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Adewunmi Aderemi is a Nigerian women's basketball coach. He coached First Bank BC in Nigeria's top professional league, for 14 seasons. Internationally, Aderemi served as an assistant coach for the Nigeria women's national basketball team including in the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women.
He coached First Bank BC at multiple FIBA Africa Women's Clubs Champions Cup's prior to being replaced in October 2015, by Peter Ahmedu. [1]
Ikechukwu Somtochukwu Diogu is a Nigerian-American professional basketball player for Piratas de La Guaira of the Superliga Profesional de Baloncesto in Venezuela.
James Samuel Vincent is an American former professional basketball player and coach.
Ejike Christopher Ugboaja is a Nigerian professional basketball player who last played for BC Mark Mentors of the Nigerian Premier Basketball League (NPBL). He is also the founder of Ejike Ugboaja Foundation.
The Nigeria national basketball team represents Nigeria in men's international basketball and it is overseen by the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF).
Rimantas Grigas is a Lithuanian basketball coach, known for his stint with Žalgiris Kaunas.
The Nigeria women's national basketball team, also known as the D'Tigress, represents Nigeria in international women's basketball competition, and are regulated by the Nigeria Basketball Federation, the governing body for basketball in Nigeria. Nigeria has one of the most successful women's national teams on the African Continent, being the current African champions. They have won the Women's Afrobasket Championship consecutively for four times in a roll and six times in total. They won in 2017 at Bamako, Mali, 2019 at Dakar, Senegal, 2021 at Yaounde, Cameroun, and 2023 at Kigali, Rwanda.
AEL Limassol Basketball Club, also known as PAYABL EKA AEL for sponsorship reasons, is a Cypriot professional basketball club based in Limassol. The club, nicknamed "The Queen", is the most successful basketball team in Cyprus and is one of the founding clubs of the Cyprus Basketball Federation.
The Nigerian Basketball Federation (NBBF) is the governing body for men's and women's basketball in Nigeria. NBBF has been an affiliate of FIBA Africa since 1963, and its offices are located in Abuja and Lagos.
Kevin Lee Cook is an American basketball coach, and former collegiate athlete, who was most recently the women's basketball head coach at Winthrop University. He also serves as head coach/technical advisor of the Nigerian women's basketball U-19 National team. He served as the Nigerian National team coach from 2006 to 2008. Cook, was also an assistant coach for the WNBA Houston Comets from 1997 to 2007. Kevin Cook In a 2011 interview with NCAA.com, Gallaudet All-American Easter Faafiti said of Cook: "He's like my father on the east coast. He has actually taught me a lot of things I never knew or realized about basketball or had even heard of before Coach Cook sat down and explained them to me." Kevin Blatch
Aisha Mohammed is a Nigerian basketball player for Bursas BSB and the Nigerian national team.
AEK Basketball Club, also known as AEK B.C. or AEK, and more commonly known in European competitions as AEK Athens, is a Greek professional basketball club based in Athens, Greece, part of the major multi-sport club AEK. The club was established in Athens in 1924 by Greek refugees from Constantinople in the wake of the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922).
Tigran Gyokchyan is an Armenian basketball coach who currently coaches the Lebanese women's national basketball team and is the head coach for Armenian basketball team BC Dvin.
The National Women Basketball League, known as Zenith Women Basketball League for sponsorship reasons is the top-level women's basketball club competition in Nigeria. It is the women's version of Nigeria Premier League organized by the Nigeria Basketball Federation. The league also determines the Nigerian representatives at FIBA Africa Women's Clubs Champions Cup.
Nkechi Akashili is a Nigerian basketball player for First Bank B.C. and the Nigerian national team.
Jordan Ifeanyi Nwora is a Nigerian-American professional basketball player for the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Louisville Cardinals. He plays internationally for the Nigeria men's national basketball team. Nwora won a championship with the Milwaukee Bucks in 2021 before being traded to the Indiana Pacers in 2023.
Aderemi is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Otis Hughley Jr. is an American basketball coach and is the current head coach of the Alabama A&M Bulldogs men's basketball team. He previously served as the head coach of the Nigerian national team, where he guided the team to three AfroBasket Women championships and the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Uju Ugoka Ogbodo is a Nigerian basketball player for the La Roche Vendée Basket Club and the Nigerian national team. She played college basketball for the Virginia Tech Hokies women's basketball team.
The 2022 BAL season, also known as BAL Season 2, was the second season of the Basketball Africa League (BAL). The season began on 2 March 2022 and ended with the Finals on 28 May 2022. The group phase was played in the Dakar Arena in Dakar and the Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall in Cairo. The playoffs and finals were played in the BK Arena in Kigali for a second year in a row.
Oluchi Mercy Okorie is a former Nigerian basketball player who played for First Bank B.C and the Nigerian national team. She represented Nigeria at the 2005, 2006 and 2007 FIBA Africa Championship.
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