The U17 team will be playing in the annual Douai World Tournament in France from 21-24 June. Other participants: France, Canada, China, Egypt and Argentina.

Preliminary U17 squad...

Head coach: Ante Nazor

Paolo Marinelli (PG-189-1995-KK Split, Rijeka)
Lovre Bašić (PG-184-1995-KK Zadar, Zadar)
Josip Gulam (PG-185-1995-KK Jolly, Šibenik)
Ivan Jukić (SG-195-1995-KK Split, Split)
Josip Baljkas (SG-194-1995-KK Jolly, Šibenik)
Filip Palac (SG-190-1995-KK Susedgrad, Zagreb)
Leon Tomić (SG-196-1996-KK Cedevita, Zagreb)
Mario Hezonja (SG/SF-203-1995-KK Zagreb, Dubrovnik)
Domagoj Bošnjak (SG/SF-201-1995-KK Široki, Mostar)
Nikola Roso (SF-200-1995-KK Trogir, Split)
Andrija Ćorić (SF-197-1995-KK Široki, Antwerp)
Dorian Jelenek (SF-201-1995-KK Cedevita, Zagreb)
David Škara (SF-200-1995-KK Zadar, Zadar)
Lovro Mazalin (SF/PF-202-1997-KK Cibona, Petrinja)
Marko Dojkić (PF-205-1995-KK Cedevita, Rijeka)
Tomislav Gabrić (PF-200-1995-KK Jolly, Šibenik)
Ivan Bender (PF/C-206-1995-KK Split, Čapljina)
Karlo Žganec (PF/C-203-1995-KK Feniks, Zagreb)
Markus Lončar (C-208-1996-KK Cedevita, Posušje)
Marko Arapović (C-208-1996-KK Cibona, Zagreb)

 

Last year's gold medal winning team...

 

No averages? wtf.

 

For some reason the 2011 tournament page doesn't include accumulated or average stats. This was taken from the FIBA site.

 

you can figure it our, but they ought to have those in the first coloumn, one would think.

 

Prvi današnji (poslijepodnevni) trening izbornik Ante Nazor odradio je s 14 igrača: Marinelli, Jukić i Bender (Split), Gulam, Baljkas i Gabrić (Jolly-JBS), Palac (Susedgrad), Škara i Bašić (Zadar) Žganec K. (Fenix) Hezonja (Zagreb), Čorić (Široki), Jelenek i Bešlić (Cedevita). U ponedjeljak će se priključiti Bošnjak iz Širokog i Tomić iz Cedevite, a kroz sljedećih nekoliko dana stići će Arapović, Mazalin i Roso.

"Nedostaje nam ozlijeđeni Žganec, dok Hezonju, nakon ozljede i bolesti, lagano vraćamo u igru. Od prinova tu je Gulam iz Šibenika za kojeg se nadam da će izboriti moje povjerenje. Nemamo puno vremena, tek tri tjedna treninga i jedan tjedan koji ćemo provesti na turniru u Douaiju koji će nam biti jedina provjera pred nastup u Litvi. S većinom ovih igrača radio sam prošlog ljeta u kadetskoj reprezentaciji i dokazali smo se kao ozbiljna ekipa, a sada želimo napraviti još jedan iskorak u tom pravcu. U ovom trenutku nemam većih želja nego da nas posluži zdravlje" - kazao je izbornik Nazor.

Reprezentativci će do 1. lipnja ostati u Velikoj, pripreme se potom do 8. lipnja nastavljaju u Daruvaru iz kojeg slijedi povratak u Veliku. Turnir u Douaiju igra se od 21. do 24. lipnja, a protivnici našim igračima bit će Francuzi, Argentinci, Kanađani, Kinezi i Egipćani.

Potential back-up point guard Bruno Žganec hasn't recovered from an ankle injury and will miss the WC.

 

They usually do have both average and accumulated stats one above the other, but like I said the 2011 tourney page doesn't have it (although it has the average and game-by-game stats for every player)...

 

The U20's started preps yesterday...the 1992-93 generation is our weakest one in a long time and is playing in Division B this year...if they don't finish in the semis of this tourney next year's team made up of 1993-94 players will have to play in Division B again...

Filip Najev, Petar Madunić, Ante Smolić, Bruno Markulin, Josip Matić, Dino Repeša, Domagoj Vuković, Jere Vučica, Filip Cvjetičanin, Ivan Begić, Ivan-Donat Milin, Henrik Širko, Matej Buovac, Toni Katić i Franko Šango od jučer na Gripama vrijedno treniraju kako bi izborili ostanak na pripremama. Konkurencija će im se od sutra povećati za Roka Jurlinu i Andriju Hrkača koji kasne zbog odrađivanja školskih obveza.

