The basketball governing body of Uganda, FUBA, has dropped its activity calendar for the year 2021, National Basketball League to start early next year.
It has been quite a long while since we last caught sight of two teams battling it out on the court. The recently wrapped up FIBA AfroBasket 2021 qualifiers window 1 was only a cocktail of the actual action we relished during the National Basketball League NBL. The NBL is one of the events that clog the MTN Arena and YMCA to full capacity on game nights.
Will basketball ever be the same with the unprecedented and deplorable COVID-19 impacts that have hit the world and sports without fans inclining to the new normal? That said, FUBA is eager to resume its movements after releasing the calendar for 2021 and there is no doubt the NBL is the main program on the list.
A brief peek at the main points we have noted shows that
- 1st January — Open transfer window
- 4th January — Start of team registration.
- 20th January — Annual General Meeting – AGM
- 29th and 30th January — KIU Basketball Tournament.
- 8th to 14th February — JKL Tournament.
- 15th February — End of team registration & player transfers
- 20th February — Release of All Fixtures
- 26th February — National Basketball League (1st Leg start)
- 6th March — LLMC (1st Leg start)
The two tournaments right before the League tips off should be meant to help the clubs get back into the atmosphere of competitive basketball given that they have not been in action for a long time. The basketball association has not yet made any notices regarding fans showing up at the National Basketball League games but hopefully, the present COVID-19 situation in the country by February will allow for fans to return at least a limited number.
