/Germany-Lithuania#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Final Standings:
Canada
Italy
United States
Spain
Germany
Lithuania
France
Argentina
Puerto Rico
Japan
New Zealand
Egypt
Angola
South Korea
Iran
Mali

awhom111
07-11-2017, 12:56 AM
Angela Salvadores and the Spain U20s finished the group stage of the European Championship with a 65-36 win over Belgium. Angela had 3 points in 20 minutes. Maria Conde has seemed to emerge this summer, which is bad news for Florida State as they will have to deal with her leaving, leading all scorers with 18 points as Laia Raventos of Charlotte added 12 points.
http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20women/2017/1007/Spain-Belgium#|tab=boxscore_statistics

There are a number of players in both this tournament and the B Division with American ties. Here are some of the ones that I have found:

Division A:

A:

Belgium:
Serena Lynn-Geldof, Miami: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20women/2017/Serena-Lynn-Geldof

Poland:
Zuzanna Puc, UTEP: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20women/2017/Zuzanna-Puc

Spain:
Laia Raventos, Charlotte: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20women/2017/Laia-Raventos
Maite Cazorla, Oregon: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20women/2017/Maria-Cazorla
Clara Che, Providence: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20women/2017/Clara-Che
Marta Hermida, Boise State: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20women/2017/Marta-Hermida
Maria Conde, ex-Florida State: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20women/2017/Maria-Conde
Maria Martianez, Oral Roberts: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20women/2017/Maria-Martianez
Iho Lopez, Florida State: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20women/2017/Iho-Lopez
Cecilia Muhate, Ole Miss: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20women/2017/Cecilia-Muhate

Sweden:
Adriana Camber, Iowa State: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20women/2017/Adriana-Camber
Lydia Friberg, Weatherford (JC): http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20women/2017/Lydia-Friberg
Fanny Wadling, Maine: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20women/2017/Fanny-Wadling

B:

Italy:
Mariella Santucci, Toledo: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20women/2017/Mariella-Santucci
Francesca Pan, Georgia Tech: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20women/2017/Francesca-Pan
Carlotta Gianolla, Kennesaw State: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20women/2017/Carlotta-Gianolla
Lucrezia Costa, UMBC: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20women/2017/Lucrezia-Costa

Latvia:
Paula Strautmane, Quinnipiac: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20women/2017/Paula-Strautmane
Digna Strautmane, Syracuse signee: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20women/2017/Digna-Strautmane
Anna Dreimane, Colorado State: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20women/2017/Anna-Dreimane

Lithuania:
None

Portugal:
Carolina Bernardeco, Old Dominion: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20women/2017/Carolina-Bernardeco

C:

Bosnia and Herzegovina:
None

France:
Johanna Muzet, Washington State: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20women/2017/Johanna-Muzet
Lisa Berkani, Draft Pick: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20women/2017/Lisa-Berkani
Maeva Djaldi-Tabdi, Syracuse signee: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20women/2017/Maeva-Djaldi-Tabdi

Hungary:
Timea Toth, UTSA: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20women/2017/Timea-Toth
Nina Aho, Duquesne: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20women/2017/Nina-Aho
Eniko Kuttor, Duquesne: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20women/2017/Eniko-Kuttor

Slovenia:
None

D:

Netherlands:
Myrthe den Heeten, Wright State: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20women/2017/Myrthe-den-Heeten

Russia:
None

Serbia:
Katarina Zec, UTEP: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20women/2017/Katarina-Zec
Jovana Subasic, Washington State: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20women/2017/Jovana-Subasic
Jovana Nogic, Providence: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20women/2017/Jovana-Nogic

Turkey:
Selale Kepenc, Wyoming: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20women/2017/Selale-Kepenc

Division B:

A:

Czech Republic:
Michaela Gaislerova, Lincoln Christian (NE) and North Dakota State signee: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20bwomen/2017/Michaela-Gaislerova

Germany:
Patricia Brossman, San Diego: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20bwomen/2017/Patricia-Brossmann
Satou Sabally, Oregon signee: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20bwomen/2017/Satou-Sabally
Anna Lappenkuper, IPFW: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20bwomen/2017/Anna-Lappenkuper
Johanna Klug, Fordham signee: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20bwomen/2017/Johanna-Sophie-Klug

Greece:
Mariella Fasoula, transferring from Boston College to Vanderbilt: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20bwomen/2017/Maria-Emmanouela-Fasoula

Iceland:
None

Slovakia:
Tereza Sedlakova, Florida Tech (DII): http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20bwomen/2017/Tereza-Sedlakova

Ukraine:
None

B:

Belarus:
Yanina Inkina, South Plains (JC): http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20bwomen/2017/Yanina-Inkina

Croatia:
Tihana Stojsavljevic, transferring from Maine to Texas Tech: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20bwomen/2017/Tihana-Stojsavljevic
Iva Belosevic, Northeast (JC): http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20bwomen/2017/Iva-Belosevic
Iva Ilic, Liberty: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20bwomen/2017/Iva-Ilic
Anita Kelava, Maine: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20bwomen/2017/Anita-Kelava

Great Britain:
Abigail Johnson, St. Bonaventure's signee: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20bwomen/2017/Abigail-Johnson
Molly Taylor, Loyola MD: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20bwomen/2017/Molly-Taylor
Jessica Davies, Lipscomb: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20bwomen/2017/Jessica-Davies
Shanice Norton, LSU: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20bwomen/2017/Shanice-Norton
Georgina Brierley, Saint Leo (DII): http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20bwomen/2017/Georgina-Brierly
Gabriele Nikitinaite, Northern Illinois signee: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20bwomen/2017/Gabriele-Nikitinaite
Imani Whittington, Columbia commit: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20bwomen/2017/Imani-Whittington
Chloe Gaynor, Boston University signee: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20bwomen/2017/Chloe-Gaynor
Melanie George, Newman (DII): http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20bwomen/2017/Melanie-George
Amelia Stevens, Illinois State: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20bwomen/2017/Amelia-Stevens

Ireland:
Anna Kelly, Fordham: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20bwomen/2017/Anna-Kelly

Israel:
Yarden Danan, Weber State: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20bwomen/2017/Yarden-Valentin-Danan
Allyson Rosenblum, UCLA: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20bwomen/2017/Allyson-Paige-Rosenblum

Romania:
Ana Ferariu, Drexel: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20bwomen/2017/Ana-Ferariu
Claudia Stan, Vincennes (JC): http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20bwomen/2017/Claudia-Stan

awhom111
07-12-2017, 01:30 AM
Angela Salvadores and the Spain U20s start the knockout stages on Wednesday against Lithuania at 1:30pm ET and can be watched here live or as a replay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-B_0akNIto

FIBA's YouTube channel will also cover the upcoming Centrobasket Women tournament, which will be a bigger deal for us in future years when Duke players are not prevented from playing due to academic commitments.

USA Basketball announced a tryout roster for a U23 team team, including Rebecca Greenwell and Lexie Brown. The 40 players, which also include Azura Stevens, will convene on the last day of July to pick a roster for a new tournament featuring teams from Canada, Australia, and hosts Japan. This replaces the World University Games team as representation for that event will be handled by Maryland for the women just like Purdue will represent the men.
https://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2017/07/wu23-tc-roster.aspx
https://www.usab.com/basketball/media/pdfs/2017/2017-rosters/17-wu23-tc-rosterpdf.aspx

awhom111
07-13-2017, 12:49 AM
Angela Salvadores and the Spain U20s started the knockout stages of the European Championship with a 99-83 win over Lithuania. Angela led all scorers with 23 points in 30 minutes. Maria Conde had 19 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists as she prepares to make a return to the professional league from Florida State and Laia Raventos of Charlotte had 10 points and 6 assists.
http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20women/2017/1207/Spain-Lithuania#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The next game will be against Hungary at 1:30pm ET on Thursday. FIBA will show it on Youtube, but they have not created the links for it yet.

Antonio Vrankovic is hard at work with Croatia's exhibition team. The senior team has promised four spots in their main training camp for players on this roster, so they will all be trying to impress.

The CentroBasket Women tournament began the five day round robin for three spots in the AmeriCup tournament coming up soon. The day started with Mexico holding off the Bahamas 61-56. Puerto Rico then beat Jamaica 90-44. The US Virgin Islands closed the day by beating Guatemala as they look to do well on their home soil.

Here are the rosters to the best of my ability:

Bahamas:
Valerie Nesbitt, Arlington Country Day (FL) and committed to Chipola (JC)
Samantha Gilbert, no club, Minot State (DII)
Tracy Lewis, Queens (Bahamas), Little Big Horn (JC)
Diasti Delancy, Operators (Bahamas), Monsignor Pace (FL)
Pamela Bethel, Eastern Wyoming (JC)
Lashae Rolle, Tiffin (DII) and transferring to Texas A&M International (DII)
Sha-Londa Neely, Jacksonville
Leashja Grant, Texas Tech
Linda Pierre, no club, American International (DII)
Philicia Kelly, Operators (Bahamas), Oklahoma City (NAIA)
Joette Fernander, St. Gregory's (NAIA)
Taneil Poitier, no club, Yellowstone Christian (NCCAA)

Guatemala:
Alma Lopez, La Cope (Guatemala)
Krystha Cano, Talents (Guatemala)
Astrid Garcia, Talents (Guatemala)
Zalby Adana, Universidad Madero de Puebla (Mexico)
Linda Gonzalez, Centro de Ensenanza Tecnica y Superior (Mexico)
Diana Chavarria, Addigua (Guatemala)
Ligia Del Valle, Nolitas (Guatemala)
Angelica Cardenas, La Cope (Guatemala), La Cope (Guatemala)
Emily Rosales, Nolitas (Guatemala)
Luisa Rivas, Talents (Guatemala)
Sonia Vasquez
Vicky Juarez, Talents (Guatemala)

Jamaica:
Tarita Gordon, no club, East Tennessee State
Ashalee Gordon, G. C. Foster (Jamaica)
Zandria Dell, Trelawney (Jamaica)
Loretta Ann Gordon, Trelawny (Jamaica)
Sasha Dixon, Homestead (Jamaica)
Kimoya Draggon, University of the West Indies (Jamaica)
Angelee Latouche, no club, George Mason
Shenneika Smith, Nevsehir Haci Bektas University, St. John's
Nicole Dias, no club, Shaw (DII)
Yanique Gordon, Ordu (Turkey), Central Florida
Ladonna Lamonth, Concordia (Canada)
Antoinette Bannister, East Carolina

Mexico:
Alexis Castro, Aguascalientes Lobas (Mexico), American International (DII)
Jackie Luna-Castro, Kouvot (Finland)/Logan Thunder (Australia), College of Charleston
Gladiana Avila, Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (Mexico)
Ingrid Martinez, Universidad Popular Autonoma del Estado de Puebla (Mexico)
Paola Beltran, Nayarit Mezcaltecas (Mexico)
Brisa Silva, Elephant Girls (Nigeria), Oklahoma State
Carmen Saad, Al Riyadi (Lebanon)
Daniela Pardo, Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (Mexico)
Laura Nunez, Universidad Popular Autonoma del Estado de Puebla (Mexico)
Myriam Lara, Centro de Ensenanza Tecnica y Superior (Mexico)
Jazmin Valenzuela, Nayarit Mezcaltecas (Mexico)
Maria Orozco, Guanajato Mieleros (Mexico), Buffalo

Puerto Rico:
Tayra Melendez, Aguada Santeras (Puerto Rico), Rhode Island
Ashley Santos, Louisiana Tech
Adily Martucci, Quinnipiac
Pamela Rosado, Morovis Mountaineers (Puerto Rico)
Angelica Bermudez, Manati Athenians (Puerto Rico)/Politehnica Iasi (Romania), Kean (DIII)
Paola Crespo, Pontifical Catholic University (Puerto Rico)
Michelle Gonzalez, Santurce Crabbers (Puerto Rico), FIU
Dayshalee Salaman, Santurce Crabbers (Puerto Rico), Lincoln Memorial (DII)
Mari Placido, Santurce Crabbers (Puerto Rico)
Ashley Perez, no club, James Madison
Yolanda Jones, Carolina Giants (Puerto Rico), Louisiana-Lafayette
Isalys Quinones, Dartmouth

US Virgin Islands:
Breya Wallace, no club, Shenandoah (DIII)
Tanecka Carey, no club, Southern Miss
Kadesha Barry, Southern
Natalie Day, Limoges (France), Portland
Raemiesha Claxton, no club, Panola (JC)
Lanese Bough, Manati Athenians (Puerto Rico), Omaha
Victoria Hamilton, no club, Radford
Brittney Matthew, no club, Stephen F. Austin
Imani Tate, Albany
Taylor Jones, Oakland
Anisha George, Moberly (JC)

awhom111
07-14-2017, 12:35 AM
Angela Salvadores and the Spain U20s won their quarterfinal 67-53 over Hungary. Angela had 16 points in 34 minutes. Her fellow early college departer Maria Conde had 18 points and 8 rebounds.
http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20women/2017/1307/Spain-Hungary#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Day 2 of Centrobasket had Jamaica beating the Bahamas, Puerto Rico, beating Guatemala, and the US Virgin Islands beating Mexico.

awhom111
07-15-2017, 12:35 AM
Angela Salvadores and Spain's U20 team face Russia in the semifinals on Saturday. The game can be seen here live at 1:30pm ET or as a replay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEQWDG58exo

The European U20 Men's Championship Division B has more than 16 teams, so they had to start today. This time there are two naturalized players there as I found the following connections to the United States on the rosters:

A:

Armenia:
Matthew Madoyan, Johnson and Wales (DIII): http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20b/2017/Matthew-Madoyan
Gabriel Ajemian, ex-Crescenta Valley (CA): http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20b/2017/Gabriel-Ajemian
Aram Arsalanian, Lake Forest (DIII): http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20b/2017/Aram-Arslanian
Mikayel Hakobyan, Suffolk (DIII): http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20b/2017/Mikayel-Hakobyan
Steven Enoch, UConn and Transferring to Louisville: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20b/2017/Steven-Enoch
Makani Whiteside, St. John Bosco (CA): http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20b/2017/Makani-Whiteside

Belarus:
None

Belgium:
None

Finland:
Lassi Nikkarinen, Signed with Montana State: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20b/2017/Lassi-Nikkarinen
Edon Maxhuni, Signed with Long Beach State: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20b/2017/Edon-Maxhuni
Matias Suvanto, Signed with Augusta (DII): http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20b/2017/Matias-Suvanto
Lasse Gummerus, Signed with Marist: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20b/2017/Lasse-Gummerus
Hannes Polla, Signed with Oklahoma: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20b/2017/Hannes-Polla

Poland:
Marcel Ponitka, ex-Montverde Academy (FL): http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20b/2017/Marcel-Ponitka

B:

Azerbaijian:
Jordan Davis, Northern Colorado: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20b/2017/Jordan-Davis

Great Britain:
Andre Arissol, Otero (JC): http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20b/2017/Andre-Arissol
Kyle Carey, Northern Colorado and Transferring to Barry (DII): http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20b/2017/Kyle-Carey
Amin Adamu, Signed with Western Wyoming (JC): http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20b/2017/Amin-Adamu
Daniel Evans, Maine: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20b/2017/Daniel-Evans
Josh Steel, Duquesne: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20b/2017/Josh-Steel
Harvey Barr, Lake Region State: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20b/2017/Harvey-Barr
Akwasi Yeboah, Stony Brook: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20b/2017/Akwasi-Yeboah
Jubrile Belo, Signed with Lamar (JC): http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20b/2017/Jubrile-Belo
Henri Langton, Committed to Tulane: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20b/2017/Henri-Langton

Netherlands:
Emmanuel Nzekwesi, Oral Roberts: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20b/2017/Emmanuel-Nzekwesi

Slovakia:
Marek Dolezaj, Signed with Syracuse: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20b/2017/Marek-Dolezaj
Mikulas Vitek, Faith Christian (PA): http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20b/2017/Mikulas-Vitek
Matej Drgon, Signed with Northern Colorado: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20b/2017/Matej-Drgon

Russia:
Agasiy Tonoyan, Sunrise Christan (KS): http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20b/2017/Agasiy-Tonoyan

C:

Albania:
Joan Andoni, Schoolcraft (JC): http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20b/2017/Joan-Andoni

Georgia:
None

Macedonia:
None

Malta:
None

Romania:
Ionut Berceanu, International Sports Academy (FL): http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20b/2017/Ionut-Berceanu

D:

Croatia:
None

Hungary:
Mate Papai, Signed with Florida Tech (DII): http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20b/2017/Mate-Barnabas-Papai

Ireland:
Sean Gilmore, Colby (DIII): http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20b/2017/Sean-Gilmore

Kosovo:
Gent Shala, ex-Hudson Falls (NY): http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20b/2017/Gent-Shala
Dion Haxhosaj, International Sports Academy (FL): http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20b/2017/Dion-Haxhosaj

Moldova:
None

Portugal:
Tomas Domingos, Elite Sports Academy (WA): http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20b/2017/Tomas-Domingos
Diogo Brito, Utah State: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20b/2017/Diogo-Brito

awhom111
07-16-2017, 12:04 AM
Angela Salvadores and the Spain U20s won their semifinal over Russia 67-55. Angela had 14 points in 27 minutes. Maria Conde had another good game with 15 points.
http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20women/2017/1507/Spain-Russia#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The final can be seen here live at 2:45pm ET on Sunday or as a replay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9d9iB56dqI

Right after one U19 World Championship and before the other one, qualification for the two 2019 editions already started in Guam. FIBA's integration of the Asia and Oceania regions continues with the top two teams in the Oceania U17 championships qualifying for the 2018 Asia U18 championships that determine U19 qualification.

On the girls' side, the usual beatdowns started immediately with these first day scores: Australia 163 Tahiti 13, New Zealand 139 Guam 34, Samoa 120 Marshall Islands 12, New Caledonia 118 Palau 29. The worst of the rest were probably Australia beating the Marshall Islands 166-3 and New Zealand beating Palau 135-8. The all-important semifinals saw Australia pound Guam 154-12 and New Zealand beat Samoa 81-36 and then Australia won the championship 81-60.
Final Standings:
Australia
New Zealand
Samoa
Guam
New Caledonia
Tahiti
Marshall Islands
Palau

The first day of the boys' tournament was similarly lopsided: Australia 155 New Caledonia 32, Samoa 126 Palau 48, New Zealand 106 Tahiti 36, Guam 151 Marshall Islands 34. Australia also beat Palau 168-32 and Samoa 142-34 while New Zealand beat the Marshall Islands 125-33, but actually had a tough time with Guam. The semifinals saw New Zealand beat Samoa 96-58 and Australia beating Guam 155-39, allowing Australia to avenge last year's U18 defeat with a 93-55 win.
Final Standings:
Australia
New Zealand
Guam
Samoa
Tahiti
New Caledonia
Palau
Marshall Islands

The European U20 Men's Championship Division A started play today. I found the following players with American connections:

A:

Czech Republic:
David Jelinek, Northwood (DII): http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20/2017/David-Jelinek
Michal Kozak, Signed with Weber State: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20/2017/Michal-Kozak

Germany:
Moe Wagner, Michigan: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20/2017/Victor-Wagner
Richard Freudenberg, ex-St. John's: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20/2017/Richard-Freudenberg

Greece:
None

Sweden:
Craig Lecesne, Pepperdine: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20/2017/Craig-Lecesne
Tobias Sjoberg, Marist: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20/2017/Tobias-Sjoberg

B:

Montenegro:
None

France:
Renathan Ona Embo, Tulane: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20/2017/Renathan-Ona-Embo
Alexis Yetne, Putnam Science Academy (CT) and Signed with South Florida: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20/2017/Alexis-Yetna

Iceland:
Kristinn Palsson, Marist: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20/2017/Kristinn-Palsson
Kari Jonsson, Drexel: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20/2017/Kari-Jonsson

Turkey:
Omer Yurtseven, North Carolina State: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20/2017/Omer-Yurtseven
Baris Ulker, Gillette (JC): http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20/2017/Baris-Ulker
Cavit Havsa, Fordham: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20/2017/Cavit-Havsa

C:

Israel:
None

Latvia:
Roberts Blumbergs, Signed with Grand Canyon: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20/2017/Roberts-Blumbergs
Arnolds Krauklis, Lee Academy (ME): http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20/2017/Arnolds-Krauklis

Lithuania:
Tadas Kararinas, Findlay Prep (NV): http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20/2017/Tadas-Kararinas
Rokas Grabliauskas, Link Year Prep (MO) and Signed with John Brown (DII): http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20/2017/Rokas-Grabliauskas
Vidmantas Kaciuska, ABI Prep (GA) and Signed with Georgia Coastal (NAIA): http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20/2017/Vidmantas-Kaciuska

Ukraine:
Illya Tyrtyshnik, Signed with Ole Miss: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20/2017/Illya-Tyrtyshnyk
Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk, Kansas: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20/2017/Sviatoslav-Mykhailiuk
Illia Antonenko, Salt Lake (JC): http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20/2017/Illia-Antonenko

D:

Italy:
Mattia Da Campo, Seattle: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20/2017/Mattia-Da-Campo
Davide Moretti, Signed with Texas Tech: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20/2017/Davide-Moretti

Serbia:
Stefan Kenic, Signed with Cleveland State: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20/2017/Stefan-Kenic
Nik Rakocevic, USC: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20/2017/Nikola-Rakocevic

Slovenia:
Matic Vesel, Committed to Illinois: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20/2017/Matic-Vesel

Spain:
Eric Vila, Texas A&M: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20/2017/Eric-Vila
Jaume Sorolla, Valparaiso: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20/2017/Jaume-Sorolla
Ramon Vila, Arizona State: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20/2017/Ramon-Vila

awhom111
07-17-2017, 12:19 AM
Angela Salvadores and the Spain U20s defended their title with a 73-63 win over Slovenia. Angela led all scorers with 19 points in 35 minutes. Maria Conde finished her tournament with 14 points.
http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20women/2017/1607/Spain-Slovenia#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The other important game of the day was for 13th place, because that was the last place that would avoid relegation. The Netherlands will stay in the division after a 74-56 win over Lithuania. Bosnia and Herzegovina and Turkey had already been relegated after losing on Saturday.

Final Standings:
Spain
Slovenia
Russia
France
Hungary
Italy
Belgium
Latvia
Serbia
Poland
Sweden
Portugal
Netherlands
Lithuania
Turkey
Bosnia and Herzegovina

In Division B, Germany beat Slovakia 60-54 to win the title. Their wins on Saturday had already set them up for promotion to the top division next summer. Croatia beat Belarus 60-51 to take the last place alongside them.

Final Standings:
Germany
Slovakia
Croatia
Belarus
Greece
Czech Republic
Israel
Great Britain
Ukraine
Romania
Iceland
Ireland

At Centrobasket Women, Mexico defeated Jamaica in the middle game to qualify and bring Puerto Rico along with them. The US Virgin Islands had already qualified the day before.

awhom111
07-18-2017, 12:33 AM
I guess Bella Alarie has her own thread, but she started in the USA U19 team's first exhibition, scoring 10 points and grabbing 8 rebounds in 26 minutes in an 84-72 win over Spain.
https://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2017/07/wu19-exh-1-esp.aspx
https://www.usab.com/~/media/956263ee33944c1d8980e1b9be11ebb3.ashx?la=en

It is good to see a solid preparation plan in Italy before the tournament. Like the men's side, this women's team will face some challenges in this tournament.

I know I did a quick recap of Centrobasket Women here, but if you wanted more details, I did more detailed coverage here:
http://www.womensbasketball247.com/2017/07/centrobasket-day-1-july-12th/
http://www.womensbasketball247.com/2017/07/centrobasket-day-2-july-13th/
http://www.womensbasketball247.com/2017/07/centrobasket-day-3-july-14th/
http://www.womensbasketball247.com/2017/07/centrobasket-day-4-july-15th/
http://www.womensbasketball247.com/2017/07/centrobasket-day-5-july-16th/

awhom111
07-19-2017, 12:33 AM
Bella Alarie hurt her wrist and was held out of the second USA exhibition against Italy.
https://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2017/07/wu19-exh-2-ita.aspx
https://www.usab.com/~/media/a561f3564a0d46ce873c7e94c7d72d23.ashx?la=en

Antonio Vrankovic and Croatia start the Stankovic Cup on Wednesday. Does anyone know why this sort of thing never gets coverage? I get that Duke is an American university, but in men's basketball, they never seem to cover play for other national teams while other sports do cover internationals for other countries.

awhom111
07-20-2017, 12:11 AM
Antonio Vrankovic had his first game for Croatia at the Stankovic Cup in China, beating the hosts 81-71. Antonio had a pair of rebounds in 8 minutes. Former D League player and NBA draft pick Tomislav Zubcic had 23 points and 8 rebounds.
Boxscore:
http://www.cba.gov.cn/cbastats/match/matchlive.aspx?matchno=S2017002

Bella Alarie was back in action for the final U19 exhibition, grabbing 6 rebounds in 20 minutes in a 64-56 win over Latvia. In the loss, Syracuse signee Digna Strautmane had 17 points and 12 rebounds.
https://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2017/07/wu19-exh-3-lat.aspx
https://www.usab.com/~/media/5e610a05b88e4ef78bab0a1ce35149ba.ashx?la=en

awhom111
07-20-2017, 09:30 PM
Antonio Vrankovic and Croatia came back to beat Germany's World University Games team 83-77. Antonio had 4 points in 11 minutes. They will finish round-robin play against Egypt on Friday.
Boxscore:
http://www.cba.gov.cn/cbastats/match/matchlive.aspx?matchno=S2017003

Still no coverage from Duke... Honestly, I nearly missed that he would be on this team.

awhom111
07-21-2017, 09:25 PM
Antonio Vrankovic and Croatia finished round robin play at the Stankovic Cup with a 92-64 win over Egypt. Antonio had 11 points in 21 minutes. The tournament will conclude with the championship game against Germany on Sunday.
Boxscore:
http://www.cba.gov.cn/cbastats/match/matchlive.aspx?matchno=S2017005

Teams continue to work towards qualifying for the 2019 U19 World Championship. Brazil was still suspended, so the field was more open for the South American U17 Boys' Championship in Lima, Peru. The first game of today was the most important as Ecuador beat Colombi 80-63 to grab the final place in next summer's U18 Americas Championship from this tournament. Chile, which has a legitimate DI prospect on their roster, surprised Argentina 70-60 to win the tournament, although both teams had already clinched their spots for next year yesterday.
Final standings:
Chile
Argentina
Ecuador
Colombia
Paraguay
Uruguay
Venezuela
Peru
Bolivia

The first USA U19 Women's team game against Mali can be seen here live at 12:30pm ET on Saturday or as a replay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSZeNcDLQiY

Here are the other rosters to the best of my ability:

A:

China (family name first):
Fang Zhuoya, Sichuan (China)
Li Yuan, Shandong (China)
Wang Jiaqi, Zhejiang (China)
Tan Shuangyan, Guangdong (China)
Liu Lu, Bayi (China)
Liu Xueyuan, Bayi (China)
Jia Saiqi, Bayi (China)
Liang Liwen, Shanghai (China)
Tang Yu, Beijing (China)
Han Xu, Shandong (China)
Li Yueru, Guangdong (China)
Cao Yijia, Guangxi (China)

Italy:
Elisa Pinzan, Venezia (Italy)
Anna Togliani, Venezia (Italy)
Giulia Togliani, Venezia (Italy)
Giulia Ianezic, Muggia (Italy)
Flavia Decassan, Roma (Italy)
Martina Fassina, San Martino di Lupari (Italy)
Francesco Parmesani, Crema (Italy)
Lorela Cubaj, Venezia (Italy), Signed with Georgia Tech
Sara Madera, Venezia (Italy)
Olbis Futo Andre', Battipaglia (Italy)
Elena Castello, Venezia (Italy)
Elisa Pontoni, Udine (Italy)

Mali:
Kamba Yoro Diakite, Stade Malien (Mali)
Rokia Doumbia, Hamilton Heights Christian Academy (TN)
Safiatou Mariko, Stade Malien (Mali)
Aminata Diakite, Attar (Mali)
Foune Sissoko, Djoliba (Mali)
Djeneba Sangare, Stade Malien (Mali)
Assetou Sissoko, Attar (Mali)
Gnere Alima Dembele, CNE (Mali)
Mariam Drame, Attar (Mali)
Assetou Diakite, Stade Malien (Mali)
Adama Coulibaly, Djoliba (Mali)
Salimatou Kourouma, Stade Malien (Mali)

B:

Egypt:
Meral Abdelgawad, El Shams (Egypt)
Rana Elseady, Al Ahly (Egypt)
Tokka Elshewekh, Al Ahly (Egypt)
Asrar Bakr, Sporting Alexandria (Egypt)
Mariam Khalaf, Smouha (Egypt)
Hana Ghonim, Sporting Alexandria (Egypt)
Radwa Sherif, Al Gezira (Egypt)
Rana Abdelfattah, Al Ahly (Egypt)
Nadine Rehan, Sporting Alexandria (Egypt)
Raneem Elbaraky, Al Ahly (Egypt)
Nesma Khalifa, Sporting Alexandria (Egypt)
Ganna Marouf, Al Ahly (Egypt)

Puerto Rico:
Cydney Rivera, Lutheran North (TX)
Vianca Malave, ECEDAO (Puerto Rico), Signed with UPR-Mayaguez (Puerto Rico)
Giolibeth Perez, Stony Brook
Leyinska Rivera, ECEDAO (Puerto Rico), Signed with Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico)
Kaelyn Gonzalez, UPR-Bayamon (Puerto Rico)
Veronica Cancio, Winter Park (FL)
Nairimar Vargas, Colegio Adianez (Puerto Rico)
Nicolette Oppenheimer, Montini Catholic (IL), Signed with Syracuse
Yari Martinez, Doral Academy Prep (FL), Signed with Rollins (DII)
Gabriela Santana, Bayamon Military Academy (Puerto Rico)
Angelique Rodriguez, Capital Prep (CT), Signed with Pitt
India Pagan, New London (CT), Signed with Stony Brook

Russia:
Vika Zavialova, UMMC Ekaterinburg (Russia)
Olya Stolyar, Dynamo Kursk (Russia)
Raisa Musina, Polkowice (Poland)
Olesya Safonova, Dynamo Kursk (Russia)
Maria Vadeeva, Dynamo Kursk (Russia)
Rita Pleskevich, Dynamo Moscow (Russia)
Daria Kurilchuk, Spartak Moscow (Russia)
Elya Oleynikova, Dynamo Moscow (Russia)
Sonya Kornienko, Dynamo Kursk (Russia)
Sveta Kramar, Nadezhda Orenburg (Russia)
Valya Kozhukhar, Dynamo Kursk (Russia)
Vika Cheren, Dynamo Kursk (Russia)

Spain:
Lucia Alonso, Arizona
Maria Erauncetamurguil, Gipuzkoa (Spain)
Laura Pena, Sant Adria (Spain)
Irati Etxarri, Araski (Spain)
Aina Ayuso, Segle XXI (Spain), Signed with Oregon
Paula Ginzo, Rivas (Spain)
Maria Barneda, Promete (Spain)
Laia Sole, Maine and Transferring to Duquesne
Sara Iparraguirre, Gipuzkoa (Spain)
Umi Diallo, Promete (Spain)
Montserrat Brottons, Oral Roberts
Iris Junio, Gran Canaria (Spain)

C:

Canada:
Hanna Hall, Lincoln Prep (Canada), Signed with Buffalo
Shaina Pellington, Dunbarton (Canada), Signed with Oklahoma
Libby Epoch, Peacock Collegiate (Canada)
Kendra Van Leeuwen, Wisconsin
Hailey Brown, TRC Academy (Canada), Signed with Michigan
Alyssa Jerome, Harbord Collegiate (Canada), Signed with Stanford
Summer Masikewich, University of Saskatchewan (Canada)
Sarah Donovan, A.B. Lucas Secondary (Canada), Signed with Davidson
Aislinn Konig, North Carolina State
Laeticia Amihere, King's Christian Collegiate (Canada)
Andrea Torres, Montmorency (Canada)
Angela Bongomin, University of Regina (Canada)

France:
Kadiatou Sissoko, Centre Federal (France), Committed to Syracuse
Hortense Limouzin, Landes (France)
Loreen Kerboeuf, Mondeville (France)
Amandine Michaud, Nantes (France)
Myriam Djekoundade, If's (France)
Shelby Saint Juste, Mondeville (France)
Marie-Paule Foppossi, Nice (France)
Amandine Toi, Roannais (France), Signed with Virginia
Tima Pouye, Centre Federal (France)
Maeva Djaldi-Tabdi, Charleville (France), Signed with Syracuse
Camille Lenglet, Nantes (France)
Ludivine Marie, Hainaut (France)

Latvia:
Linda Svenne, TTT Riga Juniors (Latvia), Committed to UMass Lowell
Janeta Rozentale, TTT Riga Juniors (Latvia)
Maija Gertsone, Liepaja (Latvia), Signed with Ouachita Baptist (DII)
Marianna Klavina, TTT Riga Juniors (Latvia)
Digna Strautmane, TTT Riga (Latvia), Signed with Syracuse
Dinija Pavelsone, Ventspils (Latvia)
Alise Markova, TTT Riga Juniors (Latvia)
Mara Mote, TTT Riga Juniors (Latvia)
Laura Grabe, TTT Riga Juniors (Latvia)
Sabine Lipe, Liepaja (Latvia)
Luize Septe, TTT Riga Juniors (Latvia)
Ivanda Hudjakova, Valmiera (Latvia)

South Korea (family name first):
Lee So-Jung, Stars (South Korea)
Park Gyeong-Rim, University of Suwon (South Korea)
Park Ji-Hyun, Soongeui Girls' (South Korea)
Lee Hye-Mi, S-Birds (South Korea)
Cha Ji-Hyun, Winnus (South Korea)
Na Yun-Jeong, Wibee (South Korea)
Jin Se-Min, Soongeui Girls' (South Korea)
Lee Ju-Yeon, Blue Minx (South Korea)
Kim Dun-Arang, University of Suwon (South Korea)
Kim Na-Yeon, Chuncheon Girls' (South Korea)
Kim Min-Jung, Blue Minx (South Korea)
Kim Ji-Eun, Sookmyung Girls' (South Korea)

D:

Australia:
Monique Conti, Melbourne Boomers (Australia)/Melbourne Tigers (Australia)
Abby Cubillo, Basketball Australia Centre of Excellence (Australia)
Jazmin Shelley, Basketball Australia Centre of Excellence (Australia)
Samantha Simons, Basketball Australia Centre of Excellence (Australia)
Maddison Rocci, Basketball Australia Centre of Excellence (Australia)
Kiera Rowe, Basketball Australia Centre of Excellence (Australia)
Chloe Bibby, Dandenong Rangers (Australia)/Bendigo Braves (Australia), Signed with Mississippi State
Anneli Maley, Adelaide Lightning (Australia)/Dandenong Rangers (Australia), Signed with Oregon
Rebecca Pizzey, Basketball Australia Centre of Excellence (Australia)
Eziyoda Magbegor, Basketball Australia Centre of Excellence (Australia)
Lara McSpadden, Sydney University Flames (Australia)/Sydney University Sparks (Australia)
Zitina Aokuso, Basketball Australia Centre of Excellence (Australia)

Hungary:
Petra Pusztai, BEAC (Hungary)
Dalma Czukor, Soproni (Hungary)
Veronika Kanyasi, Cegledi (Hungary)
Reka Lelik, BEAC (Hungary)
Dorka Boros, BEAC (Hungary)
Livia Gereben, Atomeromu (Hungary)
Kamilla Varga, Soproni (Hungary)
Dorka Juhasz, PEAC (Hungary)
Kira Karagits, BEAC (Hungary)
Panka Dul, Vasas (Hungary)
Beatrix Meresz, Vasas (Hungary)
Agnes Torok, Gyori (Hungary)

Japan:
Miki Sasaka, Hakuoh University (Japan)
Satsuki Shibuya, Waseda University (Japan)
Izumi Abe, Tokyo Healthcare University (Japan)
Moeka Era, St. Catherine Gakuen (Japan)
Kadysha Juna Umezawa, Oka Gakuen (Japan)
Miwa Kuribayashi, Sapporo Yamanaga (Japan)
Himawari Akaho, Showa Gakuin (Japan)
Kiho Miyashita, Asugu Ai (Japan)
Stephanie Mawuli, Oka Gakuen (Japan)
Haruna Kasagi, Showa Academy (Japan)
Haruki Takahara, Osaka Kaoru Hime Gakuin (Japan)
Ayumi Fujita, Takushoku University (Japan)

Mexico:
Zaira Alvarado, Universidad Popular Autonoma del Estado de Puebla (Mexico)
Ornella Rivera, Instituto Anglo Mexicano (Mexico)
Valeria Tapia, St. Joseph Academy (TX) and Signed with UT Rio Grande Valley
Carlota Martin Del Campo, Universiadad Autonoma de Chihuahua (Mexico)
Abdi Xicotencatl, Universidad del Valle De Mexico (Mexico)
Diana Villalobos, Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudias Superiores de Monterrey (Mexico)
Daniela Sanchez, Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudias Superiores de Monterrey (Mexico)
Patricia Ayala, Universidad La Salle (Mexico)
Itzel Figueroa, Centro de Ensenanza Tecnica y Superior (Mexico)
Gabriela Rosas, Orangewood Academy (CA)
Alexia Gonzalez, Universidad Madero Puebla (Mexico)
Maria Gastelum, Colegio de Occidente (Mexico)

awhom111
07-22-2017, 04:57 PM
I am going to keep on reporting on Bella Alarie as if she was one of our own. She had 7 points and 8 rebounds in 19 minutes as the USA U19 team started the World Championship with a 95-58 win over Mali.
http://www.fiba.com/world/u19women/2017/2207/Mali-USA#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The next game against China can be seen here live on Sunday at 12pm ET or as a replay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-e7TrM72f-k

The other game in the group closed the day as China jetted off to an early lead on hosts Italy and withstood the encouragement of the home fans to win 74-63. China is playing without their star, who they named to the roster, but opted to send to their senior team.
http://www.fiba.com/world/u19women/2017/2207/China-Italy#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The day started with a stunning Group D result as Japan came back to stun a completely cold Australia team 66-61. Australia star Ezi Magbegor had good game along with Chloe Bibby, but the team just could not find their shooting touch. Mexico only qualified due to the suspension of Brazil and Livia Gereben and Hungary smoked them 111-67.
http://www.fiba.com/world/u19women/2017/2207/Australia-Japan#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u19women/2017/2207/Hungary-Mexico#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In Group C, Canada had no issues beating South Korea 91-45. There are a lot of Canadian players heading to NCAA schools as Hailey Brown (Michigan), Alyssa Jerome (Stanford), Shaina Pellington (Oklahoma), and Sarah Donovan (Davidson) all reached double figures. The best game of the day may have been France's 69-60 win over Latvia. Loreen Kerboeuf led the way in the win as the game also featured a matchup of incoming Syracuse players in Maeva Djaldi-Tabdi and Digna Strautmane.
http://www.fiba.com/world/u19women/2017/2207/Canada-Korea#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u19women/2017/2207/Latvia-France#|tab=boxscore_statistics

It was unclear if Russia would get their full strength team together, but their young stars joined and made an immediate impact in a 114-63 dismantling of Egypt. The other Group B game saw Puerto Rico hang with Spain for a while before running out of steam in the second half and losing 74-42 despite a good game from Pitt-bound Angelique Rodriguez.
http://www.fiba.com/world/u19women/2017/2207/Russia-Egypt#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u19women/2017/2207/Puerto-Rico-Spain#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The Boys' U16 African Championship just finished in Mauritius. Ideally, they would have like to have 12 or 16 teams, but they were stuck with 8, so they had a novel double round-robin group format to determine semifinalists. Mali beat Egypt 76-65, but both teams had already clinched their places in next year's U17 World Championship by beating Algeria and Tunisia respectively on Friday.
Final Standings:
Mali
Egypt
Algeria
Tunisia
Madagascar
Rwanda
Mozambique
Mauritius

The first event with combined Asia and Oceania participation starts tomorrow with the FIBA Women's Asia Cup. The top division, which will include Australia and New Zealand, will qualify four teams to the World Championship, which provides the Tall Ferns with a way of qualifying that does not require that they beat the Opals. The B Division was slated to have two Oceania teams, which is good news for their development, but Samoa lost funding, so Fiji will join six teams from Asia in the quest to be promoted to the top division in future tournaments.

