Rivers Hoopers coach Ogoh Odaudu has expressed high optimism ahead of his club’s Nigeria Premier Basketball League campaign in Benin, Edo State. The Hoopers begin their title defence on Sunday, 27 October, against Delta Force in the Atlantic Conference.
Hoopers, the Nigerian representative at the 2024 Basketball Africa League (BAL), are the defending champions after their outstanding performance in Port Harcourt earlier this year.
Coach Odaudu, who is Rivers Hoopers’ longest-serving manager, hopes to increase his title haul to six with the Kingsmen.
Odaudu joined the team in 2009 and won consecutive league titles in 2011 and 2012, after their 2010 final defeat to Kano Pillars. They bounced back to winning ways by claiming the trophy in 2019, 2021, and 2023.
The target is BAL return
Coach Odaudu revealed that their last performance at the CDS championship in Abuja, which they won, has been a better challenge for them to reveal their weaknesses ahead of the…
