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    Question #33385. FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFG asks:

    What is the nickname of the New Zealand basketball team?




    mk2norwich

    The Tall Blacks. http://www.guardian.co.uk/sydney/story/0,7369,367484,00.html

    May 10 03, 7:52 PM
    auccl799

    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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