"Dolazak su otkazala četvorica igrača: Vlaić, Zadravec, Mazić i Boban, a program je zamišljen tako da kroz prvi tjedan dana ovih 17 igrača prođe selekciju nakon koje će ih desetorica nastaviti pripreme. Sljedećeg tjedna pridružit će nam se Roko Rogić, Luka Pandurić, Marko Ramljak, Stipe Krstanović, Boris Barać i Josip Mikulić koji će nastaviti pripreme s desetoricom odabranih. Do nedjelje ćemo raditi samo u dvorani, a u drugom splitskom tjednu kombinirat ćemo rad na Marjanu i dvoranu" - kaže Nikša Bavčević kojem u radu pomažu asistent Damir Milačić i kondicijski trener prof. Zoran Donadić.

U-20 reprezentacija, koja od 12. do 22. srpnja igra na EP Skupine B s jasnim ciljem povratka u prvu jakosnu skupinu, u Splitu će boraviti do 10. lipnja. U tom periodu neće biti pripremnih utakmica. Prve će biti u Svetom Martinu s "B" reprezentacijom, a potom su u planu i dvije gostujuće utakmice protiv Slovenije (20. i 21. lipnja). Krajem lipnja naša će reprezentacija sudjelovati na turniru u Italiji gdje će im protivnici biti domaćin, Francuska i Grčka.

The preliminary squad...

Head coach: Nikša Bavčević

Ivan Donat Milin (PG-192-1992-KK Pet Bunara, Zadar)
Toni Katić (PG-188-1992-KK Split, Makarska)
Roko Rogić (PG-187-1992-KK Alkar, Zagreb)
Luka Pandurić (PG-190-1993-KK Darda, Osijek)
Roko Jurlina (SG-195-1993-KK Sonik-Puntamika, Rijeka)
Ivan Begić (SG-192-1992-KK Dubrovnik, Posušje)
Andrija Hrkač (SG-195-1993-KK Križevci, Zagreb)
Bruno Markulin (SG-192-1992-KK Split, Sinj)
Matej Buovac (SG/SF-197-1993-New Mexico State, Rijeka)
Dino Repeša (SF-200-1992-HKK Čapljina, Zagreb)
Josip Matić (SF-202-1992-KK Split, Split)
Marko Ramljak (SF-201-1993-KK Zadar, Posušje)
Henrik Širko (SF-198-1993-KK Kvarner 2010, Šibenik)
Franko Šango (SF/PF-204-1992-KK Zadar, Zadar)
Jere Vučica (SF/PF-205-1992-North Alabama, Split)
Filip Najev (PF-205-1992-KK Split, Split)
Ante Smolić (PF-204-1993-KK Zadar, Zadar)
Filip Cvjetičanin (PF-205-1993-Florida Gulf Coast, Zagreb)
Stipe Krstanović (PF-204-1993-KK Cibona, Zagreb)
Boris Barać (PF-206-1992-HKK Široki, Mostar)
Domagoj Vuković (PF/C-207-1993-KK Split, Rijeka)
Petar Madunić (C-211-1993-KK Solin, Split)
Josip Mikulić (C-208-1993-North Broward Prep, Mostar)

 

This year's U20s team will be very different to last year's U19 squad...

 

Interview with Cibona's young big man, Marko Arapović...he sounds level-headed and mature, good signs as he's one of our top 2-3 prospects at the moment...

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I met him a few months back, wished him luck, heck of a nice kid :thumbsup:

 

This is the first time I've heard him in an interview and he's pretty impressive...looking forward to seeing him in action this summer, he's going to have a busy schedule and as long as he stays fit and healthy I think he's going to be one of the more talked-about kids in our youth NTs...

 

Croatian championship play-off, Cedevita-Cibona, second half starting now...Cibona lead the best-of-five series 2-1...

http://yycast.com/HercegovinaLIVE

 

suho you closet hercegovac :tongue:

 

Hercegovina u srcu...roud:

 

Croatia got a super weak group for the eurobasket qualifation, i dont get it how all the teams except for croatia are like 6-7th tier in europe... while there are groups with Israel montenegro and serbia, just doesnt make sense ..

 

Croatia got a super weak group for the eurobasket qualifation, i dont get it how all the teams except for croatia are like 6-7th tier in europe... while there are groups with Israel montenegro and serbia, just doesnt make sense ..

