
By Robert Balajadia
The road to the 2021 FIBA Asia Cup got just about as tough as it could get for Team Guam as they were drawn into Group C, alongside power houses Australia and New Zealand as well as Hong Kong. Guam Basketball held a viewing party at Outback late in the evening for the live draw, which was broadcasted on YouTube, setting apart 16 teams from Group A and 8 Group B from the previous qualifying rounds.
The initial reaction to Australia and New Zealand getting thrown into Group C in the early goings of the stream were surprising enough, but Guam’s name being pulled to join them left many with a shocked, but eager expression with all three FIBA Oceania teams in one group.
“The fact that we’re playing against two world class organizations like Australia and New Zealand is pretty exciting for, just to think about the future and do our best to represent… Hong Kong is one of the top teams in Asia and that presents us a good opportunity for us to survive to the next round by trying to beat [Hong Kong],” said men’s coach EJ Calvo.
Team Guam will be expending all their assets to get ready for the Asia Cup with players who have become household names like Tai Wesley, Earnest Ross and Jonathan Galloway, but even Calvo knows preparation for this tournament will require full team practices instead of how they previously operated given the distances between all of Team Guam’s members.
“We have to pull everyone together and have good training camps. At this level of competition, we definitely cannot just meet up at a tournament and pull it together like we have done in the past. We need to train and prepare like we never have before. We want to be able to do our best for our first time playing at this level,” added Calvo.
Check out the full live draw video below:


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February 2023
- SU
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- TU
- WE
- TH
- FR
- SA
Events for January
1st
ISA GIRLS SOCCER
ISA BOYS BASKETBALL
Events for February
2nd
ISA BASEBALL LEAGUE
ISA TRACK & FIELD MEET
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL
IIAAG TENNIS LEAGUE
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3rd
ISA TRACK & FIELD MEET
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL
IIAAG BOYS BASKETBALL
ISA GIRLS SOCCER
TRITONS BASEBALL INVITATIONAL PLAYOFFS
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4th
ISA BASEBALL LEAGUE
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL
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6th
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL
ISA GIRLS SOCCER
IIAAG BOYS BASKETBALL
ISA BOYS BASKETBALL
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7th
ISA BASEBALL LEAGUE
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL
IIAAG TENNIS LEAGUE
IIAAG BOYS BASKETBALL
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8th
ISA GIRLS SOCCER
ISA BOYS BASKETBALL
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9th
ISA BASEBALL LEAGUE
ISA TRACK & FIELD MEET
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL
IIAAG TENNIS LEAGUE
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10th
ISA GIRLS SOCCER
ISA TRACK & FIELD MEET
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL
IIAAG BOYS BASKETBALL
TRITONS BASEBALL INVITATIONAL FINALS
Events for February
11th
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13th
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS
ISA GIRLS SOCCER
ISA BOYS BASKETBALL
IIAAG BOYS BASKETBALL
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14th
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS
ISA BASEBALL LEAGUE
IIAAG TENNIS LEAGUE
IIAAG BOYS BASKETBALL
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15th
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS
ISA BOYS BASKETBALL
ISA GIRLS SOCCER
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16th
ISA BASEBALL LEAGUE
ISA TRACK & FIELD MEET
IIAAG TENNIS LEAGUE
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS
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17th
ISA TRACK & FIELD MEET
IIAAG BOYS BASKETBALL
ISA GIRLS SOCCER
Events for February
18th
World Athletics Cross Country Championships
ISA BASEBALL LEAGUE
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19th
SPRINT TRIATHLON, PACIFIC GAMES QUALIFIER
MONSTER ENERGY MOTOCROSS ROUND 2
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20th
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS
ISA GIRLS SOCCER
ISA BOYS BASKETBALL
Events for February
21st
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS
ISA BASEBALL LEAGUE
IIAAG TENNIS LEAGUE
IIAAG BOYS BASKETBALL
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22nd
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS
ISA GIRLS SOCCER
ISA BOYS BASKETBALL
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23rd
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS
ISA BASEBALL LEAGUE
IIAAG TENNIS LEAGUE
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24th
ISA GIRLS SOCCER
IIAAG BOYS BASKETBALL QUARTERFINALS
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25th
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27th
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS
ISA BOYS BASKETBALL SEMIFINALS
ISA GIRLS SOCCER SEMIFINALS
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28th
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL FINALS
ISA BASEBALL LEAGUE SEMIFINALS
IIAAG TENNIS LEAGUE
IIAAG BOYS BASKETBALL SEMIFINALS

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