Bryan-Amaning’s Season Comes to an End

March 26, 2010

Matthew Bryan-Amaning and his Huskies’ season came to an end last night with a 69-56 loss to number 2 seed West Virginia Mountaineers. The Pac-10 tournament champions were trying to become only the fourth school seeded 11th or lower to reach the round of eight. Bryan-Amaning struggled to get into a rhythm offensively going 2/7 [...]

Video: Amir Boucenna at Midnight Madness 2009

March 25, 2010

Amir Boucenna a.k.a Speedy Gonzalez made the final Midnight Madness travelling team. With his stupid quickness, handle, vision, and shot he is the complete package and all you could ask for at the point guard position. Check out this short mix of his highlights at Midnight Madness 2009.

DO NOT Miss Matthew Bryan-Amaning in the Sweet 16 Tonight

March 25, 2010

Just a little reminder to everyone that Matthew Bryan-Amaning and his Washington Huskies are in action tonight versus number 2 seed West Virginia Mountaineers in the Sweet 16. DO NOT MISS THIS, support British basketball! Tune in (for free) at March Madness on Demand at 11:27pm tonight UK time.

Lions End 7 Game Losing Streak Against Pirates

March 24, 2010

The Marshall MK Lions ended their 7 game BBL Championship losing streak last night with a 99-89 home victory over the Essex Pirates. The Lions were led by a huge 30 point-17 rebound haul from Robert Youngblood backed up by 26 from Yorick Williams. Taner Adu and Walid Mumuni led Essex with 21 points and [...]

Soko, UAB Knocked Out of NIT

March 24, 2010

The North Carolina Tar Heels secured  a 60-55 victory over UAB on Tuesday night in the National Invitation Tournament quarterfinals. Ovie Soko after not playing in the previous game due a hamstring injury, got just 7 minutes in this one finishing with 4 rebounds. The loss ends the Blazers season and also their five-year, 33-game [...]

3 Nice Articles on Brits in College Stateside

March 23, 2010

In my scouring of the internet to make sure I am up to date with the British basketball world I came across three separate pieces in the last few days that I thought worth sharing, so check em out! 1) Basketball takes UAB freshman Ovie Soko away from his London home A real nice article [...]

Eaves Through to 3rd Round of NIT, NCAA Recap 22/03/10

March 23, 2010

Another Brits season came to an end last night, while another advanced… Andrew Lawrence (6′1, 185lbs, G, Freshman, London) Charleston Cougars. College of Charleston Cougars saw their season end last night with a 93-86 loss to Virginia Commonwealth University in the College Basketball Invitational quarter finals. Andrew Lawrence was active in his 24 minutes, jacking [...]

Video: Euroleague Nike International Junior Tournament London

March 22, 2010

Back in February, Barking Abbey hosted the Nike International Junior Tournament at Goresbrook Leisure Centre in Dagenham (and surprised a few people in the process). This was some of the top European under 18 talent this country had seen in years, featuring teams from the aforementioned Barking Abbey, Maccabi Tel Aviv, KK Zadar, BC Khimki, [...]

UWIC Take the Title, Women’s BUCS Basketball Final 8′s Day 3 Recap

March 22, 2010

Following on from our Day 1 and Day 2 Recap of the Women’s BUCS Basketball Final 8′s, here is the third and final day, where the eventual winner was crowned… 3rd and 4th Playoff London Metropolitan University vs. London South Bank University The two London team’s met at 9 o’clock on the Sunday morning, warming [...]

Women’s BUCS Basketball Final 8′s Day 2 Recap

March 22, 2010

Following on from the Day 1 Recap of the Women’s BUCS Basketball Final 8′s, here is what went down on Day 2. Game 1 Loughborough University vs. Sheffield Hallam University With Campbell out for the rest of the tournament due to her thumb dislocation, Loughborough were going to have to rally to beat the Sheffield [...]