Tsun Hsien Chang (190-F) did not start in his first college game, but he made sure he made a difference every time he stepped on the court all through out his basketball career. The 6-3 freshman came off the bench and scored 10 first-half points to spark BYU-Hawaii to a upset win over Winona State, the defending NCAA Div-II champion.
Read the game report from BYUH website: Seasiders Open with Win Over Defending Champs
Tsun Hsien Chang (190-F) did not start in his first college game, but he made sure he made a difference every time he stepped on the court all through out his basketball career. The 6-3 freshman came off the bench and scored 10 first-half points to spark BYU-Hawaii to a upset win over Winona State, the defending NCAA Div-II champion.
Kudos to the anonymous who left a comment on my previous post and reminded me that Dacin did not sign Rolan Roberts. My bad. After checking up the news, I found out that the anonymous was correct. Dacin released Roberts after a three-day workout, saying that the 30-year-old forward did not meet the teams defense-first priority.
Dacin head coach Chiu Da-tsun said that the team will keep looking for import player.
Kudos to the anonymous who left a comment on my previous post and reminded me that Dacin did not sign Rolan Roberts. My bad. After checking up the news, I found out that the anonymous was correct. Dacin released Roberts after a three-day workout, saying that the 30-year-old forward did not meet the teams defense-first priority.
Dacin head coach Chiu Da-tsun said that the team will keep looking for import player.
Tsun Hsien Chang (190-F), one of the most physically gifted Taiwanese players in years, is scheduled to play his first game in the U.S. NCAA. The 6-3 Chang, nicknamed 'Jet', is currently a freshman guard in BYU-Hawaii.
BYU-Hawaii will open the regular season on November 18th in Laie against defending NCAA II champion Winona State at 7:30 pm. The same two teams will meet two nights later at the same time and place for a second game.
Tsun Hsien Chang (190-F), one of the most physically gifted Taiwanese players in years, is scheduled to play his first game in the U.S. NCAA. The 6-3 Chang, nicknamed 'Jet', is currently a freshman guard in BYU-Hawaii.
BYU-Hawaii will open the regular season on November 18th in Laie against defending NCAA II champion Winona State at 7:30 pm. The same two teams will meet two nights later at the same time and place for a second game. The Seasiders made it to the 'Sweet Sixteen' last season while Winona State has won two of the last three NCAA II titles and finished second in between the two crowns.
Following high school graduation, Chang briefly played for German team BG Goettingen II in 2007 before moving to North America this year.
Chang followed the footstep of Wu Tai-hao, who played for the Seasiders from 2005-07. The 6-9 forward-center helped BYUH to a 20-8 record in the 2006-07 season and an NCAA Division II Elite Eight appearance. Wu averaged 10.6 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 1.6 blocks per game in 2006-07, his sophomore season, up from 8.9 points and 3.2 rebounds in 2005-06 when he was named Freshman of the Year in the Pacific West Conference (PWC).
Wu left BYUH after his sophomore season and returned to Taiwan to play for ETSN Antelopes. One year later he signed with Taiwan Beer and led the team to the SBL title.
BYUH has been known for recruiting Asian players. Former Phoenix Sun Yuta Tabuse, a Japanese guard, also played for the school before Wu.
Yang Yuming (180-G-79) had 10 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists in his debut with CBA's Jilin Northeast Tigers, a 23-point loss to Shanxi, and made a rare start at point guard in his first game in the Chinese League, China Times reported.
Yang, who played 39 minutes Monday night, is one of three Taiwanese players -- all of them are expected to play as point guards -- playing in China this season.
Yang Yuming (180-G-79) had 10 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists in his debut with CBA's Jilin Northeast Tigers, a 23-point loss to Shanxi, and made a rare start at point guard in his first game in the Chinese League, China Times reported.
Yang, who played 39 minutes Monday night, is one of three Taiwanese players -- all of them are expected to play as point guards -- playing in China this season. Wang Shin-kai, who played for Yunnan last year, is back with the team again and Sun Hwan-bo plays for the expansion team Shaanxi.
Sun had 2 points and 2 steals in 6 minutes as the third point guard while Wang went scoreless in 17 minutes.
Yang spent last season with Dacin Tigers of Taiwan's Super Basketball League but decided to try his luck in China as the former NT shooter lost his starting role on the team and played mostly as a substitute.