Club information is tough to come by for a number of these teams, but here is what I found:

China (family name first):
Shen Yi, Guangdong (China)
Shi Xiufeng, Beijing (China)
Chen Xiaojia, Jiangsu (China)
Li Meng, Shenyang (China)
Shao Ting, Beijing (China)
Zhao Shuang, Shenyang (China)
Lu Wen, Bayi (China)
Huang Sijing, Guangdong (China)
Gao Song, Beijing (China)
Sun Mengran, Bayi (China)
Huang Hongpin, Shanxi (China)
Li Yueru, Guangdong (China)

New Zealand:
Micaela Cocks, Townsville Fire (Australia)/Mackay Meteors (Australia), Oregon
Kalani Purcell, BYU/Brisbane Spartans (Australia)
Georgia Agnew, Harbour Breeze (New Zealand), Utah Valley
Zara Jillings, Harbour Breeze (New Zealand)/Fordham
Antonia Edmondson, Perth Lynx (Australia)/Perry Lakes Hawks (Australia)
Natalie Purcell, Brisbane Spartans (Australia), Southeast Missouri State
Rebecca Ott, Melbourne Boomers (Australia)/Knox Raiders (Australia)
Chevannah Paalvast, Townsville Fire (Australia)/Mackay Meteors (Australia), Monmouth
Jessica Bygate, Melbourne Boomers (Australia)/Sandringham Sabres (Australia), Dickinson State (NAIA)
Jillian Harmon, Lucca (Italy), Stanford
Josephine Stockill, Sunbury Jets (Australia), Colgate
Deena Franklin, Harbour Breeze (New Zealand)

North Korea (family name first, club teams not provided):
Jang Mi-Gyong
Kim Hye-Yin
Kim Un-Jong
Kim Hyang-Ok
Kim Mi-Hyang
Ri Jong-Ok
Pak Hyang-Jong
Ro Suk-Yong
Ko Un-Gyong
Kong Su-Yon
Kim Ryu-Jong
Pak Jin-A

Taiwan (family name first where applicable):
Lin Chi-Wen, Taipower (Taiwan)
Huang Hsiang-Ting, Chunghwa Telecom (Taiwan)
Lo Pin, Chinese Cultural University (Taiwan)
Chen Yen-Yu, Chunghwa Telecom (Taiwan)
Huang Fan-Shan, Cathay Life (Taiwan)
Lan Hao-Yu, Cathay Life (Taiwan)
Huang Ping-Jen, no club
Wang Wei-Lin, Chunghwa Telecom (Taiwan)
Wu Ying-Chieh, Taiyuan Textile (Taiwan
Cheng I-Hsiu, Cathay Life (Taiwan)
Joy Burke, Ballarat Rush (Australia), Arizona State
Lin Yu-Ting, Cathay Life (Taiwan)

Australia:
Tessa Lavey, Perth Lynx (Australia)
Alanna Smith, Stanford
Lauren Mansfield, Canberra Capitals (Australia)/Launceston Tornadoes (Australia)/Penguin Blues (Australia), Iowa State
Madeleine Garrick, Melbourne Boomers (Australia)/Kilsyth Cobras (Australia)
Stephanie Cumming, Dandenong Rangers (Australia)
Kelsey Griffin, Bendigo Spirit (Australia), Nebraska and WNBA (2010-2014)
Katie-Rae Ebzery, Dynamo Moscow (Russia)
Laura Summerton, Adelaide Lightning (Australia), WNBA (2005-2006)
Belinda Snell, Sydney University Flames (Australia)/Manly Warringah Sea Eagles (Australia), WNBA (2005-2007 and 2009-2011)
Alice Kunek, Melbourne Boomers (Australia)/Lyon (France)/Eltham Wildcats (Australia)
Marianna Tolo, Canberra Capitals (Australia), WNBA (2015)
Sara Blicavs, Dandenong Rangers (Australia)/Geelong Supercats (Australia)

Japan:
Moeko Nagoaka, Red Wave (Japan)
Manami Fujioka, Sunflowers (Japan)
Yuka Mamiya, Sunflowers (Japan)
Saki Mizushima, Antelopes (Japan)
Maki Takada, Iris (Japan)
Asami Yoshida, Sunflowers (Japan)
Rui Machida, Red Wave (Japan)
Kaede Kondo, Antelopes (Japan)
Miyuki Kawamura, Magic (Japan)
Evelyn Mawuli, Wings (Japan)
Sakura Akaho, Iris (Japan)
Yuki Miyazawa, Sunflowers (Japan)

Philippines (college listed in place of current team where applicable):
Afril Bernardino, National University (Philippines)
France Mae Cabinbin, Lyceum University (Philippines)
Camille Sambile, Far Eastern University (Philippines)
Allana May Lim, Far Eastern University (Philippines)
Jack Danielle Aninam, National University (Philippines)
Cindy Resultay, Air Force (Philippines)
Analyn Almazan, Adamson University (Philippines)
Raiza Rose Dy, Far Eastern University (Philippines)
Clare Castro, Far Eastern University (Philippines)
Marrize Andrea Tongco, National University (Philippines)
Janine Pontejos, University of the East (Philippines)
Gemma Miranda, National University (Philippines)

South Korea (family name first where applicable):
Park, Ha-Na, Blue Minx (South Korea)
Kang Lee-Seul, KEB (South Korea)
Sim Sung-Young, Stars (South Korea)
Park, Hye-Jin, Wibee (South Korea)
Kim So-Dam, Winnus (South Korea)
Kang A-Jeong, Stars (South Korea)
Kimberly Roberson, Blue Minx (South Korea), Indiana
Kwak Joo-Yeong, S-Birds (South Korea)
Bae Hye-Yoon, Blue Minx (South Korea)
Lim Yung-Hui, Wibee (South Korea)
Kim Dan-Bi, S-Birds (South Korea)
Park Ji-Su, Stars (South Korea)

India:
Anjana Prasannan Geetha, Kerala (India)
Barkha Sonkar, Hillsborough (JC)
Raspreet Sidhu, Royal Delhi (India)
Anitha Paul Durai, Indian Railways (India)
Grima Merlin Varghese, Kerala (India)
Anmolpreet Kaur, Toa Gakuen (Japan)
Navaneetha Pattemane Udayakumar, Indian Railways (India)
Kavita Akula, Garden City (JC) and Signed with Grand Canyon
Rajapridyadharshini Rajaganapathi, Indian Railways (India)
Jeena Palanilkumkalay Il Skaria, Kerala (India)
Shireen Vijay Limaye, PYC Gymkhana (India)
Poonam Chaturvedi, Chhattisargh (India)

Sri Lanka (club teams not provided):
Premila Meriyan Fernando Beruwalage
Josephine Niroshini Paiva
Herath Mudiyanselage T Anjalee Ekanayake
Imesha Thathsarani Dapana Durage
Yasassri Sanduni Bollegala Arachchilage
Jayani Nugi Ransari Thewahettige
Sulochana Sewwandi Iddamalgoda
Benika Madhubhashinie Don Thalagala
Kindu Jayaliya Kumari Thewahettige
G. Nadeeshani Kumarine Silva
Thusyanthini Jeevathasan Karthigesu
Erandi Kawshalya Gallage

Uzbekistan (club teams not provided):
Yuliya Kashuba
Anastasiya Sevastyanova
Gulnaz Nauruzbaeva
Elena Khusnitdinova
Natalya Koneva
Elvira Salavatova
Irina Averyanova
Dlyara Asanova
Katerina Ejova
Aliya Samatova

Fiji (club teams not provided for all players):
Talica Vula Sauta
Seini Macrae Dobui, Saints (Fiji)
Tiyana Anne Kainamoli
Miliakere Koyamainavure, Launceston Tornadoes (Australia), Missouri Western (DII)
Amalaini Raluvenitoga
Mereleni Dreke Tora
Disiola Kaseva Boseiwaqa
Bitila Sigani Tawake
Dale Wise
Valerie Nainima, no club, South Carolina
Leba Korovou, Missouri Western (DII)
Letava Whippy, no club, LIU

Kazakhstan:
Elmira Abikeyeba, Irtysh (Kazahstan)
Zalina Kurazova, Astana (Kazakhstan)
Aigerim Aldanysheva, Okzhetpes (Kazakhstan)
Alexandra Kovalevsyakya, Irtysh (Kazahstan)
Tamara Yagodkina, Astana (Kazakhstan)
Mariya Astapenko, Astana (Kazakhstan)
Olga Kolesnikova, Okzhetpes (Kazakhstan)
Oxana Ivanova, Astana (Kazakhstan)
Anastassiya Begun, Astana (Kazakhstan)
Oxina Ossipenko, Astana (Kazakhstan)
Nadezhda Kondrakova, Astana (Kazakhstan)

Lebanon:
Farah El Harake, Homentman (Lebanon)
Lama Moukaddem, Al Riyadi (Lebanon)
Chirine El Charif, Al Riyadi (Lebanon)
Narine Gyokchian, no club
Layla Fares, Homentman (Lebanon)
Rebecca Akl, Al Riyadi (Lebanon)
Karen Chammas, Antranik (Lebanon)
Miramar Mokdad, Chabibeh (Lebanon)
Nancy Maalouf, Antranik (Lebanon)
Nour Schoucair, Antranik (Lebanon)
Aida Bakhos, Homentman (Lebanon), Lamar

Singapore:
Jacqueline Chu, Adroit (Singapore)
Pauline Ang, Qian Xi (Singapore)
Jia Min Lim, Qian Xi (Singapore)
Shermaine See, Hillcrest Grays (Singapore)
Jayne Sarah Tan, Qian Xi (Singapore)
Amanda Lim, Siglap (Singapore)
Wei Bin Koh, Qian Xi (Singapore)
Choy Ting Tang, Qian Xi (Singapore)
Cheryl Poon, Hillcrest Grays (Singapore)
Alanna Lim, Qian Xi (Singapore)
Yukie Yoshida, Hillcrest Grays (Singapore)
Ariel Loiter Xiang Ying, Singapore American School (Singapore)/Siglap (Singapore)

awhom111
07-23-2017, 04:50 PM
Antonio Vrankovic and Croatia lost the rematch with Germany's World University Games team in the Stankovic Cup Final 69-65 after falling victim to a big comeback. Antonio played 3 minutes. Tomislav Zubcic had 14 points and 6 rebounds.
http://www.cba.gov.cn/cbastats/match/matchlive.aspx?matchno=S2017008

Bella Alarie and the USA U19 team beat China 91-51. She had 10 points and 8 rebounds in 15 minutes.
http://www.fiba.com/world/u19women/2017/2307/USA-China#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The other game in the group went to Italy 63-54 as incoming Georgia Tech player Lorela Cubaj had a good game.
http://www.fiba.com/world/u19women/2017/2307/Italy-Mali#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In Group C, Latvia struggled with Na Yun-Jeong and South Korea, but won 69-61 with Syracuse freshman Digna Strautmane leading the way. Kadiatou Sissoko, who has already committed to Syracuse for the next class, played well for France, but they lost to Canada 54-45. Incoming Michigan player Hailey Brown had another solid game for Canada.
http://www.fiba.com/world/u19women/2017/2307/Korea-Latvia#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u19women/2017/2307/France-Canada#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In Group D, Japan will win the group after beating Hungary 68-59. Australia took out some frustrations on Mexico in a 109-34 win as Chloe Bibby had another good game.
http://www.fiba.com/world/u19women/2017/2307/Japan-Hungary#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u19women/2017/2307/Mexico-Australia#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Group B closed the day as Meral Abdelgawad and Egypt beat Puerto Rico 69-52. A couple of incoming ACC players led Puerto Rico in the form of Syracuse's Nikki Oppenheimer and Pitt's Angelique Rodriguez. Russia beat Spain 77-58.
http://www.fiba.com/world/u19women/2017/2307/Egypt-Puerto-Rico#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u19women/2017/2307/Spain-Russia#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The FIBA Women's Asia Cup started today and it was the first chance to see combined Asia and Oceania play. Australia started with a win over South Korea and Japan beat the Philippines. In the other group, Taiwan edged North Korea and China beat New Zealand. In Division B, India beat Uzbekistan, Fiji missed players and was crushed by Singapore, and Kazakhstan beat Lebanon.

The most prestigious European youth competition, the U20 Men's Championship wrapped up on Crete. Greece managed to win in front of the home fans 65-56 as upstarts Israel, captained by David Blatt's son Tamir and featuring a couple of Josh Hairston's teammates, had a good start, but could keep it going. The important game was at the other end of the standings as Italy beat Slovenia 69-52 to avoid relegation. Latvia and the Czech Republic already knew they would be headed to Division B after losses on Saturday.
Final Standings:
Greece
Israel
France
Spain
Serbia
Lithuania
Germany
Iceland
Turkey
Ukraine
Montenegro
Sweden
Italy
Slovenia
Czech Republic
Latvia

Division B play also wrapped up in Oradea. Romania used that home court advantage to beat Croatia 80-67. Both teams had already clinched promotion to the next Division A tournament with wins on Saturday. Great Britain joined them with an 81-65 win over Russia.
Final Standings:
Romania
Croatia
Great Britain
Russia
Poland
Belgium
Georgia
Portugal
Finland
Netherlands
Hungary
Kosovo
Macedonia
Albania
Belarus
Slovakia
Armenia
Ireland
Azerbaijan
Malta
Moldova

awhom111
07-25-2017, 12:45 AM
The U19 Women's team finishes group play at 2:45pm ET on Tuesday and can be seen here live or as a replay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9_l7AFykF8

There were no surprises in the FIBA Women's Asia Cup. In Division A, Australia beat the Philippines and Japan beat South Korea. In the other group, China beat Taiwan and New Zealand beat North Korea. In Division B, Sri Lanka debuted with a loss to Uzbekistan while the other group had Kazakhstan beating Singapore and Lebanon beating Fiji.

awhom111
07-25-2017, 09:29 PM
The USA U19 team did not have a great start, but Bella Alarie helped them get the 66-49 win over Italy. She had 6 points and 9 rebounds in 18 minutes.
http://www.fiba.com/world/u19women/2017/2507/USA-Italy#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The next game will be at 12pm ET on Wednesday, but FIBA has not posted the YouTube link yet.

The other game in the group went to Han Xu and China 72-54 over Mali.
http://www.fiba.com/world/u19women/2017/2507/China-Mali#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: United States 3-0, China 2-1, Mali 1-2

In Group B, Russia bageled Puerto Rico in the first quarter and rolled to an 85-50 win. The bright spot for Puerto Rico continues to be incoming Pitt player Angelique Rodriguez. Spain avoided what would have been one of the more surprising results ever against Egypt as Laia Sole, who is transferring from Maine to Duquesne, helped them win 88-71. Egypt was able to build a lead because of the efforts of Hana Ghonim and Meral Abdelgawad.
http://www.fiba.com/world/u19women/2017/2507/Puerto-Rico-Russia#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u19women/2017/2507/Egypt-Spain#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: Russia 3-0, Spain 2-1, Egypt 1-2, Puerto Rico 0-3

In Group C, Ace Konig of North Carolina State put on a shooting clinic to lift Canada past Latvia 74-70 to win the group. Shaina Pellington, who is headed to Oklahoma, also had a good game as Syracuse-bound Digna Strautmane continues to be a key player for Latvia. France coasted a bit to beat Na Yun-Jeong and South Korea 63-53.
http://www.fiba.com/world/u19women/2017/2507/Canada-Latvia#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u19women/2017/2507/France-Korea#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: Canada 3-0, France 2-1, Latvia 1-2, South Korea 0-3

In Group D, Australia did take second, but put themselves in a very tough section of the bracket as Chloe Bibby helped them beat Hungary 75-51. Japan stayed undefeated with a 91-52 win over Mexico.
http://www.fiba.com/world/u19women/2017/2507/Hungary-Australia#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u19women/2017/2507/Japan-Mexico#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: Japan 3-0, Australia 2-1, Hungary 1-2, Mexico 0-3

Bracket:
United States vs Puerto Rico
France vs Hungary
Italy vs Spain
South Korea vs Japan
China vs Egypt
Canada vs Mexico
Mali vs Russia
Latvia vs Australia

If you want to read more detailed recaps that I did of the FIBA Women's Asia Cup so far, you can do so here:
http://www.womensbasketball247.com/2017/07/asia-cup-day-1-july-23rd/
http://www.womensbasketball247.com/2017/07/asia-cup-day-2-july-24th/
http://www.womensbasketball247.com/2017/07/asia-cup-day-3-july-25th/

The key games are Thursday's quarterfinals as Australia faces North Korea, China faces the Philippines, Japan faces Taiwan, and New Zealand faces South Korea.

awhom111
07-26-2017, 09:36 PM
Bella Alarie and the USA U19 team started the knockout rounds with a 104-46 win over Puerto Rico. She had 9 points and 11 rebounds in 16 minutes. There were plenty of collegians on the other roster too as Pitt-bound Angelique Rodriguez, Syracuse-bound Nikki Oppenheimer, and Stony Brook's Giolibeth Perez had solid games in the loss.
http://www.fiba.com/world/u19women/2017/2607/USA-Puerto-Rico#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The day started with Japan beating South Korea 86-47. Stanford-bound Alyssa Jerome and Canada jumped on Mexico early in a 64-43 win. Tima Pouye emerged for France and one of the other Syracuse signees, Maeva Djaldi-Tabdi, helped them get the 73-58 win over Dorka Juhasz and Hungary. The most anticipated game of the day was also involved an incoming Syracuse player as Australia was able to keep Digna Strautmane in check and win 61-56 over Latvia. A quirk in the WNBA CBA is that international players are only eligible to be picked in the year that they turn 20 while American players and anyone going through the collegiate system must be turning at least 22 in the year of the draft to be eligible. Maria Vadeeva is the top international prospect in the 2018 draft, which is why she is still young enough to be in this competition when she will be 2 or 3 years younger than other players being draft as she was dominant in Russia's 90-66 win over Mali. China eased past Egypt 85-43. The day closed with Spain beating hosts Italy 59-49 as Laia Sole, who is transferring from Maine to Duquesne, had a good game.
http://www.fiba.com/world/u19women/2017/2607/Korea-Japan#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u19women/2017/2607/Canada-Mexico#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u19women/2017/2607/France-Hungary#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u19women/2017/2607/Latvia-Australia#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u19women/2017/2607/Mali-Russia#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u19women/2017/2607/China-Egypt#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u19women/2017/2607/Italy-Spain#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Brackets:

Quarterfinals:
United States vs France
Spain vs Japan
China vs Canada
Russia vs Australia

9th Place:
Puerto Rico vs Hungary
Italy vs South Korea
Egypt vs Mexico
Mali vs Latvia

awhom111
07-27-2017, 09:31 PM
The next USA U19 game can be seen here at 3pm ET on Friday or as a replay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzpPDvDRFd0

While we no longer have a player who finished their career at Duke in contention for a European national team, we still have plenty of players who started their careers at Duke. Eric Boateng, Olek Czyz, and Alex Murphy are trying to make the Great Britain, Poland, and Finland squads respectively for the upcoming EuroBasket tournament.

We have four more spots for the 2018 World Championship for Women awarded now. New Zealand did not end up benefiting from the Oceania merge with Asia as they lost to South Korea. Australia, China, and Japan also won in the quarterfinals to grab places. If you want to read a more detailed recap, I wrote one here:
http://www.womensbasketball247.com/2017/07/asia-cup-quarterfinals-july-27th/

awhom111
07-28-2017, 09:21 PM
Bella Alarie and the USA U19 team continued their pattern, grinding through the first half and then building a second half lead as they beat France 78-51 in the quarterfinals. She had 11 points in 25 minutes.
http://www.fiba.com/world/u19women/2017/2807/USA-France#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The semifinal will be on ESPN3 at 3pm ET on Saturday.

The other quarterfinals started with a highly-anticipated matchup in the paint. Maria Vadeeva was just too much for Australia to handle as Russia got the 67-65 win, although Jazmine Shelley had a good game and Chloe Bibby continues to be the most consistent player. China started well, but their relative lack of depth showed as they were unable to make a final charge against Canada and lost 68-65 despite a great game from Wang Jiaqi. Hailey Brown and Shaina Pellington may be ready to head to DI play, but Laeticia Amihere led the way in the win and is a big name to look out for in the near future. Japan started well against Spain and rolled to a 95-71 win.
http://www.fiba.com/world/u19women/2017/2807/Russia-Australia#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u19women/2017/2807/China-Canada#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u19women/2017/2807/Spain-Japan#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In the consolation bracket, Hungary beat Puerto Rico 90-46, although Stony Brook signee India Pagan had a good game. Mexico got big efforts from Alexia Gonzalez and Ornella Rivera to beat Egypt 70-66. Digna Strautmane led Latvia again as they beat Mali 60-46. Italy's Olbis Futo Andre had a breakout game in their 78-59 win over South Korea.
http://www.fiba.com/world/u19women/2017/2807/Puerto-Rico-Hungary#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u19women/2017/2807/Egypt-Mexico#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u19women/2017/2807/Mali-Latvia#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u19women/2017/2807/Italy-Korea#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Brackets:

Semifinals:
United States vs Japan
Canada vs Russia

5th Place:
France vs Spain
China vs Australia

9th Place:
Hungary vs Italy
Mexico vs Latvia

13th Place:
Puerto Rico vs South Korea
Egypt vs Mali

Olek Czyz and Poland started their preparation for Eurobasket with an exhibition against the Czech Republic, winning . Olek had 4 points in 13 minutes. In the win, ex-Ole Miss player Tomasz Gielo had 12 points. In the loss, ex-Seton Hall player Patrik Auda had 10 points.

My recap of the day's FIBA Women's Asia Cup action can be seen here:
http://www.womensbasketball247.com/2017/07/asia-cup-semifinals-july-29th/

awhom111
07-29-2017, 04:40 PM
Bella Alarie and the USA U19 team had an even first quarter in their semifinal against Japan before building a lead, but they went cold in the fourth quarter and relied on the earlier margin for a 73-66 win. She had 2 points in 20 minutes as Ruthy Hebard of Oregon was the difference inside.
http://www.fiba.com/world/u19women/2017/2907/USA-Japan#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Russia dominated early in the other semifinal to coast to a 65-41 win over Canada. Raisa Musina led them as she continues to be an emerging 2018 WNBA Draft prospect.
http://www.fiba.com/world/u19women/2017/2907/Canada-Russia#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In the battle for 5th place, Australia had a tough time beating China 70-64 with captain Chloe Bibby as there was a terrific battle in the post between 2019 WNBA Draft prospects Ezi Magbegor and Han Xu. France edged Arizona's Lucia Alonso and Spain 55-53 as both future Syracuse players, Kadiatou Sissoko and Maeva Djaldi-Tabdi, had good games.
http://www.fiba.com/world/u19women/2017/2907/China-Australia#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u19women/2017/2907/France-Spain#|tab=boxscore_statistics

There wer more Syracuse connections in the 9th place bracket as Digna Strautmane pushed Latvia past Mexico 84-66. Livia Gereben and Hungary beat Italy 73-65, although incoming Georgia Tech player Lorela Cubaj did have her best game so far.
http://www.fiba.com/world/u19women/2017/2907/Mexico-Latvia#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u19women/2017/2907/Hungary-Italy#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The battle to avoid last place was also brewing as Mali beat Egypt 85-56. Puerto Rico beat Park Ji-Hyun and South Korea 77-72. India Pagan, who is headed to Stony Brook, led the way in the win while she had help from incoming Pitt player Angelique Rodriguez, another Syracuse freshman in Nikki Oppenheimer, and Giolibeth Perez, who is already at Stony Brook.
http://www.fiba.com/world/u19women/2017/2907/Egypt-Mali#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Final Day Schedule:
1st: United States vs Russia (3pm ET, ESPN3)
3rd: Japan vs Canada
5th: France vs Australia
7th: Spain vs China
9th: Hungary vs Latvia
11th: Italy vs Mexico
13th: Puerto Rico vs Mali
15th: South Korea vs Egypt

Olek Czyz and Poland beat the Czech Republic 85-72 in another exhibition. He had 7 points in 18 minutes. Ex-Ole Miss player Tomasz Gielo had another good game with 13 points. Ex-Seton Hall player Patrik Auda had 13 points in the loss.

Alex Murphy played in Finland's first exhibition as they lost to Latvia 85-81. He had 3 points in 6 minutes. His brother Erik had 14 points, ex-Old Dominion player Gerald Lee had 21 points, and ex-Valparaiso player Shawn Huff had 10 points.

It was also the final day of the FIBA Women's Asia Cup. Japan beat Australia to retain the title even with new opposition, although both teams had to deal with missing stars. The other important game was the one to avoid relegation as the Philippines beat North Korea. The other division also had a great final as India won in front of the home fans to get promotion ahead of Kazakhstan. My more detailed recap is here:
http://www.womensbasketball247.com/2017/07/asia-cup-finals-july-29th/

Final Standings:

A:
Japan
Australia
China
South Korea
Taiwan
New Zealand
Philippines
New Zealand:

B:
India
Kazakhstan
Lebanon
Uzbekistan
Singapore
Fiji
Sri Lanka

awhom111
07-30-2017, 11:29 PM
Bella Alarie and the USA U19 team had the Final against Russia, losing 86-82. She had 6 points and 12 rebounds as she played 36 minutes, more than any other player in the game. She was a part of an interesting defensive gamble by the coach, Suzie McConnell of Pitt, which seemed to pay off during parts of the game, but probably overall did not help. Chennedy Carter has yet to meet a shot she does not like, which worked out to the tune of 31 points today as she heads to Texas A&M. Raisa Musina, who was the subject of the defensive move as she found herself guarded by wings for most of the game, had 33 points, 11 rebounds, and 7 assists while Maria Vadeeva had 26 points and 18 rebounds to take tournament MVP honors as both avenged an emotional loss in the final two years ago at home.
http://www.fiba.com/world/u19women/2017/3007/USA-Russia#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Speaking of Bella, FIBA had an article about her and Mark today:
http://www.fiba.com/world/u19women/2017/news/alarie-ready-to-make-nba-father-proud

It seems like we were just talking about a USA loss not so long ago, which is a rarity in the modern iteration of the program. First of all, credit in this case must be given to Russia. Talents at the level of Vadeeva's do not come around often and the development of Musina from the same birth year created a situation that what might be the two most talented individuals in the tournament were on the same team. Both will be eligible for the 2018 WNBA Draft alongside players who are much older from the college system. On pure talent alone, not discounting the likelihood that they would miss time over the years, they would probably be top eight talents if not top five. They along with a few of the other players are senior pros at EuroLeague Women level clubs. Vadeeva played a big role on the EuroLeague Women champions on a team with four good current WNBA players. Musina was often asked to be the go to player for her team even with WNBA teammates. These are players with experience practicing with and playing against some of the top players in the world, which most American youth do not get a real chance to do.

Since that is out of the way, we can do the American postmortem. Player availability became an issue for the first time at this level and this team was not nearly as deep as some recent versions. There seem to be two separate issues here. One is a perception of political influence on player selection which has led some players to just not bother trying out that is far bigger on the girl's side than the boy's side (at least at the 16/17/18 level). The other issue is that the increase in structured development during the summer has led to a number of coaches trying either actively or passively to just not have their players deviate from college team plans. There are clear benefits to playing with different teammates during the summer and getting exposure to different basketball systems. On the women's side, virtually every WNBA player will spend some time in an overseas league, so experience for aspiring professionals is always helpful further down the line. Unfortunately, college coaches are also putting a lot of pressure on their international players to not play during the summer. Hopefully other stakeholders can come together and put pressure on coaches to not express these views and not punish those who are proud to represent their countries.

The question after these cases tend to revolve around coaching. I actually applaud McConnell's attempts at adjusting to the opponent for this game. This team has struggled to develop an offensive identity all summer long, but in the game that mattered a number of players stepped up to the plate and wanted to have the ball in their hands. The difference in offensive structure was clear though as the United States was not able to attack the interior of Russia's defense due to the height of their opponents, relying on shots with extreme degree of difficulty even though they did manage to hit enough that they almost got the win. I think we are at the point now where any USA team losing should lead to the assumption that the head coach will not be retained. The issue with this team is that there is no clear successor right now. The two assistants were Charlotte Smith of Elon, who is likely the frontrunner whenever her alma mater has an opening, and another UNC person, Kami Etheridge of North Colorado with neither likely ready to take the next step. One issue is that top coaches on the women's side tend not to be willing to pay the dues to earn the top job due to the time commitment. I would like Jeff Walz of Louisville, who is going to be the head coach for the U23 team, to take charge of the U18s next summer, but political considerations may make this tough. No coach has led at this level for multiple cycles, so we can expect a change.

Earlier in the day, South Korea avoided last place as Park Ji-Hyun and Lee Ju-Yeon led them past Egypt 74-57. Mali edged Puerto Rico 61-58 for 13th place as a couple of familiar names had solid games in the loss with future Pitt player Angelique Rodriguez helping out a pair of future Stony Brook teammates in India Pagan and Giolibeth Perez. Incoming Georgia Tech player Lorela Cubaj finally found some rhythm at the end of the tournament, helping them beat Mexico 72-54 to 11th place. Hungary continues to show the impact that government funding can have on sports as they beat Latvia 75-61 for 9th place as Digna Strautmane tried to carry her team one more time, but fell short. Future Oregon player Aina Ayuso and Spain lost to China 74-56 in the 7th place game. Incoming Syracuse player Maeva Djaldi-Tabdi and France edged Chloe Bibby and Australia 47-45 as both teams had hoped to finish much higher than 5th. Canada beat Japan 67-60 for the Bronze Medal as Buffalo-bound Hanna Hall had her best game of the tournament and Michigan signee Hailey Brown continued her consistency.
http://www.fiba.com/world/u19women/2017/3007/Korea-Egypt#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u19women/2017/3007/Puerto-Rico-Mali#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u19women/2017/3007/Italy-Mexico#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u19women/2017/3007/Hungary-Latvia#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u19women/2017/3007/Spain-China#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u19women/2017/3007/France-Australia#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u19women/2017/3007/Japan-Canada#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Another event that has taken place this week has been the Centrobasket U17 Boys' Championship in Santo Domingo. The medalists qualify for next year's U18 championship for the Americas that will send teams to the 2019 U19 World Championship. Panama beat Mexico 85-80 for that last spot. There was plenty of pride on the line for the final and the Dominican Republic was able send the fans home happy by edging Puerto Rico 81-80. There are a number of players in this tournament who are based within the 50 states, but complete roster is not available.
Final Standings:
Dominican Republic
Puerto Rico
Panama
Mexico
US Virgin Islands
Jamaica
Bahamas
Guyana

awhom111
08-03-2017, 12:04 AM
The first games of the new World Cup Qualification format were played today in Europe. Eight spots are up from grabs in the main qualifier with thirteen teams applying for the places. As a results, teams were split into four groups with the top two teams in each group advancing.

