Oxford Blues Basketball NBL

WE'RE IN THE OBA - Oxfordshire Basketball Association CUP FINALS!

Come on over to Oxford University Sports Centre and cheer on the Abingdon Eagles Basketball Club this Sunday, 23rd April!

3pm - Oxford University Basketball Club - OUBbC vs Witney Wolves Basketball
5pm - Oxford Devils vs Abingdon Eagles Basketball Club

It’s game day for the Division 3 South West Spartans today at 🏠
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📍 Exeter College
🏆 NBL Division 3
⏰ 6.00pm

The Oxford Blues travel to Exeter on Saturday to take on the Exeter Spartans in National Basketball League Division Three action.

This Saturday at home we take on in division 3 South West!

This Sunday, the Oxford University Blues take on NBL Division 2 side Oxford City Hoops in the annual Town vs Gown game. Tip off is at 1:00pm at Cheney High School with trophy and MVP presentation taking place at approximately 2:45pm.

From 1984 to 2003, the University dominated the series with a 14-4 record, but trail 0-2 since the competition was revived in 2021. The blues will look to recapture the Town vs Gown Trophy for the first time since 2003.

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Interested in a specific sport? Joining an OU Sports Club is the way to go!

Clubs offer many different levels of activity depending on the sport, from recreational and beginners sessions to competitive teams.

You can find out about each sports programme using the Sports A to Z on our website: www.sport.ox.ac.uk/clubs

Also don't forget to visit them all at Freshers Fair on Thu & Fri this week (6th & 7th) in University Parks.

TRYOUTS for Oxford University’s Men’s Basketball Teams will take place during Freshers Week. The university has three teams, Blues, Twos, and Freshers, competing in BUCS Tier 1, BUCS Tier 3, and Local League respectively. First round sessions are scheduled for Thursday 6th and Friday 7th of October. To register your interest, please click the link in our bio and complete the registration form. You must be an Oxford University student to be eligible to tryout and play for the team.

Happy birthday to Oxford University's first ever NBA player, George Munroe. George who passed away in 2014 would have been 99 today. He played two seasons in the NBA for the St. Louis Bombers (1946-47) and the Boston Celtics (1947-48). He averaged 6.1 points in 80 career games.

George came to Oxford University on a Rhodes Scholarship and graduated with a BA and an MA from Christ Church.

2021 marks the 100th anniversary of England’s oldest basketball competition, The Varsity Game.

The Varsity Game is the basketball equivalent of the Oxford & Cambridge Boat Race. Every year the Dark Blues of Oxford battle the Light Blues of Cambridge on the hardwood for the highly coveted Varsity Cup.

To emphasise the significance of The Varsity Game, former Oxford University basketball player and 2x NBA champion Bill Bradley once told Sports Illustrated: “This game is the only one I care about.” For Oxford and Cambridge, it is the highlight of the basketball calendar and no other game has greater importance.