By Gemma Karstens-Smith The Canadian Press Fri., Nov. 23, 2018 VANCOUVER—Coaches for some of the NCAA’s best basketball teams had the chance to perform a couple of key duties this week. Not only did they guide their women’s and men’s teams in out-of-conference games at the inaugural Vancouver Showcase, they also got to spend time in a country that is becoming a recruiting hotbed. “They’ve got some unbelievable talent, some great coaches,” Washington Huskies men’s coach Mike Hopkins said. Just look at R.J. Barrett, he said. Read more: Article Continued Below Quarter of the way through the NBA season and Raptors are sitting pretty Raptors have the best record in the NBA. They could be better Ontario Basketball to drop term ‘midget’ from age category classifications The 18-year-old Mississauga native is lighting up the court as a freshman forward for the Duke Blue Devils, averaging 22.8 points in … [Read more...] about NCAA hoops teams hit the court, and recruiting trail, in Canada
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Neil Humphreys: Let Belgium’s flair defeat France’s formula
SEMI-FINAL FRANCE v BELGIUM (Tomorrow, 2am, Singtel TV Ch 141, StarHub TV Ch 222 & MediaCorp okto) Something happened on the way to the semi-final. Belgium became France. They turned into the people's choice, the popular faces of the Beautiful Game. In a single game, they made us colour blind. We saw red instead of Les Bleus. The Red Devils' silencing of the samba was the game of the tournament for all sorts of reasons. Brazil had not only been beaten by the better team in the quarter-final, but also by the smarter, sexier team. Smart and sexy are not just the most desirable qualities on Tinder, but at a major tournament, too. They make a perfect calling card for the sporting event that stops a planet. Russia 2018 had already served a spoonful of sugary upsets, like junk food for the easily pleased. But Belgium's victory against Brazil felt like a proper feast for the senses. The problem is that was supposed to be France's job. The two sides meet in the semi-final tomorrow morning … [Read more...] about Neil Humphreys: Let Belgium’s flair defeat France’s formula