{"id":579430,"date":"2026-08-09T11:42:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T11:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/579430\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T11:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T11:42:09","slug":"typhoon-dolphin-brings-early-end-to-aubl-but-bright-future-ahead-for-ncaa-wannabe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/579430\/","title":{"rendered":"Typhoon Dolphin brings early end to AUBL, but bright future ahead for NCAA-wannabe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Typhoon Dolphin may have brought a premature end to this week\u2019s Asian University Basketball League tournament in Hangzhou, but players, coaches and officials are already looking forward to an expanded event next year.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">While the approaching storm forced organisers to postpone Sunday\u2019s third place play-off between Tsinghua University and Waseda University, and the final between defending champions National Chengchi University and surprise package Shanghai Jiao Tong University, the mood remained upbeat.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">A 12-team tournament with universities from six countries and territories will grow to a 16-team league featuring a home-and-away format between November and April. Organisers hope that will morph into a competition of 30 sides in the near future.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">If all goes according to plan, it will ultimately resemble college basketball in North America.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Speaking to the South China Morning Post at Binjiang Gymnasium, the man behind Shanghai Jiao Tong University\u2019s run to the final had nothing but praise for the young tournament.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Shanghai Jiao Tong University\u2019s Chen Tiancan (centre) guided his team to a 79-77 win over arch rivals Peking University at Binjiang Gymnasium. Photo: AUBL\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fb4bb5f9-c3ea-42d1-b2a4-01973645c4dc_d82ec595.jpg\" title=\"Shanghai Jiao Tong University\u2019s Chen Tiancan (centre) guided his team to a 79-77 win over arch rivals Peking University at Binjiang Gymnasium. Photo: AUBL\"\/>Shanghai Jiao Tong University\u2019s Chen Tiancan (centre) guided his team to a 79-77 win over arch rivals Peking University at Binjiang Gymnasium. Photo: AUBL<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cThis is like a comprehensive show; it\u2019s not just about competition, incorporating many other elements,\u201d Xu Yang, Shanghai\u2019s head coach, said. \u201cI think this tournament resonates with the spirit of contemporary youth and university students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Typhoon Dolphin may have brought a premature end to this week\u2019s Asian University Basketball League tournament in Hangzhou,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":579431,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[261914,261908,261909,4290,42730,261916,2938,85,46,261910,261913,261911,261915,53609,5959,105,261917,124154,261912],"class_list":["post-579430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-alex-chung-kwok-leung","tag-asian-university-basketball-league","tag-aubl","tag-basketball","tag-brooklyn-nets","tag-fan-keng-hsiang","tag-hangzhou","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-jay-li-jintian","tag-juwan-howard","tag-national-chengchi-university","tag-national-collegiate-athletic-association","tag-shanghai-jiao-tong-university","tag-south-china-morning-post","tag-sports","tag-typhoon-dolphin","tag-under-armour","tag-xu-yang"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=579430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579430\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/579431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=579430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=579430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=579430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}