ALLAN THE MAN

FIBA will launch an investigation regarding allegations that Australia lost on purpose against Angola.

Team Australia allegedly tanked against Angola in their final Group D game to avoid being immediately pitted against top-seeded Team USA in the quarterfinals.

Despite receiving a decision from the Olympic Council of Asia essentially disallowing naturalized NBA player Andray Blatche from suiting up for the Philippine national men’s basketball team in the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, Korea, Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas vice chairman Ricky Vargas vowed that they were not giving up the fight just yet.

He said that the SBP is looking at three options – including sitting out the Asian Games – though they have yet to make an official decision.

Despite the exit of Gilas Pilipinas from the FIBA World Cup, the remaining teams in the tournament continue to churn out spectacular plays. Here are the top 10 plays in the FIBA World Cup quarterfinal round. 

What began as a 24-team tournament with games being played in four Spanish cities is now an event with 16 sides in Barcelona and Madrid.

We are now closer to finding a champion in the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup.The Round of 16 games will be played this weekend and the situation for all title aspirants is simple and straightforward.

The Philippine national men’s basketball team is currently fighting for naturalized star Andray Blatche to be eligible for Gilas Pilipinas in the 2014 Asian Games in South Korea following the organizers’ decision to disqualify him due to residency issues.

This is not the first time that the national basketball team has experienced such incident, as the country also lost some naturalized players when they were deemed ineligible in an Olympic qualifying tournament in 1983.

World basketball governing body FIBA has thrown its support behind the Philippine national men’s basketball team regarding the eligibility of naturalized center Andray Blatche for the Asian Games in South Korea this September.

Blatche has been disqualified from the Asian Games after organizers demanded proof of the NBA center’s residency of at least three years in the Philippines. He was granted Filipino citizenship under a special law signed by President Benigno Aquino last June.

Watch the Top 5 Plays of DAY 6 of 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup; including Team USA Kenneth Faried and Spain's Gasol brothers and an amazing buzzer beater.