Savio Cup

 

First off, what can I say, I love Bombay basketball!  The atmosphere, the characters, the movement.

 

While we were running around Dharavi, down the road in Matunga at Don Bosco was the 6th annual Savio Cup.

 

How can I not love the community that houses  the same crew that was there on my first Bombay clinic August in 2007.

 

This is the fourth straight year I have made it to the prestigious Savio Cup @ Don Bosco School. There’s nothing like an Indian on stilts trying to dunk a basketball and 12 yr old kids trying their best Bollywood impressions to a Punjabi background beat. Divinity works in amazing ways!

 

The basketball is ever improving and it was a great tournament and in the end it was Indian Railways — the best team in India – coached by arguably the best coach in India Ram Kumar and best young player in India,  Vishesh Bhriguvanshi who beat the makeshift American team (lead by 43 year old Marathon man, David Jones) in an exciting game. The womans side was taken by who else but, Southern Railways Geethu Anna Jose + friends.

 

 

I also took a chance to check in with some of the Indian basketball personalities and talk about the tournament:

 

 

How can you not love a community that talks all week about the Sunday morning game (that I finally came out of retirement and made an appearance too).  Joining me was the same crew that was there on my first Bombay clinic August in 2007.

 

 

 

It was nice to see all the old friends and some new.

 

Father Crispini, Father Bosco, MV, Harish, the Sunday Morning Don Bosco Crew, Vinod, Minoj, Aparna, Babo, AB, Govind, Prashant,  NBA’s Troy Justice and Akash Jain, Jai, and of course, the effervescent Ms. Malini! (Sorry if I missed anyone!)