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Kenyan - Men Basketball
AFRICAIN PLAYERS AT NCAA DIVISION 2 - Feb 25, 2010 (by Carlos Pereira)
KENYA
James Oyamo jr 1,96m Nyack Col.
Kharles Mwalo fr 1,93m (6-4) Bluefield St. Un.
Antoinne Bbayaga 1,96m (6-5) Western Oregon Un.
ANGOLA
Nuno Furtado jr 2,01m (6-7) Cal State L.A. Un.
SENEGAL
Mactar Gueye jr 1,96m (6-5) Cal State Stanislaus
Papa Lo so 2,06m (6-9) Bryant Un.
Alioune Ndiaye sr 2,06m (6-9) Dowling Col.
Youssoupha Sene sr 2,01m (6-7) Lambuth Un.
Mouhamadou Kane sr 2,06m (6-9) Oakland Un.
MALI
Ismaila Traore jr 2,01m (6-7) Holy Family Un
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KENYA
James Oyamo jr 1,96m Nyack Col.
Kharles Mwalo fr 1,93m (6-4) Bluefield St. Un.
Antoinne Bbayaga 1,96m (6-5) Western Oregon Un.
ANGOLA
Nuno Furtado jr 2,01m (6-7) Cal State L.A. Un.
SENEGAL
Mactar Gueye jr 1,96m (6-5) Cal State Stanislaus
Papa Lo so 2,06m (6-9) Bryant Un.
Alioune Ndiaye sr 2,06m (6-9) Dowling Col.
Youssoupha Sene sr 2,01m (6-7) Lambuth Un.
Mouhamadou Kane sr 2,06m (6-9) Oakland Un.
MALI
Ismaila Traore jr 2,01m (6-7) Holy Family Un.
Waly Coulibaly fr 1,91m (6-3) Chaminade Un.
Mamadou Diarra so 2,13m (7-0) Chaminade Un.
GAMBIA
Amadou Sambou so 2,03m (6-8) Saint Augustine Col.
Dawda Njie fr 2,01m (6-7) Armstrong Atlantic St. Un.
NIGERIA
Kamarachi Onyirioha jr 2,03m (6-8) ngelo State Un.
Ochigbo Ameh sr 2,06m (6-9) Lees-McRae Col.
CAMEROON
Pierre Bakinde fr 1,88m (6-2) Armstrong Atlantic St. Un.
Franck Ndongo jr 1,98m (6-6) Augusta St. Un.
Eric Nsangou sr 1,77m (6-0) Barry Un.
Julien Bendeke sr 1,96m (6-5) Barry Un.
Jacques Dovonou sr 1,98m (6-6) Brevard Col.
James Tchana sr 2,01m (6-7) CW Post Un.
Luc Atangana so 1,91m (6-3) Charleston Un.
Gaby Ngoundjo jr 2,03m (6-8) Grand Canyon Un.
Rony Tchatchoua jr 1,98m (6-6) Grand Canyon Un
Aboubakar Wandji sr 2,01m (6-7) Midwestern St. Un.
Stephane Bakinde sr 2,03m (6-8) Newberry Col.
Dave Karlson jr 1,96m (6-5) Shepherd Un.
Yann Sani 2,01m (6-7) Texas Permian Un.
ZIMBABWE
Luke Jarvis so 1,93m (6-4) Assumption Col.
SUDAN
Riiny Ngot so 2,17m (7-2) Bridgeport Un.
GABON
Jores Dongo sr 2,06m (6-9) South Carolina Aiken Un.
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Uganda Federation holds Coaches Clinic - Jan 18, 2010 (by Olusegun Ikuesan)
The Athletes in Action Uganda Ambassadors in conjunction with Federation of Uganda Basketball Association coaches clinic from January 18 through 20.
The 3-Day clinic which will attracted top coaches from FIBA Africa Zone-5 will take place at the Victory City Church Ntinda Kampala.
