2023 FIBA World Cup Qualifier: Why We Arrived Ivory Coast Early - D'Tigers Coach

D'Tigers head coach Mike Brown has revealed the reason they are arriving in Ivory Coast the venue of the qualifier early, BSNsports.com.ng understand

The American-based gaffer invited 15 players to resume camp for the 4th window of the qualifier slated to start on the 26th of August in Ivory Coast.

The coach further announced that the team will arrive on Saturday the 20th of August in Ivory Coast almost a week before their first match.

He explained that lack of adequate practice was one of the reasons the failed to perform well in the last window and they ready to practice to arrest the situation.

" We are trying to get to a destination for this competition in Ivory Coast.

We are leaving on the 20th of August ahead of our first game on the 26th.

We trying to get there earlier so we can have more days for practices and get ready to perform at a higher level in game one.

In the last window, things were hurriedly put together in the last seconds, but hopefully this time we are planning to have 4 or 5 days of practice before our first game..

It will surely bring a lot of difference during the competition," he said.