A USA Women’s All-Star Basketball team is leaving for China to participate in an important international basketball tournament. The “Four Nations” tournament features the Chinese National “B” team, the Australia Rising Opals and the National team of Hungary in addition to the USA. The team, organized and coached by NetScouts Basketball, will play a round-robin […]
NetScouts Basketball China Men’s Tour: China Uses Free Throw Advantage to Top USA
We mentioned to the team before they left that they would get no breaks from the Chinese referees when we played China and that was certainly the case tonight. The Chinese National Team, helped by a huge free throw disparity, edged the NetScouts Basketball USA All-Stars 71-66. China took a 37-31 halftime lead. The USA […]
Canada tops NetScouts Basketball USA All-Stars in China on Wiltjer Free Throws
It was Groundhog Day for the NetScouts Basketball USA All-Stars as they lost for the second straight day in the same exact way. This time Canada was the winner, edging the Americans 75-73 as Kyle Wiltjer (Kentucky) made two foul shots after being fouled on an offensive rebound with .5 seconds left in the game. […]
Latvia Edges NetScouts Basketball USA All-Stars in China
We’ll try to get more detail on the games in the morning China time. Check back later today. Latvia edged the NetScouts Basketball USA All-Stars 67-65 as they made two free throws with one second remaining in the game. The USA rallied from a ten-point deficit with 2:48 to play, tying the game with 55 […]
NetScouts Basketball Men’s China Tour: The Team Arrives
Our men’s team has arrived in China after the 12-hour flight from Los Angeles to Guangzhou. The team then flew to Chongqing City where they stayed the night. This morning there was a four-hour bus ride to Kai County where the first three games will be played starting tomorrow. One of our opponents will be […]
NetScouts Basketball China Women’s Tour: Lots of Autographs
Before practice today, we head off to a “Socially Useful Activity” as it is called here!!! The team has been asked to go to the MINFA Aluminum Manufacturing Plant to tour the facility, sign autographs and entertain the company with a little bit of Basketball. Team Picture at MINFA […]
NetScouts Basketball China Women’s Tour: The Team Arrives
Arrival to Nan’an. Games to Start tomorrow. The sounds of consistent car horns, used to somehow direct traffic, once again ring a familiar tone to the ears of a 30+hour travel weary women’s basketball all-star team, ready to represent the USA in China. Yep, 30+ hours is no joke, in fact, for some of the […]
NetScouts Basketball USA All-Star Teams Head to China
NetScouts Basketball will be returning to China this week for a series of Men’s and a Women’s tournaments. The Men’s team will play teams from China, Lithuania and Germany in a 3-city, 9-game round robin format. The roster of the Men’s team is: Brian Addison (Buffalo/Portugal), Tyler Cain (South Dakota/Latvia), Lance Jeter (Nebraska/Holland), LaMarcus Reed (Texas-Arlington), […]