Oregon Wave of the IBL Add PG Jeremiah Dominguez to Roster

MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com-Portland, Oregon—the International Basketball League team from Beaverton Oregon (the Oregon Wave, playing games at the Beaverton Hoop/YMCA as seen on following page) has added point guard Jeremiah Dominguez to an already loaded roster. Jeremiah Dominguez was the Big Sky Conference player of the year (2007/2008 season) and a former State of Oregon high school player of the year after his senior season (South Salem in 2004). Dominguez led the Portland State University Vikings to two NCAA berths in his junior and senior seasons. Dominguez joins 7’ 2” Brad Kanis (described below) as the final players named to the Wave roster as they now prepares for their home opener this Friday vs the Snohomish Explosion.

Rest of the roster: besides Jeremiah Dominguez, the 2009 Oregon Wave roster will feature these 5 players, among others:

7’ 2” Brad Kanis—is a late developer who at 7’ 2” is strong, athletic, injury free and just coming into his own. It is the strong opinion of the IBL that Brad Kanis is a hidden superstar that won’t be in the IBL very long after the first NBA scouts take a good look at him in an actual game. Kanis

6’ 8” David Lucas, the former Tigard High School star was a two-time All-PAC 10 performer for the Oregon State Beavers (2004/2005) before moving on to an international professional career. Lucas led the IBL in scoring in ‘07 and ‘08 (37 ppg).

6’ 5” David Jackson finished his collegiate career at the University of Oregon. A veteran of NBA camps (Portland, Cleveland), and NBA summer league teams (Portland, San Antonio, Orlando, Seattle), Jackson also has extensive experience overseas in Italy, China, Spain and Turkey. The following is a link to highlights of a recent Korean basketball league championship game where Jackson scored 44 points (30 in the 2nd half)- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tejH-5sydjc

6’ 5” Robert Day—was a star player at Western Oregon and has played professionally, internationally over the last 5 years.

6’ 4” Lamar Hurd—is well known for his play for the Oregon State Beavers—a 4 year starter for Oregon State.

IBL Commissioner Mikal Duilio on a Beaverton team playing out of the Beaverton Hoop facility: “Our product is so efficient that we do not need 3,000 fans per night behind it to survive; that being said, we would like a decent amount of fans at the games and we feel that the YMCA and their new building—‘the Hoop’ offers a great opportunity to build a fan base”.

Vision for the Wave: the Wave would like to have a state identity as the top players from various Oregon universities.
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About owner Terrance Dickens—in 2005, Terrance Dickens started the Vancouver Volcanoes with IBL Commissioner Mikal Duilio in the IBL’s first season; Dickens and Duilio sold the team after the two seasons (the Volcanoes are now heading into their fifth year of existence under owner Bryan Hunter). Terrance Dickens has a four-year history as a head coach of an IBL team—Dickens coached the Portland Chinooks to the 2007 IBL Championship losing 113-109 to the Elkhart (Indiana) Express in front of 3,300 fans (video on IBL web site, main page, scroll to video called ‘Elkhart wins’).

Media opportunities: call Terrance Dickens at (ph) 503-805-3311

Schedule: see next page (first game is this Friday night at the Beaverton Hoop, at 7:15pm)

