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Rep Seth Moulton has dropped out of the presidential race. There are now 21 Democrats left

steady986:
Don't sleep on Promise Amukamara. You could see that coach Otis trusted her to be the primary ball handler in the finals, even when Ezinne was on the court. She made some important 3s to settle the nerves too. I'd put her in there. Akhator is more a forward than a guard. Ibekwe would drop to the bench.

The competition amongst the players would only be to our benefit.
Imagine Amukamara starting a game, and in the 2nd quarter, coach Otis subs in Arike for her. That one na from frying pan to fire for the opposition

Sen Harris and her hubby are greeting you all

D’Tigers are now in China, and will face Iran in an exhibition game today.

D’Tigers World Cup schedule is as follows:

August 31: Nigeria v. Russia at 9:30am

September 2: Nigeria v. Argentina at 9:30am

September 4: South Korea v. Nigeria at 9:30am

*All times are in Nigerian time*

somehow:
It's high time ministries learn to generate IGI for themselves. HABA, so if the government doesn't release money, they can get sponsors, yet don't want government interference. This needs to stop. They should package the sport (All sports), none should be even 60% dependent on government.

Completely agree

Washington state Governor, Jay Inslee, has withdrawn from the presidential race

isan:
Oshoala and ordega best asset is their pace they thrive in a attacking formation they enjoy it when the ball is played in from of them to chase because they have pace to burn ..example Nigeria second goal vs korea at the just concluded world cup and Nigeria second goal vs Sweden 2015 world cup ...going in forward 4-3-3 is our best formation

The coach can also try the 4-2-1-3 or 4-1-4-1 systems

A40:
Unless Otedola, Dangote or any of these other mazajes step into the picture I don't see any private establishment pumping that amount into the female team alone.

With the number of girls we have playing in US colleges we should be top 3-5 in the World behind only US and maybe Australia. Even my WCW Liz Cambage I heard her dad is Nigerian

You don't mean it? See better talent that would have helped Naija in the past!
Anyway, I hope Felicia Aiyeotan of Virginia Tech won't turn down an invite to D'Tigress. She was born and lived in Nigeria till she was in her late teens. She stands at a massive 6"9".

I’ve taken a look at the FIBA eligibility rules, and I discovered that Arike Ogunbowale could still play for Nigeria if she acquired a Nigerian passport before she turned 16!

A40:
Lmaoooo if you had a kid would you advice them to play for Nigeria? I see most of these guys as humanitarians because it's only football that provides some compensation for your services. I wouldn't advice Arike to come and play here, even in the WNBA most of those babes are underpaid talk less of Nigeria

It all depends on whether the NBBF can secure a decent commercial sponsorship to the tune of $900,000/yr or more.
If they can pull it off, and guarantee a bonus of, say, $400/day in camp allowance and $5,000 per game, the likes of Arike and other WNBA or college players could be tempted to play for Nigeria.

Anyways, my dream D’Tigress starting five would be: Ezinne Kalu, Evelyn Akhator, Arike, Ibekwe, and Adaora Elonu.

A40:
So 2020 Olympics is sure.

Imagine if the Ogwumike sisters and Arike Ogunbowale could play for Nigeria. But our federation will not allow us be great. Smh

Not yet. D’Tigress have to play in the African Olympic prequalifying tournament, holding between Nov 14-17.

They are in group A alongside, Mozambique and Democratic Republic of Congo. Group B comprises Senegal, Mali, and Angola.
The group winners and runners up advance to the semifinals. Then the semifinal winners will further advance to any of the four World Olympic Qualifying Tournaments (WOQTs).

Each WOQT will consist of four teams, making a totanof 16 teams. The top 3 teams in each WOQT finally qualifies for the Olympics.
So, D’Tigress are potentially 6 games away from a 2nd appearance at the Olympics.

Yeah, I know it’s a tortuous qualifying process. Whoever designed this qualifying process isn’t a nice person.

Danielnino00:
Finally D'tigers have departed for China..

they will play Iran, Montenegro and Poland in an invitational tourney before the world cup

It’s all down to the ingenuity of the NBBF president in sourcing a loan for the team. Hopefully, the Sports Commission will approve the release of funds by this week or next week.

