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Following the elimination of Union Bank, Dodan Warriors and Lagos Islanders from the DSTV Basketball League, the Nigeria Basketball Federation has re-organised the fixtures for the forthcoming DSTV Basketball 2015/2016 League season.
This decision was taken due to the participation of the three Lagos teams in the Africa Basketball League which the NBBF considers as illegal.
For that reason, it has been confirmed that only five teams will slug it out in the Atlantic Conference of this season’s DSTV Basketball League: Rivers Hoopers, Delta Force, Oluyole Warriors, Kwara Falcons and the only Lagos side left, Nigeria Customs. This means, a team will be placed on standby every week with the others playing against each other twice in the same week.
To this end, Rivers Hoopers have been scheduled to play their first two games away at Customs in Lagos on Friday, March 18 and Sunday March 20, 2016.
Reacting to the new fixtures, Rivers Hoopers coach, Ogo Odaudu gave his full backing to the initiative by the NBBF.
“It is better for the teams to play two games a week a total of 16 games rather than the 14 previously and so we won’t wait too long in between games. It was also done that way because of the Olympics so we could finish on time. We will cope and I strongly support it,” said Odaudu
“It also reduces the risk of travelling when we play two games before coming back.” he added.
On the likelihood of the teams faced with problems arising from fatigue, he retorted:
“Fatigue? We are bound to play every day in the play offs, one day rest is good for us and that is why you are allowed to register 15 or more players so another player can step in when a player gets injured.”
Other fixtures for week 1
Oluyole Warriors V Kwara Falcons
Nigeria Customs V Rivers Hoopers
Delta Force stands by in Week 1
Islanders basketball club of Lagos is gradually returning to its age-long status as one of the most followed basketball teams in Nigeria with the way it has been promoting the slamming and dunking game with superb performance week-in week-out in the DStv Premier Basketball League.
Though under a new management led by telecommunications expert Oladamoye Oyesiku who took over the Islanders basketball club franchise in the wake of 2009 by relegating his former club Kennys’ Bullets basketball club by retaining the traditional name – Islanders basketball club and with the fusion with some goal driven young Nigerians who have added flair to the club image and partnering with the management of Landmark Event Centre, Victoria-Island, Lagos.
Islanders basketball club is on the verge of becoming the envy of other clubs in the Nigerian league.
With initial challenges in securing the basketball equipment which include a floor and uprights the club temporarily retained the national stadium as its home court where it has continued to build a solid fan-base which has seen it win six of its seven regular season games including great away results with an emphatic 86-62 points away win at Oluyole Warriors in Ibadan.
The Islanders will then host the Ibadan war-lords – Oluyole Warriors basketball club in a week-8 pairing at the Landmark Event Centre and has promised to give fans a worth-while first game at the Landmark by setting a mark that basketball fans will always look forward to returning to the Landmark to see the best of basketball mixed with entertainment to be provided by hip hop crooner Sound Sultan.
The May 29 week-8 game against Oluyole Warriors will be remarkable in the history of the league and the upward looking profile of Islanders basketball club at the Landmark Centre.
Club chairman, Damoye Oyesiku says plans have reached an advanced stage for the Islanders to host a hitch free first game at the Landmark by making a mark with the game against Oluyole Warriors.
“We are on top of the situation and are set to have our first game at the Landmark Event Centre, gate fee will be charged and adequate preparations has been made as we set to make basketball games an enjoyable event that people will always yawn to see because we have lined-up great artistes to perform on the night.
With an impressive records of having the best offense in the Atlantic Conference where it has scored an average of 71 points per game and conceded 56.86 points per game the Islanders will host three more regular season games at the Landmark against Kwara Falcons of Ilorin (June 07) versus Union Bank (June 16) and against Delta Force (June 28).
Oluwasegun Ikuesan
2015 DStv Premier Basketball League Results
Atlantic Conference
Oluyole Warriors 62-86 Lagos Islanders
Customs 54-50 Kwara Falcons
Police Baton 52-68 Union Bank
Dodan Warriors 52-42 Delta Force.
