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somehow:
How can your free throw % be 38%, yet want to qualify?

These guys must be playing some good defence cus their shooting is quite poor...

Big win regardless..
On a normal day, we supposed use Guinea to wipe the floor

The point ranking system for FIBA basketball is frustrating honestly.. 2 points for a win, 1 point for a loss... It creates room for all possibilities...

Danielnino00:
These guys must be playing some good defence cus their shooting is quite poor...

Big win regardless..
On a normal day, we supposed use Guinea to wipe the floor

I watched part to the game, their shooting was so poor that it even showed in their FT.

Normal normal, Guinea should be trailing Nigeria with like 40+ points and never to even win any quarter.

Danielnino00:
The point ranking system for FIBA basketball is frustrating honestly.. 2 points for a win, 1 point for a loss... It creates room for all possibilities...

Very frustrating.

I was expecting something like 3 points for a win.

So the only reward for a win is a point?

somehow:
Very frustrating.

I was expecting something like 3 points for a win.

So the only reward for a win is a point?

Today is D-Day!

Based on the ranking, we are level on points with Cape Verde and have better points difference, but they are ahead of us based on head to head rule. Angola have already qualified and Guinea are already eliminated..
We play Angola, Cape Verde play Guinea..
To qualify: We must beat Angola and Guinea must beat Cape Verde.. also we must hope Tunisia don't beat DR Congo or at least win by a small margin...


All in all, our fate isn't in our hands today...

Modified: Cape Verde are playing Ivory coast and not Guinea... Ivory coast already qualified and are most likely fielding a weaker team...

Danielnino00:
Today is D-Day!

Based on the ranking, we are level on points with Cape Verde and have better points difference, but they are ahead of us based on head to head rule. Angola have already qualified and Guinea are already eliminated..
We play Angola, Cape Verde play Guinea..
To qualify: We must beat Angola and Guinea must beat Cape Verde.. also we must hope Tunisia don't beat DR Congo or at least win by a small margin...


All in all, our fate isn't in our hands today...

Modified: Cape Verde are playing Ivory coast and not Guinea... Ivory coast already qualified and are most likely fielding a weaker team...

Yea. The first thing though is that we must win. Nothing else matters if we don't.

Danielnino00:
Today is D-Day!

Based on the ranking, we are level on points with Cape Verde and have better points difference, but they are ahead of us based on head to head rule. Angola have already qualified and Guinea are already eliminated..
We play Angola, Cape Verde play Guinea..
To qualify: We must beat Angola and Guinea must beat Cape Verde.. also we must hope Tunisia don't beat DR Congo or at least win by a small margin...


All in all, our fate isn't in our hands today...

Modified: Cape Verde are playing Ivory coast and not Guinea... Ivory coast already qualified and are most likely fielding a weaker team...

Angola and Ivory coast already qualified even before yesterday's games, yet they won and fielded strong players.

I think they're both trying to top the group for some reasons

I don't see us beating Angola (me being objective). The roaster not up to standard.

Cape verde may likely clinch the ticket.

somehow:
Angola and Ivory coast already qualified even before yesterday's games, yet they won and fielded strong players.

I think they're both trying to top the group for some reasons

I don't see us beating Angola (me being objective). The roaster not up to standard.

Cape verde may likely clinch the ticket.

We really messed up in the first round of the second window.. not just with the selection,but also the tactics.. spamming threes all the time and nor defending the rim enough... NBA style basketball.. SMH..

Its gone!


Let's focus on the Olympics

Danielnino00:
Its gone!

Let's focus on the Olympics

so the game with Angola is a dead rubber?

Danielnino00:
We really messed up in the first round of the second window.. not just with the selection,but also the tactics.. spamming threes all the time and nor defending the rim enough... NBA style basketball.. SMH..

Support wasted.

The draw for the 2023 Women’s Afrobasket, which runs from July 28 - August 6, was held yesterday. Here are the groups:

Group A - Rwanda (hosts), Angola, Zone 2 or 3 qualifier

Group B- Cameroon, Mozambique, Wild card

Group C- Mali, Senegal, Uganda

Group D - Nigeria, Egypt, DR Congo

Otis Hughley tenure as D'tigress coach is over....
Rena Wakama has been appointed as the new coach...

Lovewins
PDPGuy
Somehow
Carbonado
Redman44

Danielnino00:
Otis Hughley tenure as D'tigress coach is over....
Rena Wakama has been appointed as the new coach...

Lovewins
PDPGuy
Somehow
Carbonado
Redman44

Yea. Saw the news a while back

Rooting for her. Being a former Tigress she definitely understands the peculiarities of working with Nigeria (hope things get better). I'm more elated cause her primary responsibility as assistant coach was recruiting, will see how that works in convincing folks abroad to wear the green and white.

Danielnino00:
Otis Hughley tenure as D'tigress coach is over....
Rena Wakama has been appointed as the new coach...

Lovewins
PDPGuy
Somehow
Carbonado
Redman44

..............yes i have, just glad that part has been sorted now, next is camping...I heard Senegal is already in camp preparing, also heard they brought Astou Traore back,they are very desperate, we have a target behind our back, however, i feel we a still the best team in Africa,although preparation has to be right. I believe we can deliver...

heard our home based dtigers will play 2mw...

