Champions Cup: Potters double training

Nigeria’s Niger Potters basketball club Monday double its preparation ahead the final round of the 22nd edition of the Africa Champions Cup for Men billed for Angolan cities of Luanda, Huambo and Cabinda.

According to information made available to www.fiba-afrique.org, the Potters management has declared operation must be reckoned with in Angola and have since charged the Adamu Kuta led coaching crew to drill the players and prepared their mind for the battle ahead.

Potters who has been missing from continental engagement in recent time topped the FIBA Africa Zone-3 elimination played in Cotonou Republic of Benin sounded confident that her outing in Angola would not be for sight seeing as all hands are on deck to do the nation (Nigeria) proud opined an official of the Minna, North Central Nigeria-based team.

Potters who won the Savannah conference of the Nigeria Basketball Federation, NBBF abridge premier league will need more than preparation to do well in Angola but have to search for mother-luck as the team only played six league and five Zone-3 elimination matches which in all modesty is not enough to guaranty such confidence put up by the Potters players and officials says a concern Nigeria basketball enthusiast.

The coaches should think of recruiting tested players or get some on loan from other Nigerian clubs and play some qualities friendly matches as we hear the Angolan teams are in Europe and other continent for this assignment, he advised.

The Nigerian side will have defending champion, Petro de Luanda, 2006 first runner-up 1º de Agosto and Interclube all representing Angola. Other clubs for the final round battle are Abidjan Basket Club of Cote d’Ivoire, ASPAC basketball club of Republic of Benin, BC Kauka and ASB Onatra of Democratic Republic of Congo, APR of Rwanda, Ferroviario Da Beira of Mozambique, Stade Malien of Mali and MBC of Guinea to contend with in the Ten-day action packed top level basketball competition from December 13 through 22.