Wang joined Taiwan Beer late last season and helped TB to win its second straight SBL title in May.
New -- and the only -- import player in 08-09 SBL season
Once again, sorry for the late posting. I have been extremely busy in the past month. Anyway, if the China Times story is correct, 6-6 forward Rolan Roberts (199-F/C-78, agency: Warren Sports International, college: S.Illinois) will become the only import player in the SBL next season.
Once again, sorry for the late posting. I have been extremely busy in the past month. Anyway, if the China Times story is correct, 6-6 forward Rolan Roberts (199-F/C-78, agency: Warren Sports International, college: S.Illinois) will become the only import player in the SBL next season.
Dacin Tigers is expected to sign the 30-years-old former Salukis, who played in Turkey, France and Australia, China Times reported, saying that Roberts will be the only import in the league as no other teams plan to hire import players due to limited budget. Roberts is expected to get monthly salary of close to US$ 10,000, the newspaper reported.
Roberts has a personal website at http://www.rolanroberts.tv
At the same time, Jonathan Sanders, who have been in the Taiwanese league for two years, announced in his personal blog that he has decided to retire from basketball at an young age of 27. Sanders said Dacin Tigers has negotiated with him for a contract in the upcoming season but the deal did not go through.
The 6-6 forward was named to All-SBL team twice in two years -- 2006-07 with Videoland Hunters and 2007-08 with Dmedia Numens. In both seasons Sanders posted monster numbers, led his teams to the playoffs and was hot MVP candidates. However, he failed to win the prestigious award both times, which in my views was ridiculous and reflected the injustice among Taiwanese media voters.
Sanders averaged 23.5 points and 16.3 rebounds in 2006-07 and turned in 21.3 points, 16.6 rebounds and 5.8 assists per game in 2007-08. And those numbers were not enough to get him a MVP. Wow.
I have repeated many times here about the crazy system the SBL has implemented here. The rule allowed only non-playoff teams to hire imports. The hiring is not mandatory though. Non-playoff teams can decide whether they're interested in signing imports.
The crazy thing here is that import players who play hard for his team and lead his team to the playoffs will lose his job the following season! Sanders is both the perfect example and biggest victim of this crazy system.
That said, I hope the experience does not leave Sanders with a bad taste in his mouth. Hopefully the playing experience in Taiwan will be a memorable one for him. Check out Sanders' blog here at http://jonsanders32.blogspot.com/
Iran wins Asian University Basketball Championship
Amir Amini (196-G-84) had 20 points, 6 assists and four steals and M. Akbaribisheh had 16 points and four steals as Iran University Select beat Taiwan University Select 78-71 in the championship game of the 2008 Asian University Men's Basketball Championship (AUB) on Oct. 16.
Taiwan finished as runner-up for the second time. It lost to Korea two years ago in the inaugural AUB.
Korea's Hanyang University edged Notre Dame University of Lebanon 74-72 in the bronze medal game.
Amir Amini (196-G-84) had 20 points, 6 assists and four steals and M. Akbaribisheh had 16 points and four steals as Iran University Select beat Taiwan University Select 78-71 in the championship game of the 2008 Asian University Men's Basketball Championship (AUB) on Oct. 16.
Taiwan finished as runner-up for the second time. It lost to Korea two years ago in the inaugural AUB.
Korea's Hanyang University edged Notre Dame University of Lebanon 74-72 in the bronze medal game.
The home boys failed to cut down on their turnovers once again after squandering a 23-point lead in a upset loss to Iranians in the preliminary round. Taiwan committed 22 turnovers in the final game as Iran pulled off a 15-4 run in the final three minutes for the victory.
Wu Tai-hao had 13 points and 11 rebounds and Lin Ching-pang had 11 points and 8 boards.
When Taiwan meets Korea on the basketball court, you expect something interesting to happen, which was the case in the cross-over semifinal. The game was stopped three times because of confrontation, protests and near-brawls. It ended with six disqualifications -- four for Taiwan and two for Korea -- and 59 foul calls.
Taiwan beat Hanyang Univ. 88-80 thanks to Chen Shun-hsiang's 34 points and the 26 for 30 free-throw shooting as a team. Wu Tai-hao, who had a techincal and fouled out of the game, had 14 points, 7 rebounds and three blocks.