Danielnino00:
Otis Hughley tenure as D'tigress coach is over....
Rena Wakama has been appointed as the new coach...

Lovewins
PDPGuy
Somehow
Carbonado
Redman44

Got no direct knowledge of this new coach though.

We've got a game today.
is the roaster out yet?

carbonado:
heard our home based dtigers will play 2mw...

We have a game against Guinea today by 5 pm

lovewins:
Yea. Saw the news a while back

Rooting for her. Being a former Tigress she definitely understands the peculiarities of working with Nigeria (hope things get better). I'm more elated cause her primary responsibility as assistant coach was recruiting, will see how that works in convincing folks abroad to wear the green and white.

I hope that she (and the NBBF) will be able to convince some of the veterans like Ezinne Kalu, Akhator, Promise and Elonu to return to the team.. The WNBA season is on, so any chance of Elizabeth Williams returning is slim..

carbonado:
..............yes i have, just glad that part has been sorted now, next is camping...I heard Senegal is already in camp preparing, also heard they brought Astou Traore back,they are very desperate, we have a target behind our back, however, i feel we a still the best team in Africa,although preparation has to be right. I believe we can deliver...

Its exactly 4 weeks to the tournament... Lets see what happens in next few days..

Senegal na weyrey team normally, lol..I hope we beat them again

somehow:
Got no direct knowledge of this new coach though.

We've got a game today.
is the roaster out yet?

It was just yesterday self that the NBBF released the fixtures of the AfroCan.. No news about the rooster..

Our league is in comatose, so in all honesty, I'm not expecting much from the AfroCan team

Danielnino00:
I hope that she (and the NBBF) will be able to convince some of the veterans like Ezinne Kalu, Akhator, Promise and Elonu to return to the team.. The WNBA season is on, so any chance of Elizabeth Williams returning is slim..

They don't need convincing. Lol

The girls are literally waiting for camp to open. Apart from Akhator who just recently put to bed, every member of the program do not need convincing.

Maybe new intakes, but being a part of the roster is a win win for the girls.

Don't think any WNBA player will feature as all of them are active in the roster. They will probably be available when we hopefully qualify for that Olympics playoffs

Danielnino00:
It was just yesterday self that the NBBF released the fixtures of the AfroCan.. No news about the rooster..

Our league is in comatose, so in all honesty, I'm not expecting much from the AfroCan team

There's a roster already. It's mostly guys who prosecuted the final part of our world cup qualifiers. Only four in the roster was replaced.

Danielnino00:
Its exactly 4 weeks to the tournament... Lets see what happens in next few days..

Senegal na weyrey team normally, lol..I hope we beat them again

The girls meet up regularly and the Digress ladies even organised a party this weekend in Atlanta. I think they'll probably have a camp in the US soon, funds may be an issue sha cause the NBBF is broke. The advantage is the girls know how to self organise so won't be an issue.

somehow:
Got no direct knowledge of this new coach though.

We've got a game today.
is the roaster out yet?

..ok...will look out for it...drop the link if you find any too watch it live...

Danielnino00:
I hope that she (and the NBBF) will be able to convince some of the veterans like Ezinne Kalu, Akhator, Promise and Elonu to return to the team.. The WNBA season is on, so any chance of Elizabeth Williams returning is slim..

...Ezinne will most likely be back, she is a dedicated person, the core off the team will be back, there is a sisterhood in there..it more like an opportunity for them to catch up with each other, hence why they always seem to rise above what the NBBF throws at them. Akhator just gave birth, so do not expect her.

carbonado:
..ok...will look out for it...drop the link if you find any too watch it live...

Doubt I'd watch.
work load is much.

Danielnino00:
It was just yesterday self that the NBBF released the fixtures of the AfroCan.. No news about the rooster..

Our league is in comatose, so in all honesty, I'm not expecting much from the AfroCan team

....the bulk of the team are the guys that played the last window of the world cup qualifiers, the roaster has been released like some days back.

Danielnino00:
It was just yesterday self that the NBBF released the fixtures of the AfroCan.. No news about the rooster..

Our league is in comatose, so in all honesty, I'm not expecting much from the AfroCan team

Dang. Haven't been following

Wow. Hopefully, Coach Wakama is as tactically astute as Hughley

Danielnino00:
I hope that she (and the NBBF) will be able to convince some of the veterans like Ezinne Kalu, Akhator, Promise and Elonu to return to the team.. The WNBA season is on, so any chance of Elizabeth Williams returning is slim..

...Believe the likes of Onyekwere might just have made their debut if not for WNBA on at the moment, so i believe if we qualify for the OQT(olympics qualifying tournament), she might just be on the roaster, i do not know if Elizebeth Williams has been cleared by FIBA yet.

Danielnino00:
It was just yesterday self that the NBBF released the fixtures of the AfroCan.. No news about the rooster..

Our league is in comatose, so in all honesty, I'm not expecting much from the AfroCan team

..the roaster was released during the week.