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- 1 2 Matthew Edward Miller at FIBA.com
- ↑ Bellarmine's Matt Miller named to Rwanda national team
- ↑ Santiago, Kris Changing Nationalities - Qatar showed how to do it, other nations followed Archived 2009-09-19 at the Wayback Machine at talkbasket.com
- ↑ Mbaraga, Julius Morocco complains about Rwandan duo at The New Times
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