Basketball teams ready for Centro.

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Basketball teams ready for Centro.
By WALTER ALIBEY (T&T Newsday).

May - 30 - 2010 - Trinidad and Tobago’s Women basketball team has earned an automatic qualification for the Central American and Caribbean Games (CAC) carded to be held in August.

General Secretary of the National Basketball Federation of Trinidad and Tobago (NBFTT) Kelvin Roberts said the local women earned a qualifying berth by virtue of being one of only eight teams in the Centro Basket Tournament to be held the first week of July in Puerto Rico.

Only eight teams will contest for CAC Games honours.

However there has been some surprising omissions on the TT women’s team named for the upcoming Centro Basket play-offs.

Newsday was reliably informed that some of the top female players has been left out of a shortlist of 24 players.

The players not making the grade include the professional standout Pietra Gay, Chezelle Griffith and Rachel Thompson-King, all of whom represent Courts Horizon in the domestic basketball league.

The shortlist of players, it is said, is being circulated via e-mail by a top official who was recently appointed to an executive position in the basketball federation.

It was also stated that the bulk of the players on the women’s shortlist are currently plying their trade in the United States. They include Fanta Patterson, Sue Lin Tang, Afeisha Noel, Sharmion Selman and Rhea Cordio.

Roberts said the shortlist of players will be revealed this week, soon after a coach for the team has been chosen.

The basketball federation, headed by Brian Manning, son of former Prime Minister Patrick Manning, held a recent meeting to decide on a date to select a coach for the women’s team, as well as the men’s team.

The federation has taken out newspaper advertisements inviting applications for national team coaches.

“As soon as the coaches are chosen the players, both men and women will be selected,” he said.

Roberts told Newsday that the TT men will be required to finish among the top eight teams if they are to qualify for the CAC Games.

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Trinidad in a real tough group in Centrobasket.




Group A
#    Team    
1.     Virgin Islands
2.     Dominican Republic    
3.     British Virgin Islands    
4.     Jamaica    
5.     Panama    
Group B
#    Team    
1.     Puerto Rico
2.     Cuba    
3.     Belize    
4.     Mexico    
5.     Trinidad and Tobago    

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Belize name former NBA star as Head Coach


BELIZE - Marques Johnson was announced as the new head coach for the Belizean national team that will compete in the 2010 Centrobasket Championship for Men. This tournament will be played in the Dominican Republic from July 5-11.

Johnson was a NBA star that averaged 20.1 points for his career with Milwaukee, Los Angeles Clippers and Golden State Warriors. He played college in UCLA along with David Greenwood who was the coach that guided this team in the 1998 Caricom Championship where they won Gold.

In the 2010 Centrobasket Championship Belize will have players like Milt Palacio, Alex Carcamo, Keenan Jourdon, among other who helped them win Silver in the 2009 COCABA Championship.

The 2010 Centrobasket Championship qualifies the top four teams for the 2011 FIBA Americas Championship (Pre-Olympic), the top eight for the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico and the top three for the 2011 Pan-American Games scheduled for Guadalajara, Mexico.

FIBA-Americas

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Trinidad in a real tough group in Centrobasket.




Group A
#    Team    
1.     Virgin Islands
2.     Dominican Republic    
3.     British Virgin Islands    
4.     Jamaica    
5.     Panama    
Group B
#    Team    
1.     Puerto Rico
2.     Cuba    
3.     Belize    
4.     Mexico    
5.     Trinidad and Tobago    

Boa sorte, TT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Layton leads TT at championships
 Albert-Lee Young

The National Basektball Federation of Trinidad and Tobago appointed American Terry Layton as the head coach of the men basketball team for the Centro Basket Championships and CAC Games.

Layton will lead the TT team which comprises of a roster of 15 players; Kibwe Trim, Devougn Lamont, Julius Ashby, Wilfred Spongy Benjamin, Reginald George, Wendell Carter, Steven Lewis, Maurice Joseph, Kenyatta Alfred, Richard Guiseppi, Ian Young, Sheldon Kurt Christian, Joel Haywood and Akin Hughes-Joseph.

Also included in the contingent which left Trinidad on Friday for Mexico is Assistant coach Joseph Lenny Guy, Coach Mike Tresptra from Kansas, Trainer Mervyn Jackson and Physiotherapist Wayne Samuel.