About the IBL: see next page

2009 Oregon Wave Schedule

FridayMay 8th7:15pmSnohomish Explosion@Oregon WavesBeaverton Hoop

SaturdayMay 9th7:00pmOregon Waves@Vancouver VolcanoesO Connell Sports Complex

TuesdayMay 12th1:00pmOregon Waves@China-Shanxi ZhongyuSalvation Army

SundayMay 17th7:15pmVancouver BC Titans@Oregon WavesBeaverton Hoop

FridayMay 22nd7:00pmOregon Waves@Central Oregon HotshotsWarm Springs Rec Center

SaturdayMay 23rd7:15pmChina-Shanxi Zhongyu@Oregon WavesBeaverton Hoop

TuesdayMay 26th7:15pmTacoma Tide@Oregon WavesBeaverton Hoop

ThursdayMay 28th7:00pmOregon Waves@Tacoma TideStadium High School

FridayMay 29th7:15pmOregon Waves@Edmonton EnergyGrant MacEwan College

SaturdayMay 30th7:00pmOregon Waves@Edmonton EnergyGrant MacEwan College

TuesdayJune 2nd7:15pmSeattle Mountaineers@Oregon WavesBeaverton Hoop

WednesdayJune 3rd7:15pmJapan Tornadoes@Oregon WavesBeaverton Hoop

FridayJune 5th7:00pmOregon Waves@Bellingham SlamWhatcom Pavilion

SaturdayJune 6th7:15pmOregon Waves@Vancouver BC TitansLangley Events Centre

SaturdayJune 13th7:00pmOregon Waves@Central Oregon HotshotsWarm Springs Rec Center

TuesdayJune 16th1:00pmOregon Waves@China-Shanxi ZhongyuSalvation Army

WednesdayJune 17th7:15pmCentral Oregon Hotshots@Oregon WavesBeaverton Hoop

FridayJune 19th7:15pmVancouver Volcanoes@Oregon WavesBeaverton Hoop

WednesdayJune 24th7:15pmOregon Waves@Snohomish ExplosionMonroe Sports Arena

SaturdayJune 27th7:15pmBellingham Slam@Oregon WavesBeaverton Hoop

MondayJune 29th7:15pmHolland Blast@Oregon WavesBeaverton Hoop

ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL BASKETBALL LEAGUE

Portland, OR—the 2009 International Basketball League season is the league’s fifth season. Two unique features have distinguished the IBL from other professional basketball leagues-

Feature #1: an entertaining fast paced game: two rules were and are the following: 1) the basketball being immediately inbounded and 2) teams only allowed one timeout per twelve-minute quarter.

Feature #2: extremely low travel costs: a basketball team has to make financial sense for an owner, so the IBL created the ‘one flight guarantee’ to reduce costs. The IBL recruits teams in geographical clusters; a ‘cluster’ is defined as two to three teams within driving distance—with the result of these clusters being a schedule with tremendous variety—opponents from all over the nation (and world) but with owners only having to fly one time per year.

Additional feature: Asian expansion: the International Basketball league began its campaign in 2007 to expand into several Asian markets including China, Japan, South Korea, and the Philippines. In the two years following the stated goal, four IBL teams went to China and multiple Asian teams have played in America; one team (Shanxi Zhongyu) even played a regular season within the IBL 2008 season... and in 2009 a team from Japan (Nippon Tornadoes) will play an official season in the IBL as well. The IBL is uniquely able to accommodate a team from Asia—because the IBL has ten teams all within a driving distance of Portland, Oregon; so when an Asian team joins the IBL, they can locate in Oregon and play all of their games out of one location (an Oregon basketball facility east of Springfield, Oregon—called the United States Basketball Academy).

Additional feature: Player development: the fast paced play of the IBL produced great players who would then leave the IBL to go overseas after the season expired. IBL players are international in their destinations; after the 2007 IBL season, 102 IBL players went on to play overseas; that 2007 season established the IBL as the league to participate in—for players to get an overseas job and/or for players to maintain an overseas job.

Other highlights from the IBL: ten Asian teams have exchanged games with the International Basketball League. Fourteen former NBA players have appeared in the IBL including former NBA All Stars Tim Hardaway, Dennis Rodman and Shawn Kemp. Two former NBA all stars have coached in the IBL—Terry Mills (full season) and Slick Watts (All Star game). An impressive attendance was garnered at an IBL game played in 2006 in Portland Oregon (at the Rose Garden) where 4,400 fans watched the Portland Chinooks beat the Vancouver Volcanoes—video available on the IBL web site; a year later, that attendance record was eclipsed when 6,000 fans saw the Elkhart Express (IN) beat the Grand Rapids Flight (MI)—that video can be found at (http://www.iblhoopsonline.com/teamGrandRapids.asp).

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