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Nigeria men’s basketball team, D’Tigers, has been ranked fourth in the latest FIBA power rankings ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
The power rankings which was published on FIBA’s official website on Friday, is D’Tigers’ highest in history.
The rankings, which is different from the FIBA World Ranking presented by Nike, is based on the recent performances of the teams.
It is determined by dividing the sum of all the win points, tie points, schedule points and bonus points by the number of games played.
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D’Tigers occupy the fourth spot after recording huge wins against basketball powerhouses USA and Argentina during their exhibition games in Las Vegas lately. The US are third while Argentina are in eight place.
Coach Mike Brown’s side eventually lost their final exhibition game 108-69 to Australia.
They will kick-off their Olympic campaign against Australia on July 25 at the Saitama Super Arena in Japan.
The Aussies are number one in the power rankings while D’Tigers’ other Group B opponents Italy and Germany are seventh and ninth respectively.
All the 12 teams that will participate in men’s basketball at this year’s Olympics feature in the power rankings.
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Starting with Australia is not good for DTigers at the Olympics, unfortunately that is so , they have to do everything possible to get a win , which is nearly impossible in view of Australia pedigree and potentials!!..well nothing is still impossible if they believe!!
Are you still saying it’s impossible!!! Common all things are possible!!!!!!
Kudos to D’Tigers for recent improvement,the can beat Australia if they are determined,and resolute in beating them.With the pedigree of our team,the Aussies should be very careful and meeting them first is the best for we may use our first energy to fight them to a standstill. Bravo D’Tigers!