Americas League 2010-11

[TDW]

Arecibo to ridiculize puertorrican basketball again.

that happens when u send a team to a continental championship that win their tournament via attorneys and not by their players

They were able to make a comeback and win by 5: 84 - 79

[saalsapr]

Sionista got two great blocks in the last minute to beat the Capitanes 73-72.

Life or death tomorrow for both teams.

[zik013]

is there any history between Cintron and Rosario ?
Is it possible for them to "strike" a deal to make both teams progress?
Halcones is safe, whereas Capitanes MAY need to win.. with a small win Halcones can still be 1st and Capitanes progress from 2nd..
or maybe the coaches hate each other ?

thanks

[saalsapr]

is there any history between Cintron and Rosario ?
Is it possible for them to "strike" a deal to make both teams progress?
Halcones is safe, whereas Capitanes MAY need to win.. with a small win Halcones can still be 1st and Capitanes progress from 2nd..
or maybe the coaches hate each other ?

thanks

Halcones are the better team. Cintron probably wants the win more than anybody on that court, so I wont expect him to let the Capitanes win, especially for what Ayuso did to him back in Turkey.

[zik013]

Cintron showed no interest in winning the game, playing most of the match with reserves..

[CKR13]

Second Round Teams

The teams that have qualified for the second round:

Peñarol de Mar del Plata (Argentina)
Quimsa de Santiago del Estero (Argentina)
Regatas de Corrientes (Argentina)
Flamengo de Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Uniceub/BRB (Brazil)
Halcones Rojos de Veracruz (Mexico)
Halcones UV Xalapa (Mexico)
Capitanes de Arecibo (Puerto Rico)

The eight teams listed above will be divided into two groups and FIBA Americas will determine next week the group composition and the two teams from each group as designated hosts.

[CKR13]

FIBA Americas – Veracruz and Corrientes to host Second Round of FIBA Americas League

FIBA Americas – Veracruz and Corrientes to host Second Round of FIBA Americas League

SAN JUAN (FIBA Americas League) – FIBA Americas Secretary General, Alberto Garcia, met with the Technical and Event Directors in the offices in San Juan to establish the venues for the second round of the 2010/2011 FIBA Americas League.

Group E will be played on February 3, 4 and 5 in the city of Veracruz, Mexico, home of Halcones Rojos and Group F in the city of Corrientes, Argentina on February 11, 12 and 13 at the home of Regatas. After deciding the host cities, the group compositions were also announced.

The objective of the group composition is to have parity and each one has two first place and two second place teams from the first round.

Group E in Veracruz will have Halcones Rojos and Peñarol Mar del Plata (both finished second in their groups) along with Capitanes de Arecibo of Puerto Rico and Flamengo Rio de Janeiro, Brazil who won their groups.

Group F has Regatas Corrientes of Argentina and Halcones de Xalapa from Mexico (both won their groups) along with Quimsa de Santiago del Estero of Argentina and Uniceub/BRB of Brasilia, Brazil, (both second place teams).

The second round consists of two four-team groups to be played in a standard round robin format.

The schedule is as follows:

Group E in Veracruz, Mexico:

Thursday, February 3, 2011:
(all times given in local time, CET -7:00)

06:00 pm Peñarol vs. Capitanes
08:15 pm Halcones Rojos vs. Flamengo

Friday, February 4:

06:00 pm Flamengo vs. Peñarol
08:15 pm Capitanes vs. Halcones Rojos

Saturday, February 5:

06:00 pm Flamengo vs. Capitanes
08:15 pm Halcones Rojos vs. Peñarol

Group F in Corrientes, Argentina:
(all times given in local time, CET -4:00)

Friday, February 11:

08:00 pm Halcones Xalapa vs. Uniceub
10:15 pm Regatas vs. Quimsa

Saturday, February 12:

08:00 pm Quimsa vs. Halcones Xalapa
10:15 pm Uniceub vs. Regatas

Sunday, February 13:

08:00 pm Quimsa vs. Uniceub
10:15 pm Regatas vs. Halcones Xalapa

The top two teams from each group qualify for the FIBA Americas League Final Four, scheduled for 4, 5 and 6 March 2011. The host city for the Final Four is yet to be determined.

-FIBA.com

[CKR13]

Peñarol Mar del Plata

I like the chances of Peñarol in Round 2, Group E against Halcones Rojos, Capitanes de Arecibo and Flamengo Río de Janeiro.

Peñarol Mar del Plata Roster

Pablo Sebastián Rodríguez
Selem Safa
Nicolás Lauría
Marcos Mata
Alejandro Reinick
Alejandro Diez
Leo Gutiérrez
Martín Leiva
Facundo Campazzo
Kyle La Monte
Pablo Alderete

[PRSURF]

Capitanes will go without Puruco Latimer(passport problem).

[TDW]

Capitanes will go without Puruco Latimer(passport problem).

Bobby Joe Hatton will stay too, he was signed by Vaqueros

[TDW]

Capitanes de Arecibo won 85-80 over Peñarol Mar del Plata

[CKR13]

Capitanes de Arecibo won 85-80 over Peñarol Mar del Plata

Ayuso scored 28 points in that game.

I like the chances of Peñarol in Round 2, Group E against Halcones Rojos, Capitanes de Arecibo and Flamengo Río de Janeiro.

I spoke too soon...

[saalsapr]

My fellow puerto ricans: Which tournament do you think we have better chance of winning? Liga de Las Américas o Serie del Caribe?

[Mojado]

Cordoba beat Flamengo. I think they can pull another upset to make it to the last four. Also, Xalapa is in my opinion stronger and may qualify in Argentina as well.

[planaria]

Interesting. After all that polemic involving Lamonte and Flamengo, Kyle Lamonte agreed to insert in the contract termination clause in which he undertook not to compete in any match against Flamengo in 2011.

Just to remember, Lamonte was signed by Flamengo and he paid for two or three months. A week before the South American League starts he started to demand a trade (people say that he would have received a great proposal to return to Peñarol).

Now, Flamengo threat put him in court if he plays. Moreover, Peñarol states that ignore the clause in the match tonight.