Group A is the one with four teams in it so all the teams will play on all six match days. The presumed favorites faced off in Norrkoping with Sweden beating Bosnia and Herzegovina 81-73 with a fourth quarter rally. 2015 draft pick Marcus Eriksson led the way with 25 points while young phenom Dzanan Musa had 17 points in the loss. Armenia could be the surprise here as they beat Slovakia 75-61 in Yerevan. They have strengthened their program in recent years by identifying eligible Americans as rookie AJ Hess from South Dakota State had 22 points and 7 rebounds and rookie Andrew Chrabascz from Butler had 11 points while Arkadiy Mkrtychyan of Idaho had 14 points and naturalized ex-UConn player Ryan Boatright had 16 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. In the loss, ex-DII player Radoslav Rancik had 20 points and 6 rebounds and naturalized ex-Winthrop player Andre Jones had 12 points and 9 rebounds.
http://www.fiba.com/basketballworldcup/2019/european-pre-qualifiers/0208/Sweden-Bosnia-and-Herzegovina#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/basketballworldcup/2019/european-pre-qualifiers/0208/Armenia-Slovak-Republic#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The day ended in Group B in Tirana with Austria beating Albania 79-51. They were led by Jakob Poltl, who had 22 points while ex-Texas A&M Corpus Christi player Bryce Douvier had 10 points.
http://www.fiba.com/basketballworldcup/2019/european-pre-qualifiers/0208/Albania-Austria#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In Group C, Kosovo beat Macedonia 72-68 in Prishtina as ex-JC player Granit Rugova had 12 points. Naturalized ex-Seton Hall player Jordan Theodore had 22 points and 6 assists in the loss.
http://www.fiba.com/basketballworldcup/2019/european-pre-qualifiers/0208/Kosovo-MKD#|tab=boxscore_statistics#|tab=boxscore_statist ics

In Group D, Bulgaria used a strong start to beat Portugal 82-71 in Sines. Naturalized ex-Mississippi State player Dee Bost had 23 points and recent draft pick Aleksandar Vezenkov had 13 points and 13 rebounds.
http://www.fiba.com/basketballworldcup/2019/european-pre-qualifiers/0208/Portugal-Bulgaria#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Spanarkel
08-03-2017, 07:33 AM
The first games of the new World Cup Qualification format were played today in Europe. Eight spots are up from grabs in the main qualifier with thirteen teams applying for the places. As a results, teams were split into four groups with the top two teams in each group advancing.

Group A is the one with four teams in it so all the teams will play on all six match days. The presumed favorites faced off in Norrkoping with Sweden beating Bosnia and Herzegovina 81-73 with a fourth quarter rally. 2015 draft pick Marcus Eriksson led the way with 25 points while young phenom Dzanan Musa had 17 points in the loss. Armenia could be the surprise here as they beat Slovakia 75-61 in Yerevan. They have strengthened their program in recent years by identifying eligible Americans as rookie AJ Hess from South Dakota State had 22 points and 7 rebounds and rookie Andrew Chrabascz from Butler had 11 points while Arkadiy Mkrtychyan of Idaho had 14 points and naturalized ex-UConn player Ryan Boatright had 16 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. In the loss, ex-DII player Radoslav Rancik had 20 points and 6 rebounds and naturalized ex-Winthrop player Andre Jones had 12 points and 9 rebounds.
http://www.fiba.com/basketballworldcup/2019/european-pre-qualifiers/0208/Sweden-Bosnia-and-Herzegovina#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/basketballworldcup/2019/european-pre-qualifiers/0208/Armenia-Slovak-Republic#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The day ended in Group B in Tirana with Austria beating Albania 79-51. They were led by Jakob Poltl, who had 22 points while ex-Texas A&M Corpus Christi player Bryce Douvier had 10 points.
http://www.fiba.com/basketballworldcup/2019/european-pre-qualifiers/0208/Albania-Austria#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In Group C, Kosovo beat Macedonia 72-68 in Prishtina as ex-JC player Granit Rugova had 12 points. Naturalized ex-Seton Hall player Jordan Theodore had 22 points and 6 assists in the loss.
http://www.fiba.com/basketballworldcup/2019/european-pre-qualifiers/0208/Kosovo-MKD#|tab=boxscore_statistics#|tab=boxscore_statist ics

In Group D, Bulgaria used a strong start to beat Portugal 82-71 in Sines. Naturalized ex-Mississippi State player Dee Bost had 23 points and recent draft pick Aleksandar Vezenkov had 13 points and 13 rebounds.
http://www.fiba.com/basketballworldcup/2019/european-pre-qualifiers/0208/Portugal-Bulgaria#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Love your summaries of international hoops, but I believe Andrew Chrabascz is of Polish extraction(see reference on his basketball playing father Carl from the IndyStar). How does he qualify to play for Armenia as Poland seems to need all the help in can get in men's hoops? Thanks!

(America would have loved Chrabascz. Or at least, this story he tells from his post-basketball career: He was selling mechanical devices, and a nurse recognized his unusual last name. She said it with a perfect Polish accent and then asked, “You know what Chrabascz means?”

“I’m thinking 'Lion King,' something like that,” Chrabascz says. “She says, ‘Little bug.’

“I go, ‘Is it a scary little bug? Does it have at least pinchers or anything?’ Nope. Chrabascz means ‘little bug.’”)

awhom111
08-04-2017, 12:21 AM
Rebecca Greenwell's training camp team will be playing in the gold medal scrimmage at around 11:40am ET on Friday and can be seen on usab.com or by following the links on USA Basketball's social media. Boxscores for the tournament have not been available, so we have no real idea how she is doing. Azura Stevens will be on the other team and all accounts suggest that she has been one of the standouts so far. Neither player can be selected to the final team as both schools have trips to Italy.


Love your summaries of international hoops, but I believe Andrew Chrabascz is of Polish extraction(see reference on his basketball playing father Carl from the IndyStar). How does he qualify to play for Armenia as Poland seems to need all the help in can get in men's hoops? Thanks!

(America would have loved Chrabascz. Or at least, this story he tells from his post-basketball career: He was selling mechanical devices, and a nurse recognized his unusual last name. She said it with a perfect Polish accent and then asked, “You know what Chrabascz means?”

“I’m thinking 'Lion King,' something like that,” Chrabascz says. “She says, ‘Little bug.’

“I go, ‘Is it a scary little bug? Does it have at least pinchers or anything?’ Nope. Chrabascz means ‘little bug.’”)

I am going to assume that Armenia did not field an illegal lineup (one naturalized player allowed, Boatright in this case) so I think we can go with the Armenian side being his mother's? I can't figure out AJ Hess's connection either, which I assume is also on the mother's side. Their youth teams have an increasing number of Armenian-American players, often with only one parent with ties to Armenia, so I think we will be seeing an increase in players suiting up without traditional Armenian names. Bryce Douvier was apparently born in Austria while his father was playing there so that's why he's playing for their team.

Poland needs help? But, they have Olek!

Spanarkel
08-04-2017, 11:25 AM
Rebecca Greenwell's training camp team will be playing in the gold medal scrimmage at around 11:40am ET on Friday and can be seen on usab.com or by following the links on USA Basketball's social media. Boxscores for the tournament have not been available, so we have no real idea how she is doing. Azura Stevens will be on the other team and all accounts suggest that she has been one of the standouts so far. Neither player can be selected to the final team as both schools have trips to Italy.



I am going to assume that Armenia did not field an illegal lineup (one naturalized player allowed, Boatright in this case) so I think we can go with the Armenian side being his mother's? I can't figure out AJ Hess's connection either, which I assume is also on the mother's side. Their youth teams have an increasing number of Armenian-American players, often with only one parent with ties to Armenia, so I think we will be seeing an increase in players suiting up without traditional Armenian names. Bryce Douvier was apparently born in Austria while his father was playing there so that's why he's playing for their team.

Poland needs help? But, they have Olek!

Yes, Olek is a solid player, but a country of ~40 million bordering Lithuania should be consistently better at hoops imo.

It appears that Andrew Chrabascz's mother, Mary Alice, was a Murphy(and her mother's maiden name was Schoenrock, which sounds solidly German)! Maybe Armenia is pushing the envelope here.

http://oneillhayes.com/tribute/details/971/Louis-Murphy/obituary.html

awhom111
08-04-2017, 09:27 PM
Rebecca Greenwell's team won the mini-tournament at the USA U23 Training Camp. She will now head back to Duke and join the team ahead of their tour of Italy.

Alex Murphy and Finland started an exhibition tournament in Russia on the day that it was announced that he had signed his first professional contract. He had 4 points in 10 minutes in a 91-75 loss to the hosts. Lauri Markkanen joined the team after finishing his NBA commitments and had 17 points and 9 rebounds. Ex-NBA player Alexey Shved had 16 points and 6 assists in the win.

Olek Czyz and Poland are in Lithuania for an exhibition tournament as they nearly came back to beat the hosts before losing 59-58. Olek played 5 minutes. Naturalized ex-Western Kentucky player A.J. Slaughter had 10 points. In the win, Jonas Valanciunas had 14 points and 13 rebounds as he had no NBA commitments to delay his arrival and 2015 draft pick Arturas Gudaitis had 11 points.


Yes, Olek is a solid player, but a country of ~40 million bordering Lithuania should be consistently better at hoops imo.

It appears that Andrew Chrabascz's mother, Mary Alice, was a Murphy(and her mother's maiden name was Schoenrock, which sounds solidly German)! Maybe Armenia is pushing the envelope here.

http://oneillhayes.com/tribute/details/971/Louis-Murphy/obituary.html

The mystery continues! If one Nigerian-American is basically responsible for finding all of the eligible Nigerian players in the United States, I guess the two of us can investigate Armenia.

awhom111
08-06-2017, 12:24 AM
Olek Czyz and Poland continued their exhibition tournament in Lithuania with an 80-76 win over Latvia. He had 6 points in 14 minutes. A.J. Slaughter had 13 points.

Alex Murphy and Finland lost to Israel 97-92 in the exhibition tournament in Russia. He had 2 points in 5 minutes. Lauri Markkanen had 18 points and 6 rebounds while Gerald Lee had 16 points and Shawn Huff had 10 points. In the win, ex-Wichita State player Gal Mekel had 18 points, naturalized (by marriage) ex-North Carolina State player Richard Howell had 14 points and 8 rebounds, and 2006 draft pick Lior Eliyahu had 12 points, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists.

The European pre-Qualifiers continued.

Armenia put everyone on notice after the second game in Yerevan, beating group favorites Sweden 82-69. Ryan Boatright had 23 points and Andrew Chrabascz had 18 points and 8 rebounds with Luke Fischer, who just finished playing for Wojo at Marquette, adding 17 points and 12 rebounds and Artem Tavakalyan of Delaware State contributing 12 points. Former draft pick Marcus Eriksson ahd 15 points in the loss. The other Group A game saw the phenom Dzanan Musa fire Bosnia and Herzegovina past Slovakia 84-71 with 32 points in 26 minutes in Sarajevo. The old man Radoslav Rancik continued to try to do everything for his team as he had 14 points and 8 rebounds in the loss.
http://www.fiba.com/basketballworldcup/2019/european-pre-qualifiers/0508/Armenia-Sweden#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/basketballworldcup/2019/european-pre-qualifiers/0508/Bosnia-and-Herzegovina-Slovak-Republic#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In Group B, the Netherlands made their debut in Schwechat, beating Austria 79-73 with 17 points from ex-St. Bonaventure player Charlon Kloof. Jakob Poltl led his team again, this time with 25 points, but it was not enough.
http://www.fiba.com/basketballworldcup/2019/european-pre-qualifiers/1608/Austria-Netherlands#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In Group C, Estonia made their debut by coming back to beat Macedonia 80-76 in Skopje. Naturalized ex-Seton Hall player Jordan Theodore had 13 points and 6 rebounds in the loss as they are now in a difficult position to try to qualify.
http://www.fiba.com/basketballworldcup/2019/european-pre-qualifiers/0508/MKD-Estonia#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In Group D, Bulgaria put themselves in prime position to qualify after beating Belarus 78-68 in Botevgrad. Aleksandar Vezenkov had 15 points and 15 rebounds and Dee Bost had 11 points from the naturalized player position. Ex-Wake Forest player Mikita Meshscharakou had 11 points in the loss.
http://www.fiba.com/basketballworldcup/2019/european-pre-qualifiers/0508/Bulgaria-Belarus#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Sunday marks the start of the FIBA Women's AmeriCup. The top three teams will qualify for next summer's World Championship with the United States automatically qualifying and not needing to play this tournament because they won the Gold Medal at the Olympics.

Here are the rosters:

Argentina:
Mara Marchizotti, Bishop's (CIS)
Macarena Rosset, Marghera (Italy)/Velez Sarsfield (Argentina)
Macarena Durso, Berazategui (Argentina)
Andrea Boquete, Estrella de Berisso (Argentina)
Celia Fiorotto, Berazategui (Argentina)
Agostina Burani, Roannais (France)/Lanus (Argentina)
Melisa Gretter, Corinthians (Brazil)/Union Florida (Argentina)
Ornella Santana, Estrella de Berisso (Argentina)
Debora Gonzalez, Napoli (Italy)/Lanus (Argentina)
Sofia Aispurua, Obras (Argentina)
Julia Armesto, Lanus (Argentina)
Natacha Perez, Lanus (Argentina)

Brazil:
Isabela Lyra Macedo, Zamarat (Spain)
Barbara Generoso, Corinthians (Brazil)
Joice Rodrigues, America (Brazil)
Patricia Teixeira, Sampaio (Brazil)/Sao Jose (Brazil)
Jacqueline Silvestre, Santo Andre (Brazil)
Tatiane Pacheco, America (Brazil)
Soeli Garvao, Corinthians (Brazil)
Kelly Santos, America (Brazil), WNBA (2001-2002, 2008)
Leticia Rodrigues, Sampaio (Brazil)
Izabella Nicoletti, Neuse Baptist Christian (NC), Committed to Florida State
Gilmara Justino, America (Brazil)
Raphaella Monteiro, America (Brazil)

Colombia:
Maria Tapias, George Washington
Diana Prens, Antioquia (Colombia)
Maria Delgado, Northeastern Oklahoma A&M (JC) and signed with Louisiana Tech
Mayra Caicedo, Valle (Colombia)
Manuela Rios, Antioquia (Colombia)
Maria Palacio, Valle (Colombia)
Mabel Martinez, Valle (Colombia)
Catalina Vente, Valle (Colombia)
Jenifer Munoz, Pabor (Colombia)
Libia De La Rosa, Pabor (Colombia)
Tathiana Mosquera, Alcobendas (Spain)
Luz Asprilla, Universidad de las Americas Puebla (Mexico)

Venezuela:
Thalia Garcia, Huila (Colombia)
Yosimar Corrales, Real (Peru)
Ivaney Marquez, Real (Peru), University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma (NAIA)
Daniela Wallen, Oklahoma City (NAIA)/Sol de America (Paraguay)
Luisana Ortega, Cangrejeras de Monagas (Venezuela)
Mariana Duran, Oklahoma City (NAIA)
Sharol Renault, Bucaneras de la Guaira (Venezuela)
Marielka Garate, Santa Ursula (Peru)
Waleska Perez, Cundinamarca (Colombia), Weatherford (JC)
Siuly Marcano, Cangrejeras de Monagas (Veneuela)/Jockey (Peru)
Odela Betancourt, Anzoategui (Venezuela)

US Virgin Islands:
Tanecka Carey, no club, Southern Miss
Kadesha Barry, Southern
Natalie Day, Limoges (France), Portland
Raemiesha Claxton, no club, Panola (JC)
Lanese Bough, Manati Athenians (Puerto Rico), Omaha
Victoria Hamilton, no club, Radford
I'tiana Taylor, East Carolina (volleyball last season after basketball eligibility expired)
Imani Tate, Albany
Taylor Jones, Oakland
Anisha George, Moberly (JC)

Canada:
Miah-Marie Langlois, Enisey Krasnoyarsk (Russia)
Kia Nurse, Connecticut
Laura Dally, Rotenburg (Germany)
Sami Hill, Virginia Tech
Bridget Carleton, Iowa State
Miranda Ayim, Landes (France), Pepperdine and WNBA (2011)
Nirra Fields, Edremit (Turkey), UCLA and WNBA (2016)
Jamie Weisner, Flying Foxes (Austria), Oregon State and WNBA (2016)
Shay Colley, Michigan State
Katherine Plouffe, Nantes (France), Marquette
Michelle Plouffe, Mondeville (France), Utah
Ruth Hamblin, Perth Lynx (Australia)/Dallas Wings, Oregon State

Cuba:
Fransy Ochoa, Santi Espiritu (Cuba)
Ineidis Casavnova, Obras (Argentina)
Anisleidy Galindo, Pinar del Rio (Cuba)
Lisdeyvi Martinez, Habana (Cuba)
Arlenys Romero, Santa Tecla (El Salvador)
Elianis Armentero, Habana (Cuba)
Anay Garcia, Pinar del Rio (Cuba)
Marlen Cepeda, Santi Espiritu (Cuba)
Yuniesky Bouly, Guantanamo (Cuba)
Edith Thompson, Habana (Cuba)
Leidys Oquendo, Camaguey (Cuba)
Dairis Tornell, Habana (Cuba)

Mexico:
Bianca Torre, no club, UTRGV
Jackie Luna-Castro, Kouvot (Finland)/Logan Thunder (Australia), College of Charleston
Gladiana Avila, Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (Mexico)
Ingrid Martinez, Universidad Popular Autonoma del Estado de Puebla (Mexico)
Claudia Ramos, Cal State Northridge
Brisa Silva, Elephant Girls (Nigeria), Oklahoma State
Carmen Saad, Al Riyadi (Lebanon)
Daniela Pardo, Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (Mexico)
Laura Nunez, Universidad Popular Autonoma del Estado de Puebla (Mexico)
Myriam Lara, Centro de Ensenanza Tecnica y Superior (Mexico)
Sandra Vargas, Universidad Popular Autonoma del Estado de Puebla (Mexico)
Maria Orozco, Guanajato Mieleras (Mexico), Buffalo

Paraguay:
Maria Mercado, Ciclista Olimpico (Argentina)/Sol de America (Paraguay)
Marta Peralta, Sol de America (Paraguay)
Ilda Pena, Olimpia Asuncion (Paraguay)
Paola Ferrari, Gipuzkoa (Spain)/Olimpia Asuncion (Paraguay), Union (DII)
Astrid Huttemann, Sol de America (Paraguay), Union (DII)
Claudia Aponte, Ibaizabal (Spain)/Olimpia Asuncion (Paraguay)
Natalia Quevedo, Olimpia Asuncion (Paraguay)
Melina Perez, Olimpia Asuncion (Paraguay)
Tamara Insfran, Sol de America (Paraguay), Cumberland (NAIA)
Maria Caraves, Sol de America (Paraguay)
Andrea Gomez, Sol de America (Paraguay)
Rocio Insfran, Sol de America (Paraguay)

Puerto Rico:
Tayra Melendez, Aguada Santeras (Puerto Rico), Rhode Island
Ashley Santos, Louisiana Tech
Pamela Rosado, Morovis Mountaineers (Puerto Rico)
Angelica Bermudez, Manati Athenians (Puerto Rico)/Politehnica Iasi (Romania), Kean (DIII)
Ali Gibson, Aguada Santeras (Puerto Rico), Oregon State
Paola Crespo, Pontifical Catholic University (Puerto Rico)
Michelle Gonzalez, Santurce Crabbers (Puerto Rico), FIU
Dayshalee Salaman, Santurce Crabbers (Puerto Rico), Lincoln Memorial (DII)
Mari Placido, Santurce Crabbers (Puerto Rico)
Ashley Perez, no club, James Madison
Yolanda Jones, Carolina Giants (Puerto Rico), Louisiana-Lafayette
Isalys Quinones, Dartmouth

awhom111
08-07-2017, 12:04 AM
The European U18 Tournaments concluded on Sunday. These are not qualifying tournaments, but only teams that end up in Division A this year have the chance to qualify for the 2019 U19 World Championship as that qualifying tournament will be next year. Slovakia hosted the championship in Bratislava and Piestany. A very competitive set of medal round games saw Serbia beat Spain 74-62 for the final. Latvia has been selected to host next year, which is unusually early, leading to the unusual situation where they could not get relegated. This became a big deal since they tanked the knockout rounds after falling out of championship contention. The hosts lost on Saturday, which sealed their relegation and then Slovenia lost to Montenegro 73-63 to join them.
Final Standings:
Serbia
Spain
Lithuania
Turkey
Italy
France
Greece
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Russia
Finland
Germany
Ukraine
Montenegro
Slovenia
Slovakia
Latvia

Division B was held in Tallinn in Estonia as Croatia beat Great Britain 90-84 in overtime to win the title. Both teams had already secured promotion on Saturday. The third place game ended up being meaningless due to Latvia's loss on Saturday, which at least meant that the teams knew ahead of time the promotion was not possible.
Standings:
Croatia
Great Britain
Estonia
Israel
Poland
Netherlands
Bulgaria
Denmark
Belgium
Iceland
Portugal
Hungary
Czech Republic
Sweden
Romania
Macedonia
Austria
Georgia
Switzerland
Belarus
Albania
Azerbaijan
Luxembourg
Ireland

The first day of the the FIBA Women's AmeriCup was today and I wrote about in detail here:
http://www.womensbasketball247.com/2017/08/americup-day-1-august-6th/

awhom111
08-08-2017, 12:13 AM
Eric Boateng and Great Britain started their EuroBasket preparations with an exhibition tournament in Greece, beating Ukraine 86-64. He had 10 points and 7 rebounds in 16 minutes. Ex-Iowa player Gabe Olaseni had 16 points and ex-Rider player Teddy Okereafor had 11 points and 7 assists

You can read my recap of today's FIBA Women's AmeriCup action here:
http://www.womensbasketball247.com/2017/08/americup-day-2-august-7th/

awhom111
08-09-2017, 12:08 AM
Eric Boateng and Great Britain faced the hosts in their exhibition tournament in Greece, losing 92-64. He had 2 points in 2 minutes Gabe Olaseni had 13 points and 8 rebounds and Kavell Bigby-Williams, who is transferring from Oregon to LSU, had 11 points. In the win, Georgios Printezis, whose draft rights have a more liquid market than US Treasuries, had 12 points and 2015 draft pick Dimitrios Agravanis had 10 points.

My recap of the day's FIBA Women's AmeriCup can be found here:
http://www.womensbasketball247.com/2017/08/americup-day-3-august-8th/

The first FIBA Asia Cup with Oceania teams joining started on Tuesday in Beirut with two of the four groups playing.

One Oceania team opened play as Group C tipped off with New Zealand beating Kazakhstan 70-49. In the win, ex-DII player Finn Delany had 15 points and 10 rebounds and ex-DII player Jordan Ngatai had 10 points. Hosts Lebanon got a scare from South Korea, but held on to a 72-66 win. Ex-DII player Ali Haidar had 16 points as he was helped by both the old and new in Lebanese basketball with Fadi El Khatib and Wael Arakji.
http://www.fiba.com/asiacup/2017/0808/Kazakhstan-New-Zealand#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/asiacup/2017/0808/Lebanon-Korea#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The other Oceania team started Group D as Australia beat Japan 84-68. In the win, ex-NAIA player Cameron Gliddon had 13 points and 6 rebounds, ex-St. Mary's player Matthew Hodgson had 11 points and 12 rebounds, and ex-St. Mary's player Daniel Kickert had 11 points. In the loss, Yuki Togashi, who tried his hand in the D-League, had 12 points and naturalized ex-Gonzaga player Ira Brown had 11 points. Hong Kong had Taiwan on the ropes for a while, but ex-JC player Chou Yi-Hsiang helped fuel a second half rally with 22 points to get them the 77-62 win.
http://www.fiba.com/asiacup/2017/0808/Japan-Australia#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/asiacup/2017/0808/Hong-Kong-Chinese-Taipei#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Here are the rosters for the two groups that started today with the rest coming tomorrow:

Kazakhstan:
Denis Degtyarev, Astana (Kazakhstan)
Azim Yagodkin, Kaspiy Aktay (Kazakhstan)
Pavel Ilin, Barsy Atyrau (Kazakhstan)
Rustam Murzagaliyev, Astana (Kazakhstan)
Nikolay Bazhkin, Barsy Atyrau (Kazakhstan)
Vassiliy Savchenko, Barsy Atyrau (Kazakhstan)
Anton Ponomarev, Astana (Kazakhstan)
Rustam Yargaliyev, Astana (Kazakhstan)
Alexandr Zhigulin, Astana (Kazakhstan)
Roman Marchuk, Kaspiy Aktay (Kazakhstan)
Maxim Marchuk, Astana (Kazakhstan)
Mikhail Yestigneyev, Barsy Atyrau (Kazakhstan)

Lebanon:
Nadim Souaid, Homenetmen (Lebanon)
Jean Abdel Nour, Al Riyadi (Lebanon)
Amir Saoud, Al Riyadi (Lebanon)
Wael Arakji, Al Riyadi (Lebanon)
Elie Rustom, Moutahed Tripoli (Lebanon)
Charles Tabet, Moutahed Tripoli (Lebanon), South Alabama
Ali Haidar, Al Riyadi (Lebanon), Michigan Tech (DII)
Joseph Chartouny, Fordham
Bassel Bawji, Champville (Lebanon), Tulsa
Norvelle Pelle, Varese (Italy), Iona
Fadi El Khatib, Homenetmen (Lebanon)
Ali Mezher, Hoops (Lebanon)

New Zealand:
Reuben Te Rangi, Brisbane Bullets (Australia)/Southland Sharks (New Zealand)
Luke Aston, Southland Sharks (New Zealand), BYU-Hawaii (DII)
Isaac Letoa, Wellington Saints (New Zealand), Committed to Dartmouth
Finn Delany, New Zealand Breakers (Australia)/Nelson Giants (New Zealand), Southwest Baptist (DII)
Derone Raukawa, New Zealand Breakers (Australia)/Southland Sharks (New Zealand)
James Hunter, Southland Sharks (New Zealand), South Dakota
Dyson King-Hawea, Nunawading Spectres (Australia)
Tohi Smith-Milner, Melbourne United (Australia)/Canterbury Rams (New Zealand)/Frankston Blues (Australia), Polk State (JC)
Jordan Ngatai, New Zealand Breakers (Australia)/Wellington Saints (New Zealand), BYU-Hawaii (DII)
Ethan Rusbatch, New Zealand Breakers (Australia)/Canterbury Rams (New Zealand), Lincoln Trail (JC)
Sam Timmins, Washington
Shea Ili, New Zealand Breakers (Australia)/Wellington Saints (New Zealand)

South Korea:
Park Chan-Hee, Incheon (South Korea)
Choi Joon-Young, Seoul (South Korea)
Lee Jung-Hyun, Anyang (South Korea)
Heo Ung, Wonju (South Korea)
Kim Sun-Hyung, Seoul (South Korea)
Lim Dong-Seop, Suwon (South Korea)
Kim Jong-Kyu, Changwon (South Korea)
Jeon Jun-Beom, Ulsan (South Korea)
Yang Hong-Seok, Chung Ang University (South Korea)
Lee Jong-Hyun, Ulsan (South Korea)
Lee Seung-Hyun, Goyang (South Korea)
Oh Se-Keun, Anyang (South Korea)

Australia:
Cameron Gliddon, Cairns Taipans (Australia)/Avtodor Saratov (Russia), Concordia (NAIA)
Jason Cadee, Sydney Kings (Australia)/Kymis (Greece)
Mitchell Norton, Illawarra Hawks (Australia)/Southland Sharks (New Zealand)
Mitchell Creek, Adelaide 36ers (Australia)
Brad Newley, Sydney Kings (Australia)/AEK Athens (Greece), Drafted 54th in 2007 by Houston Rockets with rights traded to Los Angeles Lakers
Mitchell McCarron, Cairns Taipans (Australia)/Super City Rangers (New Zealand), Metro State (DII)
Todd Blanchfield, Melbourne United (Australia)/Townsville Heat (Australia)
Nicholas Kay, Illawarra Hawks (Australia)/Southland Sharks (New Zealand), Metro State (DII)
Daniel Kickert, Brisbane Bullets (Australia)/South West Metro Pirates (Australia), St. Mary's
David Andersen, Melbourne United (Australia)/Lyon-Villeurbanne (France), NBA (2009-2011)
Angus Brandt, Perth Wildcats (Australia), Oregon State
Matthew Hodgson, Adelaide 36ers (Australia)/Knox Raiders (Australia), St. Mary's

Hong Kong (family name first where applicable):
Ko Wing Sang, Eagle (Hong Kong)
Lo Yi Ting, South China (Hong Kong)
Auyeung Wai Kong, Fukien (Hong Kong)
Lee Ki, Hong Kong (ASEAN)/Eastern (Hong Kong)
Chan Siu Wing, Hong Kong (ASEAN)/Eastern (Hong Kong)
Adam Xu, Win Ling (Hong Kong), NYU (DIII)
Lin Ho Chun, South China (Hong Kong)
Wong Yau Tin, Fukien (Hong Kong)
Fong Shing Yee, Hong Kong (ASEAN)/Eastern (Hong Kong)
Wong Chun Wai, Win Ling (Hong Kong)
Duncan Reid, South China (Hong Kong)
Chow Ka Kui, Fukien (Hong Kong)

Japan:
Ryoma Hashimoto, Seahorses (Japan)
Yuki Togashi, Jets (Japan), G League
Makoto Hiejima, Seahorses (Japan)
Ryusei Shinoyama, Brave Thunders (Japan)
Atsuya Ota, Neo-Phoenix (Japan)
Kosuke Takeuchi, Brex (Japan)
Yudai Baba, University of Tsukuba (Japan)
Daiki Tanaka, Alvark (Japan)
Takatoshi Furukawa, Brex (Japan)
Ryumo Ono, Jets (Japan)
Ira Brown, Sun Rockers (Japan), Gonzaga
Tenketsu Harimoto, Diamond Dolphins (Japan)

Taiwan (family name first where applicable):
Lin Chih-Wei, Bank of Taiwan (Taiwan)
Liu Cheng, Guangsha (China)
Chou Yi-Hsiang, Dacin Tigers (Taiwan), Salt Lake (JC)
Yu Huan-Ya, Taiwan Beer (Taiwan)
Chou Po-Chen, Yulon Luxgen (Taiwan)
Kevin Hu, Fujian (China), Chaminade (DII)
Lu Cheng-Ju, Yulon Luxgen (Taiwan)
Chiang Yu-An, Taiwan Beer (Taiwan)
Chou Po-Hsun, Taiwan Beer (Taiwan)
Chieng Li-Huan, Bank of Taiwan (Taiwan)
Wu Hung-Hsing, Pauian (Taiwan), BYU-Hawaii (DII)
Wu Tai-Hao, Pauian (Taiwan)

awhom111
08-10-2017, 12:04 AM
It was another day of European pre-Qualifiers on Wednesday as we have hit the halfway mark.

