Dhaka Trip 2009

Senior Team Trip Conclusion

Our final record for the trip: 3-2 with a 5th place finish. The boys finished strong with a 55-46 victory over BIT on Saturday. Obviously, though, we are very disappointed with the outcome of the tournament. With 7 Seniors on the team we were hoping to be in that Championship match a second year in a row. Friday was just a bad day for us. Were there referee calls that went against us? Definitely. But we also played ourselves into a position where those calls would matter. The fouls in our one point loss were 21 against us and 9 called against the other team. But in that same game we were 3-10 from the free throw line. We will not win many games shooting 30% from the line. The seniors have had a great run and great careers. They won the Mother Delores title two years ago, which no team from WCA had ever done before. Hopefully they will get some more games in Chittagong because they deserve the opportunity to play again and play better. I am proud of the guys and how much they have improved from what they were as freshmen.

As a school we now look ahead to our Varsity (through class 10) guys' tournament in early December here in Chittagong, followed by our girls heading to Dhaka in the middle of February. Remember that sports is not the end all. It is a vehicle to teach us principles to make us more ready for real life in the future. May we all learn the lessons that matter most in life, even through athletics.

Coach B

Some pictures from the Trip

Day 2 Scores

Game 3
WCA vs AIS/D Silver 38-39

Game 4
WCA vs AIS/D White 36-39

We finished 3rd in our group after a 3 way tie.
We are playing the 5th place game at 10:30 am on Saturday morning.

First Day scores

Scores
1st day in Dhaka.

Game 1
WCA beat Green Herald 62-34

Game 2
WCA beat Aga Khan 60-36

Eve of the Tournament

I like this team. We had our first game yesterday, struggled early, but played well in big spots. That bodes well for a big tournament like the one we are heading to. Jawad's ankle is a concern for sure, but this is a deep team. We can put players out there that can win games for us. We should be able to win a few without him to get his ankle the rest it needs. So with that we head for the train tonight. Thursday we play at 2pm and 6pm. We should be focused in our new uniforms (thanks Rawan!). Remember the team: Jawad, Joshi, Nowshad, Alvi, Joshua, Ahnaf, Samir, Rawan, Jason, Rashik, Steve, and Shadman. More updates to come from Dhaka! Coach

New Uniforms

Eagles Basketball introduced their new uniforms today.

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