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GB U20s Cruise Past England U18s

June 16, 2013

Great Britain Under-20s had little trouble dispatching of the England Under-18s in Saturday, in their first warm-up of the summer. Head Coach Doug Leichner’s side jumped out to 17-5 lead in the first quarter and never looked back, as their age and experience proved too much for the talented 1995 born generation, who were without [...]

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GB U20s Prepare for First Warm-Up Against England U18s

June 14, 2013

It has been almost 10 days since the Great Britain Under-20s opened training camp at The College at Braintree (Colchester Institute) under new Head Coach Doug Leichner (pictured above), but in true British Basketball fashion, there has been no official release of player invitees. The initial 21 strong squad that Hoopsfix believes were invited to [...]

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GB Men Set to Return to Copper Box with Friendly Against Puerto Rico

June 14, 2013

For the first time since their participation at the London 2012 Olympic Games, the Great Britain Men’s basketball team will be stepping out on home soil in a match-up against Puerto Rico at the Copper Box ahead of EuroBasket 2013. Scheduled to take place on Sunday 11 August 2013, the special event will see the [...]

Joe Prunty Officially Named as New GB Senior Men’s Head Coach

June 12, 2013

British Basketball has today officially announced Joe Prunty as the new Great Britain Senior Men’s Head Coach. The news comes as no surprise after first being reported by MVP magazine in March. Prunty has been an NBA assistant coach for 17 years, most recently with the Cleveland Cavaliers, where he was released after the firing [...]

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Scotland Get Sweep Over England at International Summer Slam

June 12, 2013

Scotland Senior Men’s team got a clean sweep over England Select this weekend at the International Summer Slam at Meadowbank Arena, Edinburgh. Jonny Bunyan (pictured above), one of the GB U20s’ cuts last summer, had impressive outings in both games, with 20 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists on Saturday in an 83-59 rout, and [...]

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England Under-15 Squad for Copenhagen Named

June 5, 2013

Head coach Jesse Sazant has named his England Under-15 squad that will be heading to Copenhagen for a tournament June 13-16. The Under-15 side had a training camp at Barking Abbey, East London, last week where Sazant was happy with his team’s progress and is feeling good looking ahead to Copenhagen. “I’m really looking forward [...]

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England to Face Scotland at International Summer Slam

June 5, 2013

basketballscotland’s International Summer Slam takes place this weekend, where an England BBL Select Team will face Scotland’s Senior Men in a two game series at Meadowbank in Edinburgh. The International Summer Slam is a basketball extravaganza which hosts one of the fifteenth official FIBA Europe Under 14 tournaments in Europe, as well as the aforementioned [...]

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NIJT In Review: Badalona Crowned Champs, England Compete

May 13, 2013

Club Joventut Badalona were crowned the 2013 Nike International Junior Tournament champions after rolling over FC Barcelona Regal, 82-59, in the final at the O2 Arena on Sunday. It is Joventut’s first NIJT title and came in emphatic finished as they went undefeated throughout the group stages to finish the tournament with a perfect 4-0 [...]

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Ben Lawson Dunks on OKK Spars & Catches Lob vs INSEP!

May 11, 2013

Check out England’s 6’10″ 1995 born big man Ben Lawson throwing down a couple of nice dunks against OKK Spars and INSEP at the NIJT London over the past couple of days! England ended the tournament on a high today with a win over KK Spars to finish with a 1-2 record.

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Luke Nelson DROPS Defender Before Dropping the Dime!

May 10, 2013

One more Luke Nelson clip from today against INSEP at the NIJT – check him out as he puts a defender on the floor before dropping the no-look dime to Kingsley Okoroh for the finish, and then later in the game has another defender touching the hardwood (and letting out a scream of despair!) as [...]

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