Slovakia sprung a surprise in Group A with a 68-59 win over Sweden in Bratislava. Old man Radoslav Rancik had another 15 points and 15 rebounds, getting help from naturalized ex-Winthrop player Andre Jones, who had 15 points and 6 rebounds. Dzanan Musa put on another clinic in Sarajevo, helping Bosnia and Herzegovina hand Armenia their first loss 98-85. Naturalized player Ryan Boatright had 30 points, 7 rebounds, and 8 assists while Luke Fischer had 11 points and Andrew Chrabascz had 10 points and 7 rebounds to represent Big East rookies.
http://www.fiba.com/basketballworldcup/2019/european-pre-qualifiers/0908/Slovak-Republic-Sweden#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/basketballworldcup/2019/european-pre-qualifiers/0908/Bosnia-and-Herzegovina-Armenia#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: Bosnia and Herzegovina 2-1, Armenia 2-1, Sweden 1-2, Slovakia 1-2

It took a while for the Netherlands to get the lead on Albania in Amsterdam, but they got the 91-77 win to remain in pole position in the group. In the win, Jessey Voorn, who spent time in high school in Georgia had 20 points and 2009 draft pick Henk Norel had 13 points.
http://www.fiba.com/basketballworldcup/2019/european-pre-qualifiers/1908/Netherlands-Albania#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: Netherlands 2-0, Austria 1-1, Albania 0-2

In Group C, Estonia got to play in Tallinn for the first time and put themselves in excellent position to qualify after beating Kosovo 76-50. Albania got good games from Gert Shima and Franko Bushati, but they were also helped by 15 points from naturalized ex-Oregon player Mike Moser.
http://www.fiba.com/basketballworldcup/2019/european-pre-qualifiers/0908/Estonia-Kosovo#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: Estonia 2-0 Kosovo 1-1, Macedonia 0-2

In Group D, Belarus fended off Portugal 78-75 in Minsk as both teams could be fighting for the last spot from this group. In the win, ex-Radford player Artsiom Parakhouski had 16 points and 9 rebounds.
http://www.fiba.com/basketballworldcup/2019/european-pre-qualifiers/0908/Belarus-Portugal#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: Bulgaria 2-0, Belarus 1-1. Portugal 0-2

My recap of the day's FIBA Women's AmeriCup can be found here:
http://www.womensbasketball247.com/2017/08/americup-day-4-august-9th/

The second day in Beirut started in Group B, where the Philippines started well to beat China 96-87. The dynamic Terrence Romeo took command of their excellent point guard pairing and poured in 26 points while ex-Hawaii player Christian Stanhardinger, who they just flipped from his father's Germany to his mother's country, had 15 points and 6 rebounds, and ex-St. Bonaventure player Matthew Wright, whose participation is sometimes held up being infernal internal politics, had 12 points. Iraq beat Abdulrahman Saad and Qatar 75-66 as they had an advantage by being able to call on naturalized ex-Texas Southern player Kevin Galloway, who had 16 points and 8 rebounds.
http://www.fiba.com/asiacup/2017/0908/China-Philippines#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/asiacup/2017/0908/Iraq-Qatar#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Group A started with a result of surprising magnitude as India had thought that this was one of their stronger teams ever before Iran stormed out of the gates and ran away with a 101-54 win. Veteran ex-NBA player Hamed Haddadi had 20 points and 8 assists while the new star, ex-Oregon player Arsalan Kazemi had 10 points and 10 rebounds. The day ended with a good game as Jordan held off Tarek Aljabi and Syria 68-66 after being unable to roster their naturalized player.
http://www.fiba.com/asiacup/2017/0908/Iran-India#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/asiacup/2017/0908/Jordan-Syria#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Here are the rosters for the two groups that started today:

India:
Aravind Annadurai, India Overseas Bank (India)
Anil Kumar, Vijaya Bank Bangalore (India)
Rajvir Singh, Punjab Steelers (India)
Vishesh Bhriguvanshi, Bengalaru Beast (India)
Amritpal Singh, Pune Peshwas (India)
Rikin Pethani, Chennai Slam (India)
Amjyot Singh, Delhi Capitals (India)
Baladhaneshwar Poiyamozhi, India Overseas Bank (India)
Prasanna Sivakumar, Mumbai Challengers (India)
Satnam Singh, G League
Muin Bek Hafeez, India Overseas Bank (India)
Talwinderjit Singh, no club

Iran:
Meisam Mirzaei, Naft Abadan (Iran)
Sajjad Mashayekhi, Naft Abadan (Iran)
Farid Aslani, Naft Abadan (Iran)
Navid Rezaeifar, Mahram (Iran)
Behnam Yakhchali, Petrochimi (Iran)
Vahid Dalirzahan, Niroo Zamini (Iran)
Seyed Niktash, London Lions (Great Britain)
Oshin Sahakian, Petrochimi (Iran)
Rouzbeh Arghavan, Petrochimi (Iran)
Mohammed Jamshidi, Petrochimi (Iran)
Arsalan Kazemi, Niroo Zamini (Iran), Oregon and drafted 54th in 2013 by Washington Wizards before rights were traded to Philadelphia 76ers
Hamed Haddadi, Sichuan (China)/Petrochimi (Iran), NBA (2008-2013)

Jordan:
Mahmoud Abdeen, Al Awdeh (Jordan)
Amin Abu-Hawwas, Al-Riyadi (Jordan), Mars Hill (DII)
Sami Bzai, club unknown, Southeastern Oklahoma State (DII)
Ahmed Al-Hamarsheh, Al-Riyadi (Jordan)
Sinan Eid, Aydin (Turkey)
Yousef Abu-Wazneh, Al-Riyadi (Jordan)
Mohammad Hussein, FUS Rabat (Morocco)
Ahmad Obeid, Al-Riyadi (Jordan)
Malek Kanaan, Orthodox (Jordan), West Valley (JC)
Mousa Al-Awadi, Al-Riyadi (Jordan)
Ali Zaghab, Al-Riiyadi (Jordan)

Syria (current club information not available for Syria-based players):
William Alhaddad
Sharif Alosh
Micheal Madanly, TNT KaTropa (Philippines)
Khalel Khori
Al Hakam Abd Allah
Tarek Aljabi
Anthony Bakar
Jamil Saddir
Omar Cheikh Ali
Abdulhwahab Alhamwi
Ivan Todorovic, L'Hospitalet (Spain)
Hani Adribe

China (family names first):
Liu Xiaoyu, Shanghai (China)
Guo Ailun, Liaoning (China)
Gu Quan, Shenzhen (China)
Zhou Peng, Guangdong (China)
Li Gen, Xinjiang (China)
Li Muhao, Shenzhen (China)
Yu Dehao, Shenzhen (China)
Ren Junfei, Guangdong (China)
Hu Jinqiu, Guangsha (China)
Zeng Lingxu, Shanxi (China)
Wu Qian, Zhejiang (China)
Han Dejun, Liaoning (China)

Iraq:
Karrar Hamzah, Al Kahraba (Iraq)
Ali Aljuboori, Al Mina (Iraq)
Hassan Abdullah, Al Kahraba (Iraq)
Omar Alazawi, Al Karkh (Iraq)
Kevin Galloway, Homenetmen (Lebanon), Texas Southern
Ali Hamad, Al Nift (Iraq)
Nawres Dhafar, Al Shorta (Iraq)
Hussein Talib, Nift Al Janoub (Iraq)
Ali Hameed, Al Mina (Iraq)
Hussein Hasan Algburi, Al Shorta (Iraq)
Mohammed Alkhafaji, Al Shorta (Iraq)
Ali Ismael, Al Shorta (Iraq)

Philippines:
Terrence Romeo, GlobalPort Batang Pier (Philippines)
Carl Bryan Cruz, Alaska Aces (Philippines)
Gabe Norwood, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (Philippines), George Mason
Jio Jalalon, Star Hotshots (Philippines)
Jayson Castro, TNT KaTropa (Philippines)
Calvin Abueva, Alaska Aces (Philippines)
June Mar Fajardo, San Miguel Beermen (Philippines)
Roger Pogoy, TNT KaTropa (Philippines)
Raymond Almazan, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (Philippines)
Japeth Aguilar, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel (Philippines), Western Kentucky
Christian Stanhardinger, Vechta (Germany), Hawaii
Matthew Wright, Phoenix Fuel Masters (Philippines), St. Bonaventure

Qatar:
Abdulrahman Saad, Al Gharafa (Qatar)
Ahmad Al-Darwish, Al Wakrah (Qatar)
Mansour Elhadary, El Jeish (Qatar)
Mohd Hassan Mohamed, Al Rayyan (Qatar)
Adulrahman Al-Muftah, Al Ahli (Qatar)
Ali Saeed Erfan, El Jeish (Qatar)
Yehia Abdelhaleem, Al Rayyan (Qatar)
Mohd Yousef Mohmmed, El Jeish (Qatar)
Omer Salem, Al Gharafa (Qatar)
Mohamed Abdelkawy, Al Rayyan (Qatar)
Nasser Al-Reyes, CIT (DIII)

mattman91
08-10-2017, 01:27 PM
So....is Vrank back in Durham now? Will he make the DR trip?

awhom111
08-11-2017, 12:04 AM
Alex Murphy and Finland have been in Italy for an exhibition tournament. Yesterday they lost to the hosts 78-64 as he had 2 points in 13 minutes. Shawn Huff had 13 points and Lauri Markkanen had 12 points. Marco Belinelli had 15 points in the win as Italy will have to deal with several absences.

Here is my recap of the day's FIBA Women's AmeriCup action:
http://www.womensbasketball247.com/2017/08/americup-day-5-august-10th/

The semifinals on Saturday will determine the first two World Championship qualifiers as Canada will play Brazil and Argentina will play Puerto Rico.

In Asia, the day started in Group D, where Japan beat Taiwan 87-49. Ex-JC player Chou Yi-Hsiang had 15 points. Australia had no issues taking care of Hong Kong 99-58. In the win, ex-NAIA player Cameron Gliddon had 12 points, ex-St. Mary's player Daniel Kickert had 11 points, and ex-DII player Mitchell McCarron had 10 points.
http://www.fiba.com/asiacup/2017/1008/Chinese-Taipei-Japan#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/asiacup/2017/1008/Australia-Hong-Kong#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In Group C, South Korea dismantled lackluster Kazakhstan 116-55. New Zealand fended off Lebanon 86-82 in front of a raucous crowd. Shea Ili led the way in the win while ex-JC player Tohi Smith-Milner, who never made it academically to claim one of his DI offers, had 15 points and 6 rebounds and Sam Timmins of Washington had 13 points and 8 rebounds. Fadi El Khatib will at least get to wind down his international career at home as he had 33 points, 11 rebounds, and 8 assists, ex-DII player Ali Haidar had 20 points, ex-Tulsa player Bassel Bawji had 12 points, and naturalized ex-Iona player Norvel Pelle got in better rhythm with 11 points.
http://www.fiba.com/asiacup/2017/1008/Korea-Kazakhstan#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/asiacup/2017/1008/New-Zealand-Lebanon#|tab=boxscore_statistics


So...is Vrank back in Durham now? Will he make the DR trip?

Not that it matters now, but I believe he left Croatia shortly after they returned from China.

Spanarkel
08-11-2017, 07:37 AM
So...is Vrank back in Durham now? Will he make the DR trip?

Vrank at practice(apparently on 8/10)!

https://twitter.com/DukeMBB?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ct wgr%5Eauthor

awhom111
08-11-2017, 09:33 PM
Alex Murphy and Finland had another exhibition against Italy, losing 75-70. He had 6 points in 12 minutes. Lauri Markkanen had 19 points and 7 rebounds. In the win, Marco Belinelli and the other player with NBA experience Luigi Datome had 14 points.

Olek Czyz will definitely not be participating in EuroBasket. Poland announced that it was mutually decided that he would focus on continuing to rehab from the injury that ended his club season so that he can be fully healthy for the upcoming season.

Group B started the day in Asia. China bounced back with a 92-67 win over Qatar thanks to 30 points from Guo Ailun. The Philippines had a sluggish start against Iraq but started the second half well to win 84-68 with 16 points from ex-Hawaii player Christian Stanhardinger. Naturalized player Kevin Galloway had 23 points, 14 rebounds, and 6 assists in the loss.
http://www.fiba.basketball/asiacup/2017/1108/Qatar-China#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/asiacup/2017/1108/Philippines-Iraq#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Mousa Alawadi had 22 points and Jordan beat India 61-54 in Group A. Micheal Madanly, another legend of the game in Asia, had 22 points for Syria, but Behnam Yakhchali had 25 points and Hamed Haddadi had 12 points, 13 rebounds, and 9 assists for Iran in their 87-63 win.
http://www.fiba.basketball/asiacup/2017/1108/India-Jordan#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/asiacup/2017/1108/Syria-Iran#|tab=boxscore_statistics

awhom111
08-13-2017, 12:14 AM
Alex Murphy and Finland beat Turkey 93-88 in their exhibition tournament in Italy. He had 9 points in 15 minutes. His brother Erik had 15 points, their naturalized player Jamar Wilson had 12 points and Lauri Markkanen had 10 points. In the loss, incoming NBA player Cedi Osman had 19 points, naturalized ex-Troy player Bobby Dixon, who is also known by his Turkish name Ali Muhammed, had 18 points and 11 assists, and ex-NBA player Semih Erden had 16 points.

My recap of the day's FIBA Women's AmeriCup action can be found here:
http://www.womensbasketball247.com/2017/08/americup-semifinals-august-12th/

Canada and Argentina qualified for the World Championship and Brazil and Puerto Rico will face off for the last spot.

The day in Asia started with the Group D games. Japan took care of business against Lee Ki and Hong Kong, getting 11 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists from naturalized player Ira Brown in a 92-59 win. Australia confirmed their place at the top of the group to get the direct spot in the quarterfinals, beating Taiwan 90-50. Mitchell Creek had 22 points, ex-Oregon State player Angus Brandt had 12 points and 7 rebounds, and ex-DII player Mitchell McCarron had 11 points and 8 rebounds. Ex-JC player Chou Yi-Hsiang had 12 points in the loss.
http://www.fiba.basketball/asiacup/2017/1208/Japan-Hong-Kong#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/asiacup/2017/1208/Chinese-Taipei-Australia#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: Australia 3-0, Japan 2-1, Taiwan 1-2, Hong Kong 0-3

Group C had an interesting first game as New Zealand took the lead, which would mean it won the group undefeated, but a collapse late gave South Korea the lead, but they were not able to get one bigger than 76-75 to flip the tiebreakers, much to the annoyance of the home fans. Ex-DII player Finn Delany had 14 points and 8 rebounds, Sam Timmins of Washington had 12 points and 6 rebounds, and ex-JC player Tohi Smith-Milner had 10 points. Lebanon took out some frustrations on Rustam Yargaliyev and disappointing Kazakhstan 96-74, but had to settle for second place, meaning an extra game. Wael Arajki had 20 points as he continues to get the baton passed to him by Fadi El Khatib, who had 18 points.
http://www.fiba.basketball/asiacup/2017/1208/Korea-New-Zealand#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/asiacup/2017/1208/Kazakhstan-Lebanon#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: New Zealand 2-1, Lebanon 2-1, South Korea 2-1, Kazakhstan 0-3

European pre-Qualifiers continued with teams starting to clinch spots in the main draw. None of the teams in Group A could advance yet, but Armenia took care of business in Bratislava with a 92-78 win over Slovakia. The usual cast of characters led the way as Ryan Boatright had 22 points, Luke Fischer had 16 points and 8 rebounds, AJ Hess had 16 points, and Arkadiy Mkrtychyan had 15 points. In the loss, Michal Batka had 23 points and ex-Loyola Marymount and JC player Simon Krajcovic had 13 points. Thomas Massamba and Sweden are kicking themselves even more for their last loss after getting an 88-72 win in Zenica to get closer to Bosnia and Herzegovina in the standings. Marcus Eriksson added 15 points. Dzanan Musa was limited to 12 points.
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/european-pre-qualifiers/1208/Slovak-Republic-Armenia#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/european-pre-qualifiers/1208/Bosnia-and-Herzegovina-Sweden#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In Group B, Austria's easy 97-63 win over Albania in Schwechat led to both them and the Netherlands advancing. Their longer-standing star Rasid Masalbasic had 25 points, 9 rebounds, and 6 assists as Jakob Poltl added 18 points and 6 rebounds. Albania's naturalized player Mike Moser had 20 points in the loss.
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/european-pre-qualifiers/1208/Austria-Albania#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In Group C, Macedonia avoided elimination by beating Kosovo 87-74 in Skopje thanks to 24 points and 9 rebounds from naturalized player Jordan Theodore. Naturalized ex-Weber State player Scott Bamforth had 15 points and 6 assists in the loss.
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/european-pre-qualifiers/1208/MKD-Kosovo#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In Group D, Bulgaria advanced by beating Portugal 91-65 in Botevgrad. The other spot in the group is yet to be decided. Draft pick Aleksandar Vezenkov had 21 points and 8 rebounds and naturalized player Dee Bost had 15 points and 7 assists.
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/european-pre-qualifiers/1208/Bulgaria-Portugal#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The U16 Women's African Championship ended on Saturday in Beira, Mozambique. Unfortunately, funding issues have really impacted the number of federations that can field boys and girls teams for these youth championships, so only five teams participated. Mali beat Angola 68-29 to win the title. Both teams had important games the day before to qualify for next year's U17 World Championship as Angola beat Egypt 59-42 and Mali beat Mozambique 63-39.
Final Standings:
Mali
Angola
Egypt
Mozambique
Zimbabwe

More qualifiers for the tournament were determined in Bourges in the U16 Women's European Championships. Hosts France beat Hungary 63-55 for the title. Italy and Latvia had already clinched spots in the U17 World Championship with quarterfinal wins while Spain beat Germany 54-49 to claim the last spot. Belarus and Romania were relegated after Friday losses, but Belarus will host the World Championship so they automatically qualify. Lithuania was also relegated due to a 67-59 loss to the Netherlands.
Final Standings:
France
Hungary
Italy
Latvia
Spain
Germany
Russia
Poland
Czech Republic
Croatia
Turkey
Serbia
Netherlands
Lithuania
Belarus
Romania

awhom111
08-14-2017, 12:06 AM
Eric Boateng did not play in Great Britain's 78-69 exhibition loss to Israel.

Here is my recap of the last day of the FIBA Women's AmeriCup:
http://www.womensbasketball247.com/2017/08/americup-finals-august-13th/

Puerto Rico won the all important bronze medal game to qualify for the World Championship, leaving Brazil rather disappointed.

The last day of group play in Asia started in Group B with China coming back to beat Omar Alawazi and Iraq 61-60 but could have played themselves into a tougher part of the bracket. Philippines stayed undefeated against already eliminated Qatar, winning 80-74. Ex-St. Bonaventure player Matthew Wright had 25 points and ex-George Mason player Gabe Norwood had 10 points and 7 rebounds.
http://www.fiba.basketball/asiacup/2017/1308/Iraq-China#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/asiacup/2017/1308/Philippines-Qatar#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: Philippines 3-0, China 2-1, Iraq 1-2, Qatar 0-3

In Group A, the first game would determine the group winner, who would also get a bye to the quarterfinals. Iran beat Jordan 83-71 as Behnam Yakhchali had 20 points and 10 rebounds with Hamed Haddadi adding 17 points, 7 rebounds, and 9 assists and Arsalan Kazemi providing 13 points. Mahmoud Abdeen led the way in the loss with 22 points and 9 assists as ex-DII player Amin Abuhawwas had 13 points and ex-DII player Sammy Bzai had 11 points. India looked to be getting back on track against Syria, but a poor second half saw Aravind Annadurai and company get eliminated 87-78 thanks to a big game from naturalized player Ivan Todorovic.
http://www.fiba.basketball/asiacup/2017/1308/Iran-Jordan#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/asiacup/2017/1308/Syria-India#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: Iran 3-0, Jordan 2-1, Syria 1-2, India 0-3

Bracket:
Iran vs Lebanon-Taiwan winner
Philippines vs Japan-South Korea winner
New Zealand vs Jordan-Iraq winner
Australia vs China-Syria winner

The U18 Women's European Championships finished today. Division A was held in Sopron in Hungary as Belgium fended off Serbia 55-53 for the title. This tournament is not the direct qualifier for anything, but staying in the division was important for next year's tournament, which qualifies teams for the 2019 U19 World Championship. Latvia beat Lithuania for the last safe spot. Turkey and Greece were already relegated with losses on Saturday.

Final Standings:
Belgium
Serbia
France
Czech Republic
Hungary
Spain
Slovenia
Sweden
Croatia
Italy
Russia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Latvia
Lithuania
Turkey
Greece

Division B had a surprising finalist as Ireland made it, but lost to Germany 67-43. Both teams had already qualified for promotion and the chance to compete for spots in the 2018 U19 World Championship with wins on Saturday. Poland joined them by beating Great Britain 64-50.
Final Standings:
Germany
Ireland
Poland
Great Britain
Portugal
Belarus
Israel
Romania
Bulgaria
Finland
Netherlands
Slovakia
Iceland
Ukraine
Norway
Austria
Estonia
Luxembourg
Switzerland
Georgia
Macedonia
Albania
Moldova
Denmark (did not participate)

awhom111
08-14-2017, 09:42 PM
Marshall Plumlee is one of sixteen players selected for the Team USA training camp that starts this week to pick the team that will compete in the AmeriCup. A good performance here will put him in consideration for qualifying games assuming he returns to Westchester without being involved in the NBA.
https://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2017/08/americup-invitees.aspx

The Asia Cup knockout rounds started with two of the four games. South Korea beat Japan 81-68. In the loss, naturalized player Ira Brown had 14 points and former D leaguer Yuki Togashi had 10 points. Lebanon then beat Taiwan 90-77. Fadi El Khatib was brilliant again with 30 points and 7 rebounds and ex-DII player Ali Haidar had 16 points and 6 rebounds. In the loss, Chou Yi-Hsiang had 17 points.
http://www.fiba.basketball/asiacup/2017/1408/Japan-Korea#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/asiacup/2017/1408/Lebanon-Chinese-Taipei#|tab=boxscore_statistics

awhom111
08-15-2017, 09:44 PM
The final two quarterfinalists in Asia were determined today. China came back in dramatic fashion to beat Syria 81-79, wasting a 35 point, 7 assist effort from Micheal Madanly. Jordan used a strong second half to beat Iraq 84-70 as ex-DII player Amin Abu Hawwas had 18 points. Mohammed Al-Khafaji had 21 points and 7 rebounds in the loss as naturalized player Kevin Galloway had 13 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, and 6 steals.
http://www.fiba.basketball/asiacup/2017/1508/China-Syria#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/asiacup/2017/1508/Jordan-Iraq#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Bracket:
Iran vs Lebanon
Philippines vs South Korea
New Zealand vs Jordan
Australia vs China

Truth&Justise
08-16-2017, 12:19 PM
Marshall Plumlee is one of sixteen players selected for the Team USA training camp that starts this week to pick the team that will compete in the AmeriCup. A good performance here will put him in consideration for qualifying games assuming he returns to Westchester without being involved in the NBA.
https://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2017/08/americup-invitees.aspx

Is the AmeriCup tournament connected at all to qualifying for the next World Cup or Olympics? As far as I can tell the answer is no, and hence we're sending a team that is . . . let's say, "underwhelming."

awhom111
08-16-2017, 09:30 PM
The quarterfinals started in Asia. The Philippines had been optimistic, but they could not keep up with their old nemesis South Korea in a 118-86 loss. Oh Se-Keun had 22 points and Kim Sun-Hyung had 21 points. Terrence Romeo had another 22 points and Christian Stanhardinger had 17 points in the loss. The next game was quite different stylistically as the offenses took a little bit more time to get in rhythm as Iran beat Lebanon 80-70. Hamed Haddadi had another monster game with 23 points and 20 rebounds as Mohammed Jamshidi added an outside threat with 24 points. Wael Arakji showed more signs of becoming a future star of Asia with 24 points while Fadi El Khatib added 18 points.
http://www.fiba.basketball/asiacup/2017/1608/Philippines-Korea#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/asiacup/2017/1608/Iran-Lebanon#|tab=boxscore_statistics

More spots were secured in European pre-Qualifiers as there will be one more set of games on Saturday.

Dzanan Musa had 27 points and 6 rebounds and Bosnia and Herzegoving won the elimination game in Bratislava 92-74 over Slovakia. 19 points from Radoslav Rancik and 12 points from Andre Jones were not enough for the hosts to avoid last place. The other game would award the winner a spot in the next round and it was Sweden surviving some stumbles to beat Armenia 93-70 in Uppsala as Marcus Eriksson had 10 points and 8 rebounds. Ryan Boatright had another great game from the naturalized player position with 32 points and 8 rebounds and Andrew Chrabascz had 17 points as well in the loss. Armenia will get to host Bosnia and Herzegovina with the winner grabbing the last spot from the group.
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/european-pre-qualifiers/1608/Slovak-Republic-Bosnia-and-Herzegovina#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/european-pre-qualifiers/1608/Sweden-Armenia#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In Group B, the two qualified teams played with Austria coming back in Amsterdam to beat the Netherlands 78-71 with 16 points from Jakob Poltl. 2009 draft pick Henk Norel had 11 points and 6 rebounds in the loss.
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/european-pre-qualifiers/1608/Netherlands-Austria#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In Group C, Estonia beat Macedonia 74-65 in Tallinn to qualify. Jordan Theodore had 19 points and 6 assists in the loss as Macedonia will qualify if Estonia also beats Kosovo in the final game.
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/european-pre-qualifiers/1608/Estonia-MKD#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In Group D, Bulgaria beat Belarus 84-70 in Minsk to qualify as Aleksandar Vezenkov had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Belarus will now need a favorable result in their game against Portugal to join them.
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/european-pre-qualifiers/1608/Belarus-Bulgaria#|tab=boxscore_statistics

awhom111
08-16-2017, 09:32 PM
Is the AmeriCup tournament connected at all to qualifying for the next World Cup or Olympics? As far as I can tell the answer is no, and hence we're sending a team that is . . . let's say, "underwhelming."

Well, we had to send a team to be allowed to participate in World Cup qualifying, but the games themselves do not mean anything. As I mentioned earlier, players are being evaluated for rosters in upcoming qualifying games, so the players in this training camp will be taking it pretty seriously.

awhom111
08-18-2017, 12:35 AM
The other two quarterfinals were played in Asia. Australia got their first real challenge, but used a strong second half to beat China 97-71. Jason Cadee had 20 points, Mitchell McCarron had 17 points, and Daniel Kickert had 16 points. New Zealand also faced a challenge, but used a big fourth quarter to set up the Oceania clash with a 98-70 win over Jordan. Tohi Smith-Milner had 19 points and 7 rebounds, Finn Delany had 17 points and 9 rebounds, and Jordan Ngatai had 10 points. Mahmoud Abdeen had 24 points in the loss.
http://www.fiba.basketball/asiacup/2017/1708/Australia-China#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/asiacup/2017/1708/New-Zealand-Jordan#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Brackets:

Semifinals:
Iran vs South Korea
New Zealand vs Australia

5th Place:
Lebanon vs Philippines
Jordan vs China

There does not appear to be much about Marshall's first day of practice.

awhom111
08-18-2017, 09:21 PM
Alex Murphy and Finland had an exhibition game in the Czech Republic, losing to the hosts 83-62. He had 4 points in 9 minutes as his brother and Gerald Lee each had 10 points. NBA player Tomas Satoransky had 16 points in the win.

The last two spots in the 2018 World Championship for Women are up for grabs as Afrobasket is being held in Bamako, Mali. You can read my recap of the first day here:
http://www.womensbasketball247.com/2017/08/afrobasket-day-1-august-18th/

Rosters for this competition are probably harder than for any other, but this is what I found:

Angola:
Italee Lucas, Interclube (Angola), UNC
Rosa Gala, Primeiro de Agosto (Angola)
Clarisse Mpaka, La Glacerie (France)
Fineza Eusebio, Primeiro de Agosto (Angola)
Artemis Afonso, Lombos (Portugal)
Felizarda Jorge, Interclube (Angola)
Whitney Miguel, Roannais (France)
Sonia Guadelupe, Primeiro de Agosto (Angola)
Luisa Tomas, Primeiro de Agosto (Angola)
Ana Goncalves, Primeiro de Agosto (Angola)
Ngiendula Filipe, Interclube (Angola)
Cristina Matiquite, Primeiro de Agosto (Angola)

Cameroon:
Minna Mba, Forces Armee et Police (Cameroon)
Priscilla Mbiandja, Forces Armee et Police (Cameroon), Louisiana-Monroe
Laure Assena, Lipscomb
Rose Abenkou, Brive Corrize (France)
Marie-Angie Mfoula, Le Havre (France)
Ramses Lonlack, Lombos (Portugal), Memphis
Cendra Weledji, Princeton
Angi Ramey, club unknown, Arkansas-Fort Smith (DII)
Achiri Ade, Ibaizabal (Spain), Texas A&M
Nelly Weledji, club unknown, Brown
Cathy Ghane, Alger (Algeria)
Amandine Ebogo, Forces Armee et Police (Cameroon)

Central African Republic:
Ketia Kalene, club not provided (Gabon)
Nina Koumba, Bangui (Central African Republic)
Deborah Eyene, Bangui (Central African Republic)
Princess M'baye Ndack, Bangui (Central African Republic)
Abeti Kossi, club not provided (Republic of Congo)
Hortensia Yamalet, Bangui (Central African Republic)
Claudia Chimene Yagba Kokito, club not provided (Republic of Congo)
Estelle Gaombalet, Saint Paul Reze (France)
Gabriela Guegbelet, Bangui (Central African Republic), Central Connecticut State
Chacella Derebona, Bangui (Central African Republic)
Isabelle Djel, Bangui (Central African Republic)
Winnie Ngbonga, Bangui (Central African Republic)

Ivory Coast:
Mamiki Cisse, Abidjan BC (Ivory Coast)
Awa Adja Kone, CS Abidjan (Ivory Coast)
Abiba Kone, CS Abidjan (Ivory Coast)
Blandine Ngoran, club unknown, Arkansas-Fort Smith (DII)
Edwige Djedjemel, CS Abidjan (Ivory Coast)
Kani Kouyate, Saint Paul Reze (France)
Amandine Kouakou, Friend's (Ivory Coast)
Irene Bognini, CS Abidjan (Ivory Coast)
Kariata Diaby, Voiron (France), Signed with Syracuse
Mariama Kouyate, CS Abidjan (Ivory Coast)
Minata Fofana, Elephant Girls (Nigeria)

Mali:
Nassira Traore, Dakar Universite (Senegal)
Aissata Maiga, FUS Rabat (Morocco), Troy
Fatoumata Bagayoko, Dakar Universite (Senegal)
Touty Gandega, Landes (France)
Kankou Coulibaly, Dakar Universite (Senegal)
Meiya Tirera, Sedis (Spain)
Mariam Coulibaly, Gran Canaria (Spain)
Naignouma Coulibaly, Girona (Spain)
Minata Keita, Arxil (Spain)
Astan Dabo, Tarbes (France), Drafted 9th in 2012 by Connecticut Sun
Kouta Camara, Thouars (France)
Ramata Diakite, Charnay (France)

Tunisia:
Chaima Ben Mahmoud, Al Hilal (Tunisia)
Houda Hamrouni, club not provided (Morocco)
Marwa Shili, Etoile du Sahel (Tunisia)
Monia Ben Mechliam Jemmal (Tunisia)
Khoulou Mefteh, club not provided (Morocco)
Imen Jedidi Mistiri, Etoile du Sahel (Tunisia)
Hela Msadak, Jemmal (Tunisia)
Siwar Khlifa, Sfax (Tunisia)
Wafa Loubiri, Etoile du Sahel (Tunisia)
Maherzhia Ksouri Sbeii
Beya Ben Ameur, Stade Tunisien (Tunisia)
Salma Mnasria, Torres Novas (Portugal)

Democratic Republic of Congo:
Ginette Mfutila, Petroliers (Algeria)
Yvonne Bilonda, Ville (Senegal)
Naura Bombolo, Vita (Democratic Republic of Congo)
Jeannine Kapinga, Vita (Democratic Republic of Congo)
Lamama Mukoso, INSS (Democratic Republic of Congo)
Natacha Mambengya, Vita (Democratic Republic of Congo)
Ortice Kabobo, Olivais (Portugal)
Mireille Tshiyoyo, INSS (Democratic Republic of Congo)
Mireille Muganza, Petroliers (Algeria)
Christelle Ngusu, Radi (Democratic Republic of Congo)
Bernadette Ngoyisa, Roche (France), WNBA (2002, 2005-2006, 2008)
Chanel Mokango, Gernika (Spain), Mississippi State

Egypt:
Manar Ihab
Nour Aly
Soraia Deghady
Reem Osama
Radwa Sherif, Al Gezira (Egypt)
Rana Abdelfattah, Al Ahly (Egypt)
Mennatalla Awad
Asrar Maged, Sporting Alexandria (Egypt)
Hala Mostafa, club unknown, St. Peter's
Meral Asraf Abdelgawad, El Shams (Egypt)
Mai Helwa

Guinea (no club information available):
Fatou Bah
Aissata Bangoura
Fanta Berete
Angeline Keita
Simone Gnabara Keita
Sadan Konte
Aicha Mara
Khady Mbaye
Nadia Peruch, retired from club play, Illinois State
Fatima Sacko
Fanta Soumah
Aminata Sylla

Mozambique:
Iliana Ventura, Costa do Sol (Mozambique)
Aquila Mucubaquine
Chanaya Pinto, Lombos (Portugal)
Anabela Cossa, Ferroviario (Mozambique)
Amelia Massingue
Catia Halar
Eleuteria Lhavanguane, Ferroviario (Mozambique)
Leia Dongue, Primeiro de Agosto (Angola)
Rute Muianga, Ferroviario (Mozambique)
Elizabeth Pereira, Ferroviario (Mozambique)
Odelia Mafanela, Ferroviario (Mozambique)
Tamara Seda, UTEP

Nigeria:
Ugo Nwiagwe, Gran Canaria (Spain)/Lanus (Argentina), Temple
Upe Atosu, Elephant Girls (Nigeria)
Sarah Ogoke, Uniao Sportiva (Portugal), Southern Polytechnic State (NAIA)
Nkechi Akashili, Elephant Girls (Nigeria)
Aisha Mohammed, Orman (Turkey), Virginia
Adaora Elonu, Avenida (Spain), Texas A&M
Ndidi Madu, Broni (Italy), Florida
Evelyn Akhator, Dallas Wings, Kentucky
Chioma Udeaja, Elephant Girls (Nigeria)
Atonye Nyingifa, Elitzur Holon (Israel), UCLA
Ezinne Kalu, Olivais (Portugal), Savannah State
Cecilia Okoye, Celta (Spain), McNeese State

Senegal:
Oumoul Khairy Thiam, Gran Canaria (Spain), Southern Nazarene (DII)
Aya Traore, Esch (Luxembourg), Purdue
Oumoul Khairy Sarr, Gipuzkoa (Spain)
Fatou Dieng, Aulnoye (France)
Mame Diodio Diouf, Dakar Universite (Senegal)
Ndeye Sene, Ville (Senegal)
Astou Traore, Galatasaray (Turkey)
Aminata Fall, Buducnost (Montenegro)/Canberra Capitals (Australia), Southern Nazarene (DII)
Mame Marie Sy, Villeneuve (France)
Sokhna Lycka Sy, club not provided (France)
Ramata Daou, Ville (Senegal)
Aicha Sidibe

awhom111
08-19-2017, 09:14 PM
Eric Boateng did not dress for Great Britain's exhibition with Greece. This may have to do with him agreeing on a contract with a team in France yesterday.

My recap of Day 2 at the FIBA Women's Afrobasket can be found here:
http://www.womensbasketball247.com/2017/08/afrobasket-day-2-august-19th/

The semifinals were played in Asia after a day of rest. The first game was between the Oceania rivals as Australia won 106-79. The St. Mary's duo led the way as Matthew Hodgson had 15 points and 6 rebounds and Daniel Kickert had 13 points and 6 rebounds as ex-DII player Nicholas Kay added 11 points and 10 rebounds. For New Zealand, Tohi Smith-Milner had 13 points and 6 rebounds and ex-South Dakota player James Hunter had 10 points. Iran took a big lead early on South Korea, but they needed a comeback before hanging on to an 87-81 win. Behnam Yakhchali continues to be a key player as he had 21 points while Arsalan Kazemi had 19 points and 10 rebounds. Oh Se-Keun had 21 points and Jeon Jun-Beom had 20 points in the loss.
http://www.fiba.basketball/asiacup/2017/1908/New-Zealand-Australia#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/asiacup/2017/1908/Iran-Korea#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In the battle for 5th place, China beat Jordan 86-55, although Amin Abu Hawwas had 12 points. Two of the three most basketball-mad countries in the world faced off and Lebanon entertained the home fans in a 106-87 win. Fadi El Khatib had another fantastic game with 36 points, 6 rebounds, and 8 assists and naturalized player Norvel Pelle finally found some rhythm with 23 points and 13 rebounds. Matthew Wright had 12 points for the Philippines.
http://www.fiba.basketball/asiacup/2017/1908/Jordan-China#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/asiacup/2017/1908/Lebanon-Philippines#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Final Day Schedule:
7th Place: Philippines vs Jordan
5th Place: Lebanon vs China
3rd Place: South Korea vs New Zealand
1st Place: Iran vs Australia

The pre-Qualifiers for Europe finished today with only a few spots left up for grabs. The draw for the eight teams will be made on Thursday as they get assigned to the vacant spots in the groups that were part of the main draw.

