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Andy Rautins is an Honorable Mention All American, the Harlem Globetrotters are coming to Canada, Cory Joseph and Tristan Thompson at the McDonald's All American Game, the Halifax Rainmen, the Edmonton Energy, BC Titans, Renato Pasquale is holding a clinic in Windsor and more in this edition of Canadian Content ...

 

People, don't forget to check out this great contest being held by Canada Basketball for you to get a chance to roam the sidelines with Coach Leo this summer ... Canada Basketball | TEXT TO WIN A GUEST COACH SPOT WITH RAUTINS AND CANADA BASKETBALL

 

Montreal native and current Miami Heat center Joel Anthony is playing well in the absence of former Raptor Jermaine O'Neal ... Canada Basketball | ANTHONY SCORES CAREER HIGH IN HEAT WIN OVER RAPS 

 

For all you basketball loving families, the legendary Harlem Globetrotters will in touring Canada so check out their schedule to see if they'll be in your neck of the woods ... The Official Site of the Harlem Globetrotters: International Schedule

 

Update ... A great Wheelchair Basketball event is coming this weekend ... 2010 CWBL Open Finals : Wheelchair Basketball Canada

Update ... World-class coach Pasquali to run clinic in Windsor

 

Here we have some great high school news including reports from the McDonald's All American game by our colleague Nolan Shulman at www.flagrantfouls.com.  The game features Brampton, ON's Tristan Thompson and Pickering, ON's Cory Joseph and is slated to tip off tomorrow night.

McDonald's All-American High School Basketball Games

McDonald’s All-American Week – Live Blog | Flagrant Fouls

Joseph wins McDonald's 3-point competition; no news yet on Polee - Las Vegas Sun

McDonald’s All American: Cory Joseph : Box of M.E.S.S.

Also, remember that the Jordan Brand Classic is also featuring both Thompson and Joseph in a few weeks to check it out.

And some news on the top high school ballers in BC ...  2010 TELUS AAA Basketball Scholarships

Some Canadians high school ballers are making visits now ... Top Canadian Recruit Katherine Plouffe visiting Arizona State « BasketballBuzz.ca and at Laurentian Voyageurs - Headlines 

 

A great story on great wave of Canadian ballers ...Rautins' men on leading edge of hoop wave

Update ... Syracuse University Athletics - Associated Press Names Rautins Honorable-Mention All-American 

 

Some news on the Rainmen from this past weekend including a video replay of hte game ...

Halifax Rainmen Basketball - RAINMEN FALL TO CAVALRY, 104-98

Rainmen-Cavs Battle it out in OT - LFS CAVS 104, RAINMEN 98 (OT) | Rainmen, Halifax, Game, Rebounds, Overtime, Cavs, Points | h

Metro - OT woes sink Rainmen

Video Replay: Rainmen 98, Oklahoma 104 | Oklahoma, March, Rainmen, Coverage, Replay, Video, Legends | haligonia.ca | Halifax, N

 

Remember when one minor league basketball season is ending, one is starting.  Check out the Edmonton Energy and the BC Titans ... Edmonton Energy | IBL Professional Basketball ... BC Titans

 

Lastly, we have some great links to both a pictorial look at the CIS Final 8 and an interview with the Varsity Blues' graduating seniors ...

2010 CIS Final 8 Men's Basketball Championship - a set on Flickr

The final four | theVARSITY.ca

Update - Laurentian Voyageurs - Headlines