Guangdong University of Technology, which produced current New Jersey Nets forward Yi Jianlian, and City University of Hong Kong failed to make the semifinals.
2008-09 high school basketball season is set to begin next Monday with 22 men's teams and 13 women's teams battling for the bragging rights of Taiwan high school ball. All eyes will be on Nanshan High School and Haishan High School, the defending men's and women's champions.
'Shan' means 'mountain' in Chinese.
2008-09 high school basketball season is set to begin next Monday with 22 men's teams and 13 women's teams battling for the bragging rights of Taiwan high school ball. All eyes will be on Nanshan High School and Haishan High School, the defending men's and women's champions.
'Shan' means 'mountain' in Chinese. In the past years, Nanshan and Haishan have become two mountains that are difficult for their opponents to conquer, with Haishan winning three straight women's finals and Nanshan taking home two men's titles.
The new season will start with the Northern Division preliminaries, which will be played in Nanhu High School in Taipei from Oct. 13-19. Eleven of 15 teams in the division advance to the second round. Five of the seven teams in the Southern Division advance to the second round after a preliminiary round in Fengshan Vocational High School from Oct. 15-18 in southern Taiwan.
The 16-team men's second round will start Dec. 25 in Banciao, Taipei. Women's preliminary round will start on the same day and conclude on the final day of the year. Organizers decided to push back the women's schedule because Taiwan will be sending its national team to the Asian U-18 Women's Championship in Indonesia in Novermeber.
Asian University Men's Championship to tip-off in Taipei
The second Asian University Mens Basketball Championship will be played in Taiwan from Oct. 11-16 2008 as six teams from Taiwan, China, Korea, Lebanon, Iran and Hong Kong will vie for the ultimate crown of Asian collegiate basketball.
According to the information from the official web site, both Taiwan and Iran fielded university select teams for the competition. City University of Hong Kong will represent Hong Kong while Hanyang University represents Korea.
The second Asian University Mens Basketball Championship will be played in Taiwan from Oct. 11-16 2008 as six teams from Taiwan, China, Korea, Lebanon, Iran and Hong Kong will vie for the ultimate crown of Asian collegiate basketball.
According to the information from the official web site, both Taiwan and Iran fielded university select teams for the competition. City University of Hong Kong will represent Hong Kong while Hanyang University represents Korea. China sent Guangdong University of Technology to the event. And if Im not mistaken, Notre Dame University - Louaize will represent Lebanon.
All games will be played at the stadium of the Chinese Culture University in Yangmingshan, Taipei.
Korea won the title in the first edition of AUB in 2006.
The competition was hosted by Chinese Taipei University Sports Federation (CTUSF) and Taipei City Government and organized by Chinese Taipei Basketball Association (CTBA) and the CTUSF basketball committee under the auspices of Asian University Sports Federation (AUSF).
AUSF press release:
2nd Asian University Mens Basketball Championship: Update 3 2008-09-18
For the upcoming 2nd Asian University Men`s Basketball Championship to held from 11th to 16th Oct. 2008, six teams from China, Hong Kong, Iran, Korea, Lebanon and the host Chinese Taipei finally confirmed the participation in it. Therefore, the two-group competition system will not be used. The competition system will comprise of two stages: Preliminary Round and Medal Games.
The Preliminary Round will be a single round-robin competition, as each team will play all the other five teams. Then, the teams ranked 1st and 2nd in the preliminary round will play for the Gold Medal game, while those ranked 3rd and 4th will play for the Bronze Medal game.
In order to create the compeition schedule, a seeding format will be adopted. First, the first four slots were placed according to the finishing order among the teams previously participating in the 2006 Asian University Mens Basketball Championship. Then ,the remaining two slots were filled in by the order of entry confirmation for those teams which didnt participate in the 2006 Asian University Mens Basketball Championship.
All the competitors for this Championship must be born between January 1, 1984 and December 31, 1990.