According to Coach Gad Eteu of Kyambogo Warriors basketball club Uganda, the clinic will draw resource persons from Rwanda, Kenya and Uganda
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The Athletes in Action Uganda Ambassadors in conjunction with Federation of Uganda Basketball Association coaches clinic from January 18 through 20.
The 3-Day clinic which will attracted top coaches from FIBA Africa Zone-5 will take place at the Victory City Church Ntinda Kampala.
According to Coach Gad Eteu of Kyambogo Warriors basketball club Uganda, the clinic will draw resource persons from Rwanda, Kenya and Uganda.
Day-1 of the clinic will see participants being taken through the importance of Spirituality and Sports by Coach Mandy Juruni of UCU Lady Canons Uganda. Building a basketball program and creating a coaching identity by Coach Eteu Uganda. A look at Advantages and Disadvantages of Zone Defense by Coach Carey Odhiambo of Cooperative Bank basketball club of Kenya the days activities will be rounded up with a papers to be delivered by duo of Coaches Cliff Owuor of APR Lions basketball club of Rwanda and Odhiambo of Coop-Bank, Kenya dwelling on building transition offense at the highest state of elite basketball and Principles of Zone offense. By Coach Carey
The clinic continues with seven papers to be delivered on the Day-2 of the clinic with an insight into a look at how coaches can use their position to influence lives positively and the foundations in building a man-to-man defense/ developing team toughness and elite play by Coach Timothy Odeke KCC Leopards basketball club, Uganda. Building full court team defense, a look at the concepts and principles to be applied by Coach Owuor of APR Rwanda, things I believe make a successful coach and a successful basketball program by Coach Eteu while Coach Smart Olumbo of Eagles Wings basketball club, Kenya will present papers on attacking pressure defense and Organizing training sessions, an example of pre-season training, with Coach Jurini speaking on the importance of team building on and off the basketball court.
The clinic will end with three papers on Wednesday and examination, the papers will focus on account of how God gave each of us a talent to glorify his name by Coach Eteu while Coach Juruni speaks on the elements to consider in scouting opposition games for competition and the third paper which will be jointly presented by Coaches Eteu and Olumbo will centre on building concentration as a coach and management of players psychology.
The Uganda Basketball Federation will also use the occasion to formally form the Uganda Basketball Coaches Association while certificates will be awarded successful participants of the 3-Day clinic.
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What lessons did Kenyan teams KPA and Co-op Bank learn during Africa championships? - Jan 4, 2010 (by Olusegun Ikuesan)
Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) basketball club and Co-operative Bank basketball club of Kenya went to the Fiba Africa club championships as Zone Five winners for men and women but they will never cherish those memories at all now and in the future.
KPA women's team traveled to Cotonou, Benin for the 15th FIBA Africa club championships while Co-op went to Kigali, Rwanda for the 24th edition. They learnt the hard way that these championships are not for the ill prepared
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Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) basketball club and Co-operative Bank basketball club of Kenya went to the Fiba Africa club championships as Zone Five winners for men and women but they will never cherish those memories at all now and in the future.
KPA women's team traveled to Cotonou, Benin for the 15th FIBA Africa club championships while Co-op went to Kigali, Rwanda for the 24th edition. They learnt the hard way that these championships are not for the ill prepared.
The results from these two tournaments were more or less the same which poses some hard questions about the performance of Kenyan teams at the continental podium.
Both teams got off to a flying start winning their opening matches. KPA with a huge 74-34 thumping of home girls Energie while Co-op squeezed a narrow 71-70 against Warriors basketball club of Uganda, a team they easily handled in the Kampala during the qualifiers..
After that the mountain then became too steep to climb for the two Kenyan representatives. KPA and Co-op then played meek losing all their preliminary round matches.
KPA were downed 51-66 by Desportivo (Mozambique), 84-29 by eventual winners First Bank (Nigeria), 40-63 to ABC (Ivory Coast), 47-54 to Apolitecnica (Mozambique), 43-48 to CSA (Ivory Coast) and 50-65 to First Deepwater (Nigeria).
Back to Co-op who did their best but still lost 75-83 to Inter of Congo, went down hard 79-49 to Aspac of Benin and were whipped 110-54 by reigning champions Primiero d'Agosto of Angola.
