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Koru Squads Finalised
The final squads for the 2009 Koru Tour to the Australia Junior Country Cup in Albury, New South Wales, from January 7-18 have been confirmed. In total, 110 players from around the country will take part in the eight-day tournament as part of New Zealand’s development squads, the Korus and Keas.
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Breakers Go To 4-1
Hayden Wood, Sportal
The New Zealand Breakers have outgunned the under strength Gold Coast Blaze 120-108 at the North Shore Events Centre on Thursday night. The Blaze entered this game with injury concerns and a player short as forward Scott McGregor did not make the trip across the Tasman . . .
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Same Images, Polar Emotions
Kalani Purcell and Faustina Tuala were almost mirror images as they both collapsed to the floor at the final buzzer. But both were feeling very different emotions. As Purcell’s Waikato team-mates bounced in a team group-hug metres away, Tuala’s Waitakere City team-mates could only . . .
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Gleaves Takes Pain, And Title
Brandon Gleaves had felt pain in his back since the second quarter. But as he pulled down the game’s last rebound and hurled the ball in the air as time expired, all that was gone. Gleaves, standing at 1.85m (6ft 1in) towered head, shoulders and sometimes upper torso above his team-mates . . .
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Nenad's Cup Glory
Tall Black coach Nenad Vucinic enjoyed early success with his new Estonian club Kalev/Cramo, guiding them to victory in the Estonian Cup pre-season competition. Last season’s national league runners-up overcame TTU KK 90-61 in the final with former New Zealand NBL star Josh Pace recording a double double of 15 points/11 rebounds.
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U13/U15 Tourney Teams
With championship trophies in their hands, four players also took home Most Valuable Player honours at the Oreo Under-13 & Under-15 National Championships in Rotorua on Friday night. With a dominating performance in their 60-58 win over North Harbour . . .
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U15s Finals Day Results
Results from Finals Day at the Oreo Under-15 National Championships at the Rotorua Events Centre, Rotorua, on Friday.
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U13s Finals Day Results
Results from the Finals Day at the Oreo Under-13 National Championships at the Rotorua Events Centre, Rotorua, on Friday.
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Taipans Take Out Breakers
Joel Tiller, Sportal
An inspired Cains Taipans have claimed their third consecutive Australian NBL win in three trips to Auckland, beating the NZ Breakers 122-111 at the North Shore Events Centre on Thursday night. The Taipans poured in 70 points in the second half . . .
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The Shuffle Offence
The shuffle offence was a revolutionary offence when it was introduced at the University of Oklahoma in the 1950s. Since it has been adapted and transformed by coaches, but can still struggle against effective zone defence. Coach Al Westover, who guided the Melbourne Tigers to the 2007-08 Australian NBL title, runs through the Tigers zone specific high-post shuffle offence.
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Upcoming Events
November 8-9
AYOF Boys Camp, Southwest Stadium, Wellington
AYOF Girls Camp, Rotorua Girls High, Rotorua
U17 Koru Cluster Camp, Wellington & Rotorua
Regional Camp 3, Rotorua & Christchurch
November 15-16
U15 Koru Cluster Camp, Auckland, Palmerston North & Christchurch
U13 Koru Cluster Camp, Auckland, Palmerston North & Christchurch
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