Diving Deeper into the Basketball Africa League and the opportunities attached to it.

12:50 CT Chicago, Illinois. The Basketball Africa League (BAL) today announced the 12 club teams from 12 African countries that will compete in the league’s inaugural season, which will tip off Friday, March 13 at the Dakar Arena in Dakar, Senegal: 1. Algeria - GSP (Groupement Sportif des Pétroliers) 2. Angola - Petro de Luanda (Clube Atlético Petroleos de Luanda) 3. Cameroon - FAP (Forces Armées et Police Basketball) 4. Egypt - Zamalek 5. Madagascar - GNBC (Gendarmerie Nationale Basketball Club) 6. Mali - AS Police (Association Sportive de la Police Nationale) 7. Morocco - AS Salé (Association Sportive de Salé) 8. Mozambique - Ferroviàrio de Maputo 9. Nigeria - Rivers Hoopers BC (Rivers Hoopers Basketball Club) 10. Rwanda - Patriots BC (Patriots Basketball Club)** 11. Senegal - AS Douanes (Association Sportives des Douanes) 12. Tunisia - US Monastir (Union Sportive Monastirienne) The inaugural BAL regular season will take place in Cairo (Egypt), Dakar (Senegal), Lagos (Nigeria), Luanda (Angola), Monastir (Tunisia) and Salé (Morocco). Kigali (Rwanda) will host the first-ever BAL Playoffs and Finals. The BAL will debut with 12 club teams from across Africa divided into two conferences, with each conference playing in three cities. Each team will play five games in the regular season, facing every team in its conference once. The top four teams in each conference will qualify for the single-elimination playoffs in Kigali, Rwanda. Nigerian sports journalist Kayode Hamed joins me to discuss the league and the opportunities it presents to Africa.