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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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Seattle Bladerunners - A Dynasty in the Making continued .... The Quarterfinal matchup between the Seattle Bladerunners and the SF Duke was a real testament to the strength of this year’s field, as these 2 powerhouses had not met until the Finals in both 2005 and 2006. Seattle came in sporting a 1-2 record from day one, but had a tough first round win over CYC under its belt already on Sunday. The Duke entered this match with an unblemished mark, although their big question mark would be the availability of go to guy and top scorer Ryan Dunn (neck injury). Ryan made a valiant effort to move forward and give it a go, but he clearly wasn’t the same Ryan Dunn we were accustomed to seeing, as he had braved his way to 6 points but went only 2-6 from the line. Guard Mike Reding (15 pts, 2 triples, 2 assists) and PF Dennis Yuen (10 pts, 7 rebs, 2 blocks) tried to pick up the slack, but it wasn’t enough for San Fran. Austin Yuen showed he is more than capable of playing Seattle’s point position that was vacated by Song Cun, registering 12 points and dishing out 6 assists. Wesley Hsu continued his good work, dropping 20 points and making all 10 of his freebie attempts. Seattle was on a roll as they won 54-41. The last game of the day took place between NY Maximum Output and the Toronto Dragons. Toronto had knocked this MO team out of the tourney numerous times, and with each of the previous 3 QF games being won by the underdog, Toronto was feeling positive about their chances. But MO had also watched all of their top seeded brethren being systematically knocked off by the lower seeded teams, so they were prepared. MO was the more aggressive team at the outset, using their size advantage and tough defense to rattle Toronto into some turnovers and bad shots. Toronto is one of the most poised and top shooting teams in the NACBA, at least in terms of shot selection and FG%, so watching them come undone at the seams was a real shocker. Conan-strong PF/C Jason Wu (13 pts) was destroying the Dragons inside and mercenary man Nate Brown (10 pts, 3 assists, 2 blocks) dictated the MO flow, as they seized a 15 point lead midway through. In the second half, Toronto’s NACBA Top 25 center Denny Lee (All-Tourney, 8 pts, 4-4 ft, 12 rebounds) made a trip to the fountain of youth to spearhead a Dragons comeback. Facing an uphill climb, Toronto got back into their efficient offensive flow, and was able to get within 3 points with under a minute to go and had a shot to tie it up with a good 3-point look from the corner, but the shot rimmed out and NY MO eventually won the game 45-39. The first Semifinal matchup on Monday was the Arizona Desert Jade and the NY RL Cruisers. This game looked like it had the makings of a great one on the low blocks as Tony Hu (8 pts, 4 reb, 5 fouls) and George Chan (5 pts, 14 reb, 2 steals) would meet the Hwang brothers, Stanley (7 pts, 7 reb, 2 swipes) and Benny (5 pts, 4 reb) in a true battle of the goliaths. But it turned out that the big men ended up cancelling each other out and the game would be dominated by spectacular guard play. In the first period, Stephen Chang (18 pts, 3 reb) and Bennett Woodward (8 pts, 4 dimes) were the leaders for Arizona, while Eddie Wang (16 pts) and CB Liu (2 treys) paced NYC. It was all tied up 29-29 at the half. The game went back and forth for most of the game with neither team able to grab the lead for good. Finally, with 6 minutes to play, Phil Heu Weller scored his only bucket of the game on a left hand layup to give Arizona a 41-36 lead. Stan Yeung responded with a big trey to pull the Cruisers within a deuce. A few possessions later, Arizona got out ahead on the break and Eddie Wang was called for a flagrant foul against Dave Clarke on the breakaway. Clarke swished both to give ADJ a 45-39 margin. Arizona got the ball back and Dave looked to stick a fork in the Cruisers but missed a three. Eddie Wang took it down, missed a driving layup and George Chan snatched the loose ball and the Cruisers reset. But Tony Hu was whistled for an offensive foul and then Stephen Chang drove hard for a tough layup to make the score 47-39. Bennett Woodward then got overly aggressive and fouled George Chan on the perimeter, sending George to the line for a one and one. He hit both and the score was 47-41, Arizona. The Cruisers had to foul and whacked Stan Hwang, who missed his 1 and 1. The Cruisers had the chance to get back in the game, but missed their opportunity and it was fouling time. Arizona finished them off by hitting 10-12 and won 57-45. << previous men's elite division continued >> |
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