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Geethu Anna Jose , the first ever Indian Basketball player has been invited to attend the Training conducted by Women's National Basketball Association, Chicago Sky and LA Sparks from 21-24th April 2011. She is the first Indian Player to get this rare and prestigious opportunity . Hindustan University ( one of the best chennai engineering colleges ) has always been rendering their support to the development of sports and true to its spirit Mr. Ashok Verghese , Director of Hindustan University, Chennai, India and President of Hindustan Sports Foundation has expressed his solidarity to sponsor Geethu Anna Jose young icon of Basketball to fulfill her dreams to make history in creating a mark at the international level and bring fame to our nation.

Inauguration of Air Jordan Basketball Court & Inauguration of the 20th Dr. K. C. G. Verghese Memorial Inter Collegiate Basketball Tournament by Mr. Troy Justice, Director, Operations NBA in India was held on 7th February 2011 at 3.30 pm at HITS, Bay Range Campus.

It was a curious scene - outside the Mastan YMCA court, was the poor Nagpada area, that of thin lanes, population outbursts, and some of the best kebabs known to man. Enter the court and it was a slightly different world, where the finest Men & Women basketball stars from all across the country gathered together for a novel Indian All Star event. They wore fancy new jerseys, participated in glittering photo shoots, and signed autographs.

Geethu Anna Jose, the legendary Indian Center, has finally been given a shot at her WNBA dream. The superstar who captained Indian Women's team at the FIBA Women's Asia Basketball Championship (ABC) in Chennai (2009), has been given the rare honour as she was invited to a tryouts with two WNBA teams in the USA - the Chicago Sky and the Los Angeles Sparks.

Now, I will be the first to admit that I don't know right from left when it comes to NCAA basketball in the States. Since barely any games or promotion is done in India, it is only out of curiousity that I know anything at all about it. It is important for me, for instance, to know where the world's best basketball player in the NBA came from, or what kind of challenges and competition they had in their younger years.

The best basketball players in India came out to put up an extraordinary display of skill, athletic ability, and hoops intelligence at the Mastan YMCA court in Nagpada, Mumbai on Saturday, April 9 at the Indian All Star Games. The finest Indian men and women players, from all across the country, were invited to play in these exhibition matches that produced plenty of thrills and a few dominating performances.For both the games, the players were divided into two teams each, WEST and EAST.