After a grueling week of round robin play, the FIBA World Cup has a rare rest day today for the teams that have advanced to the next round. The 16 teams, the top four teams from Groups A, B, C, […]
Tag: Mexico
Basketball: Americas Championship Commence in Venezuela
The FIBA Americas Championship for Men have begun in Caracas, Venezuela and will go from August 30 – September 11, 2013. Follow all the FIBA Americas action in our forum This is one of the five regional qualifying tournaments for […]
NBA Announces Regular-Season Games in London, Mexico City
In its effort to further globalize the game of basketball while promoting the league in foreign countries, the NBA has announced two 2013-2014 regular season games outside of the U.S. and Canada. Mexico City will host a game between the […]
Mexico: Halcones Xalapa are Mexican Basketball Champs again
Two Halcones (falcons) met yesterday in the Mexican LNBP playoff finals, but only one of them is getting used to collecting titles. (Discuss Mexican Basketball in our forum) Halcones Xalapa downed Halcones Rojos Veracruz 89-79 in game five of the […]
Happy Holidays from Interbasket (& Pau Gasol)
From the crew @ Interbasket (and Pau Gasol), we wish you a very Merry Christmas, a super Hannukkah; a happy holidays. Whatever you you do, however you are celebrating, whoever you are with, wherever you are in the world – we […]
10 Basketball Courts from Around the World
Talkbasket recently had a great feature with images of 10 basketball courts from around the world; from colorful courts in Berlin, abandoned courts in Chernobyl and Russia, to snow-covered courts in the Himalayas. Other courts featured include backboards (and sometimes even […]
Houston Rockets sign Mexico’s Romel Beck
Romel Beck, a 6’8, 195lb guard/forward who has played with the Mexican National Team the last several years, has signed on with the Houston Rockets. The 27-year old Beck will compete with Pops Mensah-Bonsu, and summer-league guards Will Conroy and […]
Belize’s fate to be decided on September 14th
Whether Belize will be able to keep the silver medals they received in the COCABA tournament played in Cancun last month will be decided on by a FIBA tribunal on September 14th, 2009. Team Belize, or Belizean Heritage as is […]
FIBA Americas 2009: Image Gallery
I scoured some images from the FIBA Americas Championship and pulled out my favorite twenty photos featuring Carlos Arroyo, Esteban Batista, Francisco Garcia, Anderson Varejao, Omar Quintero, Luis Scola, Guillermo Diaz, and more. [nggallery id=14] Photos are all courtesy of […]
Mexico sends leading scorer Romel Beck packing
After a loss to Puerto Rico, 81-66 in Mexico’s first game of the FIBA Americas Championships, there was bickering about that the teams leading scorer, Romel Beck, was being too selfish. “There’s some unrest within the team,” Mexico’s head coach Arturo Guerrero admitted. “Beck […]
Mexico and Uruguay to battle again in FIBA Americas
San Juan, PR – Mexico and Uruguay, two teams that got into a bench-clearing fight leading up to the FIBA Americas, will face off again today. The match will kick off the fifth and final day of the preliminary round […]
Canada destroys Mexico 95-40 in FIBA Americas
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, […]
2009 FIBA Americas Championship Preview
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 […]
New Jersey Nets forbid Nájera to play in FIBA Americas
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 […]
Video: Basketball Brawl between Mexico and Uruguay
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) […]
Mexico wins 2009 CoCaBa, defeats Belize 106-103
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 […]
It’s Belize vs. Mexico in CoCaBa Finale
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 […]
FIBA Secretary General: “Play Belize or else!”
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 […]
Belize wins in CoCaBa despite FIBA’s eligibility questions
Fifteen minutes before Belize was to participate in their first CoCaBa tournament match vs. Nicaragua, FIBA officials questioned the eligibilities of several of their players. (Discuss Belize basketball and the 2009 CoCaBa Championships) Prior to the match, FIBA informed the […]
2009 COCABA Basketball Championships
Event: COCABA Championship (discuss) Location: Cancún, México Information: The 2009 COCABA Championship will be played in Cancún, Mexico at the Gimnasio Polifuncional on August 10-14, 2009. (Discuss/follow the COCABA basketball Championships) This regional-qualifying tournament is the first of four possible steps that national teams have to place in […]
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