The first game in Group A did not mean anything as Marcus Eriksson and Sweden won 86-82 in Uppsala. Mario Ihring had 20 points and naturalized player Andre Jones had 15 points for Slovakia. That set the stage for the game in Yerevan that would determine the last spot. Armenia looked to be in good position to complete the surprise, but they could not get anything going in the fourth quarter and lost 83-66. Dzanan Musa has questionable upside as an everyday club player, but in this sort of format, there are few players in the world his age or older who can take over games like this as he led Bosnia and Herzegovina with 21 points. Ryan Boatright had 22 points and 9 assists from the naturalized player position as Arkadiy Mkrtychyan had 13 points and Andrew Chrabascz had 12 points.
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/european-pre-qualifiers/1908/Sweden-Slovak-Republic#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/european-pre-qualifiers/1908/Armenia-Bosnia-and-Herzegovina#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The last Group B game did not mean anything for either team. Albania actually had the lead after one quarter in Tirana, but the Netherlands dominated the rest of the game to win 113-37. In the win, Henk Norel had 16 points and 11 rebounds, ex-San Diego player Jito Kok, who is most famous this summer for being the other party in the Danilo Gallinari injury, had 14 points, Jessey Voorn had 13 points, ex-Oregon State player Roeland Schaftenaar had 12 points, and ex-Portland player Thomas van der Mars had 11 points.
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/european-pre-qualifiers/1908/Albania-Netherlands#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Kosovo needed a win against already qualified Estonia to take the last Group C spot, with Macedonia ready to claim the spot if they lost. While Estonia did put in a reasonable effort, the home crowd roared their team to a 75-69 victory in Prishtina. Darden Berisha was brilliant with 28 points and 6 assists, Lis Shoshi, who just finished his career at Arkansas-Little Rock, had 10 points and 10 rebounds and naturalized player Scott Bamforth had 10 points and 7 rebounds. Ex-UTRGV player Janari Joesaar had 13 points in the loss.
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/european-pre-qualifiers/0908/Kosovo-Estonia#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In Group D, Portugal needed a win by four points against Belarus in Coimbra to pull even with them in the standings and flip the tiebreaker back in their favor. The game was sent to overtime, which gave them more chances to build a margin, but a 79-78 win was not enough, giving Belarus the last spot. Artsiom Parakhouski had 16 points and 17 rebounds and Mikita Meshcharakou had 10 points to help their team get a satisfactory result.
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/european-pre-qualifiers/1908/Portugal-Belarus#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The U16 European Championships both finished today. A Division was played in Buducnost, which helped Montenegro advance to the final, where they fell to France 75-68. The top five teams also qualified for the U17 World Championship next summer in Argentina, so Serbia and Croatia grabbed places with quarterfinals wins. Turkey took the last place with an 80-62 win over Lithuania. At the other end of the standings, Russia and Finland were relegated due to losses on Friday. Sweden will join them in the next Division B tournament after a 77-44 loss to Germany. The other interesting storyline of the tournament was Nico Mannion of Italy, who tried out for the USA U16 team and was among the last cuts, as he decided to play for the country of his birth.
Final Standings:
France
Montenegro
Serbia
Croatia
Turkey
Lithuania
Spain
Latvia
Italy
Slovenia
Israel
Estonia
Germany
Sweden
Finland
Russia

The B Division tournament was held in Sofia, Bulgaria as teams could not qualify for the upcoming U17 World Championship, but were looking to be in position for future editions. Greece beat the Netherlands 74-60, but both teams had already secured promotion with wins on Friday. The last spot went to Georgia, which held off Great Britain 64-63 in a wild game.
Final Standings:
Greece
Netherlands
Georgia
Great Britain
Ukraine
Belgium
Hungary
Czech Republic
Belarus
Poland
Ireland
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Iceland
Bulgaria
Macedonia
Portugal
Switzerland
Denmark
Kosovo
Luxembourg
Romania
Cyprus
Slovakia
Norway

Closer to home, the Centrobasket Women's U17 Championship concluded today. The top three teams qualify for the 2018 U18 Americas Championship that will determine which teams advance to the 2019 U19 World Championship. Mexico won the championship 83-77 over Puerto Rico. El Salvador won the other critical game 56-41 over Costa Rica to grab the last spot.
Final Standings:
Mexico
Puerto Rico
El Salvador
Costa Rica
Guatemala
Bahamas
Surinam
British Virgin Islands

awhom111
08-21-2017, 01:10 AM
The final of the FIBA Asia Cup went to the new team as Australia beat Iran 79-56. In the win, 2007 draft pick Brad Newley had 18 points, ex-St. Mary's player Daniel Kickert had 14 points and 6 rebounds, and ex-Oregon State player Angus Brandt had 10 points and 8 rebounds. Hamed Haddadi had 18 points and 7 rebounds in the loss.
http://www.fiba.basketball/asiacup/2017/2008/Iran-Australia#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The day in Beirut started with the Philippines beating Jordan 75-70 for 7th place as Matthew Wright had 13 points. Mousa Alawadi had 21 points in the loss. Fadi El Khatib poured in another 30 points and 7 rebounds, but Lebanon came up short against China 79-78 in the 5th place game. The last medal went to Heo Ung and South Korea, which beat New Zealand again 80-71. Finn Delany had 22 points and 7 rebounds in the loss as New Zealand will be hoping that the experience gained by a young team will help them in the near future.
http://www.fiba.basketball/asiacup/2017/2008/Philippines-Jordan#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/asiacup/2017/2008/Lebanon-China#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/asiacup/2017/2008/Korea-New-Zealand#|tab=boxscore_statistics

My recap of Day 3 at the FIBA Women's Afrobasket can be found here:
http://www.womensbasketball247.com/2017/08/afrobasket-day-3-august-20th/

awhom111
08-22-2017, 12:14 AM
As reported in its own thread, Marshall was selected to the team:
https://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2017/08/americup-team-announced.aspx
https://www.usab.com/mens/americup/roster.aspx

I was afraid that signing an NBA contract might prevent it, but he still gets to play for Team USA. Games start in a week and look to be on ESPN3, although hopefully they get ESPN Deportes or other TV channel coverage later.

awhom111
08-22-2017, 09:43 PM
It was a fairly quiet day in the international basketball world except for Day 4 of the FIBA Women's Afrobasket, which I covered here:
http://www.womensbasketball247.com/2017/08/afrobasket-day-4-august-22nd/

awhom111
08-23-2017, 09:38 PM
Another quiet day internationally, but I covered the last day of the FIBA Women's Afrobasket group stage here:
http://www.womensbasketball247.com/2017/08/afrobasket-day-5-august-23rd/

awhom111
08-25-2017, 12:13 AM
Eric Boateng was named to Great Britain's final roster for EuroBasket. They started an exhibition tournament in Poland with an 82-64 win over Hungary. He had 6 points in 14 minutes. Ex-Iowa player Gabe Olaseni had 14 points and 9 rebounds and ex-Duquesne player Kieron Achara and ex-College of Charleston player Andrew Lawrence had 13 points each. Adam Hanga, a 2011 draft pick who seems less and less likely to finally make the jump, had 14 points in the loss.

A couple draws were completed today for upcoming qualifiers.
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/fiba-basketball-world-cup-2019-qualifiers-field-complete

The groups for the first stage of European World Cup Qualifiers have been finalized:
http://www.fiba.basketball/images.fiba.com/Graphic/E/3/F/5/PoGaw5htCE-Xj_XF1EVTsg.jpg

The teams that did not make it to the main qualifying round will now begin the process of qualifying for EuroBasket 2021. Those five teams plus Switzerland, Denmark, Cyprus, and Luxembourg were drawn into three groups with group winners and one runner up advancing:
http://www.fiba.basketball/images.fiba.com/Graphic/E/8/A/0/bhaUSEZ4mEqnTOeQepzhKg.jpg

Friday marks the start of AmeriCup as Group A starts play in Colombia (Group B starts Sunday and Group C starts Monday). These games will be on ESPN3 (time EDT):
Mexico vs Puerto Rico, 6:30pm
Colombia vs Brazil, 9:00pm

I will try to piece together the other rosters as we go.

awhom111
08-25-2017, 11:55 PM
Eric Boateng and Great Britain faced hosts Poland in their exhibition tournament, losing 86-76. He had 3 points in 14 minutes. Ex-LIU player Kyle Johnson had 14 points and Luke Nelson, who just finished his career at UC Irvine, Gabe Olaseni, and Kieron Achara had 10 points each. In the win, naturalized ex-Western Kentucky player A.J. Slaughter had 12 points and ex-JC player Przemyslaw Zamojski had 10 points.

Alex Murphy did not dress in Finland's last exhibition. It is unclear if this means that he has been cut from the final squad.

My recap of the quarterfinals at the FIBA Women's AfroBasket can be found here:
http://www.womensbasketball247.com/2017/08/afrobasket-quarterfinals-august-25th/

Group A of the AmeriCup started play in Medellin with one semifinals spot going to the winner. This group is probably the most balanced and unpredictable and the first day proved that point. Mexico withstood Puerto Rico's second half charge to win 69-66. Ex-JC player Alex Perez had 24 points and ex-UCLA player Lorenzo Mata had 10 points and 6 rebounds. In the loss, ex-Florida player Mike Rosario had 14 points, ex-Nebraska player Jorge Bryan Diaz had 11 points and 10 rebounds, and Tyler Davis of Texas A&M had 11 points and 8 rebounds. Brazil had a tough time with Colombia, but managed to hang on to a 76-74 win. Bruno Caboclo began to prepare for a competition that's two years away as he had 11 points and 11 rebounds. In the loss, ex-Louisville player Juan Palacios had 17 points and 9 rebounds, Braian Angola-Rodas of Florida State had 12 points and 11 rebounds, Tonny Trocha-Morelos of Texas A&M had 12 points, and ex-Valparaiso player Stalin Ortiz had 10 points.
http://www.fiba.basketball/americup/2017/2508/Puerto-Rico-Mexico#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/americup/2017/2508/Brazil-Colombia#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Here is Saturday's ESPN3 Schedule (all times EDT):
Brazil vs Mexico, 6:30pm
Puerto Rico vs Colombia, 9:00pm

Here are the Group A rosters:

Brazil:
Davi Rossetto, Cearense (Brazil)
Bruno Caboclo, Toronto Raptors
Lucas Dias, Paulistano (Brazil)
Lucas Mariano, Brasilia (Brazil)
Danilo Fuzaro, Minas (Brazil)
Renan Lenz, Pinheiros (Brazil), Utah
Fulvio de Assis, Brasilia (Brazil)
Rafael Mineiro, Flamengo (Brazil)
J.P. Batista, Flamengo (Brazil), Gonzaga
Leonardo Meindl, Bauru (Brazil)
Jimmy de Oliveira, Mogi das Cruzes (Brazil)
George de Paula, Paulistano (Brazil), Signed with Houston Rockets

Colombia:
Edgar Moreno, Choco Cimarrones (Colombia), UTEP
Luis Almanza, Cundinamarca Condores (Colombia)
Michaell Jackson, Escazu (Costa Rica)
Stalin Ortiz, Fast Break (Colombia), Valparaiso
Hansel Atencia, Master's (NAIA)
Braian Angola-Rodas, Florida State
Divier Perez, La Montana Academia (Colombia)
John Jairo Hernandez, Choco Cimarrones (Colombia)
Jhan Paul Mejia, Cal State Fullerton
Tonny Trocha-Morelos, Texas A&M
Hanner Mosquera-Perea, East Tennessee State
Juan Palacios, Tofas (Turkey), Louisville

Mexico:
Diego Willis, Canarias Basketball Academy (Spain)
Irwin Avalos, San Luis Potosi Santos (Mexico)/Durango Aguilas Dorados (Mexico), Dallas Baptist (DII)
Idris Dawud Alvarado, Ciudad Obregon Trigueros (Mexico), Bethany (NAIA)
Jorge Gutierrez, Trabzon (Turkey), Cal and NBA (2013-2016)
Edgar Garibay, Margarita Guaiqueries (Venezuela), Long Beach State
Francisco Cruz, Fuenlabrada (Spain), Wyoming
Gabriel Giron, Monterrey Fuerza Regia (Mexico)
Alex Perez, Mexicali Soles (Mexico)/San Lorenzo (Argentina), Fresno City (JC)
Hector Hernandez, Monterrey Fuerza Regia (Mexico)/Bayamon Cowboys (Puerto Rico), Fresno State
Fernando Benitez, Aguascalientes Panteras (Mexico)
Lorenzo Mata, Nuevo Laredo Toros (Mexico), UCLA
Israel Gutierrez, Plata Hidalgo Garza (Mexico)/Argentino de Junin (Argentina)

Puerto Rico:
Alex Abreu, Aguada Santeros (Puerto Rico)/West Georgia (DII)
Mike Rosario, Quebradillas Pirates (Puerto Rico), Florida
Ramon Rivas, North Georgia (DII)
Chris Ortiz, Fajardo Cariduros (Puerto Rico), Kent State
Carlos Lopez, San German Athletics (Puerto Rico), UNLV
Jorge Bryan Diaz, Quebradillas Pirates (Puerto Rico), Nebraska
Angel Rodriguez, Cholet (France), Miami
Gilberto Clavell, Aguada Santeros (Puerto Rico), Sam Houston State
Emmanuel Andujar, Aguada Santeros (Puerto Rico), Manhattan
Carlos Rivera, Ponce Lions (Puerto Rico), Hofstra
Chris Gaston, Aguada Santeros (Puerto Rico), Fordham
Tyler Davis, Texas A&M

awhom111
08-26-2017, 11:52 PM
Eric Boateng and Great Britain faced Israel in the final game of their exhibition tournament, winning 85-64. He had 4 points and 9 rebounds in 16 minutes. In the loss, ex-North Carolina State player Richard Howell, who is naturalized by marriage, had 17 points and 6 rebounds and the only active NBA player involved, Omri Casspi, had 12 points.

I have a recap of the semifinals of the FIBA Women's AfroBasket here:
http://www.womensbasketball247.com/2017/08/afrobasket-semifinals-august-26th/

Nigeria and Senegal won their games so they complete the field for 2018 World Championship.

Marshall got his feature article ahead of the AmeriCup:
https://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2017/08/americup-plumlee.aspx

The team won a scrimmage against the Dominican Republic 97-74.

In AmeriCup Group A, Mexico put themselves in a great position to advance with a 99-76 win over Brazil. Famously ugly Lorenzo Mata had 17 points and 7 rebounds, ex-Wyoming player Francisco Cruz had 17 points, ex-Cal player Jorge Gutierrez had 14 points, and Alex Perez had 13 points and 7 assists. Puerto Rico then beat Colombia 91-72. Ex-Hofstra player Carlos River had 15 points, ex-Manhattan player Emmanuel Andujar had 14 points and 7 rebounds, ex-Sam Houston State player Gilberto Clavell had 13 points, and Tyler Davis won a battle of Texas A&M teammates with 13 points and 7 rebounds. Michaell Jackson led the way in the loss with 20 points and 6 rebounds and Juan Palacios had 16 points and 7 rebounds as the two current collegians offered a glimpse of the future as Tonny Trocha-Morelos had 15 points and Braian Angola-Rodas had 10 points.
http://www.fiba.basketball/americup/2017/2608/Mexico-Brazil#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/americup/2017/2608/Colombia-Puerto-Rico#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Sunday's ESPN3 Schedule (all times EDT):
Puerto Rico vs Brazil, 4:30pm
Canada vs US Virgin Islands, 6:30pm
Colombia vs Mexico, 7:00pm
Venezuela vs Argentina, 9:00pm

Since Group B will start on Sunday, their rosters are now final too:

Argentina:
Luca Vildoza, Quilmes (Argentina)
Luis Scola, Brooklyn Nets
Facundo Campazzo, UCAM Murcia (Spain)
Nicolas Laprovittola, Saski Baskonia (Spain), NBA (2016-2017)
Nicolas Brussino, Dallas Mavericks
Maximo Fjellerup, Estudiantes Bahia Blanca (Argentina)
Marcos Delia, UCAM Murcia (Spain)
Gabriel Deck, San Lorenzo (Argentina)
Lucio Redivo, Estudiantes Bahia Blanca (Argentina)
Patricio Garino, Orlando Magic, George Washington
Javier Saiz, Regatas Corrientes (Argentina)
Tayavek Gallizzi, Quimsa (Argentina)

Canada:
Jermaine Anderson, Chalons-Reims (France), Fordham
Junior Cadougan, London Lightning (Canada), Marquette
Richard Amardi, Niagara River Lions (Canada), Oregon
Andrew Nicholson, Brooklyn Nets, St. Bonaventure
Ammanuel Diresa, Ryerson (Canada), Tennessee Tech
Olivier Hanlan, LeMans (France), Boston College and Drafted 42nd in 2016 by Utah Jazz with rights traded to San Antonio Spurs
Dyshawn Pierre, Braunschweig (Germany), Dayton
Xavier Rathan-Mayes, Florida State
Brady Heslip, Raptors 905 (D League), Baylor
Murphy Burnatowski, APOEL Nicosia (Cyprus), Colgate
Grandy Graze, Correcaminos (Mexico)/Culiacan Caballeros (Mexico), Grand Canyon
Joel Anthony, San Antonio Spurs, UNLV

US Virgin Islands:
Angel Rivera, Stetson
Stephaun Adams, Tennessee Tech
Walter Hodge, Arecibo Captains (Puerto Rico)/Florida
Cuthbert Victor, Incheon (South Korea), Murray State
Justin Gray, Texas Tech
Johnathan Gray, Martina Franca (Italy), Cornell
Jahmia Simmons, Arkansas State
Deon Edwin, Kent State
Khalid Hart, Marist
Rashawn Fredericks, Motlow State (JC)
Phillip Jones, no club, Charlotte
Javier Martinez, Tennessee-Martin

Venezuela:
Gregory Vargas, Maccabi Haifa (Israel)/Anzoategui Marinos (Venezuela)
John Cox, Pau-Lacq-Orthez (France), USF
Pedro Chourio, Carabobo Trotamundos (Venezuela)
Jose Vargas, Lara Guaros (Venezuela)
Miguel Ruiz, Libertad (Argentina)/Carabobo Trotamundos (Venezuela)
Windi Graterol, La Guaira Bucaneros (Venezuela)
Jose Bravo, La Guaira Bucaneros (Venezuela)
Heissler Guillent, Lara Guaros (Venezuela)
Cesar Garcia, Caracas Cocodrilos (Venezuela)
Anthony Perez, Carabobo Trotamundos (Venezuela), Ole Miss
Luis Carrillo, Carabobo Trotamundos (Venezuela)
Nestor Colmenares, Lara Guaros (Venezuela), Campbellsville (NAIA)

In an unusual scheduling move, the European U16 Girl's Championship Division B in Skopje was held at a different time than Division A. Denmark edged Belgium 74-73 for the title, but both teams had already secured promotion with wins on Friday. Greece will join them in the top division next summer after a 53-36 win over Ukraine. Hosts Macedonia finished pretty far down the standings.
Final Standings:
Denmark
Belgium
Greece
Ukraine
Finland
Portugal
Sweden
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Israel
Ireland
Slovenia
Switzerland
Bulgaria
Luxembourg
Estonia
Slovakia
Macedonia
Great Britain
Iceland
Norway
Albania
Moldova

awhom111
08-28-2017, 12:20 AM
The final games of the FIBA Women's AfroBasket were played and I have a full recap here:
http://www.womensbasketball247.com/2017/08/afrobasket-final-august-27th/

Group A in AmeriCup was already settled after the previous day's games. Puerto Rico did beat Brazil 89-80 thanks to 23 points from ex-Miami player Angel Rodriguez. Mike Rosario had 15 points, Tyler Davis had 13 points, and Emmanuel Andujar had 11 points and 7 rebounds. The big story in the Brazil camp was Bruno Caboclo's dismissal, but ex-Utah player Renan Lenz had 13 points and George Lucas de Paula, who signed with the Rockets, had 13 points. Colombia looked to win one game in front of the home fans, but Mexico was busy trying to maintain their momentum into the semifinals and left with an 82-70 win. Jorge Gutierrez had 24 points, Francisco Cruz had 18 points, and ex-Long Beach State player Edgar Garibay had 11 points. The youngsters put in good work for Colombia again as Braian Angola-Rodas had 16 points, Hanner Mosquera-Perea of East Tennessee State had 15 points and 7 rebounds, and NAIA player Hansel Atencia had 12 points and 9 assists.
http://www.fiba.basketball/americup/2017/2708/Brazil-Puerto-Rico#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/americup/2017/2708/Mexico-Colombia#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Group B started in Bahia Blanca and there was plenty of drama in the first game. Canada put together a hodgepodge of a team focused on winning and trying to prepare for qualifiers with two longtime NBA players aboard. At several points, they looked like they would finally put it together, but the US Virgin Islands kept pulling away to win 83-71. Roy Rana had a disappointing start to his senior career after being hailed the coaching genius after his U19 performance as Sam Mitchell dealt with some late absences and got the win. Ex-Florida player Walter Hodge, easily the best remaining player on his team, led the way with 25 points and 8 assists, Justin Gray of Texas Tech had 14 points and 8 rebounds, and Marist's Khallid Hart and Deon Edwin, who just finished his Kent State career, had 12 points each. Confusing and unsettled rotations hurt Canada as ex-Boston College player and 2015 draft pick Olivier Hanlan was the only player in double figures with 10 points. Argentina is technically just playing to get in rhythm for the final phase, giving them a chance to really affect this group's standings for the other qualifier as they came back to beat Venezuela 67-62 with 10 points from ex-George Washington player Patricio Garino. Ex-USF player John Cox had 16 points and 7 rebounds in the loss.
http://www.fiba.basketball/americup/2017/2708/Virgin-Islands-Canada#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/americup/2017/2708/Argentina-Venezuela#|tab=boxscore_statistics

For some reason, Monday's USA game was listed on WatchESPN, but not currently listed for ESPN3. It is at 5:00pm ET, so I guess we will have to see what happens as the other games are listed along with these:
Argentina vs Canada, 6:30pm
Uruguay vs Dominican Republic, 7:30pm
US Virgin Islands vs Venezuela. 9:00pm

awhom111
08-29-2017, 12:17 AM
Marshall had a very efficient 9 points and 12 rebounds in 21 minutes as the United States beat Panama 97-56 to start their AmeriCup campaign. Jonathan Holmes and Darrun Hilliard had 17 points each, the grizzled veteran of the group, Reggie Williams, had 13 points, and Jameel Warney had 10 points and 7 rebounds. In the loss, Gary Forbes, who you may remember from ACC play before he moved to UMass and the NBA, had 19 points and ex-Texas State player Tony Bishop had 10 points and 10 rebounds.
http://www.fiba.basketball/americup/2017/2808/USA-Panama#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The next game against Uruguay will be on ESPNU at 7:30pm ET on Tuesday. These games will also be on ESPN3 (times EDT):
Dominican Republic vs Panama, 5:00pm
Canada vs Venezuela, 6:30pm
Argentina vs US Virgin Islands, 9:00pm

The other game in Montevideo went to the hosts 66-57. Uruguay was happy to have their two biggest stars together for this tournament as Jayson Granger had 23 points and 8 assists and ex-NBA player Esteban Batista had 17 points and 9 rebounds with captain Bruno Fitipaldo adding 16 points. Ex-DII player Gelvis Solano had 13 points for the Dominican Republic.
http://www.fiba.basketball/americup/2017/2808/Dominican-Republic-Uruguay#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Back in Group B, Canada looked ready to go out with a whimper against Argentina early, but fought back only to be forced into overtime and a 92-86 loss. Facundo Campazzo paced the hosts with 23 points and 6 assists as Gabriel Deck added 20 points and 9 rebounds and ex-George Washington player Patricio Garino had 20 points. Ex-Baylor player Brady Heslip dialed it up from distance with 24 points, the ex-ACC guys chipped in as Xavier Rathan-Mayes had 17 points and Olivier Hanlan had 16 points, and Andrew Nicholson had 12 points and 18 rebounds after briefly looking like the star of the tournament before disappearing in the second half of the previous game despite his NBA pedigree. The disappointing results can all be reversed if they can get a result on Tuesday as the US Virgin Islands could not summon enough magic late against Venezuela, losing 86-84. Kobe Bryant must have given his cousin John Cox a challenge too as he had 23 points to lead Venezuela for a second straight game and ex-NAIA player Nestor Colmenares had 15 points and 14 rebounds. Walter Hodge had another big game with 24 points and 7 assists, ex-Murray State player Cuthbert Victor had 17 points, and Khallid Hart of Marist had 13 points. Argentina can technically manipulate the results of the group by losing to the US Virgin Islands regardless of the result of the first game, which Canada must win to have a chance at advancing.
http://www.fiba.basketball/americup/2017/2808/Canada-Argentina#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/americup/2017/2808/Venezuela-Virgin-Islands#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Here are the other rosters in Group C:

Dominican Republic:
Dagoberto Pena, Barcelona II (Spain), Marshall
Rigoberto Mendoza, Aguada Santeros (Puerto Rico)
Angel Nunez, Santiago Metros (Dominican Republic), South Florida
Gelvis Solano, Echague (Argentina)/Hunan (China), Merrimack (DII)
Victor Liz, Ponce Lions (Puerto Rico)/Santiago Metros (Dominican Republic)
Juan Coronado, La Vega Reales (Dominican Republic)
Sadiel Rojas, UCAM Murcia (Spain), Oklahoma Wesleyan (NAIA)
Edward Santana, Licey Titanes (Dominican Republic)
Juan Miguel Suero, San Francisco Indios (Dominican Republic)
Adris De Leon, Santiago Metros (Dominican Republic), Eastern Washington
Angel Delgado, Seton Hall
Jhonathan Araujo, Santo Domingo Leones (Dominican Republic)

Panama:
Gary Forbes, Caracas Cocodrilos (Venezuela), UMass and NBA (2010-2012)
Eugenio Luzcando, Idaho State
Joel Munoz, Cocle Aguadulce Caballos (Panama)/Villa Caceres Tigres (Panama)
Jonathan King, Cocle Aguadulce Caballos (Panama)/Sonsonate (El Salvador), Abilene Christian
Iverson Molinar, Trinity International (NV)
Josimar Ayarza, Echague (Argentina), Southern Miss
Ernesto Oglivie, Colon Correcaminos (Panama)/Isidro Metapan (El Salvador)
Tony Bishop, Kanazawa (Japan), Texas State
Jamaal Levy, Estudiantes Bahia Blanca (Argentina), Wake Forest
Abid Oses, Villa Caceres Tigres (Panama), Antelope Valley (JC)
Javier Carter, Cocle Aguadulce Caballos (Panama)/Mexicali Soles (Mexico), South Alabama
Jose Montenegro, Villa Caceres Tigres (Panama)

Uruguay:
Gonzalo Iglesias, Aguada (Uruguay)
Mauro Zubiaurre, Atenas (Uruguay)
Juan Ducasse, Sunrise Christian Academy (KS)
Bruno Fitipaldo, Galatasaray (Turkey)
Sebastian Izaguirre, Hebraica y Macabi (Uruguay)
Sebastian Vazquez, Goes (Uruguay)
Nicolas Borsellino, Bigua de Villa Biarritz (Uruguay)
Esteban Batista, Beikong (China)/Reyer Venezia (Italy), NBA (2005-2007)
Luciano Parodi, Hebraica y Macabi (Uruguay)
Jayson Granger, Anadolu Efes (Turkey)
Hernando Caceres, Trouville (Uruguay)
Kiril Wachsmann, Defensor Sporting (Uruguay), Iona

awhom111
08-30-2017, 12:04 AM
Marshall got the start as the United States knew that they would probably have their toughest test of the group against the hosts. Uruguay started well but the United States took the lead at the half. A tight third quarter left the game tied, but some important shots from distance helped the United States get the 74-66. Marshall fouled out as he played 15 minutes, getting the task of trying to slow down Esteban Batista, who had 22 points and 14 rebounds. The other starts also chipped in as Jayson Granger had 17 points and 6 assists and Bruno Fitipaldo had 15 points and 8 rebounds, but the hosts could have used a little more efficiency. C.J. Williams had 16 points, Reggie Hearn had 15 points, and Darrun Hilliard had 13 points. This was a good test for Jeff Van Gundy and they got it done. He now knows what to expect in a hostile environment in future road qualifiers as the team is likely to make a return trip to Montevideo, where the visiting team faces a loud whistling crowd while on offense. It will be interesting to see future roster compositions, but I am thinking that having one or two roster spots for American players who have played frequently in these specific leagues could be a big advantage for preparing for unfamiliar environments and personnel.
http://www.fiba.basketball/americup/2017/2908/Uruguay-USA#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Earlier in the day, the Dominican Republic stayed alive with an 86-64 win over Panama. Ex-NAIA player Sadiel Rojas had 18 points and 12 rebounds and Angel Delgado of Seton Hall had 17 points and 13 rebounds. In the loss, Tony Bishop had 20 points, ex-South Alabama player Javier Carter had 12 points and 8 rebounds, and Gary Forbes had 10 points. After the USA game, the Dominican Republic knew that they would need a big win to advance with a loss meaning that the United States advances, while Uruguay needs a specific margin of victory for the Dominican Republic to advance via tiebreaker.
http://www.fiba.basketball/americup/2017/2908/Panama-Dominican-Republic#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The game against the Dominican Republic will be on ESPNU at 5:00pm ET on Wednesday. Uruguay and Panama will play at 7:30pm ET on ESPN3.

Venezuela knew that a win would give them the advantage for advancing from Group B while Canada needed a big win to flip tiebreakers into their favor. The score was tied heading into the final frame as Canada got a 75-66 margin, which prevented both teams from staying alive. Xavier Rathan-Mayes had 22 points, Andrew Nicholson had 12 points, and Olivier Hanlan had 11 points. John Cox finished a strong tournament with 22 points in the loss. That result meant that the second game had no bearing on anything so Argentina put on a show for the home fans and the US Virgin Islands rested some players in a 104-58 loss. Nicolas Brussino, the only player currently under NBA contract for the hosts, had 15 points and 6 rebounds and Patricio Garino had 15 points and 6 rebounds. Jahmia Simmons, who played for Arkansas State this season, but is transferring, had 13 points and 6 rebounds in the loss.
http://www.fiba.basketball/americup/2017/2908/Venezuela-Canada#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/americup/2017/2908/Virgin-Islands-Argentina#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The matchups are set for the semifinals even with the Group C winner to be determined. That team will play the US Virgin Islands while Argentina and Mexico will be in the other game on Saturday.

Billy Dat
08-30-2017, 10:05 AM
Marshall got the start as the United States knew that they would probably have their toughest test of the group against the hosts. Uruguay started well but the United States took the lead at the half. A tight third quarter left the game tied, but some important shots from distance helped the United States get the 74-66. Marshall fouled out as he played 15 minutes, getting the task of trying to slow down Esteban Batista, who had 22 points and 14 rebounds. The other starts also chipped in as Jayson Granger had 17 points and 6 assists and Bruno Fitipaldo had 15 points and 8 rebounds, but the hosts could have used a little more efficiency. C.J. Williams had 16 points, Reggie Hearn had 15 points, and Darrun Hilliard had 13 points. This was a good test for Jeff Van Gundy and they got it done. He now knows what to expect in a hostile environment in future road qualifiers as the team is likely to make a return trip to Montevideo, where the visiting team faces a loud whistling crowd while on offense. It will be interesting to see future roster compositions, but I am thinking that having one or two roster spots for American players who have played frequently in these specific leagues could be a big advantage for preparing for unfamiliar environments and personnel.
http://www.fiba.basketball/americup/2017/2908/Uruguay-USA#|tab=boxscore_statistics

I watched the game and it was really entertaining. Batista, the first Uruguayan to play in the NBA, took Marshall to school! I felt bad for Marsh, he had no answer for Batista's nimble footwork. But, to Marshall's credit, despite the foul trouble, he kept grinding and got some key stops down the stretch before he fouled out. This squad got knocked back early, and were down 10 in the first quarter, as we struggled to shoot and run decent offense against their zone. Former Heels Kendall Marshall and Larry Drew II are on the team. Marshall showed some of his patented floor length fast break passing ability but the dude still cannot shoot. He passed up many wide open looks, Uruguay clearly had him well scouted. Drew was better, and he made some big buckets in the second half when the game was in the balance. CJ Williams from NC State, who I don't even remember as a player, led the scoring with 16. The atmosphere was really tense. It's classic to watch Van Gundy pacing the sideline with this crew.

awhom111
08-30-2017, 09:38 PM
Marshall and the United States took care of business with a 72-56 win over the Dominican Republic. He had 5 points in 18 minutes as he got another start. Some familiar names led the team in scoring as CJ Williams had 15 points, Jameel Warney had 13 points and 9 rebounds, and Darrun Hilliard had 13 points. In the loss, ex-Eastern Washington player Adris De Leon had 15 points.
http://www.fiba.basketball/americup/2017/3008/Dominican-Republic-USA#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The result made the other game meaningless, but Uruguay did win one more for the home fans 79-68 against Panama. Jayson Granger had 20 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. In the loss, Tony Bishop had 19 points and 7 rebounds, Javier Carter, Geno Luzcando of Idaho State had 11 points and 8 assists, and Gary Forbes had 10 points.
http://www.fiba.basketball/americup/2017/3008/Panama-Uruguay#|tab=boxscore_statistics

EuroBasket will be on ESPN3 again. Group A in Helsinki and Group B in Tel Aviv start on Thursday. Here is the schedule (all time EDT):

Group A:
Slovenia vs Poland, 6:45am
Iceland vs Greece, 9:30am
France vs Finland, 1:00pm

Group B:
Germany vs Ukraine, 8:45am
Lithuania vs Georgia, 11:30am
Italy vs Israel, 2:30pm

awhom111
08-31-2017, 09:29 PM
EuroBasket had half of the teams start their tournaments today.

