national basketball

collocation in English

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national
adjective
uk
/ˈnæʃ.ən.əl/us
/ˈnæʃ.ən.əl/
relating to or typical of a whole country and its people, rather than to part of that country or to ...
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basketball
noun
uk
/ˈbɑː.skɪt.bɔːl/us
/ˈbæs.kət.bɑːl/
a game played by two teams of five players who score points by throwing a large ball through an open net hanging from a ...
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(Definition ofnationalandbasketballfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Basketball and rugby union are also popular sports; there has been anationalbasketballleague since 1974.
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The goal of the tournament was to establish a forum for small colleges and universities to determine anationalbasketballchampion.
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He was present when his father won hisnationalbasketballchampionship.
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He left to coach thenationalbasketballteam for a short period of time.
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In recent history, the school has earned eightnationalbasketballchampionships since 1993, becoming widely recognized for its athletic programs.
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The club was founded in 1991 and is today the largestnationalbasketballclub by membership figures.
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He has been the coach of thenationalbasketballteam since 2004.
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The college has produced provincial andnationalbasketballplayers.
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He played for thenationalbasketballteam for 14 years.
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Sporting also claimed its two first national championships in volleyball (195354 and 195556) and its firstnationalbasketballchampionship in 1956.
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Lokomotiv played in the first league championship for a number of years, until in 1994 it finally got into the elite of thenationalbasketball.
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