Otherwise than previously communicated, the Guatemalan Liga Profesional de Baloncesto won't come back to action in this month, and probably will stay in stand-by for some time more. The reason is a judgement from Federacion de Baloncesto de Guatemala (FBG) that suspended two players (the league MVP Miguel Gonzalez (189-G/F-90) and Pablo Gonzalez (G-89) and charged the LPB officials of illegal activity [read more]
Otherwise than previously communicated, the Guatemalan Liga Profesional de Baloncesto won't come back to action in this month, and probably will stay in stand-by for some time more. The reason is a judgement from Federacion de Baloncesto de Guatemala (FBG) that suspended two players (the league MVP Miguel Gonzalez (189-G/F-90) and Pablo Gonzalez (G-89) and charged the LPB officials of illegal activity. It all started when the FBG asked to all the members of the Junior and Senior National teams to ink an official renunciation to play in the 2010-11 edition of LPB, indicated as a 'not authorized activity' by the FBG. This move caused the reaction of some players (the Gonzalez brothers, for example, refused to put their sign on the document), coaches and team officials, that started a legal proceedings they too, vs. FBG, but at this point it is clear that the professional basketball in Guatemala is prevented to restart. We will try to keep you all posted of the next goings-on.
The Guatemalan Liga Profesional de Baloncesto closed the registration period for the 2010-2011 tournment on August 4. This week will start pre-season, and the official tipoff of the Apertura Tournment is scheduled for sunday, August 15.
According with statements from league Commisioner, Mr. Luis Hernandez, the teams til now registered are D-Team Guatemala, URL, USAC, Club Elite, Compusys and Australian Milk. The applications of others three teams are currently in evaluation stage [read more]
The Guatemalan Liga Profesional de Baloncesto closed the registration period for the 2010-2011 tournment on August 4. This week will start pre-season, and the official tipoff of the Apertura Tournment is scheduled for sunday, August 15.
According with statements from league Commisioner, Mr. Luis Hernandez, the teams til now registered are D-Team Guatemala, URL, USAC, Club Elite, Compusys and Australian Milk. The applications of others three teams are currently in evaluation stage. The LPB would like to start with 8 teams in male tournment, and the new of the week is that there will probably be a Female LPB. Let's see.
Dominating the Final Series with a 3-0 aggregate result, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala claimed the crown of the LPB-Clausura tournment. After winning Game 1, USAC triumphed in Game 2, 110.95, with inside players Thomas Gillespie (204-F/C-74, college: Regis) and Dangelo Vaughn (192-F-80) leading the way at 32 and 31 pts, respectively, while ELITE B.C was led by Mynor Aquino (175-G-90) with 26 [read more]
Dominating the Final Series with a 3-0 aggregate result, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala claimed the crown of the LPB-Clausura tournment. After winning Game 1, USAC triumphed in Game 2, 110.95, with inside players Thomas Gillespie (204-F/C-74, college: Regis) and Dangelo Vaughn (192-F-80) leading the way at 32 and 31 pts, respectively, while ELITE B.C was led by Mynor Aquino (175-G-90) with 26. The decisive Game 3 ended 103-88, and this time the best player was Juan Jose Rosales (181-G-82), who scored 30 points in losing effort for Club Elite. The best in USAC was Miguel Gonzalez (189-G/F-90) with 28 pts. Gonzalez was also awarded as the Final Series MVP at the end of the game. Thanks to this win, USAC ends the clausura campaign undefeated, with a stunning, 17-0 record.
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