Savannah Conference
Kano Pillars 80-48 Plateau Peaks
Kada Stars 53-49 Immigration
Bauchi Nets 61-85 Gombe Bulls
Mark Mentors 89-58 FCT Rocks
DStv Premier Basketball League
ATLANTIC CONFERENCE
Kwara Falcons 58-61 Union Bank
Oluyole Warriors 69-53 Delta Force
Lagos Islanders 69-56 Police Baton
Customs 73-72 D.Warriors
SAVANNAH CONFERENCE
Kano Pillars 94-48 Bauchi Nets
Kada Stars 48-83 Mark Mentors
Plateau Peaks 90-62 FCT Rocks
Immigration 40-47 Gombe Bulls
Wk 2 Results DStv Premier Basketball League
Atlantic Conference
Oluyole Warriors 78-70 Kwara Falcons
Union Bank 54-59 Lagos Islanders
Customs 60-55 Delta Force
Dodan Warriors 61-42 Police Batons
Savannah Conference
Bauchi Nets 45-77 M.Mentors
Kano Pillars 70-64 Gombe Bulls
Peaks 60-52 Immigration
Kada Stars vs FCT Rocks Postponed. (Force Majeure)
The Nigeria Basketball Federation, NBBF, has released a list of 24 players and six officials from the Atlantic and Savannah Conferences of the Dstv Premier League for this weekend’s All Stars game scheduled for the University of Lagos indoor hall in Akoka, Lagos.
According to the NBBF/DStv League Director, Agboola Pinheiro, 12 players and three officials each were selected from the two conferences for the game holding in Lagos on Saturday with Kano Pillars and Mark Mentors dominating the Savannah Conference list.
“The Savannah Conference will be handled by coaches Peter Ahmedu (Mark Mentors) and Abdulrahaman Mohammed(Gombe Bulls) with former international, Lawal Garba as Team Manager while Coaches Adeboye Aderiboye (Oluyole Warriors) and Chris Nomingo (Dodan Warriors) will handle the Atlantic Conference team with former international, Deji Jaiyeola as Team Manager,” Pinheiro disclosed in Lagos.
Coach Sani Ahmed of Kano Pillars is Head coach of the Savannah All Stars team but has some family commitments while Head coach of the Atlantic Conference, Lati Erinfolami of Islanders, who is also coach of First Deep Water Basketball team will be leading his team to Ilorin for the second phase of the Zenith Bank Women’s League.
Players picked from the Savannah Conference are Abubakar Usman, Dele Ademola, Mathew Monya, Onyeka Okeke and Adeolu Ojoh from Kano Pillars, Stanley Gumut, Abdul Yahaya, Akpara Akiti and Timothy Kwor from Mark Mentors, Chibuzor John, Plateau Peaks, John Mathais and Joseli Ibrahim from Gombe Bulls.
The Atlantic Conference players are Chiwendu Nwaigbo and Ibrahim Okpe from Islanders, Obum Onyia, William Ndouba, Solomon Ajebeyi and Boniface Synesius from Union Bank, Azouma Dike and Mamadou Savadogo from Dodan Warriors, Lanre Alimi, Kwara Falcons, Emmanuel Balogun, Customs and Femi Adekanye, Oluyole Warriors.
The Nigeria Basketball Federation, NBBF has fined the Police Batons Basketball Club and slammed a five-match suspension on one of its coaches and players for their conduct in a Week 5 game in Ilorin between them and the Kwara Falcons.
Those affected are Coach Dominic Dike and Malu Williams, a player who spots jersey number 9, whose overall conduct and behaviour during the said game the federation views as “short of the standard expected in our fast growing league.”
According to a press statement from the NBBF, coach Dike and Williams are each suspended for five league matches with immediate effect and with a warning that they use the suspension period to improve their behaviour.
The team was also fined N50,000, part of which will be used to replace the damaged plastic chairs in the Ilorin Sports Hall while it was strongly advised to learn to channel its grievances through the available appropriate structures.
The NBBF noted that “Although your team won the game, be on notice that the intimidation of game officials and opponents,use of abusive language and damage to property (plastic chairs in the hall) without recourse to available channels of protesting any observed or perceived shortcomings on the side of any game official(s), are actions capable of damaging the image of our game and league and taken together, are a bad example especially coming from a team of law enforcement officers.”
