Monday, October 30, 2006
Congratulations to LA Showtime! 2006 National Champions! A great team effort. Good job to all the teams that competed!
Thanks for a great event.
Game 1 postgame
Northsiderz 98
Team Ohio 92
Northsiderz with the major upset! They showed Ohio that the came to play. Ohio had no answer for
Xiro who scored 27 points in the first half. Xiro finished with a game high, 52 points! Ohio played like they were not ready
in the first half, making little mistakes on offense and defense. Also poor shooting in the first half lead to an 11 point
deficit at halftime. In the second half the Northsiderz held off a surge by Ohio, lead by Sam Choun with 39 points! But Northsiderz
had control of this game from start to finish. Especially with Xiro bombing threes all over the place! Ohio, as most veteran
teams do, gave it a late run, but they fell a little short. Good job guys anyways.
Game 2 postgame
LA Showtime 106
Teddy Bears 95
Now this game seemed to be such a contrast in styles. Showtime's athleticism and youth just overpowered
the Teddy Bears much older team. Outrebounding, outrunning, and out hustling the Teddy Bears, they jumped to a 21 point lead.
Teddy Bears looked real sluggish in the first ten minutes and Showtime took full advantage. And also a big factor in the game,
when the Teddy Bears lost their starting center. He was severly injured in the first half and did not return. We believe he
tore his achilles tendon. So best wishes to Eugene. That proved to be something that the Teddy Bears could not overcome. They
were already a little thin inside and things just got worse. It looked like Showtime was going to win by 40 points
at that point. But the Teddy Bears experience and heart kept them in the game. With Bo leading the charge with 31 points and
infusing energy for the Teddy Bears, they cut the lead down to 8 points. But in the end they kept trading baskets and could
not put a stop to Showtime's scoring. Showtime's rebounding (Richard Cole had 17 rebounds) and deep bench help to
wear out a depleted Teddy Bear's team who only had 1 player on the bench left after one of their players fouled out. Showtime
would advance to the Championship.
Championship Game
LA Showtime 118
Northsiderz 94
The championship game was a total domination by LA Showtime. From the beginning it was no doubt.
Even with Xiro's 37 points, Showtime at one point had a 35 point lead. They sat their starters for most of the game. With
Addy Poe fouling out early in second half, the Northsiderz best defensive player was not a factor. So Showtime cruised
to the Championship!
Showtime proved that they are the best team in 2006! Great job to Coach Romeo Covento
for great season.
Friday, October 27, 2006
ARE
YAH READY!!! ITS FINALLY HERE! WE WILL CROWN THE CHAMPION OF 2006 TOMMORROW! GOOD LUCK TO ALL THE TEAMS!!! ALL EYES
WILL BE ON ATLANTA THIS SATURDAY! GAMES WILL START APPROXIMITELY AT 3PM WITH PLAYER INTRODUCTIONS. FOR THOSE WONDERING
THE COST, ENTRANCE FOR FANS IS $7. SEE YOU THERE. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE SUPPORT.
Monday, October 23, 2006
Good job to the Great
for winning the Sheboing boing tournament! Northsiderz finished second. Tournament info N/A.
Its
Game Time! The Asian Final Four National Championships this Saturday 3pm in Atlanta, Ga. I hope yah are excited
to find out who will be the Champion of 2006! Looks like the Northsiderz have a huge fan base voting for them in the polls.
Here are the matchup breakdowns for the games.
#2 Team Ohio vs #10 Northsiderz
Key players: #1 guard - Xiro - NS
#3 guard - Sam Choun - Ohio
This will be a matchup of two great shooting teams. With the northsiderz
inside outside game this should cause some problems for Ohio's defense. Ohio will have to try to contain Xiro's three pointers,
if they want to slow down the Northsiderz attack. But Ohio has their own 3 pt specialist in Sam Choun. If this guy gets on
fire, its lights out for the Northsiderz. But both teams have more shooters than just their top players, so look for some
of the other players to step up. We will give the inside advantage to Ohio. Even though their centers are barely over 6 foot,
these guys know how to rebound and score inside. If Xiro doesn't work his magic and dominant this game offensively, we give
the advantage to Ohio because of their depth. Ohio has great ball movement and do not rely on one player so this is a big
advantage. Ohio subs in 5 players at a time. So they should wear out the Northsiderz to a win. This will be fun to watch.
