Stories tagged with "new zealand"

2008 FIBA Men's Qualifying Tournament: Day 4 Preview

by Jim Weeks on Jul 17, 2008 11:48 PM EDT

After a pilgrimage of sorts to Chipotle and way more WEEI over the last 2 days than I care to admit, I'm beat. So I'll keep this short. Here are my picks for tomorrow:Croatia over CanadaGermany over BrazilSlovenia over Puerto Rico Greece over New Zealand

2008 FIBA Men's Qualifying Tournament: Day 2 Preview

by Jim Weeks on Jul 14, 2008 11:59 PM EDT

Game 5 PreviewCanada (Roster) World Rank: 17 Player to Watch: With respect to Joel Anthony I'm going the easy route and focusing on Samuel Dalembert. He will be important in the match up with Rasho Nesterovic who led Slovenia with 26 points against Korea. Furthermore, Dalembert recently provided...

2008 FIBA Men's Qualifying Tournament: Day 1 - Update

by Jim Weeks on Jul 14, 2008 10:11 AM EDT

New Zealand beat Cape Verde in convincing fashion to kick off the tournament. Meanwhile, Lebanon's Fadi El Khatib is not optimistic about the upcoming game against Greece: "We know that against the Greek National Team we really don’t have the slightest possibility of winning." - Fadi El...

2008 FIBA Men's Qualifying Tournament: Day 1 Preview

by Jim Weeks on Jul 14, 2008 12:10 AM EDT

[UPDATE: Check out this link for a solid preview of the tournament and the Euroleague players expected to contribute to their countries. As a side note my Cameroon upset special looks worse and worse. On the bright side Korea is as big a mystery to others as it is to me.]As I mentioned in a...

2008 Men's Olympic Basketball - Who's In?

by Jim Weeks on Jul 13, 2008 6:00 AM EDT

After a ridiculous number of Google searches for "James Posey" over the last couple of weeks and the realization that the Boston Celtics are keeping a low profile this summer, I've shifted my focus to international basketball. The following teams already qualified for Beijing: Angola - African...