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GBL Premier games round up – 3/05/2009

May 8, 2009 in GBL

University of Johannesburg vs. University of Pretoria – Ladies Premier

This was a rematch of the USSA 2009 semi final that UJ won convincingly. This time there were a few added surprises to the game with Tuks recalling their veterans in Nicky de Villiers and Sibongile Maswanganye to their squad while UJ looked like they didn’t have a bench, or a recognized point guard.

With 3 minutes gone in the 1^st quarter, the game was still scoreless. UJ were missing easy opportunities with Tuks playing some good defence. Tuks were playing as a team while UJ were relying on the enterprising play of Makgotso Moloantoa (UJ 4) who seemed to be doing everything on the day. Her best moves happened when she took the ball to the hoop. Strangely enough her other colleague, Lungile wasn’t shooting the ball well on this particular day and it affected the rest of her game. Read the rest of this entry →

Tags: Basketball, Central University of technology, CUT, Egoli Magic, Gauteng Basketball League, GBL, TUKS, UJ, University of Johannesburg, University of Pretoria, UP, Vaal University of Technology, VUT 2 Comments »

by Nthabiseng Mushi

Double standards in Mzansi ball

May 4, 2009 in News

With women in basketball soaring the skies and flying the South African flag high;its sad that hats are not coming off for our talented sisters. From being left in the dark in the old days to dominating the national side of basketball recently, to now having qualified for the African Championship that will be held in Madagascar later this year…

Taking a look at the team that went to Zimbabwe for the qualifiers; most of the players are University students playing in the USSA tournament. Fact: In 2005, Turkey World Student Games, the Mzansi ladies underperformed; denying them the opportunity to play in the 2008 World Student Games. Granted they didn’t do well in Turkey, so it was “acceptable” that they would miss the Thailand Games; but why aren’t they going to Serbia later this year?

A few weeks back, Mybasketball had a brief interview with the outgoing president of USSA basketball; Elijah Ncube. We asked “Mr President” straight forward questions that he struggled to answer. Read the rest of this entry →

Tags: Angola, Basketball, FISU, Mozambique, SASCOC, Serbia, South Africa, UJ, University of Johannesburg, University of Western Cape, University Sports South Africa, USSA, UWC, William Jones Cup, World Student Games 25 Comments »

by Victor Shakineza

USSA 2009 team to represent South Africa in Serbia

April 21, 2009 in News

This is the training squad (picture above) that will represent the nation at the world student games in Serbia in July from the 1^st to the 12. They will be led by University of Johannesburg assistant coach Molupe Thelejane and University of Western Cape Quinton Rapitse and managed by Frans Mamabolo, who is the new chairperson of USSA and comes from the University of Cape Town.

Article by Victor Shakineza

Tags: Basketball, RSA, Serbia, South Africa, UCT, UJ, University of Cape Town, University of Johannesburg, University of Western Cape, University Sport South Africa, USSA, UWC, World Student Games 4 Comments »

by Victor Shakineza

USSA 2009 Final

April 15, 2009 in USSA

There was a funny undertone to the final day of the USSA with the UJ teams feeling like this was their time for some silverware and VUT wanting to claim the title back for the ladies while the guys were trying to defend their 2008 title. I still remember that after last years game in Cape Town, Thabang Kwedi a Vaal player had gone to the UJ coach, Simon Badibanga and said “You will never beat VUT as long as I am playing” so you could feel the tension around the court.

University of Johannesburg vs. Vaal University of Technology – Ladies

VUT started like a house on fire with great inside play from the ladies from Zimbabwe (VUT 4, 14 and 15) and UJ started small to everyone’s surprise in the stands. This played into VUT hands and they had a 10 point run in the first 5 minutes. With 2 minutes left, VUT coach-Zanele Ngwenya took out his starting 5 and played his second unit, which enabled UJ to get back in the game. In hindsight, this looked like a very bad move from VUT coach, Zanele Ngwenya but after looking at the overall game, this move led to UJs key players picking up fouls against the 2^nd unit and the VUT starting 5 had enough rest for the rest of the game which helped them wrap things up in the fourth. After speaking to Zanele Ngwenya after the game on his overall thoughts on the game, he said: “I outsmarted the UJ coaches”. Read the rest of this entry →

Tags: Basketball, Cape Town University of Technology, Central University of technology, Durban University of Technology, DUT, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth College, Rhodes University, Stellenbosch University, Tshwane University of Technology, TUT, UJ, University of Johannesburg, University of Kwazulu Natal, University of Pretoria, University of the Western Cape, Universty of the Witwatersrand, UP, USSA, UWC, Vaal University of Technology, VUT 12 Comments »

by Victor Shakineza

USSA 2009 Semi-finals

April 13, 2009 in USSA

University of Johannesburg vs. University of Western Cape – Men

UJ started like a house on fire and scored 10 unanswered points. Their counterparts UWC couldn’t match their speed and quick transition and when UJ were not running they were running their sets. Given their advantage in height UJ were always going to be a handful. UWC were playing a 2-3 zone defence but somehow it was leaking when the ball movement became too much. The UWC guards (9 and 7) were probably the best combination of the tournament and they were causing problems for the joburg team as soon as they got their game going. They were shooting well from beyond the arc but UJ 7 was also having a great shooting game. At half time the score was 44 – 27 in favour of UJ. Read the rest of this entry →

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