Luck of the draw...

 

FIBA Europe fails.. finalnd and georgia in pot 1? thats a joke, thats why our european basketball is so weak, the ppl who manage it has no brain... just like the last year eurobasket they change the format AFTER the qualifation stage was played!
no sense, hopefully we (israel) and you guyz make it to the eurobasket, israel - croatia is allways intresting.

 

Finland and Georgia were in pot 1 based on results at the last tournament...anyway, I think you guys will make it although I haven't seen any squad news from ISR, MNE or SRB...btw, I still have nightmares about Yaniv Green...

 

his like the worst center in the history of maccabi . he had one good game in his life and it was against croatia...

and about the last eurobsaket result, did you see in what group finland and georgia competed ?

israel played in a group with serbia, germany, italy, france, latvia which is got 3rd tier team.
while georgia played teams like belguim, ukraine, bulgaria.. kinda joke.

its a bit sad those pots allways seems a bit Influenced by politics...

 

Everyone knows that national federations with money influence FIBA while the rest of the national teams have to play by their rules...

 

http://vimeo.com/27470971

The final from last year's U16 European Championships. Our boxscore:

 

Youth int'l Mislav Brzoja denied admission to Northwestern...

http://www.laketheposts.com/index.php/2012/06/brzoja-denial-060512/

https://twitter.com/ChrisEmmaScout/status/210179242430971905

 

Small forward Marko Ramljak drops out of the U20 squad due to injury...

Uoči odlaska na sljedeću destinaciju izbornik Nikša Bavčević zahvalio je sedmorici igrača. To su: Ante Smolić, Dino Repeša, Ivan-Donat Milin, Ivan Begić i Andrija Hrkač.

Pripreme nastavljaju sljedeći igrači: Toni Katić, Roko Jurlina, Roko Rogić, Luka Pandurić, Henrik Širko, Bruno Markulin, Jere Vučica, Franko Šango, Stipe Krstanović, Filip Najev, Domagoj Vuković, Josip Matić i Petar Madunić.

U Sv. Martinu reprezentaciji će se priključiti Frane Marasović i Boris Barać, dok je zbog ozljede otkazao Marko Ramljak. Laganih komplikacija s ozljedom ima i Toni Katić koji zbog toga nije redovito trenirao.

Reprezentaciju koja će se od 12. do 22. srpnja boriti za povratak u prvu jakosnu skupini uskoro očekuju i prve pripremne utakmice: dvije protiv "B" reprezentacije i dvije protiv Slovenije.

Toni Katić (PG-188-1992-KK Split, Makarska)
Roko Rogić (PG-187-1992-KK Alkar, Zagreb)
Luka Pandurić (PG-190-1993-KK Darda, Osijek)
Roko Jurlina (SG-195-1993-KK Sonik-Puntamika, Rijeka)
Bruno Markulin (SG-192-1992-KK Split, Sinj)
Josip Matić (SF-202-1992-KK Split, Split)
Henrik Širko (SF-198-1993-KK Kvarner 2010, Šibenik)
Franko Šango (SF/PF-204-1992-KK Zadar, Zadar)
Jere Vučica (SF/PF-205-1992-North Alabama, Split)
Filip Najev (PF-205-1992-KK Split, Split)
Stipe Krstanović (PF-204-1993-KK Cibona, Zagreb)
Boris Barać (PF-206-1992-HKK Široki, Mostar)
Domagoj Vuković (PF/C-207-1993-KK Split, Rijeka)
Frano Marasović (C-215-1992-KK Zlatorog Laško, Trogir)
Petar Madunić (C-211-1993-KK Solin, Split)

 

Looks like Dontaye Draper will be back in the NT this summer while Dario Šarić may be overlooked. We'll already be without the likes of Marko Popović, Marko Tomas, Ante Tomić, Krešo Lončar (all resting) and Zoran Planinić and Marko Banić (int'l retirement).

Nadolazeći tjedan Repeša će objaviti popis od 16 reprezentativaca koji se imaju okupiti 15. srpnja radi priprema za kvalifikacije za Eurobasket.

- Bit će to kombinacija iskusnih i onih koji su prvi put u reprezentaciji. Važan je i naš B program, pogotovo za one igrače koji nakon igranja za U-20 reprezentaciju nemaju ljetni program. Za njih je šteta da budu cijelo ljeto bez programa, a njih je prerano otpisati sa 21 godinom.

Kako će igrati ta reprezentacija?