Group A is being held in Helsinki. Slovenia started the day well and got the 90-81 win as Goran Dragic took command with 30 points. Mateusz Ponitka had 22 points and 13 rebounds in the loss as naturalized ex-Western Kentucky player A.J. Slaughter had 12 points and 6 assists and Przemek Karnowski, who just finished his career at Gonzaga, had 11 points. Greece is missing a number of players, but Nikos Pappas helped them to a 90-61 win over Iceland with 20 points. Georgios Printezis, the record holder for having his draft rights traded, had 17 points and ex-NBA player Kostas Papanikolaou had 10 points. Ex-Maryland player Haukur Palsson had 21 points in the loss. Hosts Finland had to wait until the end of the day to play in front of a raucous crowd, jetting out to an early lead before France got back into the game and the excitement continued into overtime, where the hosts left with an 86-84 win. Lauri Markkanen made a big first impact with 22 points and 7 rebounds, ex-Providence player Tuukka Kotti had 14 points, and ex-Albany player Jamar Wilson, who is naturalized by marriage, had 12 points and 6 assists. France is missing big names, but the starting backcourt tried to pick up the slack as Evan Fournier had 25 points and Nando De Colo had 21 points and 6 rebounds.
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/3108/Slovenia-Poland#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/3108/Iceland-Greece#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/3108/France-Finland#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Group B is in Tel Aviv. Dennis Schroder was asked to take the lead for Germany for the first time and he seized the opportunity with 32 points and 7 assists in a 75-63 win over Ukraine. Lithuania has had a weird training camp and it showed in a 79-77 loss to Georgia, although the upset is not that big considering the strength of Georgia's lineup even though they lack depth. Ex-NBA player Tornike Shengelia had 29 points, ex-San Diego player Duda Sanadze had 13 points, and naturalized ex-Memphis player Mike Dixon had 12 points and 7 assists. Mindaugas Kuzminskas had 18 points and 7 rebounds in the loss. Israel had the home support, but they could not keep up with Italy in a 69-48 loss. Marco Belinelli had 18 points and ex-NBA player Luigi Datome had 16 points and 8 rebounds while another NBA player, Omri Casspi, had 18 points and 9 rebounds in the loss.
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/3108/Germany-Ukraine#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/3108/Lithuania-Georgia#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/3108/Italy-Israel#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Groups C and D will start on Friday and all of those games will be on ESPN3 (times EDT):

Group C:
Hungary vs Croatia, 8:00am
Spain vs Montenegro, 10:45am
Romania vs Czech Republic, 1:30pm

Group D:
Belgium vs Great Britain, 7:15am
Serbia vs Latvia, 10:00am
Turkey vs Russia, 1:00pm

Here are the rosters for the two groups that opened play today:

A:

Finland:
Mikko Koivisto, Salon Vilpas (Finland), UNC Greensboro
Shawn Huff, Frankfurt (Germany), Valparaiso
Gerald Lee, Helsinki Seagulls (Finland), Old Dominion
Sasu Salin, Gran Canaria (Spain)
Tuukka Kotti, Crailsheim (Germany), Providence
Petteri Koponen, Barcelona (Spain), Drafted 30th in 2007 by Philadelphia 76ers with rights traded to Dallas Mavericks
Matti Nuutinen, Roanne (France)
Teemu Rannikko, Kataja (Finland)
Carl Lindbom, Helsinki Seagulls (Finland)
Lauri Markkanen, Arizona, Signed with Chicago Bulls
Jamar Wilson, Estudiantes (Spain), Albany
Erik Murphy, Strasbourg (France), Florida and NBA (2013-2014)

France:
Kevin Seraphin, Indiana Pacers
Thomas Heurtel, Anadolu Efes (Turkey)
Antoine Diot, Valencia (Spain)
Joffrey Lauvergne, Chicago Bulls
Evan Fournier, Orlando Magic
Nando De Colo, CSKA Moscow (Russia), NBA (2012-2014)
Boris Diaw, Utah Jazz
Leo Westermann, Zalgiris (Lithuania)
Vincent Poirier, Paris-Levallois (France)
Louis Labeyrie, Paris-Levallois (France), Drafted 57th in 2014 by Indiana Pacers with rights traded to New York Knicks
Axel Toupane, New Orleans Pelicans
Edwin Jackson, Estudiantes (Spain)

Greece:
Nick Calathes, Panathinaikos (Greece), Florida and NBA (2013-2015)
Ioannis Bourousis, Panathinaikos (Greece)
Kostas Sloukas, Fenerbahce (Turkey)
Nikos Pappas, Panathinaikos (Greece)
Georgios Papagiannis, Sacramento Kings
Georgios Printezis, Olympiakos (Greece), Drafted 58th in 2007 by San Antonio Spurs with rights traded to San Antonio Spurs
Kostas Papanikalaou, Olympiakos (Greece), NBA (2014-2016)
Vangelis Mantzaris, Olympiakos (Greece)
Dimitrios Agravanis, Olympiakos (Greece), Drafted 59th in 2015 by Atlanta Hawks
Ioannis Papapetrou, Olympiakos (Greece), Texas
Giorgios Bogris, Tenerife (Spain)
Thanasis Antetokounmpo, Andorra (Spain), NBA (2015-2016

Iceland:
Martin Hermannsson, Charleville-Mezieres (France), LIU
Aegir Steinarsson, Miraflores (Spain), Newberry (DII)
Kristofer Acox, Furman/KR (Iceland)
Hlynur Baeringsson, Stjarnan (Iceland)
Jon Arnor Stefansson, KR (Iceland), Artesia (CA)
Elvar Mar Fridriksson, Barry (DII)
Hordur Vilhjalmsson, Keflavik (Iceland)/Ferrara (Italy)
Logi Gunnarsson, Njardvik (Iceland)
Pavel Ermolinskij, KR (Iceland)
Haukur Helgi Palsson, Rouen (France), Maryland
Tryggi Hlinason, Por Akureyri (Iceland)
Brynjar Bjornsson, KR (Iceland), Francis Marion (DII)

Poland:
Michal Sokolowski, Radom (Poland)
Aaron Cel, Gravelines-Dunkerque (France)
A.J. Slaughter, Strasbourg (France), Western Kentucky
Damian Kulig, Banvit (Turkey)
Przemyslaw Zamojski, Zielona Gora (Poland)
Mateusz Ponitka, Karsiyaka (Turkey)
Adam Waczynski, Malaga (Spain)
Lukasz Koszarek, Zielona Gora (Poland)
Tomasz Gielo, Joventut Badalona (Spain), Ole Miss
Przemyslaw Karnowski, Gonzaga
Karol Gruszecki, Zielona Gora (Poland), UT-Arlington
Adam Hrycaniuk, Zielona Gora (Poland), Cincinnati

Slovenia:
Anthony Randolph, Real Madrid (Spain), LSU and NBA (2008-2014)
Matic Rebec, Novo Mesto (Slovenia)
Goran Dragic, Miami Heat
Aleksej Nikolic, Bamberg (Germany)
Klemen Prepelic, Limoges (France)
Edo Muric, Banvit (Turkey)
Jaka Blazic, Saski Baskonia (Spain)
Gasper Vidmar, Banvit (Turkey)
Sasa Zagorac, Perm (Russia)
Ziga Dimec, Novo Mesto (Slovenia)
Vlatko Cancar, Mega Vizura (Serbia), Drafted 29th in 2017 by Denver Nuggets
Luka Doncic, Real Madrid (Spain)

B:

Georgia:
Michael Dixon, AEK Athens (Greece), Memphis
Giorgi Gamqrelidze, Titebi (Georgia)
Anatoli Boisa, Kutaisi (Georgia), Midland (JC)
Zaza Pachulia, Golden State Warriors
Giorgi Tsintsadze, Kutaisi (Georgia)
Giorgi Shermadini, Andorra (Spain)
Duda Sanadze, Primorska (Slovenia), San Diego
Manuchar Markoishvili, no club
Mikhail Berishvili, Dinamo Tbilisi (Georgia)
Tornike Shengelia, Saski Baskonia (Spain), NBA (2012-2014)
Goga Bitadze, Smederevo (Serbia)
Ilia Londaridze, Dinamo Tbilisi (Georgia)

Germany:
Maodo Lo, Bamberg (Germany), Columbia
Johannes Voigtmann, Saski Baskonia (Spain)
Lucca Staiger, Bamberg (Germany), Iowa State
Karsten Tadda, Ulm, Germany
Daniel Theis, Bamberg (Germany), Signed with Boston Celtics)
Robin Benzing, Zaragoza (Spain)
Dennis Schroder, Atlanta Hawks
Ismet Akpinar, Berlin (Germany)
Danilo Barthel, Bayern Munich (Germany)
Johannes Thiemann, Ludwigsburg (Germany)
Patrick Heckmann, Bamberg (Germany), Boston College
Isaiah Hartenstein, Zalgiris (Lithuania), Drafted 43rd in 2017 by Houston Rockets

Israel:
Richard Howell, Hapoel Jerusalem (Israel), North Carolina State
Shawn Dawson, Maccabi Rishon Lezion (Israel)
Gal Mekel, Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel), Wichita State and NBA (2013-2015)
Lior Eliyahu, Hapoel Jerusalem (Israel), Drafted 44th in 2006 by Orlando Magic with rights traded to Minnesota Timberwolves
Omri Casspi, Minnesota Timberwolves
Guy Pnini, Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel)
Elishay Kadir, Maccabi Rishon Lezion (Israel)
Yotam Halperin, Hapoel Jerusalem (Israel), Drafted 53rd in 2006 by Seattle Supersonics
Oz Blayzer, Maccabi Haifa (Israel)
Bar Timor, Hapoel Jerusalem
Idan Zalmanson, Maccabi Rishon Lezion (Israel)
Yogev Ohayon, Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel)

Italy:
Daniel Hackett, Olympiakos (Greece), USC
Marco Belinelli, Charlotte Hornets
Pietro Aradori, Reggio Emilia (Italy)
Ariel Filloy, Reyer Venezia (Italy)
Paul Biligha, Vanoli Cremona (Italy)
Nicolo Melli, Bamberg (Germany)
Marco Cusin, Avellino (Italy)
Andrea Cinciarini, Olimpia Milano (Italy)
Awudu Abass, Olimpia Milano (Italy)
Filippo Baldi Rossi, Aquila Trento (Italy)
Christian Burns, Brescia (Italy), Philadelphia (DII)
Luigi Datome, Fenerbahce (Turkey), NBA (2013-2015)

Lithuania:
Mantas Kalnietis, Olimpia Milano (Italy)
Adas Juskevicius, Zaragoza (Spain)
Jonas Maciulis, Real Madrid (Spain)
Martynas Gecevicius, Zaragoza (Spain)
Jonas Valanciunas, Toronto Raptors
Mindaugas Kuzminskas, New York Knicks
Donatas Motiejunas, New Orleans Pelicans
Arturas Milaknis, Zalgiris (Lithuania)
Eimantas Bendzius, Obradoiro (Spain)
Marius Grigonis, Tenerife (Spain)
Arturas Gudaitis, Lietuvos Rytas (Lithuania), Drafted 47th in 2015 by Philadelphia 76ers with rights traded to Sacramento Kings
Edgaras Ulanovas, Zalgiris (Lithuania)

Ukraine:
Maksym Pustozvonov, Universitatea Cluj-Napoca (Romania)
Oleksandr Kolchenko, Cherkasy (Ukraine)
Denys Lukashov, Enisey Krasnoyarsk (Russia)
Ruslan Otverchenko, Budivelnyk Kiev (Ukraine)
Oleksandr Lypovyy, Trikala (Greece)
Maksym Kornienko, Academic Sofia (Bulgaria)
Vyacheslav Bobrov, Quimper (France)
Igor Zaytsev, Radom (Poland)
Slava Kravtsov, Valencia (Spain), NBA (2012-2014)
Artem Pushtovyi, Obradoiro
Volodymyr Koniev, Khimik Yuzhne (Ukraine)
Oleksandr Mishula, Dnipro (Ukraine)

awhom111
09-01-2017, 09:20 PM
Tre Jones and Cam Reddish are among the players who have been selected for the USA Basketball training camp in the fall that serves as a tryout for the Hoop Summit and various youth teams. Jones, but not Reddish will be eligible for the U18 team next summer.
https://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2017/08/mjnt-oct-minicamp-roster.aspx

Marshall and the United States will be back in action in the first semifinal on Saturday against the US Virgin Islands at 5:30pm ET with the game on ESPN3. The second semifinal between Argentina and Mexico will be on ESPN3 at 8:00pm. It looks like the medal games on Sunday will be on ESPNU.

The other two groups started play at EuroBasket today.

Group C is being held in Cluj Napoca and started with Croatia's 67-58 win over Hungary. The NBA players led the way as Bojan Bogdanovic had 23 points and 7 rebounds and Dario Saric had 15 points. Spain opened with a solid 99-60 win over Montenegro. The other brothers on the team led the way this time as Willy had 18 points and 9 rebounds and Juancho had 13 points in the Hernangomez show and Pau Gasol started his chase for the scoring record with 10 points and 8 rebounds. Nikola Vucevic had 16 points in the loss as the team is nearly at full strength finally. Hosts Romania kept it close until halftime against the Czech Republic before losing 83-68. Vojtech Hruban had 25 points and Tomas Satoransky had 20 points, 13 rebounds, and 6 assists as the only active NBA player in the game. Ex-American player Vlad Moldoveanu had 24 points and 8 rebounds in the loss.
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/0109/Hungary-Croatia#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/0109/Spain-Montenegro#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/0109/Romania-Czech-Republic#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Eric Boateng did not play for Great Britain as they started Group D play in Istanbul with a 103-90 loss to Belgium as they kept it close for a while. Ex-Iowa player Gabe Olaseni had 21 points and 11 rebounds, Dan Clark had 20 points and 6 rebounds, ex-Duquesne player Kieron Achara had 14 points, and Luke Nelson, who just finished his UC Irvine career, had 11 points. Maxime De Zeeuw had 21 points and 7 rebounds in the win. The most anticipated game lived up to the hype as Serbia pulled away from Latvia late to win 92-82. Incoming NBA player Bogdan Bogdanovic had 30 points, 2011 draft pick Milan Macvan had 14 points and 10 rebounds, and Boban Marjanovic did what he does best at this level with 13 points and 6 rebounds in limited minutes. The non-NBA Bertans brother Dairis had 23 points and 6 rebounds as Davis had 16 points and 6 rebounds while Kristaps Porzingis had 18 points. The day ended with a disappointing 76-73 loss for hosts Turkey against Russia. Alexey Shved had 22 points and Timofey Mozgov demonstrated that he can actually still play basketball with 20 points and 9 rebounds. In the loss, incoming NBA player Cedi Osman had 28 points, 7 rebounds, and 7 steals and ex-NBA player Semih Erden had 11 points.
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/0109/Belgium-Great-Britain#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/0109/Serbia-Latvia#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/0109/Turkey-Russia#|tab=boxscore_statistics

All teams will be in action on Saturday with ESPN3 coverage (times EDT):

Group A:
Poland vs Iceland, 6:45am
Greece vs France, 9:30am
Finland vs Slovenia, 1:00pm

Group B:
Georgia vs Germany, 8:45am
Ukraine vs Italy, 11:30am
Israel vs Lithuania, 2:30pm

Group C:
Montenegro vs Hungary, 8:00am
Czech Republic vs Spain, 10:45am
Croatia vs Romania, 1:30pm

Group D:
Latvia vs Belgium, 7:15am
Russia vs Serbia, 10:00am
Great Britain vs Turkey, 2:00pm

Here are the rosters for the groups that started play today:

C:

Croatia:
Filip Kruslin, Cedevita (Croatia)
Marko Popovic, Fuenlabrada (Spain), Southern Idaho (JC)
Krunoslav Simon, Olimpia Milano (Italy)
Dario Saric, Philadelphia 76ers
Roko Ukic, AEK Athens (Greece), NBA (2008-2010)
Luka Zoric, Cibona (Croatia)
Darko Planinic, Gran Canaria (Spain)
Dragan Bender, Phoenix Suns
Ivan Buva, Bilbao (Spain)
Ivan Ramljak, Zadar (Croatia)
Marko Tomas, Cedevita (Croatia)
Bojan Bogdanovic, Washington Wizards

Czech Republic:
Patrik Auda, Manresa (Spain), Seton Hall
Vojtech Hruban, Nymburk (Czech Republic)
Tomas Satoransky, Washington Wizards
Jiri Welsch, Nymburk (Czech Republic), NBA (2002-2006)
Lukas Palyza, Decin (Czech Republic)
Jakub Sirina, Opava (Czech Republic)
Kamil Svrdlik, Pardubice (Czech Republic), Fairleigh Dickinson
Martin Peterka, Nymburk (Czech Republic)
Jaromir Bohacik, USK Prague (Czech Republic)
Martin Kriz, Nymburk (Czech Republic)
Tomas Kyzlink, Bourg-en-Bresse (France)

Hungary:
Andras Rujak, Sopron (Hungary)
Rosco Allen, Obradoiro (Spain), Stanford
Akos Keller, Szekesfehervar (Hungary)
Kriztian Wittmann, Szolnok (Hungary)
Adam Hanga, Saski Baskonia (Spain), Drafted 59th in 2011 by San Antonio Spurs
David Vojvoda, Szolnok (Hungary)
Peter Kovacs, Szombathely (Hungary)
Norbert Toth, Szombathely (Hungary)
Csaba Ferencz, Kormend (Hungary)
Zoltan Perl, Treviso (Italy)
Kemal Karahodzic, KTE (Hungary)
Janos Eilingsfeld, Szolnok (Hungary)

Montenegro:
Tyrese Rice, Barcelona (Spain), Boston College
Nikola Vucevic, Orlando Magic, USC
Suad Sehovic, Buducnost (Montenegro)
Nikola Pavlicevic, Szolnok (Hungary)
Dino Radoncic, Real Madrid (Spain)
Marko Todorovic, Khimki Moscow (Russia), Drafted 45th in 2013 by Portland Trailblazers with rights traded to Houston Rockets
Bojan Dubljevic, Valencia (Spain), Drafted 59th in 2013 by Minnesota Timberwolves
Filip Barovic, Bonn (Germany)
Vladimir Mihailovic, Oldenburg (Germany)
Nikola Ivanovic, Orlandina (Italy)
Nemanja Vranjes, Buducnost (Montenegro)
Nemanja Djurisic, Zielona Gora (Poland), Georgia

Romania:
Andrei Mandache, Oradea (Romania)
Catalin Petrisor, Oradea (Romania)
Radu Paliciuc, Sibiu (Romania)
Vlad Moldoveanu, Universitatea Cluj-Napoca (Romania), American
Bogdan Nicolescu, Oradea (Romania)
Octavian Popa-Calota, Timisoara (Romania)
Alexandru Olah, Mons-Hainaut, Northwestern
Titus Nicoara, Oradea (Romania)
Emanuel Cate, Real Betis (Spain)
Rolland Torok, Universitatea Cluj-Napoca (Romania)
Catalin Baciu, Steaua Bucharest (Romania), Clemson
Nandor Kuti, Universitatea Cluj-Napoca (Romania)

Spain:
Pau Gasol, San Antonio Spurs
Sergio Rodriguez, Philadelphia 76ers
Juan Carlos Navarro, Barcelona (Spain), NBA (2007-2008)
Ricky Rubio, Minnesota Timberwolves
Marc Gasol, Memphis Grizzlies
Willy Hernangomez, New York Knicks
Joan Sastre, Valencia (Spain)
Guillem Vives, Valencia (Spain)
Pierre Oriola, Valencia (Spain)
Fernando San Emeterio, Valencia (Spain)
Alex Abrines, Oklahoma City Thunder
Juancho Hernangomez, Denver Nuggets

D:

Belgium:
Emmanuel Lecomte, Baylor
Sam Van Rossom, Valencia (Spain)
Axel Hervelle, Bilbao (Spain), Drafted 52nd in 2005 by Denver Nuggets with rights traded to Houston Rockets
Jean-Marc Mwema, Oostende (Belgium)
Jonathan Tabu, Bilbao (Spain)
Quentin Serron, Gravelines Dunkerque (France)
Jean Salumu, Oostende (Belgium)
Pierre-Antoine Gillet, Oostende (Belgium)
Maxime De Zeeuw, Oldenburg (Germany)
Kevin Tumba, UCAM Murcia (Spain)
Ismael Bako, Leuven (Belgium)
Vincent Kesteloot, Oostende (Belgium)

Great Britain:
Jules Dang, Miraflores (Spain)
Kyle Johnson, London Lightning (Canada), LIU
Ben Mockford, Bahia San Agustin (Spain), St. Francis (NY)
Andrew Lawrence, Chalon-Reims (France), College of Charleston
Teddy Okereafor, Pistoia (Italy), Rider
Dan Clark, UCAM Murcia (Spain)
Gareth Murray, Glasgow Rocks (Great Britain), Kalamazoo Valley (JC)
Eric Boateng, Blois (France), Arizona State
Luke Nelson, UC Irvine
Kieron Achara, Glasgow Rocks (Great Britain), Duquesne
Gabe Olaseni, Orleans (France), Iowa
Kofi Josephs, Herten (Germany), Fort Lewis (DII)

Latvia:
Kristaps Porzingis, New York Knicks
Janis Blums, VEF Riga (Latvia)
Davis Bertans, San Antonio Spurs
Dairis Bertans, Darussafaka (Turkey)
Janis Timma, Zenit St. Petersburg (Russia), Drafted 60th in 2013 by Memphis Grizzlies with rights traded to Orlando Magic
Rolands Smits, Fuenlabrada (Spain)
Kristaps Janicenoks, Ventspils (Latvia)
Janis Strelnieks, Bamberg (Germany)
Aigars Skele, Ventspils (Latvia)
Andrejs Grazulis, Ventspils (Latvia)
Zanis Peiners, PAOK (Greece)
Martins Meiers, VEF Riga (Latvia)

Russia:
Alexey Shved, Khimki Moscow (Russia), NBA (2012-2015)
Evgeny Baburin, Lokomotiv Kuban (Russia)
Vitaly Fridzon, CSKA Moscow (Russia)
Vladimir Ivlev, Lokomotiv Kuban (Russia)
Semen Antonov, CSKA Moscow (Russia)
Andrey Zubkov, Lokomotiv Kuban (Russia)
Dmitry Khvostov, Lokomotiv Kuban (Russia)
Timofey Mozgov, Los Angeles Lakers
Andrey Vorontsevich, CSKA Moscow (Russia)
Dmitry Kulagin, CSKA Moscow (Russia)
Mikhail Kulagin, CSKA Moscow (Russia)
Nikita Kurbanov, CSKA Moscow (Russia)

Serbia:
Milan Macvan, Olimpia Milano (Italy), Drafted 54th in 2011 by Cleveland Cavaliers
Bogdan Bogdanovic, Fenerbahce (Turkey), Signed with Sacramento Kings
Vladimir Lucic, Bayern Munich (Germany)
Dragan Milosavljevic, Berlin (Germany)
Stefan Bircevic, Partizan Belgrade (Serbia)
Vladimir Stimac, Besiktas (Turkey)
Branko Lazic, Red Star Belgrade (Serbia)
Vasilije Micic, Tofas (Turkey), Drafted 52nd in 2014 by Philadelphia 76ers
Marko Guduric, Red Star Belgrade (Serbia)
Stefan Jovic, Red Star Belgade (Serbia)
Ognjen Kuzmic, Red Star Belgrade (Serbia), NBA (2013-2015)
Boban Marjanovic, Detroit Pistons

Turkey:
Erkan Veyseloglu, Besiktas (Turkey)
Dogus Balbay, Anadolu Efes (Turkey), Texas
Sinan Guler, Galatasaray (Turkey), Carroll (NAIA)
Cedi Osman, Anadolu Efes (Turkey), Signed with Cleveland Cavaliers
Baris Hersek, Fenerbahce (Turkey)
Semih Erden, Darussafaka (Turkey), NBA (2010-2012)
Melih Mahmutoglu, Fenerbahce (Turkey)
Furkan Aldemir, Darussafaka (Turkey), NBA (2014-2015)
Sertac Sanli, Besiktas (Turkey)
Furkan Korkmaz, Banvit (Turkey), Signed with Philadelphia 76ers
Kenan Sipahi, Besiktas (Turkey)
Goksenin Koksal, Galatasaray (Turkey)

awhom111
09-03-2017, 12:25 AM
After a few days off to allow all the teams to make their way to Cordoba, Marshall Plumlee and the United States resumed play with the Semifinal against the US Virgin Islands, winning 84-67. He had 6 points and 8 rebounds in 19 minutes. Xavier Munford emerged with 20 points and 10 rebounds, Jameel Warney had 12 points and 6 rebounds, Reggie Williams and Reggie Hearn had 10 points each, and Kendall Marshall took enough shots to have 10 points too. In the loss, Javier Martinez of Tennessee-Martin had 12 points and ex-Cornell player Johnathan Gray had 11 points.
http://www.fiba.basketball/americup/2017/0209/USA-Virgin-Islands#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Hosts Argentina pulled away from Mexico in the second half to win the second semifinal 84-67. Ex-George Washington player Patricio Garino had 20 points and 6 rebounds and Nicolas Brussino, who was the only player currently on an NBA contract in the game, had 17 points and 8 rebounds. In the loss, ex-Wyoming player Francisco Cruz had 19 points and ex-Cal player Jorge Gutierrez had 16 points.
http://www.fiba.basketball/americup/2017/0209/Argentina-Mexico#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Both final day games will be on ESPNU with the Bronze Medal game at 5:30pm ET and the Gold Medal Game at 8:00pm ET.

All teams were in action on Saturday at EuroBasket.

In Group A, Poland beat Iceland 91-71, getting 12 points from naturalized ex-Western Kentucky player A.J. Slaughter and 10 points from Przemyk Karnowski, who just finished his Gonzaga career. Ex-LIU player Martin Hermannsson had 14 points in the loss. France bounced back with a 95-87 win over Greece. The two players under NBA contract were key as Joffrey Lauvergne had 21 points and 11 rebounds and Evan Fournier had 21 points as ex-NBA player Nando De Colo added 16 points. Draft rights trade bait Georgios Printezis had 22 points and ex-Florida player Nick Calathes had 15 points in the loss. Finland could not summon more magic at home as they lost to Slovenia 81-78. Goran Dragic had another 29 points and naturalized ex-LSU player Anthony Randolph had 10 points and 6 rebounds in the win. Lauri Markkanen continues to adjust well to this level with 24 points and 7 rebounds.
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/0209/Poland-Iceland#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/0209/Greece-France#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/0209/Finland-Slovenia#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In Group B, Germany picked up another win with 23 points from Dennis Schroder helping them beat Georgia 67-57. Zaza Pachulia had 14 points and 8 rebounds and ex-NBA player Tornike Shengelia had 12 points and 6 rebounds. Italy got their second win as well after beating Ukraine 78-66. Marco Belinelli fired away from outside with 26 points and the other player with NBA experience, Luigi Datome had 12 points. Artem Pustovyi had 21 points in the loss and ex-NBA player Slava Kravtsov had 11 points. Lithuania bounced back with an 88-73 win over Israel. Mindaugas Kuzminskas and 2015 draft pick Arturas Gudaitis had 16 points each and Jonas Valanciunas had 11 points and 10 rebounds. In the loss, ex-North Carolina State player Richard Howell, who is naturalized by marriage, had 20 points, ex-Wichita State player Gal Mekel had 18 points, and Omri Casspi had 15 points.
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/0209/Georgia-Germany#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/0209/Ukraine-Italy#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/0209/Israel-Lithuania#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In Group C, Montenegro pounded Hungary 72-48 with Nikola Vucevic and 2013 draft pick Bojan Dubljevic each providing 13 points and 7 rebounds. David Vojvoda had 20 points in the loss. Spain rolled past the Czech Republic 93-56 as Pau Gasol got closer to the scoring record with 26 points and 8 rebounds and Ricky Rubio had 17 points. Croatia is also in good shape after beating Romania 74-58. The NBA guys led the way as Bojan Bogdanovic had 21 points and 6 rebounds and Dario Saric had 11 points and 10 rebounds. Ex-American player Vlad Moldoveanu had 14 points and 6 rebounds in the loss.
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/0209/Montenegro-Hungary#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/0209/Czech-Republic-Spain#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/0209/Croatia-Romania#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In Group D, Latvia had two great quarters to beat Belgium 92-64. 2013 draft pick Janis Timma had 27 points and 7 rebounds and Kristaps Porzingis had 27 points and 6 rebounds. 2005 draft pick Axel Hervelle had 12 points in the loss. Russia suddenly looks very good after upending Serbia 75-72. Alexey Shved led the way again with 22 points and Timofey Mozgov added 11 points and 8 rebounds. Boban Marjanovic was dominant in his minutes with 19 points and 6 rebounds and incoming NBA player Bogdan Bogdanovic had 19 points. Eric Boateng and Great Britain lost to Turkey 84-70. He had 2 points in 3 minutes. Ex-Iowa player Gabe Olaseni had 15 points and 14 rebounds and former College of Charleston player Andrew Lawrence had 15 points. Melih Mahmotoglu dialed it up from distance with 24 points, ex-NBA player Semih Erden had 19 points, incoming NBA player Cedi Osman had 11 points and 7 rebounds, and incoming NBA player Furkan Korkmaz had 11 points.
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/0209/Latvia-Belgium#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/0209/Russia-Serbia#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/0209/Great-Britain-Turkey#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Only Group A and Group B will be playing on Sunday with all games supposedly available on ESPN3 (times EDT):

Group A:
France vs Iceland, 6:45am
Slovenia vs Greece, 9:30am
Finland vs Poland, 1:00pm

Group B:
Georgia vs Ukraine, 8:45am
Lithuania vs Italy, 11:30am
Germany vs Israel, 2:30pm

Billy Dat
09-03-2017, 09:49 PM
EPIC comeback for the US, down 20 in the second half in a 40 minute FIBA game and they win a tight one against Argentina to win the Americup Gold Medal!

awhom111
09-04-2017, 12:06 AM
Marshall and the United States had their second game in hostile territory with the final in Cordoba. Argentina took the early lead and built a big one in the second half, but the team rallied to take the lead late and hang on to an 81-76 win. He had a quiet 15 minutes as the team finally settled on a rotation when it mattered. Jameel Warney had 21 points and 7 rebounds, Darrun Hilliard had 15 points and 6 rebounds, Reggie Hearn had 14 points and 6 rebounds, and Xavier Munford had 10 points. Nicolas Brussino, the only active NBA player in the game besides Marshall, had 26 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. It was a good experience for the United States, who got the win and a tremendous education for what to expect in the latter stages of qualifying as the draw presents another chance to play in Argentina in the future. The team showed impressive fight when a 20 point deficit could have led to them folding in front of a crowd cheering against them. Some of these players will definitely be on the list of players wanted for qualifying games while others should not be involved again.
http://www.fiba.basketball/americup/2017/0309/USA-Argentina#|tab=boxscore_statistics
The Bronze Medal game was played earlier and Mexico took the lead early to beat the US Virgin Islands 79-65. Ex-Wyoming player Francisco Cruz had 22 points and 6 rebounds, ex-Fresno State player Hector Hernandez had 13 points and 11 rebounds, ex-Long Beach State player Edgar Garibay had 12 points, and ex-UCLA player Lorenzo Mata had 10 points and 8 rebounds. Ex-Florida player Walter Hodge had one more big game with 20 points in the loss and ex-Charlotte player Phillip Jones had 12 points and 6 rebounds.
http://www.fiba.basketball/americup/2017/0309/Virgin-Islands-Mexico#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Group A of EuroBasket started with an fun game as France beat Iceland 115-79. A bunch of people with NBA experience had good games in the win as Nando De Colo had 16 points, Kevin Seraphin had 14 points, Joffrey Lauvergne had 13 points, Axel Toupane had 10 points. In the loss, former California high school Jon Stefansson had 23 points and 7 rebounds, ex-LIU player Martin Hermansson had 13 points, Kristofer Acox, who just finished his career at Furman, had 10 points and 7 rebounds, and ex-Maryland player Haukur Palsson had 10 points and 6 assists. Slovenia nearly wasted a good start, but came back to beat Greece 78-72 to stay on top of the group. Luka Doncic is a name you will hear a lot this year and he had 22 points while Goran Dragic had 20 points. Draft rights trade guy Georgios Printezis had 10 points and 10 rebounds and Greece's only active NBA player on their roster had 10 points. The last game was a thriller as it took Finland two overtimes to beat Poland 90-87. Lauri Markkanen continues to impress with 27 points and 9 rebounds, 2007 draft pick Petteri Koponen had 21 points and 7 assists, and Erik Murphy picked up in Alex's absence with 12 points. Naturalized ex-Western Kentucky player A.J. Slaughter had 18 points and ex-Ole Miss player Tomasz Gielo had 11 points and 6 rebounds in the loss.
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/0309/France-Iceland#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/0309/Slovenia-Greece#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/0309/Finland-Poland#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In Group B, Georgia continued to struggle after a strong first day as they lost to Ukraine 88-81. Zaza Pachulia had 17 points, ex-NBA player Tornike Shengelia had 16 points and 7 assists, and ex-San Diego player Duda Sanadze had 11 points. Lithuania put themselves in a better position with a 78-73 win over Italy. Adas Juskevicius provided an unexpected spark with 20 points as their NBA players also chipped in with Mindaugas Kuzminskas providing 14 points and Jonas Valanciunas adding 13 points and 8 rebounds. Germany struggled early against the hosts, but recovered, only to collapse in the fourth quarter to lose to Israel 82-80 and miss a chance to put themselves in a great position. Richard Howell has proven to be a smart choice among a couple naturalized player options as he had 23 points, 9 rebounds, and 7 steals, Omri Casspi had 20 points and 11 rebounds, and ex-Wichita State player Gal Mekel had 12 points. Dennis Schroder had another good game with 20 points and 7 assists and incoming NBA player Daniel Theis had 15 points and 15 rebounds, but it was not enough.
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/0309/Georgia-Ukraine#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/0309/Lithuania-Italy#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/0309/Germany-Israel#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Only Group C and Group D will be playing on Monday with all games available on ESPN3 (times EDT):

Group C:
Hungary vs Czech Republic, 8:00am
Montenegro vs Croatia, 10:45am
Spain vs Romania, 1:30pm

Group D:
Latvia vs Great Britain, 7:15am
Belgium vs Russia, 10:00am
Serbia vs Turkey, 2:00pm

awhom111
09-04-2017, 04:16 PM
In Group C of EuroBasket, Hungary opened the day with an 85-73 win over the Czech Republic. Their star, 2011 draft pick Adam Hanga had 31 points, 8 rebounds, and 8 assists and ex-Stanford player Rosco Allen had 10 points and 6 rebounds. The only active NBA player in the matchup, Tomas Satoransky had 18 points and 7 rebounds and ex-Seton Hall player Patrik Auda had 15 points. Montenegro nearly fought back against Croatia, but fell 76-72. The two NBA players were too much as Bojan Bogdanovic had 23 points and 6 rebounds and Dario Saric had 14 points. Naturalized ex-Boston College player Tyrese Rice finally found his rhythm with 22 points, 2013 draft pick Bojan Dubljevic had 17 points and 11 rebounds, and Nikola Vucevic had 12 points. Spain continues to roll as they beat Romania 91-50. Juancho Hernangomez had 18 points and 12 rebounds and Marc Gasol had 11 points and 8 rebounds as the full NBA contingent was not needed. Ex-American player Vlad Moldoveanu had 15 points and 6 rebounds as he continues to be the lone bright spot for the hosts.
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/0409/Hungary-Czech-Republic#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/0409/Montenegro-Croatia#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/0409/Spain-Romania#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In Group D, Eric Boateng and Great Britain fell behind early, but fought back to only lose by a respectable 97-92 margin. He had 8 points in 13 minutes. Ex-Iowa player Gabe Olaseni continues to lead the team as he had 23 points and 10 rebounds, ex-LIU player Kyle Johsnon had 18 points, ex-Rider player Teddy Okereafor had 12 points and 9 assists, and ex-College of Charleston player Andrew Lawrence had 11 points and 10 assists. The NBA duo led the way in the win as Kristaps Porzingis had 28 points and 8 rebounds and Davis Bertans had 22 points while 2013 draft pick Janis Timma had 11 points and 9 rebounds. Russia shows no signs of slowing down after a 76-67 win over Belgium. Alexey Shved continues to be the perimeter threat with 20 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists as Timofey Mozgov worked inside with 12 points. Turkey played well against Serbia, but the hosts came up short 80-74. Both teams have showcased incoming NBA player as Bogdan Bogdanovic had another 17 points. On the other end, Cedi Osman had 15 points and Furkan Korkmaz had 11 points while ex-NBA player Semih Erden had 13 points.
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/0409/Latvia-Great-Britain#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/0409/Belgium-Russia#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/0409/Serbia-Turkey#|tab=boxscore_statistics

All groups will be playing on Tuesday with all games available on ESPN3 (times EDT):

Group A:
Iceland vs Slovenia 6:45am
Poland vs France, 9:30am
Greece vs Poland, 1:00pm

Group B:
Ukraine vs Lithuania, 8:45am
Italy vs Germany, 11:30am
Israel vs Georgia, 2:30pm

Group C:
Czech Republic vs Montenegro, 8:00am
Croatia vs Spain, 10:45am
Romania vs Hungary, 1:30pm

