It was a taste of what could have been, and a glimpse at the future. UConn, the storied women’s college basketball team, played against the undefeated Toronto Metropolitan University in Toronto on Wednesday at the Mattamy Athletic Centre, where passion for the sport was on full display. CBC | Sports News
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Canadian men’s, women’s basketball offers glimpse of prosperous future in 2023
A corner was turned on the heels of disappointment for Canada Basketball. The Canadian senior men’s attempt to qualify for the Tokyo Games ended in July 2021, when it lost to Czechia in the semifinals of the FIBA Olympic Qualifying tournament in Victoria. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada keeps Paralympic dream alive with men’s wheelchair basketball bronze
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Read More »FIBA Men’s 3X3 Basketball World Tour: Day 1 – Hong Kong
Watch Day 1 FIBA men’s 3×3 basketball action from Victoria Park. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Women’s wheelchair basketball team remains optimistic despite gold-medal game loss to United States
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Read More »Canada’s Mutware using injury as catalyst for change through wheelchair basketball
Blaise Mutware has found what he calls his sanctuary – on the basketball court he’s at peace. But how he got there, now with the Canadian men’s wheelchair team, Mutware could have never imagined. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canadian women wrap up Olympic pre-qualifying basketball tournament with 3-0 record
Natalie Achonwa scored a team-high 16 points in leading Canada to a 77-68 win over Puerto Rico on Sunday in FIBA Women’s Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournament action in Medellín, Colombia. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canadian women’s basketball team books spot in Olympic qualifying tournament
The Canadian women’s basketball team booked its spot in February’s FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament with a 70-53 win over Colombia on Friday night. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canadian women’s basketball team routs Venezuela to open Olympic pre-qualifying tourney
Laeticia Amihere led the way with 11 points and 11 rebounds as Canada thumped Venezuela 81-39 on Thursday in FIBA Women’s Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournament action. CBC | Sports News
Read More »NBA villain Dillon Brooks a necessary evil for Canadian men’s Olympic basketball team
The Canadian men’s basketball team will need Dillon Brooks at his suffocating, agitating, two-way best if it hopes to make noise at the Paris Olympics, writes CBC Sports senior contributor Morgan Campbell. CBC | Sports News
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