Basketball Manitoba Podcast

Today on the Basketball Manitoba Podcast we have Daniel Sackey .  He is currently a Senior at the University of New Orleans, which competes in the NCAA Division 1 Southland Conference.   He attended Kelvin High School and transferred from Thornlea Secondary School (Markham, Ontario), where he was a First-Team All-Star in the Ontario Scholastic Basketball Association (OSBA). He was r...

Today on the Basketball Manitoba podcast, we have Amarjit (AJ) Basi . He is a professional basketball player who recently played professional basketball in the British Basketball League.   He graduated from Sturgeon Heights Colligate in Winnipeg, where he was ranked 3rd in the province and was selected to the All-Manitoba team.  After high school, he played for the University of Manitoba...

Today on the Basketball Manitoba Podcast we have Mike Ruta . He is considered the “Father of the WMBA,” as he led the formation of the Winnipeg Minor Basketball Association in 1997 and became the league’s first President.  His vision was to provide a structured basketball league for Winnipeg area youth outside the school system and open for all to participate. The league kicked off its first...

Today on the Basketball Manitoba Podcast, we have Emmanuel Akot. Emmanuel first attended Valley Gardens Middle School, then Kildonan East Collegiate up until the 10th grade. He played with both the Winnipeg Mayhem and Winnipeg Wolves Basketball Clubs, then received an offer to attend Wasatch Academy Prep Academy in Mount Pleasant, Utah. As a senior at Wasatch Academy, he averaged 17 points, seven...

Today on the Basketball Manitoba Podcast we have Jarred Ogungbemi-Jackson .   Jarred graduated from Garden City Collegiate, where he led the team to back-to-back AAAA Manitoba Provincial Championship titles.  He was voted the number one player in the province in grades 11 and 12.  He is a former Basketball Manitoba Provincial Team member playing for four summers with the program.&nb...

Today on the Basketball Manitoba Podcast we have Keith Omoerah . Keith graduated from Grant Park High school, where he finished his high school career as the 2nd top player in the province. He’s a former member of the Manitoba Provincial Team, playing for two summers. He played at the University of Manitoba, where he was a Canada West Second Team All-Star and helped the team return to the National...

Today on the Basketball Manitoba Podcast we have Michael Tan . He has been a coach at Sisler High School since 2004, where he helped lead them to back-to-back provincial championships in 2015 and 2016. He has coached many players who have gone on to play at the college, USports and NCAA Division 1 levels. Additionally, he has coached at the Jr High level, as well as the club level with NABA Winnip...

Today on the Basketball Manitoba Podcast we have Charles Carlos .  He has been coaching basketball in Manitoba for the past 25 years. He is the founder and director of Ignite Basketball Canada. He played for Daniel McIntyre Collegiate Institute, winning a Provincial Championship in 1992  He played post-secondary basketball at Providence University College and toured India and the Philipp...

Today on the Basketball Manitoba Podcast we have Jon Janzen .  Jon is the co-coach of the Miles Macdonell Collegiate varsity boys program and has been coaching for 14 years now.  Jon has been involved with the Provincial Team program since 2018.  He was first an assistant coach and then the head coach for the 15U Male Provincial Team and the head coach of the 17U Male Provincial Tea...

Today on the Basketball Manitoba Podcast we have Alyssa Cox (Grant) . She has been involved in basketball as a player and coach for over 15 years. Currently, she is the head coach of the Junior Varsity girls team at Shaftesbury High School and an assistant coach with the University of Winnipeg. She graduated from the University of Winnipeg in 2015, where she played for five years with the Wesmen....

Today on the Basketball Manitoba Podcast we have Eric Sung . He is currently the head coach of the Varsity Girls basketball team at Dakota Collegiate and has been since 2015. Over the past ten years, he has been involved with the Manitoba Provincial Team program. He has spent time as the head coach of the 15U Girls Provincial Team, the Assistant Coach with the 17U Girls Provincial Team, and the He...

Today on the Basketball Manitoba Podcast, we have Burke Toews . Burke is a professional basketball coach in Japan, where here has been living for 30 years.  He played professionally in Canada with the Winnipeg Thunder, in Germany, and in Japan. He played for the five years with the University of Winnipeg Wesmen, where he was named a Great Plains (GPAC) First Team All-Star two times and an All...

