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U16 Boys Third In Pool
The New Zealand U16 boys will have to settle for the 5th-8th classification at the Australia U16 Championships in Ulverstone, Tasmania. The Kiwis, coached by Seth Weakley, fell 79-58 to New South Wales Metro . . .
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Four Debutantes In TBs
Four debutantes highlight the New Zealand Tall Blacks team named on Thursday for the team’s European Tour. Junior Tall Blacks centre Rob Loe, 2.11m, has made the immediate step-up to senior basketball with selection alongside fellow first-year players . . .
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First Camp An Eye Opener
The New Zealand Tall Blacks camp has been a real eye opener for the squad’s only true rookie, Brook Ruscoe. Just over 24 hours into the team’s preparation camp at the Millennium Institute, the 18-year-old Junior Tall Black from Porirua was already . . .
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U16 Boys Go Top
The New Zealand U16 boys team moved to 4-1 and top of their pool on day four of the Australia U16 Championships in Ulverstone, Tasmania. With back-to-back wins on Tuesday, the Kiwis, coached by Seth Weakley, found themselves at the top of pool B . . .
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'Naki Seek Coach
Taranaki Basketball Club, the organisation behind Devon Dynamos Taranaki National Basketball League club, is seeking a head coach for 2010. Send coaching resume and cover letter to PO Box 6154, New Plymouth, or carleyclan@paradise.net.nz.
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U16s Collect Second Win
The New Zealand U16 boys team picked up their second win, again in impressive fashion, on day three of the Australia U16 Championships on Monday. Led by 24 points from Waikato’s Kurt Heatherley and with six players scoring in double figures . . .
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Red, White & Blue Golden
Paulo Kennedy, FIBA
The USA have claimed the gold medal at the FIBA U19 World Championship, holding off a second half comeback from Greece to record an 88-80 victory and win the title for the first time since 1991.
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U16 Boys Win In Tassie
New Zealand’s under-16 teams split games on day two of the Australia U16 Championships in Ulverstone, Tasmania, on Sunday. With 18 points from North Harbour’s Logan Botica and Waikato’s Aaron Keppler . . .
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NZ U16s Lose Opener
Despite 23-point efforts from Counties Manukau’s Josh Young and Waikato’s Kurt Heatherley, the New Zealand U16 team dropped their opening game at the Australia U16 Championships in Tasmania. The Kiwis led for the majority of three quarters . . .
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Open Premiership Draws
A total of 53 teams - 24 women and 29 men - have entered Basketball New Zealand’s four Open premiership tournaments around the country next week. See below for tournament draws at Genesis Energy Stadium, Whangarei (Zone 1), Te Awamutu Events Centre, Te Awamutu (Zone 2), Walter Nash Stadium, Lower Hutt (Zone 3) and Marlborough Lines Stadium, Blenheim (Zone 4) from July 17-19.
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FIBA U19 Finals Tix Selling Well
Sunday’s final session at the FIBA U19 World Championship is edging towards a sell-out. With three-quarters of tickets for the tournament’s medal games - the final and third-place playoff –at the North Shore Events Centre sold as of Friday night, event director Dave Mee hoped Sunday night’s final session would bring a capacity crowd of 4200.
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Tupu Named Assistant
To describe Chris Tupu as happy when informed of his appointment as New Zealand Tall Blacks assistant coach would be an understatement. Tupu, the Nelson Giants head coach in the National Basketball League, will assist Nenad Vucinic during the Tall Blacks European Tour and FIBA Oceania Championship campaign in 2009.
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Thomas Joins Breakers
Canadian captain and two-time Australia National Basketball League championship winner Dave Thomas has become the NZ Breakers latest signing on Thursday. Thomas, a 2.04m (6ft 7in) swingman, fills one of two available import spots on the Breakers rosters, joining the nine previous signings . . .
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13th Lucky For JTBs
New Zealand’s Junior Tall Blacks closed out their run at the FIBA U19 World Championship win a 62-54 win over Angola. The JTBs looked like a team that was playing their 11th game in 14 days as they struggled their way past the African runners-up to finish 13th at ASB Stadium on Tuesday.