Our predictions Ohio wins in a high scoring game 85-75.
#1 LA Showtime vs #16 Teddy Bears
Key players: #11 forward
- Billy - Teddy Bears
#? guard - Ryan Rayez - LA Showtime
This will be the battle of size and height. Showtime is a lil
bigger than the Teddy Bears at every position. But the Teddy Bears have a lot of experienced basketball players. Ryan Rayez
will cause all kinds of problems for the Teddy Bears. Playing the point, the 6'3 guard has great all around skills.
The Teddy Bears must slow him down if the want to even have a chance in this game. Most people believe the Teddy Bears will
be dominated by Showtime's size and skill, inside and out. There coach Romeo Covento will have his team ready to dominate
on Saturday. Showtime has a more uptempo game than Teddy Bears. Teddy Bears play the old school grind out game. Teddy Bears
will not have a chance if they get into a fast break game with showtime. But the Teddy Bears have enough fire power
to compete with any team and have all the experience they need. They will need a big game from their best all around player
Billy. But we predict that Showtime will roll into the championship game with an easy 65-50 win.
LA Showtime should beat Team Ohio 75 - 66 for the
National Championship!
Monday, October 16, 2006
Great tournament in Windsor, Canada. A lot of good
competition and well ran tournament. Congratulations to Team United for finishing 1st place and
is back to their winning ways. Look out for this team next year to compete for the National Championship! Also props
for to the Toronto Dragons for finishing second. The #2 team in the country (Team
Ohio) couldn't make the tournament due to some issues. Now up the Asian Final Four Championships in Atlanta, Ga!
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
From Bo I want to personally thank the all teams and players and people, that put have put in work to host tournaments and
participated in tournaments accross the country. Without you helping grow asian ball, we would not have come so far. Yes we
have a lot of progression to go, but I feel that we are on the right track as long as we do it in a positive manner. People
spend a lot of money traveling to play, and hosting tournaments. Thank you for doing so. And to the teams that are participating
in the Final Four, you are making history happen. Thank you for participating. This is the beginning of something big in the
future. We all have been playing in asian tournaments for a long time and never really have had a definitive national championship!
Hopefully this will be the start of finally having a true champion of the year. Of course the system is never perfect, just
look at college football, and they have all the money in world. Hopefully in the future we will have a top 32 team
Championship tournament. With more sponsors and more people being interested in the future will have tournaments and
championships that will be free to enter on a regular basis. But until then let this Final Four be the first ever free Asian
Basketball National Championships! And also in the future we hope to pay for travel expenses. Thanks again for those who show
support and love. Thanks and God bless....
Good luck to those teams headed to the Windsor,
Canada Tournament. Asian ball is alive and well in Canada. Hopefully we will see some Canadian teams in more of the asian
tournaments in the states!
Monday, October 9, 2006
New York Cruisers finished
1st place in the NYC tournament over the weekend. Congratulations! They are going to be a team to look out for next year to
compete for the championship. Also great job to Maximum Output for finishing second. Organizer
Larry Chow did a great job as host. There are a lot of great teams in the East Coast area we will definitely hear more about
them in the future!
Friday, October 6, 2006
Good luck to the teams this weekend in NYC tournament. Maximum
Output 2nd Annual tourney will have some of the top teams in the east coast representing. So it should be a great tournament!
Also the teams are set for the Asian Final Four National Championships on October 28th!! Four teams representing their region and
state. You will find out more about these teams soon. The teams are:
#1 LA Showtime - West Coast
vs
#16 Teddy Bears - South/East Coast
#2 Team Ohio - North
vs
#10 Northsiderz - Midwest