Today on the Basketball Manitoba Podcast we have James Bambury .  James is the current head coach of the Brandon Bobcats women’s basketball program. He has been coaching for over 15 years.   His most recent coaching experience (prior to the Brandon Bobcats) was as the Interim Head Coach at Queens University in the 2019-20 season where he led the Gaels to a 16-8 season and reached a...

Today on the Basketball Manitoba Podcast we have Rick DeGagne . Rick is one of the most experienced officials in Manitoba and has been part of the Basketball Community since 1977. He is a staple in the Brandon community, having coached and officiated there for over 40 years. He played three years with the Brandon Bobcats winning rookie of the year and was inducted into the Brandon Bobcat Wall of F...

Today on the Basketball Manitoba Podcast we have Joey Johnson .  Joey was one of the best wheelchair basketball players in the world. He is a graduate of Lorette Collegiate and has represented Manitoba at the club and provincial team level for 19 consecutive years.  He played wheelchair basketball at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater where he was an All-American and led his team to...

Today on the Basketball Manitoba Podcast we have Joe Di Curzio .  Joe has been part of the Basketball Manitoba Community for almost 50 years. He has coached at various levels throughout his years and is currently the head coach at the Canadian Mennonite University with the women’s program, where he led the Blazers to a threepeat MCAC Women's Basketball Championships in 2018, 2019, and 2020.&n...

Today on the Basketball Manitoba Podcast we have Michelle Sung (Hynes) .  Michelle is the Head coach of the University of Manitoba Bisons Women’s program, where she is entering her 8th year of service.  She is a product of Millgrove, Ontario, where she attended St. Mary High School. After that, she attended the University of Manitoba, where she played for five years.  During her tim...

Today on the Basketball Manitoba Podcast we have JoAnne Small (Wells) .  JoAnne is a former player with the University of Winnipeg Wesmen, where she put together one of the all-time careers in Canadian Collegiate basketball history. Check this out. She was… National Player of the Year  First Team All-Canadian three times CIS Championship Tournament All-Star Team four times Canada West Pl...

Today on the Basketball Manitoba Podcast we have Tanya McKay. She is the head coach of the University of Winnipeg Wesmen Women’s program, a position she has held for 26 years. She is the longest-serving head coach in the program’s history. She has guided the Wesmen to over 500 wins, with 4 National Championship appearances, finishing 2nd in 2005, and coaching for two years with the National Team p...

Today on the Basketball Manitoba Podcast we have Stephen Tackie. Stephen is the current head coach of the Sturgeon Heights Huskies where has coached for 14 years at both the Jr Varsity and Varsity levels.  His teams have been to the Provincial Championship 5 times, and he won a Junior Varsity Provincial title in 2009. He has been involved with the Manitoba Provincial Team program at various l...

Today on the Basketball Manitoba Podcast, we have Ogo Okwumabua. Ogo is a graduate of Glenlawn Collegiate, where he was ranked 10th best high school player in the province. He played for two years with the Manitoba Provincial Team program in 1994 and 1995. He then went on to play with the Manitoba Bisons for five seasons, and while there, he was a Great Plains Athletic Conference First Team All-St...

Today on the Basketball Manitoba podcast we have Debbie Yeboah. Debbie is a graduate of Sisler High School in Winnipeg where she was recognized as the Manitoba Player of the Year and won the Carl Ridd Award. She was recognized as the number two player in the province in her grade 11 year and the number one player in her grade 12 year.   Additionally, she played for the Manitoba Provincia...

Today on the Basketball Manitoba Podcast we have Gill Cheung. Gill has been the head coach of the Brandon Bobcats Men’s basketball program for 12 years.  He was the head coach at Douglas College for two years and an assistant at Simon Fraser University. As a player with the Bobcats, he led the team to two National Championship finals as team captain and he was an Academic All-Canadian. After...

Today on the Basketball Manitoba Podcast we have Scott Martin.  Scott has been coaching for over 35 years at various levels and is an absolute staple in the Manitoba Basketball community.  He is currently the Head Coach of the Men's Basketball team at Canadian Mennonite University. He coached in the high school ranks with the Sisler Spartans Varsity Boys program, winning a Provincial Cha...

Today on the Basketball Manitoba Podcast we have Coleen Dufresne.  Colleen was the head coach of the University of Manitoba Women's program for 17 years and then served as the athletic director for another 15 years.  Additionally, she coached at the University of New Brunswick for four years before heading to Manitoba.  During her time leading the Bisons, they achieved two U Sports...