Whilst in Mexico, team TT will participate in an invitational tournament hosted by the state of Guanajuato in collaboration with professional team Lechugeros de Leon. The tournament will run from June 19-30. Other teams confirmed for the tournament are Mexico national team, Cuba national team along with a professionals team from Argentina, Brazil, US and the host team.

Following this tournament they will travel to Santo Domingo for the Centro Basket Championships from July 5-11. The top eight teams from Centro qualify for the CAC Games in Puerto Rico from July 24-31.
 

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Puerto Rico looking at Centro


GUAYNABO - The Puerto Rican national team has a busy schedule ahead and with that in mind the stars are showing up early for practice. The last ones to show up were Nathan Peavy, Angel Daniel Vasallo and David Huertas.

The trio of forwards joins NBA guards Carlos Arroyo and Jose Juan Barea, who will be key in the events this summer, especially the Centrobasket Championship and FIBA World Championship.

Other players practicing are Filiberto Rivera, Ricky Sanchez, Miguel Ali Berdiel, Manuel Narvaez and Luis Villafañe who had a good season in BSN. Joel Jones Camacho will join this week and center Peter John Ramos asked for a couple of weeks off after a hard season in China and Puerto Rico.

Another NBA player, Renaldo Balkman, will join the team later this month and will add strength in the paint.

Larry Ayuso, Daniel Santiago, Guillermo Diaz, David Cortes, Angelo Reyes, Christian Dalmau, Carmelo Lee and Javier Mojica are currently playing in the BSN finals and might not be available until early July.

The first tournament will be the 2010 Centrobasket Championship to be played from July 5-11 and most of the players in the BSN finals might not make it. Then is the Central American and Caribbean Games in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico from July 24-31 and then the FIBA World Championship from August 28 until September 12 in Turkey.

Despite the conflict with the BSN finals and the Centrobasket Tournament, all the players will have almost two months to prepare for the FIBA World Championship where the Puerto Rican team comes with a Silver medal from the 2009 FIBA-Americas Championship and with a deep talent pool in all positions for the first time in many years.

FIBA-Americas

[Controversial]

who is terry layton? whats the info on this guy? for years we have had the wrong people running tt basketball, its time for a change, i think manning is stepping down.

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Draw for women Centrobasket


SAN JUAN (2010 Centrobasket Championship for Women) – The Centrobasket Championship for Women draw was held today at the Puerto Rican Olympic Committee in San Juan, Puerto Rico. This tournament will be played at Palacio de los Deportes in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico from July 10-14.

 

The eight participating countries were divided into two groups of four teams each.

 

FIBA-Americas Technical Director, Mr. Anibal Garcia, gave the rules of the draw and proceeded to divide the teams.

 

The group composition and scheduled is as follows:

 

Group A: Jamaica, Mexico, Dominican Republic and U.S. Virgin Islands.

Grupo B: Guatemala, Puerto Rico, St. Vincent & Grenadines and Trinidad & Tobago.

 

Schedule:

 

Saturday, July 10:

 

México vs. Dominican Republic

US Virgin Islands vs. Jamaica

St. Vincent & Grenadines vs. Guatemala

Trinidad & Tobago vs. Puerto Rico

 

Sunday, July 11:

 

Jamaica vs. México

Dominican Republic vs. US Virgin Islands

Guatemala vs. Trinidad & Tobago

Puerto Rico vs. St. Vincent & Grenadines

 

Monday, July 12:

 

México vs. US Virgin Islands

Jamaica vs. Dominican Republic

Trinidad & Tobago vs. St. Vincent & Grenadines

Guatemala vs. Puerto Rico

 

The two best teams per group will reach the semifinals and the third and fourth place teams go to the Reclassification Round (5-8)

 

Tuesday, July 13:

 

A3 vs. B4

B3 vs. A4

 

Semifinals:

 

A1 vs. B2

B1 vs. A2

 

Wednesday, July 14:

 

L13 vs. L14

W13 vs. W14

 

Finals:

 

Bronze: L15 vs. L16

Gold: W15 vs. W16

 

The time of the games will be announced later.