Group D:
Russia vs. Latvia, 7:15am
Great Britain vs Serbia, 10:00am
Turkey vs Belgium, 2:00pm

awhom111
09-05-2017, 09:41 PM
Group A started EuroBasket play for the day again as teams will only have one more group game. Goran Dragic had 21 points to fire Slovenia past Iceland 102-75. In the loss, ex-LIU player Martin Hermansson had 18 points and ex-Maryland player Haukur Palsson had 14 points. Poland started well against France, but could not sustain it, losing 78-75. Thomas Heurtel led the way with 23 points and 6 assist as Boris Diaw had 13 points as he also auditions for his next club job. Finland delivered for the home fans again and beat Greece 89-77. 2007 draft pick Petteri Koponen had 24 points and 6 assists and Lauri Markkanen had 17 points and 6 rebounds. Thanasis Antetokounmpo had 17 points in the loss. The situation in this group is pretty clear as the Greece-Poland winner will be the last team through. Slovenia wins the group if they beat France and Finland will need to beat eliminated Iceland to create a three-way tie at the top of the standings if France wins.
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/0509/Iceland-Slovenia#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/0509/Poland-France#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/0509/Greece-Finland#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In Group B, Lithuania beat Ukraine 94-62 with Jonas Valanciunas providing 22 points and 14 rebounds and Mindaugas Kuzminskas adding 17 points. Artem Pustovyi had 29 points and 8 rebounds in the loss. Germany escaped Italy 61-55 as Dennis Schroder had 17 points and incoming NBA player Daniel Theis had 11 points. Marco Belinelli had 12 points in the loss. There was extra basketball to end the day as hosts Israel were eliminated after losing to Georgia 104-91 in overtime. Ex-NBA player Tornike Shengelia continues to have one of the strongest individual tournament with 25 points and 19 rebounds, Zaza Pachulia had 19 points, naturalized ex-Memphis player Mike Dixon had 18 points and 7 rebounds, and ex-San Diego player Duda Sanadze had 17 points. Ex-Wichita State player Gal Mekel had 23 points, ex-North Carolina State player Richard Howell, who is naturalized by marriage, had 19 points, Omri Casspi had 16 points and 6 rebounds, and 2006 draft pick Lior Eliyahu had 14 points and 6 assists. Germany-Lithuania will determine the group winner. Italy is through, but will be fourth instead of third if they lose to Georgia. Georgia can still advance if they lose as long as Israel beats Ukraine, but they will play their game first.
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/0509/Ukraine-Lithuania#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/0509/Italy-Germany#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/0509/Israel-Georgia#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In Group C, Montenegro beat the Czech Republic 88-75 as Nikola Vucevic had 17 points and 14 rebounds. The other active NBA player Tomas Satoransky had 13 points and 11 assists and ex-Seton Hall player Patrik Auda had 14 points. The battle for group supremacy saw Spain start well, let Croatia get back into the game, then take charge at the end again to win 79-73. Ricky Rubio had 13 points, Sergio Rodriguez had 12 points, and Pau Gasol had 11 points and 10 rebounds. NBA players also led the way in the loss as Dario Saric had 18 points and 13 rebounds and Bojan Bogdanovic had 15 points while ex-JC player Marko Popovic had 11 points. Romania could not avoid elimination after losing to Hungary 80-71, even with 24 points from Andrei Mandache and 12 points from ex-Clemson player Catalin Baciu. In the win, David Vojvoda had 26 points, 2011 draft pick Adam Hanga had 25 points and 6 rebounds, and ex-Stanford player Rosco Allen had 10 points. Spain wins this group and Croatia will finish second while Hungary will need a win over Spain and a Romania win to trade places with Montenegro in the final two spots.
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/0509/Czech-Republic-Montenegro#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/0509/Croatia-Spain#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/0509/Romania-Hungary#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In Group D, Latvia's big second half handed Russia its first loss 84-69. Kristaps Porzingis had 11 points, but it was 22 points and 6 rebounds from 2013 draft pick Janis Timma that helped seal the deal. Russia continues to lean on two players as Alexey Shved had 21 points and 6 assists and Timofey Mozgov had 16 points and 6 rebounds. Eric Boateng and Great Britain lost to Serbia 82-68 as he had a quiet 9 minutes. Ex-Rider player Teddy Okereafor had 17 points, ex-LIU player Kyle Johnson had 13 points, and Luke Nelson, who just finished his career at UC Irvine had 11 points. Bogdan Bogdanovic continues to gives Sacramento fans some hope as he had 18 points, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists and 2011 draft pick Milan Macvan had 10 points. The last game of the day ended up deciding last team from this group to advance as Turkey beat Belgium 78-65 after pulling away late in front of the home crowd. The incoming NBA players helped again as Furkan Korkmaz had 14 points and Cedi Osman had 10 points while ex-NBA player Semih Erden had 12 points. Latvia, Serbia, Russia, and Turkey are through, but the final seedings will not be determined until the last three games are played.
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/0509/Russia-Latvia#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/0509/Great-Britain-Serbia#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/0509/Turkey-Belgium#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Group A and Group B will finish play on Wednesday with all games available on ESPN3 (times EDT):

Group A:
Slovenia vs France, 7:45am
Greece vs Poland, 10:30am
Finland vs Iceland, 1:45pm

Group B:
Germany vs Lithuania, 7:45am
Georgia vs Italy, 10:30am
Israel vs Ukraine, 1:45pm

awhom111
09-06-2017, 09:48 PM
Group play ended in the first two EuroBasket groups. Slovenia rolled past France 95-78 to win Group A as Goran Dragic had 22 points and 8 assists. The players with NBA experience on the other side also had solid games as Nando De Colo had 16 points, Boris Diaw had 13 points, Kevin Seraphin had 12 points, and Evan Fournier had 11 points. The next game was for the last spot to advance from this group as Greece got a challenge, but pulled away from Poland to win 95-77. Kostas Sloukas had 26 points, ex-Florida player Nick Calathes had 24 points and 10 assists, and draft rights trade bait Georgios Printezis had 14 points and 6 rebounds. Damian Kulig had 26 points and 7 rebounds. The last game was meaningless for the final standings, but Finland did entertain their fans and come back to deny Iceland their first win 83-79. Lauri Markkanen continued to impress with 23 points and 2007 draft pick Petteri Koponen continued to take on a bigger role with 10 points and 6 assists. In the loss, former California high schooler Jon Stefansson had 13 points, ex-LIU player Martin Hermansson had 12 points, ex-Maryland player Haukur Palsson had 11 points, and Kristofer Acox, who just finished his career at Furman, had 10 points.
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/0609/Slovenia-France#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/0609/Greece-Poland#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/0609/Finland-Iceland#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: Slovenia 5-0, Finland 4-1, France 3-2, Greece 2-3, Poland 1-4, Iceland 0-5

The game for the Group B lead started the day and Lithuania erased any doubts from their first game with an 89-72 win over Germany. The NBA players led the way as Jonas Valanciunas had 27 points and 15 rebounds and Donatas Motiejunas had 15 points, while Dennis Schroder had 26 points and recent draft pick Isaiah Hartenstein had 10 points. Georgia could have advanced with a win, but their comeback came up short against Italy in a 71-69 loss. Naturalized ex-Memphis player Mike Dixon did everything he could with 29 points and ex-NBA player Tornike Shengelia had 12 points and 6 rebounds. In the win, Marco Belinelli had 15 points and the other player with NBA experience, Luigi Datome had 14 points. Israel tried to help out as they said farewell to their home fans, but Ukraine had much more at stake and got the 88-64 win with 17 points and 7 rebounds from ex-NBA player Slava Kravtsov. 2006 draft pick Lior Eliyahu had 12 points and 6 assists in the loss.
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/0609/Germany-Lithuania#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/0609/Georgia-Italy#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/0609/Israel-Ukraine#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: Lithuania 4-1, Germany 3-2, Italy 3-2, Ukraine 2-3, Georgia 2-3, Israel 1-4

Group C and Group D will finish play on Thursday with all games available on ESPN3 (times EDT):

Group C:
Czech Republic vs Croatia, 7:30am
Hungary vs Spain, 10:15am
Montenegro vs Romania, 1:45pm

Group D:
Russia vs Great Britain, 7:30am
Belgium vs Serbia, 10:15am
Latvis vs Turkey, 1:45pm

awhom111
09-07-2017, 09:47 PM
Chelsea Gray is among the players invited to the upcoming USA Basketball training camp. If her team makes it to the WNBA Finals as expected, she will not be able to participate. USA Basketball has a tricky situation managing time on the women's side since most players play year round. Some players here will be sacrificing money on their overseas contracts to delay their arrivals abroad. I would prefer that these camps be held during the breaks in the European club season for international play in Europe, where they can train together and play some European national teams. They could then have a United States based camp before WNBA training camp for players who are not playing overseas or were playing in Asia. The problem with that is that a number of college coaches are involved in the process and those times conflict with their schedules.
https://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2017/09/wnt-camp-athletes.aspx

It was the final day of the group stage at EuroBasket as Group C started with a meaningless game that went to Croatia 107-69. The players with NBA experience led the way as Bojan Bogdanovic had 25 points, Dario Saric had 18 points and 10 rebounds, Roko Ukic had 12 points and 6 assists, and Dragan Bender had 10 points and 6 rebounds. For the Czech Republic, ex-Seton Hall player Patrik Auda had 19 points and ex-Fairleigh Dickinson player Kamil Svrdlik had 10 points. Hungary ended any faint hopes of jumping one place in the standings after losing to Spain 87-64. The favorites took no break as Pau Gasol had 20 points and 8 rebounds, Willy Hernangomez had 15 points, Sergio Rodriguez had 15 points and 7 assists, and Marc Gasol had 10 points and 6 rebounds. That result made the final game meaningless, but Romania was not able to give the fans something to celebrate as they lost to Montenegro 86-69. In the win, ex-Georgia player Nemanja Djurisic had 14 points and 7 rebounds, 2013 draft pick Bojan Dubljevic had 13 points and 9 rebounds, and Nikola Vucevic had 11 points and 6 rebounds. Ex-Clemson player Catalin Baciu had 11 points and 6 rebounds in the loss.
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/0709/Czech-Republic-Croatia#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/0709/Hungary-Spain#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/0709/Montenegro-Romania#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: Spain 5-0, Croatia 4-1, Montenegro 3-2, Hungary 2-3, Czech Republic 1-4, Romania 0-5

Eric Boateng and Great Britain finished their Group D campaign with an 82-70 loss to Russia as he had 2 points in 10 minutes. Dan Clark had 21 points and 6 rebounds ex-Iowa player Gabe Olaseni had 19 points and 9 rebounds, and ex-JC player Gareth Murray had 10 points. Alexey Shved led Russia again with 30 points and 8 assists and Timofey Mozgov had 11 points and 11 rebounds. Serbia then needed to win to keep their hopes of topping the group alive, which they did by beating Belgium 74-54. Boban Marjanovic was unstoppable again with 22 points and 7 rebounds, Bogdan Bogdanovic had 15 points and 9 assists, and 2011 draft pick Milan Macvan had 10 points. In the loss, Manu Lecomte of Baylor had 12 points and 2005 draft pick Axel Hervelle had 10 points. Latvia completed the three-way tie at the top of the standings by beating Turkey 89-79 thanks to 28 points and 7 rebounds from Kristaps Porzingis. In the loss, Cedi Osman had 24 points and 6 rebounds and ex-NBA player Semih Erden had 10 points.
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/0709/Russia-Great-Britain#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/0709/Belgium-Serbia#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/0709/Latvia-Turkey#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: Serbia 4-1, Latvia 4-1, Russia 4-1, Turkey 2-3, Belgium 1-4, Great Britain 0-5

The competition takes a day off as teams finish traveling to Istanbul as the teams in Groups A and B will play their first knockout games on Saturday and the teams in Groups C and D will play their first knockout games on Sunday.

Bracket:
Germany vs France
Spain vs Turkey
Slovenia vs Ukraine
Latvia vs Montenegro
Lithuania vs Greece
Croatia vs Russia
Finland vs Italy
Serbia vs Hungary

awhom111
09-08-2017, 09:14 PM
ESPN3 will have the EuroBasket Round of 16 starting on Saturday (all times EDT):
Slovenia vs Ukraine, 5:30am
Germany vs France, 8:15am
Finland vs Italy, 11:45am
Lithuania vs Greece, 2:30pm

ESPN also picked up the AfroBasket games late, so here is Saturday's schedule:

Group A:
Democratic Republic of Congo vs Ivory Coast, 10:30am
Nigeria vs Mali, 3:30pm

Group B:
Central African Republic vs Uganda, 12:00pm
Angola vs Morocco, 5:00pm

Group C:
Guinea vs Cameroon, 8:00am
Tunisia vs Rwanda, 1:00pm

Group D:
Mozambique vs South Africa, 9:30am
Senegal vs Egypt, 2:30pm

AfroBasket started play with Groups A and C in Tunis and Groups B and D in Dakar.

Group A started with an overtime game as Mali outlasted a Democratic Republic of Congo team that had hoped to have its NBA players 87-82. Mahamdou Kante had 22 points and 6 steals and recent D League player Boubacar Moungoro had 14 points. In the loss, Herve Kabasele had 16 points and ex-Texas player Myck Kabongo had 16 points and 6 rebounds. Nigeria had the usual issues in organizing their team and it nearly all came apart in their first game against the Ivory Coast before they hung on to a 78-77 win. Ex-Arizona State player Ike Diogu had 31 points and 8 rebounds and Ike Iroegbu, who just finished his career at Washington State, had 15 points and 7 assists.
http://www.fiba.basketball/afrobasket/2017/0809/Dem-Rep--of-Congo-Mali#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/afrobasket/2017/0809/Nigeria-Cote-d-Ivoire#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In Group B, Morocco beat the Central African Republic 76-66 as naturalized ex-Illinois State player John Wilkins had 15 points. Ex-Campbell player William Kossangue had 10 points in the loss. A long day in Dakar ended with a thriller. Upset-minded Uganda came out on fire against Angola, but were forced into overtime and lost 94-89. Former Georgia high schooler Carlos Morais led the victors with 21 points and ex-SMU player Yanick Moreira had 13 points and 7 rebounds. In the loss, ex-DII player Robinson Odoch Opong had 23 points and 7 rebounds, ex-Binghamton player Stanley Ocitti had 18 points, and naturalized ex-NAIA player A'Darious Pegues had 17 points and 9 rebounds.
http://www.fiba.basketball/afrobasket/2017/0809/CAF-Morocco#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/afrobasket/2017/0809/Angola-Uganda#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Group C started with Rwanda beating Guinea 75-55 as Kami Kabange had 20 points. Hosts Tunisia beat Cameroon, which was also unable to bring in its stars, 68-51. In the loss, Ben Mbala, who plays college basketball, but in the Philippines, had 15 points and 6 rebounds and Arnaud William Adala Moto, who just finished his career at Towson, had 11 points and 9 rebounds.
http://www.fiba.basketball/afrobasket/2017/0809/Guinea-Rwanda#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/afrobasket/2017/0809/Tunisia-Cameroon#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Group D started with Egypt beating Mozambique 75-47. Hosts Senegal beat South Africa 83-44. Having a pair of players who ended the season in the NBA helped as Gorgui Dieng had 16 points and Maurice Ndour had 10 points as ex-SMU player Mouhammad Faye had 15 points. Ex-Marist player Peter Prinsloo had 11 points in the loss.
http://www.fiba.basketball/afrobasket/2017/0809/Mozambique-Egypt#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/afrobasket/2017/0809/Senegal-South-Africa#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Club information is not available in many countries, but here is my best stab at the rosters:

Democratic Republic of Congo:
Myck Kabongo, Hermosillo Rayos (Mexico), Texas
Johnny Buzangu, club information not provided
Chadrack Lufile, Cape Breton Highlanders (Canada), Wichita State
Maxi Munanga, club information not provided
Chiza Ntirata, Jamestown Jackals (PBL), Oklahoma Christian (DII)
Evariste Shonganya, club information not provided
Ntumba Mohamed, club information not provided, South Indiana (DII)
Pitchou Kambuy, club information not provided
Docta Mutumbo, club information not provided
Eric Kibi, Randers (Denmark), Abilene Christian
Herve Kabasele, club information not provided
Rolly Fula, club information not provided

Ivory Coast:
Michael Toti, Ministere des Finances (France)
Aboubacar Hima, club information not provided
Kadirou Karaboue, club information not provided
Tiegbe Bamba, Psychiko (Greece), Portland State
Serge Pohohoulou, Abidjan Raiders (Africa)
Souleyman Diabate, Chalons-Reims (France)/Jiangsu (China)
Romeo Wilfried Enan, Kano Pillars (Nigeria)
Cedric Bah, Vichy-Clermont (France)
Salim Kone, club information not provided
Eric Tape, Abidjan Raiders (Africa)
Stephane Toure, club information not provided
Fode Traore, club information not provided

Mali:
Boubacar Moungoro, D League, IMG Academy (FL)
Mahamadou Kante, club information not provided
Ibrahim Djambo, Alcazar (Spain), Hofstra
Mahamadou Drame, no club
Papa Tandina, club information not provided
Mamadou Keita, Hague (France)
Sekou Dembele, Police (Mali)
Boubacar Sidibe, Valladolid (Spain)
Sambou Traore, Roanne (France)
Badara Bagayoko, club information not provided
Al Hassan Fall, club information not provided
Boubacar Papa Coulibaly, club information not provided

Nigeria:
Bryant Mbamalu, Agustinos Eras (Spain)/Lagos Warriors (CBL), Louisiana-Lafayette
Ike Iroegbu, Washington State
Kelechi Anuna, Eko Kings (Africa), Pfeiffer (DII)
Anthony Odunsi, Stjarnan (Iceland), Houston Baptist
Azuoma Dike, Kano Pillars (Nigeria)
Akin Akingbala, Araberri (Spain), Clemson
Ike Diogu, Jiangsu [Changzhou] (China), Arizona State and NBA (2005-2012)
Jeleel Akindele, Monterrey Fuerza Regia (Mexico)/Bayamon Cowboys (Puerto Rico), Chicago State
Abdul Yahaya, Kano Pillars (Nigeria)
O'Karo Akamune, club information not provided, Western Kentucky
Daniel Ochefu, Washington Wizards, Villanova
Ike Nwamu, D League, UNLV

Angola:
Yanick Moreira, D League, SMU
Gerson Goncalves, Petroleos de Luanda (Angola)
Olimpio Cipriano, Libolo (Angola)
Armando Costa, Primeiro de Agosto (Angola)
Carlos Morais, Benfica (Portugal), Community Christian (GA)
Roberto Fortes, Libolo (Angola), Illinois State
Leonel Paulo, Petroleos de Luanda (Angola)
Felizardo Ambrosio, Primeiro de Agosto (Angola)
Eduardo Mingas, Libolo (Angola)
Silvio De Sousa, IMG Academy (FL), Committed to Kansas
Reggie Moore, Petroleos de Luanda (Angola), Oral Roberts
Leandro Conceicao, Galitos Barreiro (Portugal), William Paterson (DIII)

Central African Republic:
Tanguy Samedi, club information not provided
Lawrence Nganafio, club information not provided
Michael Mokongo, Vitre (France)
William Kossangue, club information not provided, Campbell
Johan Grebongo, Pfastatt (France)
Privat Koyamba, club information not provided
Sydney Pehoua, Besancon (France)
Eddy Yowane Ngoy, Lyon-Villeurbanne (France)
Severin Febou, club information not provided
Max Kouguere, Antibes (France)
Philippe Djada Mabada, club information not provided
Jimmy Djimrabaye, Gravelines-Dunkerque (France)

Morocco:
Abderrahim Najah, Sale (Morocco)
Mustapha Khalfi, FAR Rabat (Morocco)
Soufiane Kourdou, Sale (Morocco)
Zakaria El Masbahi, Sale (Morocco)
Ali Lahrichi, Wydad Casablanca (Morocco)
Mohamed Aboussalam, Rouen (France)
Mohamed Choua, Sale (Morocco)
Jihad Benchlikha, FAR Rabat (Morocco)
John Wilkins, Chabab Rif Al Hoceima (Morocco), Illinois State
Adil El Mekssoud, Chabab Rif Al Hoceima (Morocco)
Soufiane Nadim, FUS Rabat (Morocco)
Reda Rhalimi, Chabab Rif Al Hoceima (Morocco), St. Mary's

Uganda:
Syrus Kiviiri, Pemba Warriors (Uganda)
Jimmy Enabu, City Oilers (Uganda)
Robinson Odoch Opong, club information not provided, Rogers State (DII)
James Okello, City Oilers (Uganda)
Ben Komakech, City Oilers (Uganda)
Johnathan Egau, Uganda Christian University (Uganda)
Jonah Otim, City Oilers (Uganda)
Samuel Kalwanyi, Wayland Baptist (NAIA)
Steven Omony, City Oilers (Uganda)
A'Darious Pegues, Los Mochis Pioneros (Mexico), Campbellsville (NAIA)
Joseph Ikong, Power (Uganda)
Stanley Ocitti, City Oilers (Uganda), Binghamton

Cameroon:
Arnaud William Adala Moto, Towson
Ngijol Songolo, no club, Minnesota State Moorhead (DII)
Ben Mbala, De La Salle (Philippines)
Felix Thierry Bogmis, Nzui-Manto (Cameroon)/Yaounde Giants (Africa)
Pierre Cedric Essome, BEAC (Cameroon)
Seoud Njoya, Le Havre (France)
Brylle Kamen, Liege (Belgium), San Jose State
Kevin Ngwese, BEAC (Cameroon)/Yaounde Giants (Africa)
Francois Affia Ambadiang, club information not provided
Franck Yangue, club information not provided
Arnold Akola Kome, Yaounde Giants (Africa)

Guinea:
Malick Kone, club information not provided, Rutgers
Abdoulaye Sy, Stade Marseillais Universite (France)
Yamoussa Kolontin Camara, club information not provided
Mohamed Beka Youla, club information not provided
Yacouba Sylla, Nyon (Switzerland)
Mohamed Souare, Meyrin (Switzerland)
Cedric Mansare, Dax-Gamarde (France)
Ismael Conde, club information not provided
Cheick Sekou Conde, Gandia (Spain)
Alpha Diallo, Kavala (Greece)
Daouda William Conde, Cognac (France)
Bachir Bella Diallo, club information not provided

Rwanda:
Sedar Sagamba, Patriots (Rwanda)
Patrice Twagirayezu, Covenant (DIII)
Olivier Shyaka, Espoir (Rwanda)
Adonis Rwabigwi, UTRGV, Tampa Prep (FL)
Aristide Mugabe, Patriots (Rwanda)
Dan Manzi, UTRGV, Tampa Bay Christian (FL)
Hamza Ruhezamihigo, no club
Steven Havugintwari, Integrated Polytechnic Regional Center Kigali (Rwanda)
Kenneth Wilson Gasana, no club, Boise State
Elie Kaje, Patriots (Rwanda)
Kami Kabange, REG (Rwanda)
Walter Nkurunziza, Patriots (Rwanda)

Tunisia:
Omar Abada, Rades (Tunisia)
Ziyed Chennoufi, Africain (Tunisia)
Mourad El Mabrouk, Rades (Tunisia)
Omar Mouhli, Etoile du Sahel (Tunisia)
Mohamed Hadidane, Rades (Tunisia)/Wydad Casablanca (Morocco)
Bechir Hadidane, Africain (Tunisia)
Mokhtar Ghayaza, Africain (Tunisia)/FAR Rabat (Morocco)
Makram Ben Romdhane, Etoile du Sahel (Tunisia)
Firas Lahiani, Monastir (Tunisia)
Mohamed Adam Rassil, Hammamet (Tunisia)
Radhouane Slimane, Etoile du Sahel (Tunisia)
Nizar Knioua, Etoile du Sahel (Tunisia)

Egypt:
Amr Abdelhalim, club information not provided
Ramy Gunady, club information not provided
Ahmed Mohamed, club information not provided
Ibrahim Elgammal, Al Ahly (Egypt)
Mouhanad Elsabagh, Al Ahly (Egypt)
Moustafa Elmekawi, club information not provided
Youssef Aboshousha, club information not provided
Ramy Abdalla, club information not provided
Moatazpellah Okasha, club information not provided
Romeh Elsadani, club information not provided
Haytham Khalifa, club information not provided
Ahmed Bakr, club information not provided

Mozambique:
Hugo Martins, club information not provided
Baggio Chimonzo, club information not provided
David Canivete, club information not provided
Ermelindo Novela, club information not provided
Afonso Machave, club information not provided
Helton Ubisse, club information not provided
Francisco Macaringue, Ferroviario Maputo (Mozambique)
Custodio Muchate, club information not provided
Octavio Magolico, club information not provided
Milton Caifaz, Imortal (Portugal)
Inelcio Chire, A Politecnica (Mozambique)
Ronaldo Geneto, Maxaquene (Mozambique)

Senegal:
Maurice Ndour, New York Knicks, Ohio
Djibril Thiam, Al-Fateh (Saudi Arabia), Wyoming
Thierno Niang, Agustinos Eras (Spain), Milwaukee
Louis Adams, club information not provided, South Carolina State
Clevin Hannah, Lietuvos Rytas (Lithuania), Wichita State
Antoine Mendy, Orleans (France)
Maleye Ndoye, Paris-Levallois (France), Furman
Mouhammad Faye, Promitheas (Greece)/Sagesse (Lebanon), SMU
Cheikh Mbodj, Torun (Poland), Cincinnati
Hamady Ndiaye, Bnei Herzliya (Israel), Rutgers and NBA (2010-2014)
Gorgui Dieng, Minnesota Timberwolves, Louisville
Youssoupha Ndoye, Bourg-en-Bresse (France), St. Bonaventure

South Africa:
Thabo Sithole, club information not provided
Lebesa Selepe, Soweto Panthers (South Africa)
Kagiso Ngoetjana, Egoli Magic (South Africa)
Shane Marhanele, Limpopo Pride (South Africa)
Sakhile Sithole, Mpumalanga Rhinos (South Africa), Skidmore (DIII)
Neo Mothiba, Egoli Magic (South Africa)
Jonathan Van Der Bijl, Egoli Magic (South Africa)
Tsakani Ngobeni, Duzi Royals (South Africa), Hamilton (DIII)
Lehlongonolo Tholo, Egoli Magic (South Africa)
Christopher Gabriel, Tibilisi State University (Georgia), San Diego
Peter Prinsloo, Lagos City Stars (Africa), Marist
Reece Prinsloo, Soweto Panthers (South Africa)

awhom111
09-09-2017, 07:40 PM
The knockout rounds started at Eurobasket with all of the teams in Istanbul. Slovenia continued their strong tournament with a 79-55 win over Ukraine with Anthony Randolph delivering his best effort so far as the naturalized player with 21 points. France looked to be getting back on track early, but Germany spent the rest of the game fighting back and emerging surprise 84-81 winners. A couple of players who will be in the NBA this season led the way as Daniel Theis had 22 points and 7 rebounds and Dennis Schroder had 21 points and 8 assists while ex-Iowa State player Lucca Staiger had 10 points. In the loss, Evan Fournier had 27 points, Boris Diaw had 15 points and 9 rebounds, and Joffrey Lauvergne had 13 points and 7 rebounds. Finland had done well at home, but it was different when they hit the road as Italy jumped out to an early lead and won 70-57. Marco Belinelli had 22 points and the other player with NBA experience, Luigi Datome had 15 points while ex-USC player Daniel Hackett had 10 points and 6 rebounds. In the loss, 2007 draft pick Petteri Koponen had 13 points. Another team that flipped the switch when the games began to count was Greece, which fended off a late charge from Lithuania to win 77-64. Kostas Sloukas had 21 points, ex-Florida player Nick Calathes had 14 points and 6 assists, and ex-NBA player Kostas Papanikolaou had 11 points and 6 rebounds. Mindaugas Kuzminskas had 20 points and Jonas Valanciunas had 13 points and 15 rebounds as the NBA players did not get enough help.
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/0909/Slovenia-Ukraine#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/0909/Germany-France#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/0909/Finland-Italy#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/0909/Lithuania-Greece#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Here is the Sunday schedule on ESPN3 (all times EDT):
Latvia vs Montenegro, 5:30am
Serbia vs Hungary, 8:15am
Spain vs Turkey, 11:45am
Croatia vs Russia, 2:30pm

The winless teams played the first Group A game at Afrobasket as the Democratic Republic of Congo beat the Ivory Coast 81-60 with ex-Texas player Myck Kabongo providing 16 points and 8 rebounds. Nigeria was unconvincing early again, but still ran out 90-67 winners against Mali. Ex-UNLV player Ike Nwamu had 22 points, Ike Iroegbu, who just finished his Washington State career, had 18 points and 9 rebounds, former Louisiana-Lafayette player Bryant Mbamalu had 17 points and 7 steals, and ex-Arizona State player Ike Diogu had 15 points.
http://www.fiba.basketball/afrobasket/2017/0909/Cote-d-Ivoire-Dem-Rep--of-Congo#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/afrobasket/2017/0909/Mali-Nigeria#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Group B play started with the winless teams as the Central African Republic edged Uganda 57-54. In the loss, ex-DII player Russell Odoch Opong had 15 points and ex-Binghamton player Stanley Ocitti had 10 points. Morocco advanced to the quarterfinals with a 60-53 win over disappointing Angola. Naturalized ex-Oral Roberts player Reggie Moore had 13 points in the loss. The winner of the Angola-Central African Republic game will also advance.
http://www.fiba.basketball/afrobasket/2017/0909/Uganda-CAF#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/afrobasket/2017/0909/Morocco-Angola#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In Group C, Cameroon picked up their first win 96-54 over Guinea. Ben Mbala, a college star in the Philippines, had 24 points and 6 rebounds, ex-DII player Ngijol Songolo had 17 points, and Arnaud William Adala Moto, who just finished his Towson career, had 12 points. Tunisia clinched their quarterfinal place with a 78-60 win over Rwanda behind Mohamed Hadidane's 20 points and 8 rebounds. Dan Manzi of UTRGV had 13 points in the loss. The other team to advance in this group will be the winner of the Cameroon-Rwanda game.
http://www.fiba.basketball/afrobasket/2017/0909/Cameroon-Guinea#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/afrobasket/2017/0909/Rwanda-Tunisia#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The battle of winless Group D teams went to Mozambique 67-61. Ex-Marist player Prinsloo had 15 points for South Africa. Senegal beat Egypt 87-52 as Gorgui Dieng had 14 points and 7 rebounds, ex-Cincinnati player Cheikh Mbodj had 14 points, and ex-St. Bonaventure player Youssoupha Ndoye had 12 points.
http://www.fiba.basketball/afrobasket/2017/0909/South-Africa-Mozambique#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/afrobasket/2017/0909/Egypt-Senegal#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Here is Sunday's ESPN3 schedule (all times EDT):

Group A:
Democratic Republic of Congo vs Nigeria, 10:30am
Mali vs Ivory Coast, 3:30pm

Group B:
Uganda vs Morocco, 11:30am
Central African Republic vs Angola, 4:30pm

Group C:
Cameroon vs Rwanda, 8:00am
Guinea vs Tunisia, 1:00pm

Group D:
South Africa vs Egypt, 9:00am
Mozambique vs Senegal vs Egypt, 2:00pm

awhom111
09-10-2017, 07:05 PM
The rest of the EuroBasket Round of 16 games were played today in Istanbul. Latvia ran past Montenegro 100-68 as 2013 draft pick Janis Timma had 21 points and 6 assists and Kristaps Porzingis had 19 points and 6 rebounds. In the loss, 2013 draft pick Bojan Dubljevic had 21 points and Nikola Vucevic had 16 points and 9 rebounds. Serbia started well in an 86-78 win as ex-NBA player Ognjen Kuzmic had 17 points and 10 rebounds, incoming NBA player Bogdan Bogdanovic had 17 points and 6 assists, Boban Marjanovic had 14 points and 6 rebounds, and 2011 draft pick Milan Macvan had 14 points. Hungary stayed in the game even with their star struggling as Zoltan Perl had 22 points and 7 rebounds to pick up the slack. Spain was tested by Turkey, but still got the 73-56 win. Ricky Rubio had 15 points, Pau Gasol had 11 points and 7 rebounds, Sergio Rodriguez had 11 points and 9 assists, and Marc Gasol had 10 points. Furkan Korkmaz had 20 points for the hosts as he prepares for the NBA. Russia is probably the surprise of the tournament at this point as they beat Croatia 101-78. There are many bigger names getting the attention, but Alexey Shved continued his strong tournament with 27 points and 12 assists and Timofey Mozgov had 10 points. In the loss, Bojan Bogdanovic had 28 points and Dario Saric had 13 points. The first two quarterfinals will be played on Tuesday.
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/1009/Latvia-Montenegro#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/1009/Serbia-Hungary#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/1009/Spain-Turkey#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/1009/Croatia-Russia#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Bracket:
Germany vs Spain
Slovenia vs Latvia
Greece vs Russia
Italy vs Serbia

It was the final day of the group stage at AfroBasket.

In Group A, Nigeria missed a chance to simply win the group as they lost to the Democratic Republic of Congo 83-77. Evariste Shonganya had 20 points and 6 rebounds and ex-Texas player Myck Kabongo had 17 points, 6 rebounds, and 8 assists. In the loss, ex-Arizona State player Ike Diogu had 21 points and 7 rebounds, Ike Iroegbu, who has finished his Washington State career had 18 points, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists, former Louisiana-Lafayette player Bryant Mbamalu had 16 points. and ex-UNLV player Ike Nwamu had 12 points. Mali breezed to a 92-63 win over Ivory Coast 92-63 to set up the three-way tie. Mohamed Drame had 21 points and ex-Hofstra player Ibrahim Djambo had 11 points and 7 rebounds. Ex-Portland player Tiegbe Bamba had 13 points in the loss. That meant that the prior results were taken into account and Mali missed out to the other two teams.
http://www.fiba.basketball/afrobasket/2017/1009/Nigeria-Dem-Rep--of-Congo#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/afrobasket/2017/1009/Mali-Cote-d-Ivoire#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: Nigeria 2-1, Democratic Republic of Congo 2-1, Mali 2-1, Ivory Coast 0-3

In Group B, Morocco used a solid second half to beat Uganda 79-70 having already clinched the group. In the loss, ex-Binghamton player Stanley Ocitti and naturalized ex-NAIA player A'Darious Pegues had 11 points. That set up the next game for the last spot in the quarterfinals, which withstood a delay due to a power outage and saw Angola win 66-44 over the Central African Republic thanks to 17 points from former Georgia high schooler Carlos Morais.
http://www.fiba.basketball/afrobasket/2017/1009/Morocco-Uganda#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/afrobasket/2017/1009/Angola-CAF#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: Morocco 3-0, Angola 2-1, Central African Republic 1-2, Uganda 0-3

In Group C, the last spot was decided when Cameroon fended off Rwanda 81-77. Arnaud William Adala Moto, who just finished his Towson career, had 17 points and 8 rebounds and college star in the Philippines Ben Mbala had 16 points and 15 rebounds. In the loss, ex-Boise State player Kenny Gasana had 18 points and 7 assists. Tunisia had already won the group, but entertained the home fans and kept momentum with a 64-59 win over Guinea.
http://www.fiba.basketball/afrobasket/2017/1009/Rwanda-Cameroon#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/afrobasket/2017/1009/Tunisia-Guinea#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: Tunisia 3-0, Cameroon 2-1, Rwanda 1-2, Guinea 0-3

In Group D, Egypt took care of business with a 70-51 win to eliminate South Africa, although ex-Marist player Peter Prinsloo had 11 points and 6 rebounds. Their spot was confirmed once Senegal beat Mozambique 80-49. Gorgui Dieng had 14 points and 6 rebounds, ex-Wyoming player Djibril Thiam had 14 points, and ex-SMU player Mouhammad Faye had 10 points.
http://www.fiba.basketball/afrobasket/2017/1009/Egypt-South-Africa#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/afrobasket/2017/1009/Senegal-Mozambique#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: Senegal 3-0, Egypt 2-1, Mozambique 1-2, South Africa 0-3

The tournament will resume on Thursday with teams being given enough time to make the trip from Dakar to Tunis.

Bracket:
Nigeria vs Cameroon
Senegal vs Angola
Morocco vs Egypt
Tunisia vs Democratic Republic of Congo

awhom111
09-11-2017, 04:18 PM
In the middle of a busy summer of national team play, we get a full off day. Tuesday has the first two EuroBasket quarterfinals on ESPN3 with Germany-Spain at 11:45am ET and Slovenia-Latvia at 2:30pm ET.

