Archive for March 2013
EuroCup: Visitors rule Game 1 of semifinals
The 2013 EuroCup competition entered into its semifinal round on Wednesday with Game 1 of both legs being contested. It was a night for the traveling teams as both games ended up going to the visitors by 10 points, setting up Game 2 in each semifinal series on the home courts of the series leaders.…
Read MoreRyan Olander moves to Juventus
Ryan Olander (213 cm, Fairfield’2012) has inked a deal with Juventus-LKSK Utenos (Lithuania, LKL and Baltic League). The 23-year old center is in his first season as a pro Basketball player after leaving Fairfield in the summer of 2012. During his last season in college the American played 33 games and averaged 8.8ppg, 4.6rpg, 1.4apg…
Read MoreDirk Bauermann to coach Vilnius
Seasoned coach Dirk Bauermann has been named in the head coach position at Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius (Lithuania, LKL, VTB League, and Euroleague). Bauermann is of course a hugely experienced head coach who has helmed several top clubs in his native Germany including GHP Bamberg and Bayern Munich in the German BBL. Throughout his career 55-year…
Read MoreEuroChallenge: Final two qualify for Final Four
The Final Four of the 2013 EuroChallenge are now set as Pinar Karsiyaka defeated Paris Levallois, 85:69, and EWE Baskets stopped Khimik, 100:78 on Tuesday. The clubs will match up with Krasnye Krylia and BCM Gravelines, who won their best of three series last week. The semifinal games will be played on April 26th and will…
Read MoreCoach Marco van den Berg fired by BBC Bayreuth
Dutch coach Marco van den Berg has been fired by German Bundesliga team BBC Bayreuth. As the ex-coach of the Dutch national team Marco Van den Berg moved to Germany for the 2011/2012 season and had a good start. However, this season Bayreuth is not doing well. They are currently in the 15th place with…
Read MoreHighschool star Aquille Carr to Europe?
Aquille Carr, the high school Basketball star who has led an interesting life on and away from the court in the last year has said that he will avoid college basketball as a route to the NBA and will instead move overseas. While the news is hardly revelatory given that Carr had hinted at such…
Read MoreCoach interferes in game and causes loss!
Laurent Sciarra, the coach of Rouen in the second-tier of France’s Ligue Nationale de Basket was at the centre of a bizarre incident on the court as his team played fellow France Pro B team Boulogne Sur Mer on the weekend. With the game tied at 84-84 and Rouen defending, Sciarra decided to take matters…
Read MoreAriel Beit-Halamy resigns from Hasharon
Ariel Beit-Halamy, the coach of Israeli team Bnei Hasharon (Winner League) has stepped away from his post today after a disappointing home loss to Hapoel Eilat on Sunday. Bnei Hasharon hosted Hapoel Eilat on Sunday but was defeated heavily in a humiliating 57-92 loss. The loss stopped the hopes of a play-off place at the…
Read MoreSam Muldrow joins Pieno Zvaigzdes
Sam Muldrow (205 cm, South Carolina’11) has signed with Pieno Zvaigzdes Pasvalys (Lithuania, LKL) just hours after confirming his departure from Ukrainian outfit SK Dnipro Azot Dniprodzerzhynsk (Superleague). Muldrow has been playing with Dnipro since the start of the 2012-2013 season and has played 38 games with the team this season and averaged 11.9ppg, 7.6rpg…
Read MoreSam Muldrow leaves Dnipro
American forward Sam Muldrow (205 cm, South Carolina’11) has left Ukrainian Superleague team SK Dnipro Azot Dniprodzerzhynsk by mutual agreement. The 24-year old has played 38 games with Dnipro since joining the team at the start of this season. In those 38 games he has posted averages of 11.9ppg, 7.6rpg and 3.1bpg. Last season Sam…
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