Archive for 2017
Turkish Airlines EuroLeague: Round 27 recap
A busy week of Turkish Airlines EuroLeague action will see two rounds played. Round 27 and Round 28 will take us a couple of steps close to the end of the Regular Season. It was a typically frenetic two days of Basketball with huge games and surprises aplenty. However, the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague clubs has…
Read More7DAYS EuroCup: Valencia completes final series picture
The finalists of the 7DAYS EuroCup have been set. Valencia overcame Hapoel Jerusalem in the semi-finals decider and will now face off against fellow Spanish club Unicaja Malaga in the championship series. We at least know that the 2017 7DAYS EuroCup champ will be from Spain. Malaga had already progressed by sweeping its series against…
Read MoreGilvydas 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…
Read MoreFIBA 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…
Read MoreRobin 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…
Read MoreFIBA 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…
Read MoreJerry 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…
Read MoreNCAA 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…
Read MoreBasketball 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…
Read MoreCory Bradford moves to Liberia
Cory Bradford (191 cm, Illinois’02) has been tabbed by Liberia (Costa Rica, LBS) and will play this 2017 with the club. This season the American has been in his homeland playing UBA hoops for Maile Matrix. Through the 2015/2016 campaign, Cory Bradford featured for Sabios de Manizales in the Colombian DirectTV league. Over fourteen games…
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