After some shocking results on day five of the tournament, only two teams, defending champions Angola and Nigeria, remain as the only undefeated nations in the 2009 Afrobasket tournament (click here for Afrobasket discussion) Angola and Nigeria will meet today in the fifth match of the day (schedule). Senegal loses PG, upset by Morocco Senegal [...]

When we made our “Top Ten International Players to Watch during March Madness” list out, we made a huge mistake by not including USC’s Daniel Hackett in our initial list.  Going into this weekend’s final four, we’ve watched the games and done the  research, in order to followup on our list and re-ranking the players [...]

With the 64 teams matched up, March Madness is less than 12 hours away.  And with that, Interbasket has collected the names of the top ten international players in this year’s field (discuss). It’s a shame that the St. Mary’s Gaels and the Viriginia Tech Hokies didn’t make the tournament, that forced us to leave [...]

A New York Times article chronicles the journey of Alfred Aboya Baliaba, and how the native from Yaounde, Cameroon has elevated his game after coming to the United States, both on the court and off. “I owe everything to basketball,” Aboya told the New York Times in his native French. “Without basketball, I wouldn’t be [...]

Coming into the Olympic World Qualifying Tournament, the national teams from Cameroon and Korea weren’t exactly viewed as basketball powerhouses, nor were they considered serious threats to medal.  And if you looked at FIBA’s latest world rankings and compared that to the teams participating, you would probably come to the same conclusion. Host country and [...]

The Cameroon National Team is one of the twelve international teams vying for one of the three remaining spots in the 2008 Olympics. And Cameroon, along with the other underdogs in the World Qualifying Tournament, such as Lebanon, Cape Verde and Korea, will have to face some huge hurdles on the court to earn a [...]

Today, the FIBA World Qualifying Tournament begins with 12 national teams from Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe, and Oceania trying to grab one of the three remaining spots for the 2008 Beijing Olympics next month. Follow the intense action of every game, the heated battles, and all the upsets in our 2008 Olympic Qualifier Forum. [...]