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October 25, 2009

The Newcastle qualifier was the 3rd event in Midnight Madness’s Summer itinerary (after Midnight Madness Portsmouth and Midnight Madness Milton Keynes). The big thing that stood out to me at Newcastle was the presence the Newcastle Eagles seemed to have on the area-there were tons of young kids around bouncing balls, and when Darius Defoe [...]

Video: Matthew Bryan-Amaning at Midnight Madness 2009

October 17, 2009

For those that weren’t at the Midnight Madness Regional Qualifiers in Nottingham (the only Midnight Madness event thats runs all the way through the night-6pm til 6am), there was one team that was unstoppable in the u23s MM College Division. Made up of Ogo Adegboye, Darrell Bethune, Ladi Brown, Tayo Ogedengbe and Matthew Bryan-Amaning, it [...]

Video: CBA-Canarias Basketball Academy

October 15, 2009

Greg Tanner of Basketball 24/7 recently returned from his trip out to Canarias Basketball Academy. A lot has been said about the Canarias Basketball Academy or CBA, since it was launched in 2007 by experienced coach Rob Orellana and I know of many people (including myself) who have wondered what it’s actually like. Greg has [...]

Video: Midnight Madness Milton Keynes Qualifier

October 12, 2009

Second event of the Midnight Madness 2009 Summer Tour went down at the Bletchley Leisure Centre just outside of Milton Keynes on Sunday 19th July. Again, a high calibre of players showed up. Shout outs to-Under 18′s- Brendan Okoronkwo (who for some reason only ended up with one highlight in this video-Brendan, I’ma hook you [...]

Video: Guy Dupuy Gets Dunked on by Kenneth Saunders

October 10, 2009

At some point or another, every dunker in the world ends up on the wrong side of one of the plays they are usually dishing out. Shaq got done by Coleman, Dwight Howard was served a huge one up by Kobe, MJ got done by Starks, even Lebron is confiscating tape of him getting victimised [...]

Video: Mark ‘The Best Kept Secret’ Rangeley Dunks All Over Runshaw College

October 8, 2009

Mark Rangeley is no stranger to Hoopsfix, having featured as one of out Top 20 Under 18s at Midnight Madness this Summer. Known as ‘The Best Kept Secret’ after bursting on to the scene with a dominant run in Leeds having never played National League before, the boy is now firmly on our radar! Playing [...]

Video: Helio Sampaio KILLIN’ at Midnight Madness 2009

October 7, 2009

Helio Sampaio is one of Britain’s hottest young basketball prospects. The 5’8, 150lbs point guard dominated the competition at the Midnight Madness Newcastle Qualifier and Regional Qualifiers down in Nottingham. Check out his best bits, and as always drop a comment. Think you’re better? Get in touch with some video and you could get featured!

Video: Ladi Brown goes off-Leeds Carnegie vs Manchester Magic

October 6, 2009

Seen Ladi Brown play more than a few times now and know that he is a real competitor. On that note, check this video that cropped up on Youtube from this weekend in the National Trophy game featuring Ladi Brown’s Leeds Carnegie and Manchester Magic. Ladi Brown takes matters into his own hands, with a [...]

Top 20 Under 23′s at Midnight Madness Qualifiers 2009

October 5, 2009

Following on from our Top 20 Under 18 Players at Midnight Madness Qualifiers 2009 we now move on to the Midnight Madness College Division, or Under 23s. As with the Under 18′s, the standard was high, entertaining basketball was played and many-a-highlight was produced! In no particular order, here are BDB’s Top 20 Under 23 [...]

Top 20 Under 18′s at Midnight Madness Qualifiers 2009

October 5, 2009

Midnight Madness, pretty much the U.K.’s premier summer basketball event just came to a close. With it being the Summer basketball event everyone is talking about, BDB has decided to take a look back across the all u18s qualifying events and give our own opinion on the Top 20 Under 18′s at Midnight Madness Qualifiers [...]

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