Sweet 16 brimming with international talent, a growing trend in college basketball

Estonian basketball player Henri Veesaar played well against the famous Duke University in the NCAA finals, but Arizona still fell to the top-seeded school.

Candy 16 brimming with worldwide expertise, a rising development in school basketball

NEWARK, N.J. — Seated and slouched in a folding chair that’s far too small for him, with an angle unsuitable for his branch-like legs that appear far too lengthy for anybody, Khaman Maluach recounted the final yr of his frantic, improbable life. Final March, when he was 17 years previous, Maluach performed within the Basketball Africa League for the Metropolis Oilers, a crew primarily based in Uganda, the nation to which he and his household fle…

Obed Mukaba excited for UAAP’s growing foreign talent

Obed Mukaba was a trailblazer in UAAP men’s volleyball, and he feels thrilled to see other universities following suit. The Congolese middle blocker first suited up for National University in Season 85 when he was the only foreign student-athlete in the men’s tournament. By Season 86, he was no longer alone, as Ateneo de Manila University added Nigerian outside spiker Aimar Okeke to its lineup. Now, in Season 87, nearly half the league features …

Sweet 16 brimming with international talent, a growing trend in college basketball

From Tyrese Proctor and Khaman Maluach of Duke to Henri Veesaar of Arizona, the East Regional is bursting with international prospects, a reflection of a burgeoning trend across college basketball.