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2021 Rivers Hoopers Season
The 2021 BAL season was the 1st season for the Rivers Hoopers of the Basketball Africa League. The team began the season on May 16, 2021, in the season opener against Rwanda's Patriots BBC. Coming off a third Nigerian Premier League, the team of Ogoh Odaudu qualified for the inaugural BAL season. Ahead of the season, the Hoopers signed Ben Uzoh, along with the American duo Chris Daniels and Taren Sullivan. They also signed ex- NBA champion Festus Ezeli. However, Ezeli got injured and had to miss the season. He was later replaced by Robinson Opong. Roster Team Additions Regular season , - style="background:#fcc;" , 1 , 19 May , Patriots L 83–60, Taren Sullivan (15) , Victor Koko (5) , Ben Uzoh (4) , Kigali Arena2,000 , 0–1 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 2 , 20 May , US Monastir L 70–99, Chris Daniels (25) , Chris Daniels (11) , Ben Uzoh (8) , Kigali Arena412 , 0–2 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 3 , May 19 , GNBC , W 6 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ogoh Odaudu
Ogoh Odaudu (born 3 August 1981) is a Nigerian retired basketball player and current coach. He currently is the head coach of Rivers Hoopers of the Nigerian Premier League (basketball), Nigerian Premier League (NPL). In his playing years, Odaudu was a player of the Nigeria national basketball team. Odaudu has led the Rivers Hoopers as head coach since 2009 and has led them to five NPL titles. Playing career Born in Jos, he has played for the junior Nigeria national basketball team, Nigerian national team at the 1999 FIBA Under-19 World Championship. Odaudu was a member of the Nigeria national basketball team, Nigerian senior team and played with the team at the 2001 FIBA Africa Championship, 2001, 2003 FIBA Africa Championship, 2003 editions of FIBA AfroBasket, FIBA Africa Championship. He also played at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. Coaching career Odaudu has been the head coach of Rivers Hoopers since its establishment in 2009, He coached the team to three Nigerian Premier Leagu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |