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The head coaching debut of college and NBA star Danny Manning will be in Toronto at Ryerson.  The Rams will take on Tulsa next Thursday to open the new athletic facility for the 2012-13 season.  Who's going?
The head coaching debut of college and NBA star Danny Manning will be in Toronto at Ryerson. The Rams will take on Tulsa next Thursday to open the new athletic facility for the 2012-13 season. Who's going?

Today we have the Senior Women making it to the Olympic quarter finals, an nice Andrew Wiggins mention, Steve Nash parody's Titanic as only he can, an Olympic rower with basketball roots, a new coach at Dalhousie and at NAIT and more in this edition of Canadian content ...

First we start off with the National Team news ...

The SWNT women get into the quarter finals with the gritty win over Brazil ... CANADA DEFEATS BRAZIL AND QUALIFIES FOR QUARTER-FINALS | Canada Basketball

Canadians cruise over Brazil in women's basketball | London 2012 Team Canada | London 2012 | Toronto Sun

London 2012 basketball: Canadian women reach quarter-finals with 79-73 win over Brazil - thestar.com

GuelphMercury - Pushovers? Hardly. Canadians headed to basketball...

Defence powers Canada's Olympic women's basketball squad | London 2012 Team Canada | London 2012 | Toronto Sun

TheSpec - Thorburn ‘ecstatic’ as Canada upsets Brazil in...

But they will be facing the USA in the knockout round with the tough loss to Australia yesterday ... CANADA FINISHES PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE WITH A LOSS TO AUSTRALIA | Canada Basketball

Australia defeats Canada in women’s Olympic basketball - The Globe and Mail

Canada set to face U.S. in women's Olympic basketball quarter-final | London 2012 Team Canada | London 2012 | Toronto Sun

London Olympics 2012: Canada's comeback falls short in women's basketball loss to Australia | London 2012 | Sports | National Post

The Senior Women will be playing the US on Tuesday with the time to be determined. Expect that the game will likely be in the later part of the evening, London time, for the viewing audience is what I'm thinking.

Now for a couple of pro looks ...

Steve Nash is at it again with the viral parody stuff ... Dime Magazine (dimemag.com) : Daily NBA News, NBA Trades, NBA Rumors, Basketball Videos, Sneakers " Blog Archive " Video: New Laker Steve Nash Stars In His Parody Of ‘Titanic’

Rainmen open season with trio of road games | The Chronicle Herald

Here are two nice NC-Double-Eh stories ...

Anthony Bennett will reportedly not travel with UNLV on trip to native Canada | CollegeBasketballTalk

Former Basketball Player Jaleesa Rhoden Awarded Postgraduate Scholarship - The Red and Black : Sports: jaleesa rhoden, georgia women's basketball, john mcclendon minority postgraduate scholarship,

Now for some high school things ...

Andrew Wiggins and CIA Bounce establish Toronto as college basketball’s newest recruiting hotbed - The Washington Post

Manitoba built around defence - Brandon Sun

Here are a few CIS looks for you ...

Olympic rower has some basketball roots it seems ... Bergen's success no shock to Friesen | Local Sports | Kamloops Daily News

The new Dalhousie coach looks to be blogging for his people back in England ... Coach Vear: New Beginnings — Hoopsfix.com

Dinos welcome cross-border hoops battle | Basketball | Sports | Calgary Sun

And here is a CCAA story for you ... NAIT | Men's Basketball Coach Hansen Resigns; Julius Named Interim Coach

This is a great basketball story right here ... Streetballers strut their stuff in downtown Edmonton