The new FIBA presidency of Yvan Mainini could mean an eventual shift in the international calendar according to FIBA Secretary General Patrick Baumann, but it will not bring an NCAA-style 64-team knockout World Championship.
So, here is Part 2 of heinnews’s David Hein talk with FIBA secretary general Patrick Baumann at the 2009 EuroBasket Women in Latvia. In the second part, they discussed Euroleague’s pushing for bigger arenas; FIBA’s efforts to increase the number of men’s basketball teams at the Olympics from 12 to [...]
heinnews’s David Hein was at the 2009 EuroBasket Women and caught up with FIBA secretary general Patrick Baumann. In the first part of a two-part interview, they discussed Latvia hosting the women’s European championship; the 2010 FIBA World Championship Men in Turkey; Germany hosting the 2010 U17 World Championship Men; [...]
