Minnesota waiting on Rubio: After being drafted at #5, Ricky Rubio skipped Minnesota’s initial meet-and-greet with the media, speculation has the New York Knicks working behind the scenes to obtain Rubio.  Something has to give; Minnesota used three of their four picks in the 2009 NBA draft on guards, so look for something to happen [...]

How we relate to basketball is generally decided by where we grew up and what we are exposed to. In the United States, the obvious influences are the N.B.A. and college basketball.  And in Europe, the Euroleague competition is the highest form of basketball on that continent. But what if you were a basketball fanatic [...]

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 [...]

Yikes, here’s another scary basketball fall on a fast break (see Fernandez-Ariza video from last week or check out this dunk/backflip from Adam Waddell of Wyoming) During today’s Big East Championship game between Syracuse and Louisville, Syracuse senior forward from Ghent, Belgium, Kristof Ongenaet found himself at the head of the pack when he took [...]

Katie Smith clutch for the Detroit Shock, sweep San Antonio in WNBA Finals WNBA Stars Katie Smith proved to be too much for the San Antonio Silver Stars. The Detroit Shock swept the Silver Stars in the best of five series to win their second WNBA title in three years (2006), and their third title [...]

Fadi El-Khatib‘s Visa was refused by the Belgium embassy, possibly putting an end to Cherkasi-Mavpi’s participation in the 2008 FIBA Eurocup Games (at least for now), the top men’s basketball tournament run by FIBA Europe. Cherkas-Mavpi, in a move of solidarity by it’s players (including former NBA player Martynas Andriuskevicius), the director, and the organization, [...]