Basket Hounds is a Zimbabwean basketball team based in Harare. The team plays in both the Harare Basketball Association (HBA), Midlands Basketball Association (MBA),[1] and the national BUZ National Championship.
The team was founded in 2022 by active professional player Vitalis Chikoko.[2] The long-term goal of the club was announced to be qualification for the Basketball Africa League (BAL), Africa's premier league. The Hounds won their first national championship in 2024 under coach Tawanda Nemutambwa, after downing the defending champions JBC in the final.[3] As such, Hounds will make their debut in the Road to BAL, the continental qualifying rounds for the BAL.[4][5]