CroHoops League

  Croatian NT was able to successfully open it’s London International Basketball Invitational Tournament campaign with the initial 83:71 (20:19, 24:17, 18:16, 21:19) win over rival Serbia.   Croatia took the lead just before the end of the first quarter (17:16), led at the half by 44:36 and reached 16-point surplus midway the last quarter [...]

  After taking respectable 2nd place in prestigious Adecco Ex-Yu Cup held in Ljubljana Croatian NT will continue it’s preparation cycle for 2011 Eurobasket by taking place in London International Basketball Invitational Tournament which is scheduled from August 16th until August 21st.   Playing as much as 5 games in 6 days against the top [...]

 Bogdanovic makes another step forward in his career   Croatian NT completed relatively successful performance on Adecco Cup with 80:71 loss to Serbia in the final game of the competition in Ljubljana, Slovenia. In the battle of 2011 EuroBasket contenders both coaches instructed their players to “search and execute easy basket opportunities early on.”   [...]

Holding his own in the paint vs Slovenia – C Ante Tomic   After the hard fought defensive battle Croatia was able to win Slovenian NT in front of it’s home crowd in Ljubljana Stozice Arena by 60:65 (15:16, 15:16, 21:16, 14:12).   Despite being only 4-17 from three-point land and having as much as [...]

  After posting a perfect 8-0 record in 2011 FIBA U16 European Championship Croatia took the gold medal with an expected 57:67 (19:22, 10:19, 10:12, 18:14) victory over the host Czech Republic in the final game of the competition.   Phenom Mario Hezonja (Zagreb CO) led the Croatia with 21 points and 10 boards. F/C [...]

Damir Markota dished out 5 assists vs Montenegro   In it’s opening game of Adecco Ex-Yu Tournament (Ljubljana, Slovenia) Croatia was able to breeze by Montengro with 85:71W (18:20, 21:11, 25:29, 21:11).   Croatian offensive game was paced by as much as 19 assists. Point guards Dontaye Draper and Marko Popovic each had 5 assist, [...]

 G ROKO UKIC, CROATIA (photo by FIBA. com)   26-year-old Croatian NT G Roko Ukic suffered a broken metatarsal bone in his foot during practice on July 29th and is likely to be out until mid-September.   “I am heartsick and terribly disappointed,” Ukic said. “I do not know what else to say. I was [...]

PG Dontaye Draper, Croatia   Cedevita Zagreb PG Dontaye Draper made his debut for Croatia and has become the first American basketball player EVER to play for Croatian senior NT.   Draper immediately helped Croatia breeze to a couple of easy victories over Bulgaria (72:59, 77:54) in friendly encounters held in Osijek couple of days [...]

    July 14th – 24th U20 European Championships (Bilbao, Spain) Croatia to face: France, Latvia, Sweden   July 21st – 31st U18 European Championships (Poland) Croatia to face: Greece, Slovenia, Poland   July 28th – August 7th U16 European Championships (Czech Rep.) Croatia to face: Turkey, Italy, Bulgaria   August 4th – 14th U18 [...]