Troublemaker
09-12-2017, 03:27 PM
In the middle of a busy summer of national team play, we get a full off day. Tuesday has the first two EuroBasket quarterfinals on ESPN3 with Germany-Spain at 11:45am ET and Slovenia-Latvia at 2:30pm ET.

Slovenia (Luka Doncic, Goran Dragic) vs Latvia (Kristaps Porginzis) playing a high-scoring entertaining FIBA game right now. It's 55-51 Latvia at the half.

http://www.espn.com/watch/player?bucketId=2&id=3156546

Some people believe Doncic should be the #1 pick in the 2018 NBA draft, ahead of guys like Porter, Bagley, Bamba, and Ayton.

awhom111
09-12-2017, 09:44 PM
The EuroBasket quarterfinals started today. The first game was close in the first half, but Spain surged out of the break to beat Germany 84-72. Marc Gasol took the lead with 28 points and 10 rebounds, Pau Gasol had 19 points, and Sergio Rodriguez had 11 points and 7 assists. Dennis Schroder finished his strong tournament had 27 points and 8 assists and Daniel Theis gets ready to start his NBA career with 15 points. The other game was quite wild as it was Slovenia holding off Latvia 103-97. Luka Doncic led the winners with 27 points and 9 rebounds as Goran Dragic had 26 points, 6 rebounds, and 8 assists while Anthony Randolph continued to improve as a naturalized player with 16 points and 9 rebounds. Kristaps Porzingis had 34 points and 6 rebounds in the loss and the other NBA player Davis Bertans had 23 points.
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/1209/Germany-Spain#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/1209/Slovenia-Latvia#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The other two quarterfinals will be on Wednesday on ESPN3 (times EDT):
Russia vs Greece, 11:45am
Italy vs Serbia, 2:30pm

awhom111
09-13-2017, 09:29 PM
The other two EuroBasket quarterfinals were played today. Greece had the better start, but Russia fought back and took the lead in the second half to win 74-69. The same combination did the damage as Alexey Shved had 26 points and Timofey Mozgov had 15 points and 10 rebounds. In the loss, Nick Calathes had 25 points and 7 assists and draft rights trade record holder Georgios Printezis had 19 points. The other game was close for a quarter before Serbia rolled past Italy 83-67. Bogdan Bogdanovic had another 22 points and 6 rebounds, 2011 draft pick Milan Macvan had 13 points and 6 rebounds, and Boban Marjanovic had 10 points and 7 rebounds. Both players with NBA experience had solid games in the loss as Marco Belinelli had 18 points and Luigi Datome had 15 points.
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/1309/Greece-Russia#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/1309/Italy-Serbia#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The first semifinal will be on ESPN3 on Thursday as Spain faces Slovenia at 2:30pm ET.

The AfroBasket quarterfinals will also be on ESPN3 on Thursday (times EDT):
Morocco vs Egypt, 8:00am
Nigeria vs Cameroon, 10:30am
Tunisia vs Democratic Republic of Congo, 1:00pm
Senegal vs. Angola, 3:30pm

awhom111
09-14-2017, 09:34 PM
The first EuroBasket Semifinal was today as Slovenia took the lead early on Spain and never looked back, surging after halftime to win 92-72 to cause an impressive upset. Goran Dragic had 15 points and 6 rebounds and Anthony Randolph had 15 points. In the loss, Pau Gasol had 16 points and 6 rebounds, Ricky Rubio had 13 points, and Marc Gasol had 12 points and 10 rebounds.
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/1409/Spain-Slovenia#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The other semifinal between Russia and Serbia will be on ESPN3 at 2:30pm ET on Friday.

The teams arrived in Tunis to start the AfroBasket quarterfinals. The first game was quite intense as Morocco edged Egypt 66-62 despite 22 points from Ibrahim Elgammal. The second game was wilder as Nigeria got the 106-91 win over Cameroon. In the win, ex-Arizona State player Ike Diogu had 28 points and 9 rebounds, ex-UNLV player Ike Nwamu had 25 points and 7 assists, former Louisiana-Lafayette player Bryant Mbamalu had 22 points, and ex-Chicago State player Jeleel Akindele had 13 points. Ben Mbala, a collegiate star in the Philippines, may have been the surprise of the tournament as he finished it with 32 points and 10 rebounds, Felix Thierry Bogmis had 25 points, Arnaud William Adala Moto, who just finished his Towson career, had 20 points and 7 rebounds, and ex-DII player Ngijol Songolo had 12 points. Hosts Tunisia used a strong second half to beat the Democratic Republic of Congo 81-60 as Makram Ben Romdhane had 22 points and 14 rebounds. The final game of the day was what could have a been a final matchup as Angola finally played up to its potential, but Senegal's strong second half got it the 66-57 win. Ex-South Carolina State player Louis Adams had 11 points, ex-Ohio player Maurice Ndour had 10 points, and naturalized ex-Wichita State player Clevin Hannah had 10 points.
http://www.fiba.basketball/afrobasket/2017/1409/Morocco-Egypt#tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/afrobasket/2017/1409/Nigeria-Cameroon#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/afrobasket/2017/1409/Tunisia-Dem-Rep--of-Congo#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/afrobasket/2017/1409/Senegal-Angola#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Both semifinals will be on ESPN3 on Friday as Morocco and Tunisia square off at 1:00pm ET and then Nigeria faces Senegal at 3:30pm ET.

awhom111
09-15-2017, 09:27 PM
The other EuroBasket semifinal was played today. Serbia built a lead into halftime, helping them withstand Russia's charge in the second half to win 87-79. Serbia had their own inside-outside combination going as Boban Marjanovic had 18 points and 6 rebounds and Bogdan Bogdanovic had 24 points. Alexey Shved tried to carry his team again as he finished with 33 points and Timofey Mozgov added 11 points and 9 rebounds.
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/1509/Russia-Serbia#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The AfroBasket semifinals were played in Tunis. The hosts started well, but Morocco fought their way back before Tunisia expanded the lead in the fourth quarter to win 60-52. Mohamed Hadidane had 22 points and 6 rebounds to help his team get the win while naturalized ex-Illinois State player John Wilkins had 10 points. The second game was excellent even after a delay due to Youssoupha Ndoye shattering a backboard before Nigeria completed a 76-71 win. Bryant Mbamalu had 19 points and 7 rebounds, Ike Iroegbu had 18 points, Ike Diogu had 17 points and 14 rebounds, and Ike Nwamu had 10 points. For Senegal, Gorgui Dieng had 14 points and 9 rebounds, Maurice Ndour had 14 points, Clevin Hannah had 13 points and 7 rebounds, and Mouhammad Faye had 10 points.
http://www.fiba.basketball/afrobasket/2017/1509/Morocco-Tunisia#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/afrobasket/2017/1509/Nigeria-Senegal#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The last two games on Saturday will be on ESPN3 as the Bronze Medal game will be on 10:30am ET and the Gold Medal game will be on 1:00pm ET.

awhom111
09-16-2017, 04:15 PM
It was the AfroBasket final today as the game started slowly for both teams, but hosts Tunisia fed off the energy in the crowd to take the lead and win 77-65. The Bryant and the Three Ikes show could not get it done on their own for Nigeria as Mbamalu had 17 points, Diogu had 20 points and 10 rebounds, Iroegbu had 17 points, and Nwamu had 10 points.
http://www.fiba.basketball/afrobasket/2017/1609/Nigeria-Tunisia#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Earlier in the day, Senegal beat Morocco 73-62 for the Bronze Medal as Mouhammad Faye had 22 points and 7 rebounds and Gorgui Dieng had 18 points and 10 rebounds.
http://www.fiba.basketball/afrobasket/2017/1609/Senegal-Morocco#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The EuroBasket games on Sunday will be on ESPN3 as Spain-Russia is the Bronze Medal game at 10:00am ET and the Slovenia-Serbia Gold Medal game is at 2:30pm ET.

awhom111
09-17-2017, 06:22 PM
EuroBasket concluded with an intriguing matchup in the Final as Slovenia concluded an unexpected run with a 93-85 win over Serbia. Goran Dragic left it all out on the court with 35 points and 7 rebounds, Klemen Prepelic provided additional outside shooting with 21 points, and Anthony Randolph had 11 points. Bogdan Bogdanovic is ready to head to the NBA now after a 22 point effort while Milan Macvan added 18 points in the loss.
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/1709/Slovenia-Serbia#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The Bronze Medal game actually had the same score as Spain took the lead early and beat Russia. With not too many chances for the Gasols play together, Pau had 26 points and 10 rebounds and Marc had 25 points while Sergio Rodriguez had 16 points and 9 assists. In the loss, Alexey Shved had 18 points and Timofey Mozgov had 14 points and 10 rebounds as they both finished strong tournaments.
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/1709/Spain-Russia#|tab=boxscore_statistics

awhom111
10-02-2017, 09:44 PM
Chelsea Gray is busy with the WNBA Finals, so she obviously was not able to participate in the USA Basketball Training Camp. It will be an interesting battle in the near future for the point guard position with some established veterans not wanting to let go of their spots.

FIBA is starting the process of re-organizing various national team competitions as a part of their general reforms that should improve things across the board. Papau New Guinea hosted the first Melanesia Cup competition in Port Moresby. Fiji was thought to have the advantage due to having players based out of the country, but neither of their teams won. The men's competition was won by the hosts with New Caledonia second, Fiji third, and the Solomon Islands last. The hosts also won the women's competition, followed by Fiji, New Caledonia, and the Solomon Islands. These games are all part of the process for qualifying for future Asia-Oceania wide competitions.

awhom111
10-19-2017, 09:43 PM
Olek Czyz and Alex Murphy have been named to the Poland and Finland preliminary rosters for the upcoming qualifiers. Both have been dealing with injuries early in their club seasons.

The United States has named JTIII as an assistant to Jeff Van Gundy with Mo McHone continuing his role. Their November 26th home qualifier against Mexico will be in Greensboro. Now that NBA rosters are largely set, I suppose the process will begin for figuring out how to name a roster for those games. The November 23rd game is still scheduled to be held in Puerto Rico, but it will be interesting to see if that gets moved at all.

awhom111
10-29-2017, 12:20 AM
That November 23rd qualifier against Puerto Rico has been moved to UCF due to ongoing hurricane issues. The US Virgin Islands are also unable to host their qualifier. A lot of countries are announcing their preliminary 24 man rosters that they will choose final teams from, but the United States has not done so yet.

New Zealand took advantage of the combined Asia-Oceania qualification for the first time at the U16 Girl's Championship. A win in the quarterfinals allowed them to qualify for the U17 World Championship next year along with Australia, which edged Japan for the title, and China.

awhom111
11-12-2017, 12:41 AM
There is still plenty of commotion about the upcoming midseason qualifiers. Europe adopted in-season qualifiers on the women's side two years ago and it has been nothing short of a rousing success (although there are different factors on each side). The first set of games for EuroBasket Women 2019 were played on Saturday. There are no Duke ties this time around, but here is my recap of all the day's games:
http://www.womensbasketball247.com/2017/11/eurobasket-2019-qualifiers-game-1-november-11th/

awhom111
11-16-2017, 01:30 AM
EuroBasket Women 2019 Qualifiers continued before the return to club play. I recapped the action here:
http://www.womensbasketball247.com/2017/11/eurobasket-2019-qualifiers-game-2-november-15th/

As part of ESPN's deal with FIBA, it looks like ESPN3 will have a large number of the World Cup Qualifiers, another benefit of the greater centralization process so there will be plenty of Thanksgiving weekend basketball to watch. So far there are Americas, Europe, and Asia/Oceania games included and hopefully Africa will be shown too.

awhom111
11-23-2017, 12:50 AM
Amile and the United States face Puerto Rico at 7:30pm ET on Thursday and can be seen on ESPN3. ESPN3 also has coverage of all the qualifiers, starting in Asia and ending across the Americas.

awhom111
11-24-2017, 12:13 AM
Amile made his USA debut in a close qualifying game that ended with an 85-78 win over Puerto Rico. He had 3 points in 10 minutes. Puerto Rico's players also either had school experience on the mainland or spent their entire lives there as A.D. Vassallo had 16 points, Angel Rodriguez had 13 points and 8 assists, Ricky Sanchez had 11 points, and Gian Clavell, who was just made available after being cut from a two-way contract, had 11 points.
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/americas-qualifiers/2311/Puerto-Rico-USA#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In the other Group C game, Mexico had some poorly timed injuries that affected their ability to field a full strength roster, but pulled through and beat Cuba 72-66. They have plenty of players with American experience as Hector Hernandez had 23 points and 8 rebounds and Juan Anderson, who played for Wojo at Marquette, had 15 points and 11 rebounds.
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/americas-qualifiers/2311/Mexico-Cuba#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Group A, which has Panama and the South American teams, also started play. Esteban Batista had 21 points and 10 rebounds as Uruguay beat Panama. The visitors have a number of players with American ties as Jaime Lloreda had 13 points and Jamaal Levy had 11 points. Old man Luis Scola led Argentina past Paraguay 96-63 with 22 points, 11 rebounds, and 6 assists.
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/americas-qualifiers/2311/Uruguay-Panama#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/americas-qualifiers/2311/Argentina-Paraguay#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The qualifiers started nearly a full day ago in East Asia's Group A, where New Zealand had thought that it had assembled its strongest possible squad only to be upset by visiting South Korea 86-80. The Webster brother led the hosts as Corey had 16 points and Tai had 14 points while Isaac Fotu had 10 points. For reasons that are not clear to anybody, China is still participating as hosts and they beat Hong Kong 96-44. They are using an experimental lineup that features some young players as NBA draft pick Wang Zhelin had 11 points and 11 rebounds.
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/asian-qualifiers/2311/New-Zealand-Korea#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/asian-qualifiers/2311/China-Hong-Kong#|tab=boxscore_statistics

West Asia's Group C also played on Thursday as Jordan beat Syria 109-72 in a game moved from Syria to Lebanon for security reasons. Naturalized player Dar Tucker had 15 points and ex-DII player Amin Abuhawwas had 11 points in the win. Lebanon won the second game of the doubleheader 107-72 over India. Lebanon has a couple players who played collegiately in the United States as Ahmad Ibrahim had 22 points and 10 rebounds, Bassel Bawji had 15 points, and Ali Haidar had 11 points and 6 rebounds.
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/asian-qualifiers/2311/Syria-Jordan#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/asian-qualifiers/2311/Lebanon-India#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The increasing centralization of international play has also led to the opportunity to increase games for other teams. Europe has 9 teams in 3 groups playing for spots in the main qualifying for EuroBasket 2021. Group A started with naturalized player Richard Hendrix's 21 points and 14 rebounds helping Macedonia beat Slovakia 74-66. Kyle Kuric was able to play for a country where he heritage for the first time as he had 11 points in the loss. Armenia worked on qualification again with a strong roster as they beat Albania 80-63. Naturalized player Ryan Boatwright had 21 points, 6 rebounds, and 14 assists while some Americans with heritage in the country chipped in as Andrew Chrabascz had 18 points and Luke Fischer had 11 points and 16 rebounds. Cyprus fended off Portugal 69-67 as naturalized player Tyrell Biggs had 12 points.
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2021/pre-qualifiers/2311/Slovak-Republic-MKD#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2021/pre-qualifiers/2311/Albania-Armenia#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2021/pre-qualifiers/2311/Cyprus-Portugal#tab=boxscore_statistics

ESPN3 will have tons more qualifiers on Friday. It looks like the only possible Duke tie will be Eric Boateng if he is given a spot in the lineup for Great Britain. Europe will have all teams in action as that was FIBA's last offer to EuroLeague to give them the chance to move games for the schedule. Africa also starts as they have a slightly different format to reduce travel costs.

awhom111
11-25-2017, 12:02 AM
A very busy day of qualifiers started in East Asia Group B, where the Philippines beat Japan 77-71 despite 10 points and 15 rebounds for naturalized player Ira Brown. The Philippines were finally able to bring back their naturalized player Andray Blatche, who had 13 points and 12 rebounds while they also had players with American college experience as Matthew Wright had 12 points and Gabe Norwood had 10 points and 7 rebounds. Australia beat Taiwan 104-66 as a number of their players also have college experience with Daniel Kickert providing 15 points and Angus Brandt adding 10 points. Naturalized player Quincy Davis had 17 points in the loss.
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/asian-qualifiers/2411/Japan-Philippines#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/asian-qualifiers/2411/Chinese-Taipei-Australia#|tab=boxscore_statistics

West Asia's Group D also started play and Kazakhstan beat Qatar 82-70 as former collegian Anatoliy Kolesnikov had 12 points. The big surprise came in Jordan, where Iraq's game was moved to for security reasons, as naturalized player DeMario Mayfield had 24 points adn 10 rebounds to shock Iran 74-66.
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/asian-qualifiers/2411/Qatar-Kazakhstan#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/asian-qualifiers/2411/Iraq-Iran#|tab=boxscore_statistics

African qualifiers will happen with three games over three day in one venue for each group to minimize travel costs. Angola hosted Group C, started with a thriller as Egypt prevailed 65-61 in overtime over the Democratic Republic of Congo as former collegian Omar Oraby had 11 points and 6 rebounds. Angola needed to come back to beat Morocco 62-56 as former Georgia high schooler Carlos Morais had 13 points.
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/african-qualifiers/2411/Dem-Rep--of-Congo-Egypt#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/african-qualifiers/2411/Angola-Morocco#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Cameroon hosted Group C. Tunisia won the first game 96-56 over Guinea. The hosts then beat Chad 65-60 as they were able to field Kenny Kadji and he had 13 points and 12 rebounds.
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/african-qualifiers/2411/Guinea-Tunisia#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/african-qualifiers/2411/Chad-Cameroon#|tab=boxscore_statistics

All European qualifying groups started play today as FIBA gave EuroLeague one last out to move games, but it was not taken. No team was more affected than Spain with its sizable NBA contingent and five EuroLeague teams, but they did beat Montenegro 79-66 with 15 points from one of the biggest wastes of a draft pick ever in Fran Vazquez. Slovenia beat Belarus 87-74 as recent draft pick Vlatko Cancar had 20 points. Naturalized player Maalik Wayns had 14 points and former collegian Nikita Meschcharakou had 13 points and 9 rebounds.
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/european-qualifiers/2311/Montenegro-Spain#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/european-qualifiers/2311/Slovenia-Belarus#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In Group B, Turkey beat Latvia 85-73, although recent draft pick Anzejs Pasecniks had 15 points. Ukraine beat Sweden 84-76 as former NBA player Slava Kravtsov had 17 points and draft pick Sergii Gladyr had 16 points while former collegian Chris Czerapowicz had 26 points in the loss.
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/european-qualifiers/2311/Turkey-Latvia#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/european-qualifiers/2311/Sweden-Ukraine#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In Group C, Poland beat Hungary 70-60 with a strong fourth quarter although Rosco Allen, who played for Johnny Dawkins at Stanford, had 11 points and 6 rebounds in the loss. Lithuania took a while to pull away from Kosovo, but won 99-61. In the loss, naturalized player Scott Bamforth had 17 points and former collegian Lis Shoshi had 10 points.
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/european-qualifiers/2311/Poland-Hungary#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/european-qualifiers/2311/Kosovo-Lithuania#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In Group D, the Netherlands sprung the first real surprise, beating Croatia 68-61 as former collegian Roeland Schaaftenaar had 10 points. Italy fended off Romania 75-70 with 16 points from former collegian Amadeo Della Valle had 16 points. In the loss, naturalized player Giordan Watson had 14 points and former collegian Vlad Moldoveanu had 10 points and 6 rebounds.
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/european-qualifiers/2311/Netherlands-Croatia#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/european-qualifiers/2311/Italy-Romania#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In Group E, Bosnia and Herzegovina took advantage of Russia's absences to win 81-76. Belgium tried the same as former collegian Retin Obasohan had 16 points, but France, which got 12 points from draft pick Louis Labeyrie, had a strong second half to win 70-59.
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/european-qualifiers/2411/Bosnia-and-Herzegovina-Russia#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/european-qualifiers/2411/Belgium-France#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In Group F, the Czech Republic beat Iceland 89-69 with 15 points and 6 rebounds from naturalized player Blake Schilb. In the loss, a couple of former collegians were involved as Martin Hermannson had 29 points and Kris Acox had 12 points and 8 rebounds. Finland just escaped Bulgaria 82-80. One Murphy brother was involved as Erik had 10 points and 6 rebounds and Shawn Huff had 14 points while Jamar Wilson, who is naturalized by marriage, had 20 points and 7 assists. NBA draft pick Sasha Vezenkov had 16 points and 7 rebounds in the loss.
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/european-qualifiers/2411/Czech-Republic-Iceland#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/european-qualifiers/2411/Bulgaria-Finland#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In Group G, Germany beat Georgia 79-70, although naturalized player Mike Dixon had 23 points in the loss. Former NBA player Miroslav Raduljica flew from China to Serbia and had 15 points and 8 rebounds in their 85-64 win over Austria.
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/european-qualifiers/2411/Germany-Georgia#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/european-qualifiers/2411/Serbia-Austria#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In Group H, Israel beat Estonia 88-68 as Richard Howell, who is naturalized by marriage, had 19 points, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists and former collegian Jake Cohen had 10 points and 7 rebounds. Eric Boateng dressed, but did not play in the final game of the day as Great Britain gave Greece everything they could handle before losing 94-92 in overtime. There were plenty of British players with collegiate ties as Teddy Okereafor and Andrew Lawrence had 14 points and 6 assists each and Ovie Soko had 13 points and 9 rebounds.
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/european-qualifiers/2411/Israel-Estonia#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/european-qualifiers/2411/Great-Britain-Greece#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The day finished with two more groups in the Americas. South America's Group B started with Brazil beating Chile 86-73 with the old NBA hands still contributing as Alex Ribeiro Garcia had 14 points and Anderson Varejao had 11 points and 9 rebounds. Sammis Reyes of Tulane had 13 points in the loss. Venezuela eventually pulled away from Colombia 85-71. Players on both sides had collegiate experience as Nestor Colmenares had 23 points and 9 rebounds and Anthony Perez had 10 points and 7 rebounds in the win while Hansel Atencia had 22 points in the loss.
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/americas-qualifiers/2411/Chile-Brazil#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/americas-qualifiers/2411/Venezuela-Colombia#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Group D started with the Dominican Republic beating the US Virgin Islands 99-89. A number of players who have American college ties had good games in the win as Eloy Vargas had 19 points and 11 rebounds, Sadiel Rojas had 17 points, 10 rebounds, and 7 steals, Eulis Baez had 17 points, 8 rebounds, and 7 assists, and Ronald Ramon had 16 points. The visitors had trouble getting together a full roster, but players who had college careers on the mainland were key as Jamaal Samuel had 25 points and 7 rebounds, Walter Hodge had 20 points and 7 assists, Xavier Richards had 12 points, and LaRon Smith had 10 points and 6 rebounds. Canada beat the Bahamas 93-69 with some familiar names involved as Brady Heslip had 22 points and Xavier Rathan-Mayes had 11 points. Players who played here collegiately also factored in the loss as Jaraun Burrows had 15 points, Shaq Cleare had 12 points, and Abel Joseph had 10 points.
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/americas-qualifiers/2411/Dominican-Republic-Virgin-Islands#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/americas-qualifiers/2411/Canada-Bahamas#|tab=boxscore_statistics

There will be four more African qualifiers on ESPN3 on Saturday.

awhom111
11-26-2017, 12:53 AM
Africa's Group C apparently requires overtime games to open the day as the Democratic Republic of Congo was on the wrong end again, this time 88-81 to Morocco. Angola then beat Egypt 68-64 after a slow start as Yanick Moreira had 14 points and 7 rebounds and Carlos Morais had 12 points among their players with American ties. Former collegian Omar Oraby had 16 points and 15 rebounds in the loss.
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/african-qualifiers/2511/Morocco-Dem-Rep--of-Congo#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/african-qualifiers/2511/Egypt-Angola#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Group A play started with Tunisia beating Chad 101-40. Cameroon closed the day with a 116-78 win over Guinea. Familiar names were involved as Kenny Kadji had 20 points and 8 rebounds and naturalized player D.J. Strawberry had 12 points.
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/african-qualifiers/2511/Tunisia-Chad#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/african-qualifiers/2511/Cameroon-Guinea#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Amile and the United States will host Mexico at 5pm ET on Sunday and can be seen on ESPN3 along with qualifiers from all over the place.

Billy Dat
11-26-2017, 01:50 PM
USA v Mexico streaming today at 5PM. A little appetizer to get you ready for Duke v Florida. Amile only got 10 minutes in Thursday's win against Puerto Rico so you may need to pay close attention if you want to see him play. These are real World Cup qualifying games.

(I see awhom111 had this covered above...not surprise there!)

awhom111
11-26-2017, 10:52 PM
Amile moved into the starting lineup as the United States beat Mexico 91-55 as he finished with 6 points and 7 rebounds in 17 minutes. Players with ties to the United States also played well in the loss as Marco Ramos had 12 points and 7 rebounds and Paul Stoll had 11 points.
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/americas-qualifiers/2611/USA-Mexico#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The other Group C game saw Puerto Rico get 15 points from Ramon Clemente and 14 points from A.D. Vassallo in a 95-72 win over Cuba.
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/americas-qualifiers/2611/Cuba-Puerto-Rico#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In Group A, Argentina met the real old team, beating Panama 68-59 with 19 points from ex-NBA player Nicolas Laprovittola. A number of Panama's players have American roots as Tony Bishop had 15 points and 13 rebounds and Michael Hicks had 10 points. Uruguay got 13 points and 9 rebounds from their ex-NBA player Esteban Batista in a 67-49 win over Paraguay. Former collegian Bruno Zanotti had 19 points in the loss.
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/americas-qualifiers/2611/Panama-Argentina#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/americas-qualifiers/2611/Uruguay-Paraguay#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The day started in East Asia's Group A, where Wang Zhelin had 16 points and 11 rebounds in China's 92-81 win over South Korea. New Zealand bounced back with a 133-74 win over Hong Kong. A number of players with American college ties had good games in the win as Jordan Ngatai had 18 points, Isaac Fotu had 14 points, Corey Webster had 12 points, and Finn Delany had 10 points.
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/asian-qualifiers/2611/Korea-China#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/asian-qualifiers/2611/Hong-Kong-New-Zealand#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In West Asia's Group C, Syria beat India 74-57, although NBA draft pick Satnam Singh had 14 points and 8 rebounds. Jordan beat Lebanon 87-83 thanks to a huge advantage at the naturalized player position with 32 points from Dar Tucker. Players with American ties did well in the loss as Ali Haidar had 14 points and 7 rebounds and Bassel Bawji had 12 points and 8 rebounds.
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/asian-qualifiers/2611/India-Syria#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/asian-qualifiers/2611/Jordan-Lebanon#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Over in Africa Group A, Chad beat Guinea 85-51. The final game of this window was a thriller as Tunisia escaped Cameroon 67-66 although former collegian Ngijol Songolo had 13 points.
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/african-qualifiers/2611/Guinea-Chad#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/african-qualifiers/2611/Cameroon-Tunisia#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In Group C, Egypt beat Morocco 67-63. Angola then got 19 points from naturalized player Reggie Moore to beat the Democratic Republic of Congo 73-64.
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/african-qualifiers/2611/Morocco-Egypt#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/african-qualifiers/2611/Dem-Rep--of-Congo-Angola#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Some players who missed the first game due to the EuroLeague made their way to their national teams for the second games with half played on Sunday.

In Group A, Montenegro beat Belarus 91-67 as naturalized player Javonte Green had 13 points and 6 rebounds while Mikita Meshcharakou had 12 points. Spain beat Slovenia 92-84 in a rather entertaining game despite the absence of stars. Vlatko Cancar, who could one day find himself in the NBA, had 19 points while Fran Vazquez, who will not unless the Orlando Magic make another mistake, had 11 points.
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/european-qualifiers/2611/Belarus-Montenegro#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/european-qualifiers/2611/Spain-Slovenia#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In Group B, Anzejs Pasecniks had 15 points and 6 rebounds as Latvia beat Sweden, which got 14 points from Chris Czerapowicz, 82-73. Turkey beat Ukraine 67-60, although draft pick Sergii Gladyr had 20 points and 7 rebounds and Slava Kravtsov had 10 points and 6 rebounds.
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/european-qualifiers/2611/Latvia-Sweden#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/european-qualifiers/2611/Ukraine-Turkey#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In Group C, Lithuania beat Poland 75-55. Hungary got 15 points and 10 rebounds from Rosco Allen in an 84-76 win over plucky Kosovo. Naturalized player Scott Bamforth had 21 points and Lis Shoshi had 16 points and 11 rebounds in the loss.
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/european-qualifiers/2611/Lithuania-Poland#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/european-qualifiers/2611/Hungary-Kosovo#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Nobody really knows what to make of Group D. Amadeo Valle had 25 points and NBA draft pick Alessandro Gentile had 12 points as Italy left Croatia in a lurch 80-64. Romania got 11 points and 6 assists from naturalized player Giordan Watson and stunned the Netherlands 75-68.
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/european-qualifiers/2611/Croatia-Italy#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/european-qualifiers/2611/Romania-Netherlands#|tab=boxscore_statistics

EuroBasket 2021 preliminary qualifiers continued too. Macedonia beat Switzerland as naturalized player Richard Hendrix had 16 points and 9 rebounds and former collegian Stojan Gjuroski had 11 points. Denmark had a good start in Group B winning 78-71 in overtime over Armenia. Naturalized player Ryan Boatright had 28 points and 6 rebounds, getting the usual help from others with American roots as AJ Hess had 12 points and Luke Fischer had 11 points and 16 rebounds. Portugal beat Luxembourg 91-85.
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2021/pre-qualifiers/2611/MKD-Switzerland#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2021/pre-qualifiers/2611/Armenia-Denmark#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2021/pre-qualifiers/2611/Portugal-Luxembourg#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The remaining qualifiers for this window will be on ESPN3 on Monday.

awhom111
11-28-2017, 01:10 AM
The final set of qualifiers for this window started in East Asia Group B, where Australia beat Japan 82-58. Of course they benefited from the St. Mary's connection as Daniel Kickert had 22 points and 7 rebounds and Matt Hodgson had 10 points and 9 rebounds with former collegian Cameron Gliddon adding 10 points. Naturalized player Ira Brown had 10 points and 8 rebounds in the loss. The Philippines beat Taiwan 90-83 as Matthew Wright had 11 points while naturalized player Quincy Davis had 20 points and 9 rebounds in the loss and brief college player Chou Yi-Hsiang had 17 points.
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/asian-qualifiers/2711/Australia-Japan#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/asian-qualifiers/2711/Philippines-Chinese-Taipei#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In West Asia's Group D, Iran bounced back with a 65-39 win over Qatar. Kazakhstan moved into the lead with an 82-76 overtime win over Iraq as Anatoliy Kolesnikov had 21 points and 9 rebounds. DeMario Mayfield had another 19 points and 6 rebounds in the loss
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/asian-qualifiers/2711/Iran-Qatar#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/asian-qualifiers/2711/Kazakhstan-Iraq#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In Europe's Group E, Russia beat increasingly unlucky Belgium 76-69 as former NBA player Sergey Karasev had 14 points and 6 rebounds. France beat Bosnia and Herzegovina 84-65 as Louis Labeyrie had 13 points and 7 rebounds and elder statesman Boris Diaw had 10 points and 6 assists.
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/european-qualifiers/2711/Russia-Belgium#tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/european-qualifiers/2711/France-Bosnia-and-Herzegovina#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Group F had more unexpected results as the Czech Republic won in Finland 64-56 with 17 points and 6 rebounds from naturalized player Blake Schilb. Shawn Huff led the hosts with 13 points. The bigger shock was in Iceland, where Bulgaria escaped with a 77-74 win with 10 points and 7 rebounds from Aleksandar Vezenkov. Plenty of Iceland's players have American college experience as Martin Hermannsson had 21 points and 6 assists and Jakob Sigurdarson had 18 points.
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/european-qualifiers/2711/Finland-Czech-Republic#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/european-qualifiers/2711/Iceland-Bulgaria#|tab=boxscore_statistics

It took a while for Serbia to pull away and win 105-87 in Group G in part because naturalized player Mike Dixon had 36 points and 9 assists for Georgia. Ex-NBA player Miroslav Raduljica had another excellent game with 28 points and 8 rebounds and NBA draft pick Milan Macvan had 18 points and 6 assists. Germany beat Austria 90-49.
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/european-qualifiers/2711/Georgia-Serbia#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/european-qualifiers/2711/Austria-Germany#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In Group H, Greece brought in some big EuroLeague guns like Nick Calathes, who had 11 points and 8 assists, making it much easier for them to beat Israel 82-61. The same guys helped Israel again as Richard Howell had 13 points and 9 rebounds and Jake Cohen had 10 points and 6 rebounds. Eric Boateng played 1 minute in Great Britain's 73-70 loss to Estonia. Ovie Soko had 17 points and 6 rebounds.
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/european-qualifiers/2711/Greece-Israel#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/european-qualifiers/2711/Estonia-Great-Britain#|tab=boxscore_statistics

South America Group B started with Brazil beating Venezuela 72-60 as Anderson Varejao has demonstrated that he still has a pulse with 16 points and 12 rebounds. Message board legend Gregory Echinique had 10 points in the loss amongst other former college players as Nestor Colmenares had 10 points and 9 rebounds and Anthony Perez had 10 points. Chile was able to get a surprise 74-69 win at Colombia to improve their chances of advancing. A couple of former collegians had good games in the win as Sebastian Suarez had 20 points and Gerardo Isla had 13 points while Hansel Atencia had 17 points in the loss.
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/americas-qualifiers/2711/Brazil-Venezuela#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/americas-qualifiers/2711/Colombia-Chile#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The Dominican Republic beat Canada 88-76 in Group D as Sadiel Rojas had 10 points and 7 rebounds. Without their NBA players, Canada has relied on the Scrubb brothers, who played there for college as former NCAA player Dyshawn Pierre had 15 points. The US Virgin Islands won 93-85 in the Bahamas even without much depth. Jamaal Samuel had 26 points and 6 rebounds, Walter Hodge had 18 points and 7 assists, Georgio Milligan had 18 points, and Xavier Richards had 12 points and 8 rebounds. The hosts also were unable to secure some players as Jaraun Burrows and Shaq Cleare had 18 points and 8 rebounds each.
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/americas-qualifiers/2711/Dominican-Republic-Canada#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/americas-qualifiers/2711/Bahamas-Virgin-Islands#|tab=boxscore_statistics

awhom111
12-15-2017, 01:00 AM
USA Basketball revealed their national team pool for the Women's National Team through the Olympics:
https://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2017/12/wnt-pool-announced.aspx

Chelsea Gray is not on the list because she was not able to attend the last training camp due to the WNBA Finals. It sounds like they could decide to add her later.

Recently, FIBA conducted a draw for qualifying games played next year that begin the process of picking teams for the 2021 AmeriCup.
http://www.fiba.basketball/news/results-in-for-fiba-americup-2021-pre-qualifiers-draw

While it is good to see some smaller countries involved, it does appear that Jamaica is not fielding a team. This is a real disappointment given both the size of the country compared to some smaller countries that compete regularly and also because of the talent that a fully committed Jamaica squad could utilize. It would be interesting if all of the Canadian players with Jamaican heritage had opted to represent Jamaica. Interestingly, Dylan Ennis opted for Jamaica while Tyler opted for Canada and Dylan would be useful for Canada in cases where they do not have their NBA players.