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 NACBA Top 30 Players to Watch in TorontoThe NACBA has released their annual top players you will want to check out at this year's 30th Annual North American Chinese Basketball Association Invitational Tournament. Which of the 30 players will perform to their expectations? |
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| Who Are NACBA's Dirty Dozen? Twelve unsung heroes who do all the little things under the radar to help put their teams in the best possible position to capture this year’s NACBA Mens Elite title. In honor of these key players, NACBA wishes to acknowledge the Dirty Dozen at this year's NACBAIT. |
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 NACBA Eh! - The 30th Annual NACBAIT Heads North of the Border to TorontoThe 2010 NACBAIT will be making a big return to Toronto during Memorial Day weekend. We expect over 80 teams this year to compete for Championships in 9 separate divisions. Be sure to stay on top of all this year's experience, as many exciting things are planned. |
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| NACBA Top 10 at 10 - The Women Have Game! 2008 marks the 10th year that the NACBA has officially hosted a Women ’s divisions. We honored the Top 10 players of the past 10 years, as well as our Most Outstanding player to date. These are the players who have made the biggest impact on our tournament. |
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 Consolation Round First Round Toronto CCYAA Titans def Philadelphia Suns A Toronto CCYAA Blazers def Boston Freemasons Quarterfinals NY Maximum Output def Toronto CCYAA Titans Toronto CCYAA Kagers def Boston Hurricanes A New York Rockits AIA def Boston Knights Montreal Kaitas def Toronto CCYAA Blazers Semifinals NY Maximum Output def Toronto CCYAA Kagers Montreal Kaitas def NY Rockits AIA Championship NY Maximum Output def Montreal Kaitas Medal Round First Round San Francisco CCU def New York USAB Texas Ballistics def New York Crossbearers Toronto CCYAA Dragons def Boston Hurricanes AAU Arizona Desert Jade def Washington CYC A Quarterfinals San Francisco Duke def San Francisco CCU Texas Ballistics def Chicago Dragons Seattle Bladerunners def Toronto CCYAA Arizona Desert Jade def New York Cruisers Semifinals San Francisco Duke def Texas Ballistics Seattle Bladerunners def Arizona Desert Jade Championship Seattle Bladerunners def San Francisco Duke ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM (Medal Round MVP) Jim Shih, Seattle Bladerunners (Consolation Round MVP) Alex Stewart, New York Maximum Output Kyle Kiang, Seattle Bladerunners Song Cun, Seattle Bladerunners Benny Hoang, San Francisco Duke Ryan Dunn, San Francisco Duke James Mao, Texas Ballistics Sam Luong, Arizona Desert Jade Jeremy Lee, San Francisco CCU Tony Ling, Chicago Dragons Denny Lee, Toronto CCYAA Dragons George Chan, NY Cruisers Jeffrey Lee, Washington CYC A Mike Yih, Boston Hurricanes AAU Chris Chin, New York Rockits AIA San Mac, Philly Suns A |
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For the 12 top tier squads in the Medal Round, the First Round started off with quite a bang. Jeremy Lee (21 points) and the SF Chinese Christian Union (CCU) jumped out on NY USAB (last year's 3rd place team) and took a 25-21 halftime lead. In the second half, USAB was unable to convert on their opportunities inside the paint and fell 47-42. Up next was a matchup of the 2004 Friendship Champs, the NY Crossbearers and 2004 Mens Elite Open Semifinalist, the Texas Ballistics. Texas showed that their big time experience makes quite a bit of difference as they coasted to an easy 45-35 win. The next game of the round was a shocker of sorts, as the Toronto CCYAA Dragons upset the defending NACBAIT Champions, the Boston Hurricanes AAU 36-33. Although Toronto had never beaten Boston before, they showed true determination as they overcame a 5 point deficit to move on to the Quarters. Denny Lee led Toronto with 11, and Mike Yih dropped 10 for the Canes. The final game of the round was another shocker. Arizona Desert Jade came out ablaze and took an early double digit lead on Washington CYC A. Kwan Huynh (21 pts, 4 treys) got DC back in the game as CYC finally took a 1 point lead with about 2 minutes to go. But #23 Sam Luong proved to be the difference for Arizona as they upset CYC 67-63. In the Quarters, SF Duke showed why they earned the #1 seed as they raced out 25-12 on SF CCU and never looked back during their 60-34 dub. Henry Hong dropped in 19 for SF Duke and All-Tournament Selection Jeremy Lee had 17 for CCU. When the Chicago Dragons faced the Texas Ballistics, everyone was expecting a great game. These two quality teams responded to the pressure cooker, as it was all knotted up 20-20 at the half. Andrew Tsai was bombing from outside as he swished 3 triples to give the hometown crowd something to cheer about. But Texas had other plans and they won 40-38 in the most exciting game of the Quarters. The Seattle Bladerunners then faced the Toronto CCYAA Dragons. This game was never really close, with the gargantuan Seattle frontline shutting down Toronto. Seattle cruised 55-40. The last match of the day was the #2 seeded NY Cruisers looking to move on to the Final Four as they squared off with Arizona. The Cruisers had dominated pool play, and seemed on top of their game. Although All-Tournament Selection George Chan was playing out of his mind (17 pts, 15 boards), Arizona and their gunners were in shooting heaven. They ended up on the top side of the 54-52 game.
Monday morning means prime time for 4 teams, and Tournament Party recovery for 18 others. Up bright and early for the first game of the day was Texas v/s SF Duke. Ronald Lim and James Mao provided a solid 1-2 punch for Texas but they could not match the balanced team attack of the Duke. PG Benny Hoang dished it to Ryan Dunn and Henry Hong for the buckets, while forward Dennis Yuen earned himself quite a reputation on the defensive end. He might be the best defender that the NACBAIT has seen in quite some time. SF advanced 47-43 after withstanding a late Texas flurry. The second Semi had tournament Cinderella Arizona looking to stay out past midnight as they trailed Seattle 24-21. In the second half, Song Cun (18 points, 3 3's, 6-6 FT) showed why he has earned such a great reputation. Song had 16 second half points and iced the game from the line for Seattle. In the Finals, it all boiled down to SF Duke-Seattle Bladerunners. This was a matchup that everybody wanted to see. Big time players in a big time game. A matchup for former LA Alpine guards Benny Hoang and Song Cun. Rosters full of NACBAIT Top 25 players (3 from Seattle, 2 from SF). All the makings of a great game. The only problem for Frisco was that they forgot about unheralded Bladerunner guard Perry Lam. Perry went off for 13 points and turned out to be the difference in the game. MVP Jim Shih did his thing on the down low, dropping in 18. And then Kyle Kiang was Mr. Highlight as he was responsible for a few awe inspiring plays- including a follow up slam dunk and a chase down blocked shot after hustling down the court to prevent any hopes of a Duke momentum swing. Dennis Yuen led SF with 12. Seattle took home their second championship in 3 years, 51-34. Great job to the Bladerunners, and even more congratulations on finding a way to bring home a 5 foot tall trophy.| © 2010 nacbait.com All Rights Reserved Technical inquiries to: webmaster@nacbait.com |