President of the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF), Tijjani Umar, has said that the D' Tigers is ready to do the nation proud at the Basketball version of the African Cup of Nations which also doubles as London 2012 Olynpic Games qualifier.
Umar, made this statement on Monday from AS Cobhan, London venue of the Invitational that the team
An elated Umar says the players who resume their final phase camping exercise last month in Orlando, United States of America are in high spirit and have bonded properly.
The team is expected to arrive Lagos, Nigeria on Thursday and depart for Antananarivo, Madagascar on Sunday morning.
Nigeria first round opponents include host Madagascar, Mali and Mozambique in group-A.
Nigeria will battle Mali on August 17, take on Mozambique on August 19 before rounding off its first round game against host Madagascar on August 21 in Antananarivo.
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