Brazil wins two more games at the FIBA Americas Championship in San Juan, PR.
Brazil is on a roll, and the recent losses by Argentina (85-69 loss to Venezuela) means that the Brazilians are clearly the 2nd best team in all of North & South America now, behind the US.
Oddly, Argentina based on some earlier successes, actually sits atop the FIBA world rankings at #1...ahead of even the US.
But clearly at this present time Brazil (ranked 18th by FIBA) is the better team.
The rankings should be updated after this tournament.
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Here is an interesting article about how Africans commonly falsify their age for athletic purposes.
In fact, in some countries, it is not only common, it is widely known to be the routine way things are done. This story is mostly about soccer players who cheat by as much as 10 to even 15 years about their age.
Here is another article proving the same thing, and how the government is even involved in helping the players hide and falsify their ages, and this article is only available in the google cache since it has since been taken off the original web site in Nigeria, likely by the government people who don't want this stuff talked about.
Thus is it any wonder that Africans like these, who look at least 25 and maybe even 30 years old, are claiming to be high schoolers...
John Riek at Mississippi State (claims to be 19 years old)
Festus Ezeli (claims to be 19)
Beas Hamga (claimed to be 18)
Mac Koshwal (claimed to be only 19)
Bawa Muniru was supposedly only 17 at the time of this picture
Wichita State recruit Ehimen Orupke - the one on the right in this pic (claims to be 19)
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Speaking of Ehimen Orupke, we have a discussion going on BradleyFans...and it details a whole lot of CHEATING going on at the junior college where Orupke is.
Three Rivers CC was audited and many, many irregularities and illegal payments to players were uncovered.
This hasn't been reported very widely, outside of Missouri, but the NJCAA came down immediately and hard on Three Rivers, and docked them SIX scholarships for each of the next two seasons.
Wow-- is this actually refreshing and great to see!!
no five year lag and non-investigation...no slap of probation only for cheaters...
the NJCAA really means business and immediately slammed TRCC HARD!
Nice to see....I sure hope someone at the NCAA would notcie and maybe apply some of the same action to USC, UConn, etc...but dig me up in another century if that actually ever happens!
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In case you're interested...a link to the video of Billy Gillispie's arrest for DUI.
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Yet another example of Bob Huggins' discipline....or better yet.....non-existent discipline.
Another in the long, long, long line of Huggins players with multiple arrests, actually was given a meaningless mid-summer "suspension"...but of course as soon as school is now in and the NCAA allows the players to begin practicing....
then Huggins immediately "reinstates" Joe Mazzulla.
Mazzulla has had multiple arrests for fighting, disorderly conduct, fighting with police, physically attacking a female roommate, and underage drinking.
seriously, how many coaches would even allow such a thug to remain on the team??
But in the end, Mazzulla won't miss a single practice or a single minute of a single game due to any suspension, so I guess you have to wonder what's the use of an off season suspension anyway?
But then, just what does anyone actually expect coming from huggy-ville.
It's been detailed again and again, that countless of his recruits, his players, and his ex-players are thugs, criminals, repeat criminals, druggies, and thugs.
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Creighton has one more walk on player bringing their total to FOUR walk-ons:
Other news out of Creighton -- their Top 5 rated soccer team loses 4-2 to an exhibition opponent
and players hit the weights on first day of classes-
MORE soccer news...
Evansville plays #20 ranked Mishigan State to a 0-0 draw.
and Drake beats #7 ranked Indiana 2-1!! Great job Bulldogs!
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Saint Louis University's schedule is released
a lot of SLU fans are a bit upset and disappointed....pretty paltry home opponents (SEMO, Kennesaw State, Mississippi Valley State, Belmont, UMKC, EIU) and even a D-II (Rockhurst) in the middle of December.
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Candace Parker missed the Sparks' game last night against the Phoenix Mercury because of "undisclosed personal reasons"
"Parker asked the team not to disclose any details about her absence, but she ..wasn't injured."
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ex-St. Louis area 4-Star recruit John Brandenburg has left Virginia and is going to Colgate
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