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BUCS

BUCS Basketball Final 8’s 2010 Preview

March 9, 2010

The culmination of the British Universities and Colleges Sport basketball season, the Final 8’s are to take place at the end of this week, and the 8 team field is set. This promises to be 3 days of top British basketball, with some of the top basketball talent this country has on court, ranging from [...]

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Video: Bud Johnston & Jasper Chiwuzie vs Brunel 2nds (BUCS)

March 9, 2010

Every now and again in BUCS, you’ll find some top British ballin’ talent way outside of the Premier South and Premier North who are tearing up their league. That is what has happened this year at the University of Chichester who compete in South Eastern 2A but are steamrolling their way through the league (and [...]

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English Universities Basketball Team 09/10 Selected

March 9, 2010

I somehow missed BUCS announcing the English Universities team for 09/10 season being selected a few week backs (perhaps to do with the fact BUCS have the most un-user friendly site on the web!). And it defo deserved being posted up here. The selected team looks like this:
Albert Margai (Leeds Carnegie)
Charlando Brown (LSBU)
Zoltan Supola (Leeds [...]

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Video: Bode Adeluola Drops 43 in BUCS Basketball

March 3, 2010

So I was back home with the parents in Eastbourne and it just so happened to be a Wednesday. Thought I’d do a quick check if the University of Brighton basketball team were playing (they have an Eastbourne campus where a lot of their sports are based including basketball)..just so happened they were and were [...]

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Video: Ibrahim Gariba Goes Off The Board To HIMSELF!

February 17, 2010

I’d heard a few things about Ibrahim Gariba, and thought it was about time I checked out the Middlesex University basketball team where the 6′9 highflyer is currently enrolled. Gariba also plays for London Capitals..and well, anytime you get a BBL player in BUCs it usually means you’re gonna watch the definition of dominance, and [...]

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Linas Kleiza Has Enrolled At Worcester!

February 4, 2010

Current leading scorer of the Euroleague and former Denver Nuggets player Linas Kleiza has enrolled at Worcester University to study the first MSc in European Basketball Coaching, reports the Worcester News.
The some-what unusual Masters degree was developed by the University of Worcester and the Lithuanian Academy of Physical Education (LAPE) in collaboration with the Lithuanian [...]

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