It was another excellent adidas Nations global event held in Southern California this past weekend. Many of the top USA recruits from the 2014 and 2015 classes participated. The championship game featured 19 players in the top 100 for their particular class. The five international teams featured some of the better 18 and under players […]
adidas Nations 2013 Final Day: USA 2014 Blue Win Title
The USA 2014 Blue Team won the 2013 adidas Nations title with a hard-fought 81-77 victory over the Jalil Okafor led USA 2014 Red. North Carolina bound Theo Pinson was active for the winners with 15 points and seven rebounds. He was helped out by 14 points from Reid Travis, 11 points and eight rebounds […]
adidas Nations Day 3: USA Teams Reach the Title Game
Last night at the 2013 adidas Nations brought us the semi-final tournament as well as the Fellowship games between the four international teams that did not make the semi-finals. Team Africa took on USA 2014 Blue in the first semi-final. The Africans came out of the gate slow, possibly as a result of their bye […]
adidas Nations Day 2: USA Teams Show Dominance
Day 2 of the adidas Nations started with morning match-ups between the USA teams against the international teams. The USA won all the games. USA 2015 Blue got over a slow start to top Australia 78-63. 6’8 Carlton Bragg led the balanced scoring for the USA with 12 points. 6’8 Jonah Bolden was impressive in […]
adidas Nations Day 1: Team Africa Upsets USA 2015
The adidas Nations event tipped off yesterday at the Next Level Sports Complex in Garden Grove, CA. Five international teams and four teams of the top USA players in the 2014 and 2015 classes are participating. In addition there are four teams selected from the 55 college counselors also participating. The college counselors are some […]
“All-Four Nations” NetScouts Basketball China Tour All-Tournament Teams
“All-Four Nations” Tournament Final Standings USA 7-2 AUSTRALIA 5-4 CHINA 5-4 BRAZIL 1-8 ALL-TOURNAMENT DONG XIANG EVENT MVP: Kate Thompson, 6’4 G/F, USA – Her shooting opened things up for the USA offense, had 14 points against Australia and again vs. China in the finale. Casey Samuels, 6’0 G, Australia – Outstanding shooter who led […]
NetScouts Basketball USA All-Stars Win “Four Nations” Title With Victory Over China
The NetScouts Basketball USA All-Stars have won both the Dong Xiang leg and the overall “Four Nations” tournament championship with an overall record of 7-2. The USA defeated China 66-61 in a great game in front of a sellout crowd of 6,500 partisan Chinese fans in Dong Xiang Arena. The Americans led early and held […]
USA Shoots past Aussies on NetScouts Basketball Women’s China Tour
We will have a separate article tomorrow on our “Useful Community Activity” which was a visit to a High School (yes, on Sunday). It was a lot of fun and we have some great pictures. Australia beat China last night 58-51. The Aussies jumped out to a 21-9 1st quarter lead and then held on […]
USA Gets Past Brazil to go to 5-2 on China Tour
The NetScouts Basketball USA All-Stars had a hard fought come from behind 58-50 victory over Brazil as the Brazilians put forth a valiant effort without two injured post players. This was the first of three games to be played in Dong Xiang. After a three-point shot in the opening minute of the game by Adrian […]