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#33385. FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFG
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What is the nickname of the New Zealand basketball team?
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auccl799
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They are the Tall Blacks. Men's teams are commonly called 'black' whereas women are 'silver' or 'ferns' which links to the NZ sporting flag of a silver fern on a black background.
Badminton - Temporarily Black Cocks, now no official nickname.
Men's Australian rules football - Falcons
Men's Basketball - Tall Blacks
Women's Basketball - Tall Ferns
Men's Cricket - Black Caps
Women's Cricket - White Ferns
Men's League - Kiwis
Women's League - Kiwi Ferns
Netball - Silver Ferns
Men's Rugby - All Blacks
Women's Rugby - Black Ferns
Wheelchair Rugby - Wheel Blacks
Men's Soccer - All Whites
Women's Soccer - SWANZ
Men's Softball - Black Socks
Men's Gridiron - IronBlacks
Men's Ice Hockey - Ice Blacks
Women's Ice Hockey - Ice Fernz
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sport_in_New_Zealand#National_team_names
May 12 07, 11:42 PM
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