2008 Asian University Mens Basketball Championship Competition Schedule
Date Day Time Home Team vs. Visiting Team October 11th Sat 1300 TPE (2) vs. (5) LIB October 11th Sat 1500 Opening Ceremony October 11th Sat 1600 KOR (1) vs. (6) IRI October 11th Sat 1800 CHN (3) vs. (4) HKG October 12th Sun 1500 TPE (2) vs. (3) CHN October 12th Sun 1700 IRI (6) vs. (4) HKG October 12th Sun 1900 LIB (5) vs. (1) KOR October 13th Mon 1500 KOR (1) vs. (4) HKG October 13th Mon 1700 LIB (5) vs. (3) CHN October 13th Mon 1900 TPE (2) vs. (6) IRI October 14th Tue 1500 IRI (6) vs. (5) LIB October 14th Tue 1700 HKG (4) vs. (2) TPE October 14th Tue 1900 CHN (3) vs. (1) KOR October 15th Wed 1500 HKG (4) vs. (5) LIB October 15th Wed 1700 CHN (3) vs. (6) IRI October 15th Wed 1900 KOR (1) vs. (2) TPE October 16th Thu 1500 Bronze Medal Game Team#3 vs. Team#4 October 16th Thu 1700 Gold Medal Game Team #1 vs. Team# 2 October 16th Thu 2000 Closing Ceremony & Farewell Party(Kilin Hotel of Taipei)
V Competition System: The system comprises of two stages: Preliminary Round and Medal Games. V The Preliminary Round: The format will be a single round-robin competition, as each team will play all the other participating teams in the Preliminary Round. V Medal Games: The teams ranked 1st and 2nd in the preliminary round will play for the Gold Medal game, while those ranked 3rd and 4th places will play for the Bronze Medal game. V Seeding Format: The first four seeds were selected according to the finishing order among the teams participating in the 2006 Asian University Mens Basketball Championship. The remaining seeds were filled in by the order of the teams confirming their entry.
Rosters
Taiwan University Select Lee Wei-lun G 172 64 Fujen University Chou Tzu-hua G 184 85 Fujen University Chen Shun-hsiang F 190 90 Fujen University Chang Po-sheng G 185 83Taiwan University of Arts Lin Ching-pang G 190 80 Chinese Culture University Lu Cheng-ju F 194 88 TPEC Lin Yi-hui F 191 89 NTNU Wang Chien-wei F 190 91 Fujen University Wu Chien-lung F 193 93 Chinese Culture University Cheng Chih-hao C 208 94 Fujen University Wu Tai-hao C 202 100 NTNU Nian Shu-hao C 197 90 Fujen University
Notre Dame Univ. Miguel Martinez 189 Marwan Ziadeh 200 Georges Badawi 183 Georges Akiki 173 Patrick Bou Abboud 200 Jad Bachour 196 Roudy Farraj 190 Rachad El Nawar 195 Raymonf Dagher 197 Robert Bou Dagher 202 Jean Abd El Nour 198
Iran University Select DAVOUDICHEGANI, Aren 179 SAHAKIAN, Oshin 194 AKBARIBISHEH, Mohammadreza 192 DORAGHI, Ali 202 AMINI, Amir 187 BORDBAR FANI, Mojtaba 200 BAHERAN, Ali 184 ZAREEI, Mohammad 190 AKHAVANBITAGHGIR, Mohammad Javad 190 JAMSHIDI JAFARABADI, Ali 190 FARAHANI, Navid 190 SHAMSALDINSAEID, Ali 190 MONAVARI, Siavash 190
Official AUB web site http://aub.pixnet.net/blog/ http://www.cityu.edu.hk/cityu/index.html http://www.hanyang.ac.kr/english/
Local news outlets reported that the SBL Committee had rejected the broadcast right fee offer from ESPN Taiwan and Videoland, the league's broadcast partners in the past five years and hold the negotiation priority, and did not rule out opening the bid.
ESPN Taiwan and Videoland upped their offer from NT 39.2 million to 42 million, but the number was still far from SBL's asking price of NT 56 million.
Local news outlets reported that the SBL Committee had rejected the broadcast right fee offer from ESPN Taiwan and Videoland, the league's broadcast partners in the past five years and hold the negotiation priority, and did not rule out opening the bid.
ESPN Taiwan and Videoland upped their offer from NT 39.2 million to 42 million, but the number was still far from SBL's asking price of NT 56 million.
ESPN and VL lowered the offer because of the expenditure in the next season is expected to rise. Without a venue to play in Taipei, the SBL was forced to play in other cities in the 2008-09 season.
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