The similarity did not end there. The two teams sneaked to the quarter finals by wining one game, thanks mainly to the teams that failed to show up in Cotonu and Kigali event respectively.
That dubious distinction of reaching the last eight was quickly rendered useless as the two giants fell like nine pins bringing their club championship ambitions to a sad end.
KPA suffered a 51-66 loss at the hands of then champions Desportivo while Co-op were handed a thorough beating as Agosto showed them who were kings in that humiliating 106-56 loss.
From there it was the classification- the losers finals- and here they did not perform any better. KPA wound up eighth in a ten team show while Co-op were also number seven in a nine team event. Nothing to be proud of really.
The KPA and Co-op club championship outings raised some of the hardest questions that fans keep asking without ever really getting an answer. When will there ever be a podium finish for Kenya?
So what ails Kenyan basketball at the continental scene? Is it aged players? Lack of foresight and planning by the coaches, lack of talented players to perform at that level? physique ?
Why does the Kenyan teams go out of the Africa championships, it is always predictably what position they wound finish. Co-op had a suspect preparations going into this event.
In their first outing in Luanda, Angola in 2007, APR finished sixth, they were eighth in Tunisia in 2008 and won bronze medal at home. Aren't there some lessons for Kenyans?
Angolans dominated Africa. Nearly all players are local based and the fact that they have maintained their sterling run in the continent both at the club and national level is admirable.
Co-op have hugely gifted athletes, they have the height and the body and some of the most talented players in the country. So what happened ? Anything coach Carey Oketch and Bogonko Bosire ?
Pundits talk about team selection. They are asking why two of the most experienced players in local basketball and who would have given immense contributions were not put on the plane to Kigali ?
If you want to compare your standards in African basketball then there is no better barometer than the Angolans- both at the club and national team level.They will teach you a few lessons- softly or violently.
And this time round, Co-op saw a lot of the Angolans and they were hit hard losing by over 100 points to two of Africa's most clinical sides in eventual winners Primeiro d'Agosto and Petro Atletico.
Kenya Basketball Federation (KBF) first vice chairman and the man who is with the team in Rwanda - Henry Shihemi said that the Kenyans learnt a lot in the championships. If only they will let all and sundry see what gains are being made.
KBF must now come in and make Kenya basketball look good in the eyes of everyone in the continent. The question is not when, the sooner the better.
Dann OWERRE
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AFRICA 2009 Champions by countries - Dec 31, 2009
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24th AFCCM (Classification 7-8): Interclub beat Coop-Bank to 7th place - Dec 22, 2009
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24th AFCCM (Classification 5-8): Coop-Bank bow to ASPAC 62-89 - Dec 21, 2009
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24th AFCCM (Q/Finals): Petro zoom into semi-finals, beat Coop-Bank - Dec 20, 2009
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24th AFCCM (Q/Finals): Cooperative Bank (KEN) Vs Petro Atletico (ANG) - Dec 19, 2009
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KCB Lions see off KPA to clinch third title in a row - Dec 17, 2009
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RWA - 24th AFCCM (Day-4): Primeiro humble Coop-Bank 110-54 - Dec 17, 2009
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24th AFCCM (Day-3): Bukar power ASPAC past Coop-Bank 79-49 - Dec 16, 2009
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RWA - 24th AFCCM: Unlucky Coop Bank bow to Interclub 75-83 - Dec 15, 2009
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24th AFCCM: Coop Bank scraps past Warriors 71-70 - Dec 14, 2009
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Africa Level-1 coaching course holds in Kaduna - Dec 4, 2009
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RWA AFCCM: Draws holds Saturday in Abidjan - Dec 3, 2009
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Wings contain Storms - Oct 5, 2009
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12 basketball league teams proposed - Sep 25, 2009
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ICC stop Posta to widen league lead - Sep 23, 2009
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Co-op Bank men, KPA women to seek continental glory - Aug 31, 2009
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Thrown Out - Aug 3, 2009
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