2015 CBC Championship

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Not sure why they are holding this two years in a row, but the tournament got underway in Tortola today. Top four will advance to next year's Centrobasket.

Group A
US Virgin Islands 77 Cayman Islands 65
British Virgin Islands 84 St. Vincent 69

Group B
Bahamas 57 Bermuda 38
Antigua 80 Guyana 60

Barbados is the fifth team in Group A, while Surinam(!) is the fifth team in Group B. Antigua looks like the favorite to grab the second spot in Group B and qualify for their first Centrobasket since 2004.

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St. Vincent 70 Barbados 63
British Virgin Islands 92 Cayman Islands 78

Antigua 85 Surinam 50
Bahamas 89 Guyana 69

Barbados has really fallen off over the years.

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US Virgin Islands 93 St. Vincent 62
Barbados 77 British Virgin Islands 76

Bermuda 74 Guyana 65
Bahamas 72 Surinam 57

Barbados bounces back with a big win, hitting a late three after blowing a 17-point fourth-quarter lead.

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Days 4 and 5:

St. Vincent 80 Cayman Islands 71
US Virgin Islands 78 Barbados 71
Barbados 85 Cayman Islands 50
US Virgin Islands 89 British Virgin Islands 70

USVI sweeps the group, while BVI takes second place and the Centrobasket spot in a tiebreaker over Barbados and St. Vincent.

Bermuda 71 Surinam 50
Bahamas 69 Antigua 61
Antigua 71 Bermuda 64
Surinam 81 Guyana 48

Antigua beats Bermuda in the decisive game for the second place behind the Bahamas.

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Semifinals
US Virgin Islands 108 Antigua 66
Bahamas 85 British Virgin Islands 68

USVI and Bahamas confirm their dominance of the tournament.

5th-8th Place'
Surinam 71 Barbados 49
St. Vincent 74 Bermuda 73

9th Place
Cayman Islands 89 Guyana 61

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Championship: US Virgin Islands 71 Bahamas 65
3rd Place: Antigua 82 British Virgin Islands 73
5th Place: Surinam 87 St. Vincent 80
7th Place: Barbados 78 Bermuda 73

USVI defends their championship despite missing four of their top five scorers from last year's CBC tournament. Surinam with a spectaular comeback to take fifth place, outscoring St. Vincent 29-7 in the final six minutes. Pretty good showing for a team that rarely competes internationally and as far as I know has just one pro.

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Virgin Islands with two interesting youngsters (both 1995), Khalid Hart and Angel Rivera-Cuencas.

Hart already completed his soph seasaon at Marist, he was the 2014 MAAC Rookie of the year.

Rivera, of Puerto Rican origin, played his freshman season in 2014-15 and is an excellent passer. He led the tournament in assists, as well his school Stetson.

Both starred for ISV team at the 2012 U18 Fiba Americas tournament.

ISV Ivan Aska named MVP.