South Sudan head coach Royal Ivey slams the post-game media session following a loss against Serbia:
“What a travesty, what a travesty! My guys put their heart and soul into the game, and what a travesty! That's all I've got to say.”
If we don’t SUPPORT our own, who will?
It’s time to celebrate Head Coaches Royal Ivey from South Sudan Men’s Basketball (@SSBFed) & Rena Wakama (@Coach_Rena) from Nigeria (@DtigressNG) Women’s Basketball.
COACH IVEY
• Assistant Coach for @HoustonRockets
• Coached the team at AfroBasket 2021, the country's first major tournament.
•South Sudan qualified for their first ever World Cup in 2023 after going undefeated in first round qualifying.
•Earned first ever Olympic berth at the 2024 games by finishing as the best African team at the 2023 World Cup.
• South Sudan won their first ever Olympic win against Puerto Rico.
• Next games:
July 31st vs USA
August 3rd vs Serbia
COACH WAKAMA
• Assistant Coach for @GreenWaveWBB
• Played for Nigeria at the 2015 Women's Afrobasket tournament in Cameroon where Nigeria finished third.
• She also represented Nigeria's First Bank at the FIBA Africa Champions Cup for Women during her career as a player.
• First female coach to ever win an Afrobasket title.
• Nigeria won their first Olympic win against Australia since 2004.
•Next games:
August 1st vs France
August 4th vs Canada
Make sure you show our Head Coaches some love. Keep up the GREAT work and finish STRONG!
#BCAWORLD
#Paris2024
#Olympic2024
I don’t know if the basketball world has noticed….but @SSBFed is for real! And they have one heck of a Head Coach & CEO in @ROYALTIVEY !!!! One of these N.B.A. Organizations are gonna have to make the call !!!! It’s time! It’s obvious @ROYALTIVEY is a N.B.A. Head Coach!
President Luol Deng, along with CESBA and the State Minister of Youth and Sports (CES), officiated the start of the tournament in the only manner a basketball season should begin: 🏀🏀🏀