- Bit će to sličan model igre kao ovaj Cibonin u doigravanju. Ne možem o govoriti o istome jer se radi o novim igračima.

Što je s Draperom? Hoće li ga biti i ovo ljeto u reprezentaciji?

- Pokazao je želju i volju da bude na dispoziciji. Bit će na popisu.

A hoće li među tih 16 biti i Dario Šarić?

- To nismo još odlučili jer potreban je programima reprezetacija mlađih uzrasta. Da nije toga sigurno bi bio na popisu.

 

Too bad for Mislav. Northwestern is known for their academics, and even though they are in the Big 10, their admissions office goes about their business like the Ivy League. Not surprised... many foreign students, including Canadians, have diffuculty meeting the NCAA clearinghouse standards... even with very high marks.

Now I hear Dayton might have used up their scholarships!!!

He started to garner a lot of late interst before the end of the signing period... hopefully his HS coach helps him land somewhere that fits well for him.

 

Shows that Northwestern doesn't cut corners...that clearinghouse is very tough though and some of these Prep schools are being looked at by the NCAA because they are becoming nothing more than hoop factories.

I'm hearing Dayton may still be able to find room from him..we shall see

 

C'mon Thunder...anyone but Lebron.

Cheersch

 

:frustrat:

I recorded the game today and was going to watch it tonight...been avoiding radio all day......thanks Ljubo...:smileani:

 

On the weekend the U17's played their first prep games...they beat BiH U18 by 20 on Saturday and by 6 last night...the scorers from Saturday's game were K.Žganec 20, Arapović 14, Bender 11, Bošnjak 10 and Hezonja 7...

 

Repeša has announced a 24-man preliminary squad for the upcoming Eurobasket 2013 qualifiers. Marko Popović and Marko Tomas have been given the summer off but will be in the coach's plans for the tournament next year. Zoran Planinić will also miss but will most likely be back in the fold next year. Repeša was able to convince Ante Tomić to make himself available but was unsuccessful with Krešimir Lončar and Marko Banić, both of whom confirmed their int'l retirements.

The squad meets in Sveti Martin na Muri on July 15.

Roko Ukić (PG-196-1984-Fenerbahce, Split)
Rok Stipčević (PG-186-1986-Varese, Maribor)
Dontaye Draper (PG-180-1984-KK Cedevita, Baltimore)
Jakov Vladović (PG-185-1983-HKK Široki, Zadar)
Marko Car (SG-188-1985-KK Cedevita, Karlovac)
Goran Vrbanc (SG-194-1984-KK Zadar, Rijeka)
Fran Pilepić (SG-192-1989-HKK Široki, Rijeka)
Luka Babić (SG/SF-200-1991-KK Split, Split)
Bojan Bogdanović (SG/SF-202-1989-Fenerbahce, Mostar)
Krunoslav Simon (SG/SF-197-1985-KK Zagreb, Zagreb)
Ivan Ramljak (SF-203-1990-HKK Široki, Posušje)
Damjan Rudež (SF-206-1986-KK Cibona, Zagreb)
Hrvoje Perić (SF-203-1985-Unicaja, Dubrovnik)
Marin Rozić (SF-201-1983-KK Cibona, Mostar)
Damir Markota (SF/PF-209-1985-KK Zagreb, Sarajevo)
Dario Šarić (PF-207-1994-KK Zagreb, Šibenik)
Leon Radošević (PF-206-1990-Milano, Sisak)
Luka Žorić (PF-211-1984-Unicaja, Zadar)
Goran Suton (PF/C-208-1985-KK Cibona, Sarajevo)
Lukša Andrić (PF/C-210-1985-Galatasaray, Dubrovnik)
Ante Tomić (C-218-1987-Real Madrid, Dubrovnik)
Stanko Barać (C-217-1986-Anadolu Efes, Mostar)
Darko Planinić (C-211-1990-HKK Široki, Mostar)
Miro Bilan (C-213-1989-KK Cedevita, Šibenik)

Repeša also explained the absence of some other names:

-Pavle Marčinković (SG/SF-198-1989-KK Cibona, Zadar) was the unlucky 25th player.
-Tomislav Zubčić (SF/PF-210-1990-KK Cibona, Zadar) needs the summer to recover from injury.
-Mario Delaš (PF-207-1990-Žalgiris, Split) has stagnated too much and didn't play enough during the season.
-Josip Sobin (PF/C-204-1989-KK Split, Split) doesn't have the height to play as a C in int'l basketball and needs to work on his jump shot before he gets a chance.