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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>City Oilers marched to their ninth straight championship following Wednesday night\u2019s 78-63 pummelling of KIU Titans to win the best-of-seven series 4-2.<\/b><\/p>\n

The victory left the champions in a class of their own, with the closest challengers in the trophy count, Falcons, still stuck on six since 2007 and no indicators of chasing down the new owners in town.<\/p>\n

But every other year the Oilers are successful, raises questions about the competition in the National Basketball League and whether any other side can turn up and shove Mandy Juruni\u2019s charges off the top.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have to keep winning whenever an opportunity is there,\u201d Juruni said during the team\u2019s title celebrations Friday night.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to continue with the development of the club and players and write more history in Ugandan basketball,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

UCU Canons, Dmark Power, Falcons, Namuwongo Blazers and KIU have all tried to stop Oilers in the finals, but with no success. And the bar seems to go higher with every taste of silverware.<\/p>\n

After surviving the Blazers\u2019 scare last season, Oilers responded by adding Uganda\u2019s best prospects, Fayed Baale and Titus Lual, to their already star-studded side, the result of which is yet another championship.<\/p>\n

Bigger things<\/b><\/p>\n

Oilers tested basketball at the biggest level in Africa and looked shabby as they finished bottom of the Nile Conference with a 1-4 record to rule themselves of the playoffs.<\/p>\n

The goal, now, is to do better at that level. And, if the team manager Grace Kwizera\u2019s words are to be taken seriously, the belief is there that the BAL title can come to Uganda in the not-so-distant future.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to win BAL in five years,\u201d Kwizera vowed.<\/p>\n

The debut season was a wake-up call to the Ugandan champions, whose recruitment for the continent\u2019s most significant competition left more questions than answers. And the results told the entire story, and Oilers were sent packing with relative ease.<\/p>\n

Juruni said: \u201cWe have to build the club to start dominating at continental level.\u201d<\/p>\n

The journey to their second BAL season will start at the Elite 16 level in South Africa in about two weeks. The competition will run between November 14 and 19 to determine the teams to play in the BAL regular season.<\/p>\n

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