Greivis Vásquez is joining team Venezuela today as the team prepares for the upcoming Americas Championship that begins late August. Venezuela looks to finish in the top four of the tournament so as they qualify for the 2010 World Championships, which is another step towards the 2012 Olympics in London. The 22-year old Vásquez recently [...]

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 [...]

Greivis Vasquez has been rewarded once again for his historic performance this past Saturday; Vasquez has been honored with ACC player of the Week. The 6-6 guard from Caracas, Venezuela led his Maryland squad over #3 North Carolina 88-85 in overtime.  He registered a spectacular triple-double (35 points (13-24 FG), 11 rebounds, 10 assists) including [...]

Greivis Vasquez, a 6-6 shooting guard from Venezuela had the game of his life and the Maryland Terrapins needed every bit of it. Vasquez registered a triple double with a career high 35 points as well as 11 rebounds, and 10 assists to lead the Terrapins over the #3 ranked North Carolina Tarheels in overtime, [...]

Puerto Rico 97: Brazil 75 The answer to the question: What’s Up with Puerto Rico? may have been answered. Maybe they needed something to wake them up. Just yesterday, they were only two minutes away from being eliminated and leaving Las Vegas for good. Puerto Rico’s future depended on the outcome of the Argentina-Panama game [...]

USA 113: Brazil 76 What was supposed to be the United State’s toughest test turned into another blowout. Team USA continued their dominance of group B by manhandling Brazil last night 113-76. Brazil did hang tough for about one quarter and a half, but was eventually overwhelmed by Team USA’s offensive prowess and fantastic defense. [...]