Archive for 2013
NCAA: Tournament Results, Round 3, Day 1
As the first day of Round 3 of the NCAA Tournament wound down, you could hear a collective groan coming from those that had spent money to join bracket pools. Most of the games went as expected, with the exception of the No. 1 ranked team in the country for the last two weeks of…
Read MoreAdriatic League: All-Serbian Final Four
Regular season play in the Adriatic League wrapped up on Saturday allowing the Final Four to be determined and amazingly the clubs that will be participating are all Serbian. No. 1 club KK Igokea is technically in Bosnia and Herzegovina, but from Republika Srpska which is the Serbian part. The other three, No. 2 KK…
Read MoreNCAA: Tournament Results, Rounds 1-2
The first two rounds of the NCAA tournament are in the books and as expected, the tournament has already been full of surprises, upsets, blowouts and nail-biters. On Thursday East No. 3 Marquette snuck by No. 14 Davidson, 59:58; West No. 1 Gonzaga had their hands full with No. 16 Southern, 64:58; Midwest No. 6…
Read MoreEuroleague: Besiktas upsets Montepaschi Siena
It took them 12 weeks of Euroleague Top 16 play, but Besiktas JK Istanbul have finally earned their first win, at the expense of Montepaschi Siena, 74:72. Siena’s loss and the Maccabi Electra’s win over Olympiacos puts the two clubs in a tie for the second spot in Group F with two other teams, Khimki…
Read MoreTelemach sees another coaching change
TTHCast Mercator Skofja Loka from Slovenia’s Telemach League is the fourth team to see a change in it’s head coach. After an early poor showing by the team, coach Sasa Doncic has stepped down and has been replaced by his assistant, Peter Hartman. It was a rough patch of the team only managing to win…
Read MoreDante Hunter added by Caribbean Heat
Dante Hunter (191 cm, Calumet’07) is headed to Colombia as has been signed by the Caribbean Heat de Cartagena. Hunter spent 2012 playing for Cartago from Costa Rica’s LBS. There he averaged 22.1 ppg and 11.0 apg in 15 games of action for the team. He signed there in May of 2012 after a brief…
Read MoreJordan Theodore joins Cedevita Zagreb
Jordan Theodore (182 cm, Seton Hall’12) has joined KK Cedevita Zagreb from Croatia’s A1 League. He is coming off playing 22 games for Antalya Buyuksehir Belediye from Turkey’s TBL. During that stint he averaged 14.8 ppg and 4.0 apg. He is no stranger to Croatia’s A1 League as he has been with KK Cibona VIP…
Read MoreEuroleague: Madrid falls, Barcelona rolls on
The quarterfinal picture in Euroleague Group E got much clearer on Thursday as three clubs clinched spots. It was very unceremonious as three of the four teams involved lost their Week 12 matches, but the key loss was No. 5 club Unicaja Malaga falling to CSKA Moscow to give them a three-game cushion with only…
Read MoreZalgiris players threaten strike
Lithuanian powerhouse Zalgiris Kaunas continues to struggle financially and the latest blow to the ailing giant is the news
Read MoreKevin Smith joins Albacomp
Kevin Smith (195 cm, Richmond’11) has had his contract bought out by his team Factum Sport Debrecen (Hungary, A Division) and has been traded to Hungarian powerhouse Albacomp. The departure of the 24-year old forward is the latest is a string of players that have left the financially stricken club. Kevin Smith follows Sean Carter…
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