It added that the “uncontrollable outburst by your coach Dike Dominic and player, Malu Williams (both under observation for similar conduct in previous games), is totally unacceptable,” resulting in the sanctions meted out to them in order to remedy the situation.
Femi Adefeso
Week 4 Fixtures
Atlantic
Oluyole Warriors Vs Kwara Falcons
D.Warriors Vs Islanders (Lagos derby)
Royal Hoopers Vs Union Bank
Police Baton Vs Customs (Paramilitary derby)
Savannah
Plateau Peaks Vs Gombe Bulls
Mark Mentors Vs Kada Stars
Niger Potters Vs Kano Pillars
Bauchi Nets Vs Immigration
DStv Premier Basketball League Week 4 Fixtures and titbits
•Kwara Falcons won their rescheduled game against Union Bank 57-53 on Tuesday in Lagos. The newly promoted side start the season with a perfect 2 wins from 2 after they beat Customs in their first game of the season last Friday before upsetting the Atlantic conference champions in front of their home crowd at the national stadium.
•Union Bank have now suffered 2 surprising defeats this season to Customs and Falcons and their next game will perhaps set the tone for their their season as they travel to Port Harcourt to face former double champions Royal Hoopers.
•There are 2 derby matches in Atlantic conference this Friday.
•In the Savannah Conference Leading team Mark Mentors of Abuja will lock horns with Kaduna’s Kada Stars where they recruited 3 players from during the off season.
Femi Adefeso
A Recap of week 2 games in the NBBF/ DStv Premier Basketball League
Femi Adefeso
Three games in the Atlantic conference 4 games in the Savannah conference.
In the Atlantic Conference.
Lead by player coach Seyi Ayodele’s 15 points Lagos Islanders defeated Police Baton 48-39 in a very low scoring encounter. A match that saw Islanders captain Seun Akinwale ruled out for the rest of the season after he dislocated his left elbow in the 4th quarter of the game.
The Nigerian Customs bounced back from last week’s loss to Islanders by taking a ride on the Stallions of Union Bank 61-53. And Port Harcout based Royal Hoopers who were walked over in week 1 defeated visiting Oluyole Warriors of Ibadan by just 1 point 54-53 in a very fierce encounter to round up proceedings in the Atlantic conference. The Dodan Warriors versus Kwara Falcons game was postponed to 1st of April due to the request of Kwara Falcos after 4 of their players were involved in a car crash which lead to the demise of one of their players Joseph Aduku.
From the Savannah Conference there were 2 away wins in week 2. League champions Kano Pillars went to Kaduna to defeat Immigration 69-47 and Plateau Peaks defeating Niger Potters 65-61 win in Minna.
In Abuja, Mark Mentors reaffirmed their title credentials by beating new comers Gombe Bulls 89-51. While the last game in the coference saw 2 teams who lost in week one Bauchi Nets and Kada Stars go head to head in Bauchi. The Nets however rode on home court advantage to ensure Kada Stars remain winless this season with a 68-64 point win.
Femi Adefeso
OLUSEGUN IKUESAN
The Nigeria Basketball federation (NBBF) has fixed February and March as the dunk-off dates for the men and women league.
This was contained in a statement released by the Secretariat of the Nigeria federation at the end of a 4-day stakeholders forum and pre-season seminar held in Abuja.
According to NBBF president, Tijjani Umar the mens DStv league will start on February 28 in Lagos while the Zenith Bank women league retains it phases format with the first phase billed for Abuja on March 19.
The pre-season saw a total of sixty-one referees taking part in physical exercises and examination to determine their readiness ahead of the jump-ball date while, thirty-nine technical officials also wrote examinations conducted by trio of Nigerian FIBA graded referees, Babatunde Popoola, Olayinka Famogbiyele and Kingsley Ojeaburu.
The NBBF also confirmed the relegation of Comets basketball club from the Atlantic conference and Yelwa Hawks basketball club from the Savannah conference of the DStv league and promoted Kwara Falcons basketball club of Ilorin and Gombe Bulls basketball club respectively.
The Dstv league will retain its home and away format just as changes were made to the playoff format with four teams qualifying for the final-8 playoffs from each of the Atlantic and Savannah conferences of the league.
Source: http://www.fibaafrica.com
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