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Emmanuel Malou
Emmanuel Martin Malou (born 3 November 1993) is a South Sudanese-Australian professional basketball player who last played for Bangui Sporting Club. Early life Malou was born in Kenya to a Sudanese father and Ethiopian mother. He moved with his parents and two siblings to the Australian city of Melbourne, Victoria, in 1996. Malou did not initially like basketball but it became the focal point of his life when he had a growth spurt to during his early teenage years. In 2010, Malou convinced his parents to allow him to move to the United States so he could attend St. Thomas More School in Oakdale, Connecticut, for its basketball program. He returned to Australia after the conclusion of the school year and suffered a knee injury while attempting a dunk that sidelined him for months. Malou did not return to St. Thomas More and instead stayed in Australia while attending Box Hill Senior Secondary College. Malou was convinced by American former basketball player Glendon Alexande ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forward (basketball)
Basketball is a sport with five players on the court for each team at a time. Each player is assigned to different Position (team sports), positions defined by the strategic role they play. Guard, forward and center are the three main position categories. The standard team features two guards, two forwards, and a center. The guards are typically called the "back court" and the forwards and centers the "front court". Over time, as more specialized roles developed, each of the guards and forwards came to be differentiated. Today, each of the five positions is known by a unique name and number: point guard (PG) or 1, the shooting guard (SG) or 2, the small forward (SF) or 3, the power forward (basketball), power forward (PF) or 4, and the center (basketball), center (C) or 5. Guards The guards were originally tasked with guarding the team's forwards, hence the position's name. Running guard and stationary guard In the early history of the sport, there was a "running guard" or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Junior College Athletic Association
The National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) is the governing association of community college, state college, and junior college athletics throughout the United States. Currently the NJCAA holds 24 separate regions across 24 states and is divided into 3 divisions. History The idea for the NJCAA was conceived in 1937, in Fresno, California Fresno (; ) is a city in the San Joaquin Valley of California, United States. It is the county seat of Fresno County, California, Fresno County and the largest city in the greater Central Valley (California), Central Valley region. It covers a .... A handful of junior college representatives met to organize an association that would promote and supervise a national program of junior college sports and activities consistent with the educational objectives of junior colleges. A constitution was presented and adopted at the charter meeting in Fresno on May 14, 1938. In 1949, the NJCAA was reorganized by dividing the nation int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Sudan Men's National Basketball Team
The South Sudan men's national basketball team is the national basketball team representing South Sudan. It was established in May 2011, and became a member of FIBA in December 2013. They are nicknamed the Bright Stars. The most recently founded national basketball team in FIBA, South Sudan has already played at one AfroBasket tournament in 2021 and the 2023 FIBA World Cup, and at the 2024 Summer Olympics. History 2011-19 The team played its first unofficial match in Juba against Ugandan club champions Power on 13 July 2011. Power won the match 86–84. In 2016, the team played in an exhibition tournament named Indigenous Basketball Competition in Vancouver, Canada. On 9 January 2016, it was announced by the South Sudan Basketball Federation that Jerry Steele would become the new head coach of the men's national team for preparation of the 2017 AfroBasket competition. Through the agreement Steele would be under contract until the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. In the 2017 AfroBasket q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Road To BAL
The Road to BAL, also known as the BAL Qualifying Tournaments, are the qualifying tournaments of the Basketball Africa League (BAL). While the main tournament is co-organised by FIBA and the NBA, the organization of the qualifiers is completely done by FIBA. The first qualifying rounds began on 16 October 2019 during the 2021 BAL qualification. The qualifiers are geographically divided into the West and East Division, with three teams qualifying out of each division. Semi-finals and finals are played to determine the winners of the qualifying tournaments. History The first BAL qualifying game was played on October 16, 2019, in the qualification for the 2021 season. The City Oilers from Uganda defeated Dynamo 71–57 in Dar es Salaam. During the second season, the name "Road to BAL" was used for the first time, which would later become the event name. The following years, the competition was held in different venues in several countries, but held the same format which led to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 BAL Qualification
The qualification for the 2024 BAL season, also known as Road to BAL 2024, was the 4th edition of the Road to BAL, qualifying tournaments for the Basketball Africa League (BAL). The tournaments were organised by FIBA Africa and are held from 3 October to 26 November 2023. The format was the same as to the previous seasons, with the competition divided in the group phase and the elite 16. In the West Division, Bangui Sporting Club won the division and became the first team from the Central African Republic to qualify. Runners-up were FUS Rabat (basketball), FUS Rabat and Al Ahly Benghazi (basketball), Al Ahly Benghazi finished third, and became the first team from Libya to qualify. In the East Division, the Cape Town Tigers took their second division title, while runners-up City Oilers qualified for a second straight season. Dynamo BBC, Dynamo became the first team from Burundi to qualify. Teams The representatives of Guinea, Uganda, Mali, Mozambique, Ivory Coast and South Africa w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
