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Canada is out of the running for London, Leo steps down
As many people have been calling for in the last few years, head coach Leo Rautins will be stepping down as the lead man of the Senior Men's National Team. The announcement was made following the loss to Panama which had eliminated Canada from the fifth spot in the FIBA Americas Championship and...
Hope alive as Canada downs Uruguay
Canada's Senior Men got a timely win this morning bolstered by the double-double of Levon Kendall to beat Uruguay 70-68. The victory is much needed since with only one game left to play in the championhsip for Canada, they need to beat Panama to be within in striking distance of a shot at the...
The Senior Men fall short against Puerto Rico
This morning, Canada made a valiant comeback but ran out of time falling to Puerto Rico 79-74. Despite tying the game at one point after being down 15 points, PR pulled away late. This loss means that the window of opportunity is closing for the Senior Men to qualify for the Olympics and Canada...
Canada takes an L from Argentina
Canada looked good from time to time in this game but Argentina was too much as they put the Red and White down 79-53. The downside is that the team only shot only 29% from the floor, 22 to 13 turnover differential and a minus eight (40-32) rebound difference. The plus side is that Kelly...
Canada Loses an Overtime Thriller
The Senior Men looked like they had a shot a winning against a very good Venezuela team but lost steam in the overtime period. They looked like they may have been a little worn out and you can see that in the mental lapses like the missed boxouts. Regardless, Jermaine Anderson, Denham Brown and...
Senior Men Smoked Some Cubans Today
Canada had a great showing this morning against Cuba winning the game handily, 84-62. This puts the Senior Men at 2-1 and looking very good going into tomorrow's game against Venuezela. Losing to this tough team will obviously work against Canada in some degree but with the confidence built up...
Canada Gets By the Dominican to Go 1-1
After a hard fought game, the Senior Men close out the Dominicans with a 73-72 win to even their record to 1-1. This is a big win here with Canada needing to finish in the top three (actually top four but top three would be better) of their pool to advance to the next round. They are facing a...
Canada Drops a Winnable Game to Brazil
Canada hung tough with a very good Brazil team before a 15-0 fourth quarter run put Canada away for good resulting in a 69-57 loss. The game was, as most observers would have expected, game that was going to be a loss but Canada did hang in through the better part of the contest. The...
A FIBA 3x3 Championship Event?!?!
With FIBA looking to push the 3x3 game as a viable basketball event, they have set up a Youth World Championships for the beginning of September. FIBA did try the 3x3 concept out at the last World Youth Games as a test event and it seemed to go over well enough for them to hold the first World...
Show me the Money ...
So, if you are a basketball loving Canadian like myself, you may have wondered how there can be such elite level players like say Myck Kabongo and Khem Birch playing in the US high school system but we can cannot produce players like this on Canadian soil. Wayne Dawkins poses a very good point...
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