Gilvydas Biruta signs with Piacenza

Gilvydas Biruta (203 cm, Rhode Island ’15) inks a deal to join UCC Assigeco Piacenza (Italy-Serie A2). Biruta is joining a Piacenza team which sits in 11th place in the Serie A2 with an 11-14 record. The addition of the Lithuanian big man will add another post scoring and rebounding presence. Earlier this season, Biruta…

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FIBA Basketball Champions League: Monaco and Karsiyaka claim wins

The first leg of the FIBA Basketball Champions League Quarter-Finals were completed on Wednesday with two games to set us up perfectly for the deciding leg next week. Yesterday we saw Ludwigsburg come away from Banvit with a win, while ASVEL Lyon and Iberostar Tenerife played out a draw. On Wednesday, it was the turn…

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Robin Lopez, Serge Ibaka ejected after scuffle

 Things got heated between the Chicago Bulls and the Toronto Raptors on Tuesday. Robin Lopez (CHI) and Serge Ibaka (TOR) were ejected after exchanging punches. The big men got into it after Ibaka, a Congolese-Spanish player who was traded to the Raptors this season from the Orlando Magic, appeared to hit Lopez with an elbow…

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FIBA Europe Cup semi-finals set

 French club ES Chalon-Sur-Saone is the fourth and final team to secure its berth in the FIBA Europe Cup semi-finals. They secured their seat after defeating KK Cibona Zagreb, 83-78. They join Belgium’s BC Telenet Oostende, German team Telekom Baskets Bonn, and fellow French club JSF Nanterre. Chalon will face Oostende and Nanterre will do…

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Jerry Krause passes away at 77

 Jerry Krause, the man responsible for putting together the team that would go on to successfully build the Chicago Bulls’ championship dynasty of the 1990s, passed away at age 77. The Chicago Bulls confirmed the passing of their former general manager on Tuesday. Krause had a very keen eye for talent and was responsible for…

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NCAA Division 3 All-America

Court Side Newspaper introduces the 2016/2017 season NCAA Division 3 All-America Team. We base our selection ONLY on the advanced statistics of Player Efficiency Rating (PER). This is a one-number measure of a player’s per-minute productivity. It is an overall efficiency statistic that sums up a player’s positive accomplishments, subtracts the negative accomplishments, and returns…

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Basketball Champions League: Quarter-Finals underway

We are at the Quarter-Finals stage of the first ever FIBA Basketball Champions League. The first two Quarter-Finals ties tipped off on Tuesday, with the other two to be played on Wednesday. Ludwigsburg took a major step towards the last four with a road success over Banvit. The Germans can seal the deal at home…

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