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Rue Britannia as rebounds cost GB against Belgium
The stands were empty but the buckets were pouring in as Belgium and Great Britain delivered an offensive feast on Friday. Emmet Ryan reports from the opener in Istanbul in a game where Britain’s failure to compete with the Lions on the boards cost them a chance at a win to open EuroBasket 2017 Quiet […]
Kieron Achara made a buzzer beater for the ages
The Leicester Riders thought their defence of the BBL Cup was going to plan. Kieron Achara had other ideas. Watch the Glasgow Rocks and Great Britain star make a buzzer beater three to send the Scottish team through to the Final Four.
British Basketball announces 21-man national team roster, dubbed “strongest Team Britain ever”
Head coach Chris Finch and the British Basketball Federation today released a preliminary roster of 21 players to compete for spots on the host team’s 2012 Olympic team. Given the fairly short modern history of FIBA-level basketball on the ‘Isles, the claim from the federation that this is the “strongest-ever preliminary GB men’s squad” isn’t […]
The Italian League explained: Part two
Yesterday, BallinEurope.com ran part one of Francesco Cappelletti’s analysis and forecast of Italy’s first six Serie A teams for 2009-10. Below runs part two, covering the remaining 10 hopefuls from the top Italian league. Angelico Biella. Last year’s semifinal is only a memory: Biella must again plunge into the tough reality of its life as […]
Vanderbeken chooses Great Britain over Canada
Team Britain may not be playing EuroBasket 2009 with Luol Deng and Ben Gordon, but at least they’ve got … Jamie Vanderbeken. Vanderbeken’s decision was actually something of a lifetime commitment: The 23-year-old was feeling a bit pressed to choose between his father’s home country of Canada and Britain, due to his Scottish’s mother’s citizenship. […]