it was never going to be an easy draw for India. In their current group, New Zealand and Philippines are two of the top six nations in Asia while Lebanon ranks ninth in comparison to India's rank ...

A “modified†draw was the practice in previous FIBA-Asia Championships where the top four seeds were picked to head each of the four groups to avoid an early clash of favorites.

And while Guam was lucky to draw Mongolia into its Pool C during a live broadcast at about 1:45 Wednesday morning, also included in its pool are Japan and China. Japan is ranked No. 3 in Asia and ...