Archive for March 2013
NCAA: Championship week starts the Madness
The NCAA basketball season is winding down, but this is the time of year all collegiate basketball fans wait for, Championship Week and the official start to March Madness. There are 33 NCAA Division I conferences, with all but the Ivy League holding a year-end tournament. Many finished up on Saturday, the rest will host…
Read MorePetrochimi wins Iranian Championship
Petrochimi Bandar Imam Harbour is the new champion in Iran after beating rival Mahram with 84-78 in the 5th and
Read MoreBrandon McKnight signs with Ikaros
Brandon McKnight (188 cm, Purdue’05) has signed in Greece with Ikaros. McKnight signed with the Stockholm Eagles from Sweden this past January but didn’t stay very long with the troubled club. He played a total of 7 games in which he averaged 19.6 ppg and 4.6 aspg. Brandon McKnight has been around the block and…
Read MoreEuroleague: Zoric’s 21 lifts Unicaja over Madrid
Unicaja Malaga traveled to Spanish rival Real Madrid on Friday for a Euroleague Top 16 contest and spoiled the celebratory parties for both Madrid and Anadolu Efes with a huge 74:77 upset over the Group E leader on their home court. Unicaja fought back from an earlier deficit, built an 11-point lead in the fourth…
Read MoreCameron Bennerman leaves Koszalin
Cameron Bennerman (193 cm, North Carolina State’06) has reached an agreement with AZS Koszalin (Poland, TBL) to leave the team. Bennerman joined Koszalin from Turkish club Hacettepe University in February but it has not worked out for the 28-year old in Poland and he is departing Koszalin after just four games. Known as a decent…
Read MoreEuroleague Basketball fines Kaunas for Madrid incident
Last week Euroleague Basketball announced that it would investigate the claims from Spanish giant Real
Read MoreLewis Sims signs with Champville
Veteran international player Lewis Sims (203 cm, New Orleans’86) is headed to Lebanon’s Division A to play for Champville. The 37-year-old, who has American and Spanish citizenship, played for Ydra Asfalistiki ENAD Agios Dometicos from Cyprus’ Division A this 2012-13 season. In 19 games for ENAD Sims averaged 12.4 ppg and 4.7 rpg. He had…
Read MoreVladimir Golubovic signs with Antalya
Montenegrin big man Vladimir Golubovic (213 cm) has signed a deal to play for Antalya Buyuksehir Belediye from Turkey’s TBL. Golubovic had a busy 2011-12 season, starting off with a pre-season showing with Besiktas Milangaz Istanbul, but he moved to Azovmash Mariupol from Ukraine’s Superleague. In eight games for them in the Ukrainian League he…
Read MoreEuroleague: Olympiacos snaps Siena’s streak
The defending Euroleague champion Olympiacos Piraeus picked up a huge road win over Montepaschi Siena on Thursday that evens the two squads in Group F with 7-4 records and three weeks remaining. With Maccabi Electra winning a one-point contest over BC Khimki MR, and Caja Laboral Vitoria defeating Fenerbahce Ulker, the No. 4 spot in…
Read MoreTony Gaffney leaves Badalona
Tony Gaffney (204 cm, Massachusetts’09) has announced via his Twitter account that he has departed FIATC Joventut Badalona (Spain, ACB). Gaffney joined the Spanish outfit at the start of this season and has played 30 games for the team and secured averages of 11.5ppg and 5.8rpg in the ACB. The 28-year old American said the…
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