The whole situation has been embarrassing! After trying to convince the foreign-born players to play for the country, they then receive such bad treatment as their reward. The Nigerian authorities can do much better

Breaking news:

Julian Castro has qualified for the September ABC presidential debate! He scored 2% in the latest CNN poll, which was released today.

There are now 10 candidates who have qualified for the September 12 (and 13) debates, having met both the 130,000 donor threshold and the 2% polling threshold in four or more DNC-approved polls.

steady986:
Spot on. I believe the future of D'Tigress is looking good. We'll be the team to be for a very long time. The core of this team can stay together for a long time. Akhator is 24, Nyingifa is 27 or so, Ezinne is 27, Jasmine is 24, Promise is 26. The rest are 28 and above and have only 1 or 2 tournaments in them, thus the coach has to scout really hard. The good thing is Senegal have at least 8 of their players above 30.

Our young team will be an asset for a long time. And it will only be strengthened with even younger players

steady986:
By and large, the quality of the teams in the tournament was just horrible. Women's basketball in Africa still has a very long way to go. Bar Nigeria and Senegal, and Mali to a lesser extent, the rest were terrible. Basic things like holding strongly onto the ball was a problem. The ball readily slipped out of their grips when dribbling or catching a pass or rebounding. And shot selections were awful. Let's not even talk about the actual shot taking. Even open layups were readily missed. Still a long way to go.

You spoke the truth!

The most astonishing deficiency was the easy layups that were missed; even D'Tigress were guilty of that on some occasions. The other area of concern was the free-throw shooting. Most of the teams couldn't convert more than 40% of their throws. If Nigeria had, at least, a 50% conversion of their free-throws, they would have won the final by double digits!

Definitely, like I said earlier, coach Otis has to scout for more WNBA and college players. Specifically, he and his coaching staff should scout for players who are very good two-point shooters from outside the paint.

Thanks, guys, for the updates!

I just watched the whole match, and the tension I felt was out of this world
Thank goodness D’Tigress won!

Guys, I won’t be able to post updates for the third place or final matches. But I trust some of you to step up to the plate.

FIBA Africa has conducted the draws for the African Women Pre-Olympic qualifying tournament. The six teams were divided as follows:

Group A: Nigeria, Mozambique, and Democratic Republic of Congo.

Group B: Senegal, Mali, and Angola.

The African Olympic prequalifying tournament will run from November 14-17 in a yet to be named host country.

The group winners will advance to the Women’s Olympic qualifying tournaments, of which there will be 12 teams divided into four separate groups, to be held in February 2020. The top 3 teams in each WOQT group qualify for the Olympics.

Lol..
The VAR guy for this Man City v Spurs game is not competent. That was a CLEAR foul by Alderwereld

somehow:
planning on opening any?

Actually ended 9:4 3pts
28% to 21%

Seems the coach heard me

Nah. I’m fine with this thread
Funny enough, D’Tigress scored the most 3-pointers in the semifinals

Barryseal:
I'm actually talking about the last Afro basket in Tunisia where we came 2nd. Aminu wasn't part of the team. With him we could have retained the title.

Bottom line remains we are not doing well as a country. Look at the indoor gym they are playing this championship in Senegal, top class gym you have there. In Abidjan, they have anothee world class gym which hosted the Afro basket in 2015. All in West Africa.

Have you seen our national gym at the stadium in Surulere? Elementary schools in Texas have better gyms than that.
This is supposed to be our best facility.

She already plays for the US team

somehow:
Oga which kind work you come give me so? You add to my curiosity because this didn't answer my question na.

BTW, do we have a thread for D'Tigers?

There is no Tigers thread...
Well, I only recall Mali hitting two 3-pointers, and Nigeria hitting 4

D’Tigress have now won 13 straight Afrobasket matches, and 19 consecutive quarters in the tournament stretching back to the last three quarters of the 2017 final v. Senegal.

The final tips off at 7pm Nigerian time, on Sunday.

The 3rd place game starts at 4:30pm on Sunday as well

somehow:
Thanks bro

how many 3pts did we score /concede?

D’Tigress converted 32% of their attempts, Mali 22%

FT: Nigeria 79-58 Mali

Nigeria 74-53 Mali
1:42 left

excel101:
Thanks for the updates

You’re welcome

Nigeria 69-51
3 mins left

Nigeria 62-42 Mali

Beginning of 4th quarter
Nigeria 59:40 Mali