Rivers Hoopers
3 Oct 2022
Organisers of the 2022 Sam Oguche Energy Bullet Basketball Championship have confirmed that Nigeria basketball league’s traditional teams, Ebun Comets, Rivers Hoopers and First Bank, are among top clubs confirmed for the competition, which holds from November 1 to 6, 2022 at the National Stadium, Lagos.
7 Feb 2022
Ebun Comets proprietor, Ayo Bakare, has described the just-concluded Crown Elite Basketball Championship as one of the best things to happen to Nigerian basketball in recent times, saying the competition
11 May 2021
Platinum-selling American rapper J Cole is set to play professional basketball with Rwanda side Patriots BBC in the new Basketball Africa League. The Grammy-winning rapper, whose real name is Jermaine Lamarr Cole, is currently in quarantine in Rwanda ahead of the season opener on Sunday. Patriots will be facing Nigeria's Rivers Hoopers, Tunisia’s US Monastir,…
9 May 2021
Nigeria’s flag bearer at the inaugural edition of the Basketball Africa League (BAL) billed holding from May 16 to 30, 2021, in Kigali, Rwanda, Rivers Hoopers, have been drawn in group A of the championship.
23 Apr 2021
Rivers Hoopers Basketball Club have signed Ugandan international Robinson Odoch Opong as replacement for the injured Festus Ezeli ahead of the Basketball Africa League in Kigali, Rwanda.
26 Feb 2020
Nigeria’s representative at the maiden edition of the Basketball Africa League (BAL), Rivers Hoopers have signed American Kaylon Deshaun Tappin for the tournament, which tips off in March.
24 Feb 2020
Rivers Hoopers’ Head Coach, Ogoh Odaudu has expressed confidence in his team’s chances of making it to the single-elimination playoffs of the Basketball Africa League (BAL) in Kigali
21 Feb 2020
Nigeria’s representatives at the inaugural edition of the Basketball Africa League, Rivers Hoopers have been drawn in the Nile Conference alongside Zamalek of Egypt, Union Sportive Monastirienne of Tunisia
18 Nov 2019
Rivers Hoopers Basketball Club of Port Harcourt beat Raptors of Lagos 97 to 57 to win the 2019 President’s Cup, which ended at the indoor sports hall of the National Stadium, Lagos yesterday.
13 Nov 2019
The 2019 NBBF President Cup Final Eight Championship began yesterday inside the indoor sports hall of the National Stadium, Lagos with defending champions, Rivers Hoopers, drawn with Niger Potters, Civil Defenders and Benue Braves in Group A.
2 Nov 2019
The 2019 President Cup National Final Eight has been slated to hold between November 12th and 17th at the Indoor Sports Hall of the National Stadium in Surulere, Lagos.
25 Oct 2019
Rivers Hoopers’ Center, Victor Anthony was the star of the day as he led the two-time league champions past Lagos Islanders to a fourth straight win in the ongoing NBBF President Cup in Ilorin yesterday.
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