Carl Berman 
13 Aug 2017 
1 comment Sofia, Bulgaria – After two tournament days at the U16 Division B European Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria we’re starting to have a better grasp of the prospects who may have a future, either in college in the USA or professionally. Even though several games ended with large scoring margins there’s enough talent to talk about. […]
USA Wins U17 World Championship With Ease
Zaragoza, Spain – For the fourth time in as many tries, the United States won gold at the FIBA U17 World Championships. It was a relatively easy feat for the Americans, who handily defeated Turkey in the final 96-56. The 40-point victory is the largest winning margin in the tournament’s history – surpassing the American’s […]
Australia Wins Women’s U17 World Championship
Zaragoza, Spain – Australia made history by winning its first title after defeating Italy 62-38 in Saturday’s FIBA U17 Women’s World Championship in Zaragoza, Spain. In addition, they became the first team outside of America to win the tournament. The Sapphires put together a strong overall defensive effort against the Italians. They held the Italians […]
FIBA U17 Men’s World Championships Update
Zaragoza, Spain – The semi-finals of the 2016 FIBA U17 Men’s World Championship tipped off today, as Turkey, Spain, Lithuania, and the defending champion United States have secured the final four spots in the tournament. Turkey punched their ticket into the semis by upsetting Canada, 80-74. It was a hard fought win for Turkey over a Canadian […]
NetScouts Basketball USA All-Stars Finish China Tour Undefeated
Weng’an, China – The NetScouts Basketball USA All-Stars wrapped up the Atlas Youth International Tour in China by beating the Chinese team 71-63 in front of a sold out, energized crowd. The USA got off to a poor start for the second straight game, struggling to find a rhythm on offense – and finding themselves […]
USA All-Stars Top Poland, Go To 8-0
Weng’an, China – The NetScouts Basketball USA All-Stars stayed undefeated and won their eighth game in a row tonight, defeatingPoland 80-71 in a hard-fought contest. The Polish came into the night riding high on confidence after blowing out host China yesterday, and quickly built a double digit lead with staunch defense, transition offense, and offensive […]
USA Beats New Zealand Behind Post Players in Weng’an
Weng’an, China – Team USA started off the Weng’an leg of the Atlas International Basketball Tour of China with their 3rd win against New Zealand and 7th win overall. USA also swept the Kiwis, going 3-0 against them over the past week while increasing the win margin each time. The 19 point victory was methodically built […]
Update on the U18 European Championships
Volos, Greece – NetScouts Basketball has been busy scouting the U18 European Championships in Volos, Greece. The first three days of competition have been completed. Here are some of our observations. Latvia (1-2) has a solid roster featuring many guys who may have an interesting college upside. Big guys Karlis Silins, Verners Kohs and Marcis […]
Canada Improves to 3-0, Beats USA in Defensive Battle
The final night of the first city of the China tour for the Americans was a tightly contested defensive battle resulting in a 61-48 loss to Team Canada. The positives the USA will take with them to the second city of the tour from the Canada game include identifying a team defensive identity & the […]
