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Zimbabwe: Basket Hounds Begin Road to Bal Campaign

todayOctober 25, 2024 2

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Basket Hounds coach Tawanda Nemutambwe is banking on home advantage as the Zimbabwe champions bid to make the next phase of the Basketball Africa League qualifiers by making it past Group E.

The six-team, round-robin Group E qualifiers start today at the City Sports Centre in Harare with Hounds taking on Malawi giants and regular campaigners Brave Hearts.

Only two teams will proceed to the Elite 16 from which six clubs will punch their tickets in the BAL Season Five.

It’s a long and winding yet tough road to the NBA Africa Basketball League but Basket Hounds can dare to dream.

No Zimbabwean club has ever made it past the group phase since the coming of the elite African competition about five years ago. But Nemutambwe believes he has a squad good enough to proceed to the Elite 16, especially with the backing of locals, who are expected to fill the City Sports Centre starting today.

The Group E qualifiers were initially scheduled to kick-off yesterday but some logistical imbalances led to its shelving by a day.

And it’s now all systems go for Nemutambwe and his troops to deliver.

“We can’t wait for the games to begin. We have been eagerly awaiting for this tournament to start and it’s now finally here and we can’t wait.

“I believe we have done everything to prepare for this tournament and it’s up to the boys to come to the party because we did everything to prepare for the qualifiers,” said Nemutambwe.

“Look, the boys have been in camp over the past week in preparation for the BAL qualifiers. And even before that, we have always been working flat out to tune up for the game.