Archive for 2013
NCAA: No. 4 Arizona falls to Oregon
And then there were two… No. 4 ranked Arizona, sporting a perfect 14-0 record, packed their bags and headed north to take on unranked Oregon
Read MoreEuroleague: Clean sweep for home teams
The strategy in Euroleague Week 3 was simple, just be the home team and you’d be fine. Eight games, eight home club victories. It took a jumper from the corner behind the arc with less than 2.6 seconds to play for Real Madrid to earn the final win for the home teams over Zalgiris Kaunas,…
Read MoreLithuanian Basketball Federation Secretary General arrested
The Lithuanian Basketball Federation Secretary General, Mindaugas Balciunas, has been arrested on embezzlement charges related to the 2011
Read MoreMorris Finley signs with Lagun Aro
Morris Finley (180 cm, Alabama Birmingham’04) has signed with Spanish ACB team Lagun Aro Gipuzkoa BC. Towards the end of last season he signed in Turkey for powerhouse Fenerbahce, where he averaged 2.6 ppg in only five games. The four seasons prior to that he played in Italy and before that also in Belgium, Greece,…
Read MoreDario Hunt going to Germany
Dario Hunt (203 cm, Nevada’12) has signed for German Pro A team Nuernberger BC. Dario Hunt started the season in Ukraine, with BC Odessa. He averaged 6.1 ppg and 4.5 rpg there, but was recently released. It didn’t take him long to find a new job. In college Dario Hunt averaged 10.3ppg and 9.8rpg. He…
Read MoreBC Khimki players threaten with strike
BC Khimki Moscow Region has received a warning from its players that they will start a strike on the 15th of January if nothing is done about the three months delay in the payments of their salaries. After Mr.Bodunkov stepped down as the president of the Russian club, and the arrival of the new management…
Read MoreDarius Adams to try out for Kryvbasbasket
Darius Adams (182 cm, Indianapolis’11) is heading to the Ukraine where he will try out for Kryvbasbasket-Lux Kryvyi Rih. Darius Adams was a Division II All American in 2010/11 when he averaged 23.2 ppg and 3.9 during that season. Had started his professional career in the rough-and-tumble Venezuelan League with Guaiqueries de Margarita where he…
Read MoreNeven Spahija to coach Chinese national team?
Neven Spahija leaves for China this weekend. He has been invited by the Chinese Basketball Federation to tour the country for two weeks and give clinics. The 50-year-old Croatian coach also confirms that the Chinese want to discuss a “serious project” with him, but stopped short of saying exactly what that was. China does not…
Read MoreAndreas Wenzl to hang up his court shoes
Andreas Wenzl (210 cm) has decided that he’s retiring from basketball saying that, “I’ve lost the fire for basketball.” The 19-year-old, standing nearly 7’0″ tall (210cm), suffered a meniscus injury in 2012 and had sit out of training and competition with his current club, Ratiopharm Ulm (Germany-BBL) until December, while undergoing physical therapy. When he…
Read MoreKK Zagreb team manager found dead
KK Zagreb team manager, Zoran Sučević, was found dead yesterday night. Nobody knows what has happened, and
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