Aussies Abroad
In less than a month Joe Ingles hopes to lead the Australian Boomers to their first ever Olympic Medal, but it seems Ingles has decided to start winning now as he led his team Regal FC Barcelona to its 17th Spanish League championship (ACB) on Sunday. One man who knows plenty about winning overseas is…
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Montepaschi Siena hosted Cimberio Varese on Saturday May 19 in Game 2 of the playoffs. Although the scores were a little closer than the last game, Montepaschi still managed to walk away with a comfortable 16 point win, 88-72. Dave played 14 minutes and scored nine points, shooting at 66.7% from the floor. Ksistof Lavrinovic…
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Montepaschi Siena hosted Canadian Solar Virtus at PalaEstra on Wednesday May 2 in their home game for the LaegBasket A Series season. Montepaschi led at half time by one point (42-41) but a 10-26 third quarter in Virtus’ favour saw Montepaschi Siena lose the game 69-78. Andersen has really been a force for Montepaschi in…
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This week former Wollongong Hawk and AIS graduate David Andersen and his Montepaschi Siena hosted twelfth placed Benetton Treviso at PalaEstra on Sunday April 22. Montepaschi showed fine form to win the match 90-67. After leading by 10 points at half time, Montepaschi then kept Benetton to only scoring 12 points and 11 points respectively in…
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Thats Right!!! In the first of our giveaways here at Aussie Hoopla we are celebrating Andrew Boguts move to the Golden State Warriors by giving away a brand new Mitchell & Ness snapback retro cap. All you have to do is be a follower of Aussie Hoopla on both Facebook and Twitter… We repeat you…
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NBL Champion and former Adelaide 36er Rhys Carter is set to take on the best of the Swedish Basketball League (Ligan) this week as his team Uppsala Basket finished fifth in the league and get set for the finals. Defeating Boras Basket in their last game 95-81 in Fyrishov as their last gameof the season,…
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In 2005 the Milwaukee Bucks made Andrew Bogut the first Australian ever drafted No.1 to the NBA. After 7 long years it has come time for both Bogut and the Bucks to part ways. At AussieHoopla.com we reported a trade to Golden State was moments away and on Wednesday it became official. Bogut was traded along with…
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In 2005 the Milwaukee Bucks drafted Andrew Bogut and ever since that moment he has been the team’s franchise player and viewed around the league as a sound, gritty player full of potential who could transform the franchise from mediocrity to contenders. In just his second season Bogut helped Milwaukee return to the NBA playoffs…
Read MoreListen to the debut of the Aussie Hoopla Podcast, Our first episode features former Adelaide 36ers Rhys Carter in a discussion with Aussie Hoopla about how he made his way from a junior player to a professional and the pathways young players need to take in order to becoming an elite basketball player. Rhys has had…
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