CroHoops League

  Croatian Women U18 team was able to conclude it’s perfect 9-0 run and take the 1st place on U18 European Championship (Division B).   Croatia dominated the competition outscoring it’s opponents by as much as 23.5 point differential and was thus able to qualify to the next Division A EC.   Croatian C Ivana [...]

  Four months ago they were able to carry Dubrava Zagreb pass by eventual European junior champion Zagreb CO and to win 2011 Croatian Junior Championship in Slavonski Brod.   Now, highly ranked prospects G Mislav Brzoja and F Matej Buovac, which have both represented Croatia in FIBA youth competitions this summer, have made the [...]

According to NbaDraft.net’s correspondent Giovanni Conte Croatian swingman prospect  Mario Hezonja (1995/6’7”)  has very bright future.   Conte raves about high-flying Hezonja calling him “Super Mario” and finishes the report with the words “NBA is his destiny”.    

 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 [...]