 

This tournament qualifies the top three teams for the 2011 FIBA-Americas Championship for Women (Pre-Olympic), two (2) for the 2011 Pan-American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico and all the teams ( to the Central American and Caribbean games that will also be played in Mayagüez.

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Note: I see St Vincent qualify too.
 

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Good Luck tto all!!!!

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TORTOLA - The British Virgin Islands announced the team that will participate in the 2010 Centrobasket Championship to be held from July 5-11 in the Dominican Republic.

The head coach of the team is Keith Malone and his assistant is Brian Brewley. William Colon assisted the team in their practices and is helping develop basketball in the region.

Kennedy Bass, Chaurbin Smith, Trevon Lewis, Halstead Chiverton, Jovaughn Cameron, Gary Hillhouse, Avery Percival, Randy “Chino “ George, Kleon Penn, Steve Parillon, Nathaniel Malone, Eustace Freeman, Molik Malone and Kilven Samuel are part of the team.

The team takes off on July 3 and are in Group A along with Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Panama and the US Virgin Islands.

FIBA-Americas

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Jamaica hopes to have Roy Hibbert for Centrobasket:


SANTO DOMINGO (2010 Centrobasket Championship) - Jamaica hopes to have Indiana Pacers center, Roy Hibbert, for the 2010 Centrobasket Championship to be played from July 5-11 in the Dominican Republic.

Hibbert is a 7-2 center who averaged 11.7 points, 5.7 rebounds, 2 assists and 1.6 blocks in 81 games this year for the Pacers.

They will also have Samardo Samuels who played for Louisville University.

The team also features Akeem Scott, Andre Smith, Damion Staple, Garfield Blair, Garfield Johns, Justin Leith, Ronald Yates, Terrell Christie, Weyinmi Efejuku and Kimani Ffriend.

Jamaica is in Group A along with the British Virgin Islands, Dominican Republic, Panama and US Virgin Islands. Group B has Belize, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Mexico and Trinidad & Tobago.

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Jamaica hopes to have Roy Hibbert for Centrobasket:


SANTO DOMINGO (2010 Centrobasket Championship) - Jamaica hopes to have Indiana Pacers center, Roy Hibbert, for the 2010 Centrobasket Championship to be played from July 5-11 in the Dominican Republic.

Hibbert is a 7-2 center who averaged 11.7 points, 5.7 rebounds, 2 assists and 1.6 blocks in 81 games this year for the Pacers.

They will also have Samardo Samuels who played for Louisville University.

The team also features Akeem Scott, Andre Smith, Damion Staple, Garfield Blair, Garfield Johns, Justin Leith, Ronald Yates, Terrell Christie, Weyinmi Efejuku and Kimani Ffriend.

Jamaica is in Group A along with the British Virgin Islands, Dominican Republic, Panama and US Virgin Islands. Group B has Belize, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Mexico and Trinidad & Tobago.

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He is eligible for TT also. His mother is Trini!!!!

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Jamaica hopes to have Roy Hibbert for Centrobasket:


SANTO DOMINGO (2010 Centrobasket Championship) - Jamaica hopes to have Indiana Pacers center, Roy Hibbert, for the 2010 Centrobasket Championship to be played from July 5-11 in the Dominican Republic.

Hibbert is a 7-2 center who averaged 11.7 points, 5.7 rebounds, 2 assists and 1.6 blocks in 81 games this year for the Pacers.

They will also have Samardo Samuels who played for Louisville University.

The team also features Akeem Scott, Andre Smith, Damion Staple, Garfield Blair, Garfield Johns, Justin Leith, Ronald Yates, Terrell Christie, Weyinmi Efejuku and Kimani Ffriend.

Jamaica is in Group A along with the British Virgin Islands, Dominican Republic, Panama and US Virgin Islands. Group B has Belize, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Mexico and Trinidad & Tobago.

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so it seems like they never call these two up


http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/03/ewing-jr-to-play-for-jamaica.php

http://basket-spot.blogspot.com/2010/03/news-patrick-ewings-son-ready-to-play.html
or maybe he still injured
http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20100301/sports/sports3.html

or Jordan
http://www.nbadraft.net/jamaican-sensation-jerome-jordan-interview

http://conferenceusa.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/062410aac.html