Canada just laid down a beat down on Mexico in the 2009 FIBA Americas Tournament. Canada won their first match of the tournament, laying an emphatic 95-40 win over Mexico, a victory margin of 55 points. Coming into the game, Canada was favored to win, but no one expected the slaughter we saw today. Five [...]

Event: 2009 Americas Championships Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico Discuss: Americas Championships Thread Info: The tournament will determine which four teams qualify for the 2010 FIBA World Championships of Basketball. The tournament will feature ten teams from Northern and Latin Americas: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Uruguay, and Venezuela. The favorites coming into [...]

After holding a glimmer of hope that Eduardo Nájera may don the green and red for Mexico, that hope crashed when the NBA ruled that it wasn’t in their best interest. It was announced today that the 10-year NBA veteran will not participate in this year’s FIBA Americas Championships. Najera was unable to receive clearance [...]

Here we go again. In another boxing match, a basketball game broke out between Mexico and Uruguay Saturday night when both teams competed in a preparation game for the 2009 FIBA Americas tournament. (Discuss the Mexico-Uruguay fight in our forum) Tensions came to a head when Mexico’s star player Romel Beck got into the face of Uruguayan [...]

Rommel Beck scored 26 points and Noe Alonzo 21 as Mexico was able to withstand a 43 point outburst from Belize‘s Marlon Garnett to win the CoCaBa Championship (discuss the game). The match was tightly-contested with high drama and tensions surrounding the official status Belize’s players. After a high-scoring first quarter, Mexico extended to a [...]

Cancún, Mexico – It’s official. Well not really. Belize will take on Mexico for the CoCaBa championship tonight, Friday, August 14. Belize walks into the finals amidst controversy over the nationality of their players and they await FIBA’s decision before any of their results are finalized.  So even at the end of the championships tonight, [...]

According to a representative from the Belizean basketball team, Belize will continue playing in the COCABA championships while their official protest is being reviewed by FIBA International. …Alberto Garcia, FIBA Americas Secretary General, told (Belize) that (opponents) can rant and rave, but Belize has presented an appeal and a proper protest and will continue to [...]