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Baynes The Bolter
New Zealand-born Aussie Aron Baynes has been named in a 20-strong Tall Blacks extended squad to prepare for an eight-game tour of Europe later this month. But the former Washington State University power forward, who represented Australia at the 2006 World University Games . . .
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Loe Leads JTBs To Win
A powerful all-round performance from centre Rob Loe helped the New Zealand Junior Tall Blacks to a historic win at the FIBA U19 World Championship on Monday. Loe finished with a game-high 25 points and filled his stats-line as the JTBs secured the country’s first-ever win at a FIBA U19 tournament . . .
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WBC Dunedin Draw
North Harbour Tournament winners, the Harbour Breeze, have been grouped with the host Otago Gold Rush for the second tournament of the Women’s Basketball Championship. The Breeze, featuring Tall Ferns forward Charmian Purcell, defeated the Waikato Cougars in the final of the Harbour Tournament last month . . .
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Loss Still Stings JTBs
Twenty-four hours later, the loss doesn’t hurt any less. The New Zealand Junior Tall Blacks went down 90-83 to Kazakhstan on Saturday night, falling to 0-3 in group D and relegating them to the 13th-16th playoff at the FIBA U19 World Championship.
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Kazakhs Stun JTBs
A fourth quarter slump sunk the New Zealand Junior Tall Blacks out of the FIBA U19 World Championship. The JTBs led by seven points with a quarter remaining and looked on their way to the second before, before Kazakhstan shot their way to a 90-83 win at the North Shore Events Centre on Saturday night.
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JTBs Show Spirit In Loss
Another spirited performance yet another loss for the New Zealand Junior Tall Blacks at the FIBA U19 World Championship. Without 2.11m (6ft 11in) centre Rob Loe, who was ruled out with an Achilles strain, and on the wrong end of a significant height disparity . . .
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Kiwis Honoured
New Zealand basketball has been honoured with five past or present members claiming Movers and Shapers Awards to commemorate FIBA Oceania’s 40 years of existence. Tall Blacks captain Pero Cameron, former Tall Blacks coach Tab Baldwin, former Basketball New Zealand presidents Sir Lance Cross and Graeme Davey and administrator Cedric Cudby were among the 40 recipients . . .
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JTBs Lose Heartbreaker
The fairytale start wasn’t to be for New Zealand’s Junior Tall Blacks. The JTBs came so close but eventually fell 66-64 to Argentina in their opening game at the FIBA U19 World Championship at the North Shore Events Centre on Thursday night.
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Upcoming Events
July 17-19
BBNZ Open Premierships
Zone 1: Genesis Energy Stadium, Whangarei
Zone 2: Te Awamutu Events Centre, Te Awamutu
Zone 3: Walter Nash Stadium, Lower Hutt
Zone 4: Marlborough Lines Stadium, Blenheim
July 23-25
Women's Basketball Championship
Dunedin Tournament
The Edgar Centre, Dunedin
Thursday, July 23
NZ Tall Blacks European Tour
vs Estonia, Tallinn, 4am (NZ time)
Friday, July 24
NZ Tall Blacks European Tour
vs Estonia, Tallinn, 4am (NZ time)
July 25-26
Cluster Camp #2
Auckland, Rotorua, Wanganui, Nelson, Timaru
Sunday, July 26
NZ Tall Blacks European Tour
vs Portugal, Treviso, Italy, 3.30am (NZ time)
Monday, July 27
NZ Tall Blacks European Tour
vs Italy, Treviso, Italy, 6.30am (NZ time)
Tuesday, July 28
NZ Tall Blacks European Tour
vs Canada, Treviso, Italy, 3.30am (NZ time)
Thursday, July 30
NZ Tall Blacks European Tour
vs Belgium, Kortrijk, 6am (NZ time)
Friday, July 31
NZ Tall Blacks European Tour
vs Belgium, Antwerp, 6am (NZ time)
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