Archive for 2018
7Days EuroCup: Race for Top 16 Heats Up
Round 9 of the 7Days EuroCup just opened with six games on Tuesday. So far there are already 10 teams that have punched their tickets into the top-16 and are guaranteed to advance into the next phase. They are: Group A AS Monaco, MoraBanc Andorra Group B Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar, ALBA Berlin, Cedevita Zagreb Group…
Read MoreASVEL Stands Tall Atop LNB Pro A Standings
The LNB Pro A league closed out Round 12 of its 2018-19 regular season yesterday with an 88-95 win by Pau-Lacq-Orthez over Chalons-Reims. The win propels Pau-Lacq-Orthez to sixth place in the league standings on the merits of their 7-5 record. They share identical records with Bourg and Levallois in a middle-of-the-pack kind of race.…
Read MoreRay Bowles goes pro at Kapfenberg
Ray Bowles (196 cm, Fresno State’18) will begin his professional basketball career in 2018-19 with a stint in Europe, suiting up for the Kapfenberg Bulls (Austria- A Bundesliga). He played a single game for Fresno State in the NCAA2 in 2017-18 where he tallied 16 points and seven rebounds. In the NCAA1, Bowles logged 32…
Read MoreEric Buckner switches to Monaco
Eric Buckner (208 cm, Georgia State’12) will be bolstering the frontcourt of AS Monaco Basket (France-Pro A) switching over from ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne Basket (France-Pro A), where he started the 2018-19 season. Buckner played seven games in the 7Days EuroCup for his former team and recorded averages of 7.7 ppg and 3.9 rpg. He also played…
Read MoreABA Liga: Crvena Zvezda’s Streak Now at 10 Wins
There was only one game played on December 9th for the ABA Liga’s Round 10 of the 2018-19 regular season but it was a must-watch game with league leader, Crvena Zvezda Beograd’s streak on the line. They faced off against KK Zadar in Belgrade. Much to the delight of their avid fans, Red Star came…
Read MoreTurkish Airlines EuroLeague: CSKA Falls To Baskonia
CSKA Moscow suffered its second loss of the season in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague on Friday, November 7th as they fell on the road against Kirolbet Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz 76-73. They still share second place with Real Madrid in the standings with 9-2 records. This is the fourth win for Baskonia and they hold steady at…
Read MoreTurkish Airlines EuroLeague: Buducnost Upsets Barcelona
Turkish Airlines EuroLeague action resumed on Thursday, November 6th and Round 11 got underway with five games. The fifth window of the FIBA World Cup Qualifiers just ended and we’re all set to resume professional basketball competition from all over the World. One of the more interesting games was a come-from-behind upset victory by Buducnost…
Read MoreNCAA: Duke Destroys Hartford 54-84, Now 8-1
The Duke Blue Devils are back on track and have been taking the NCAA by storm once again. Their latest victims, Hartford University. The visiting Blue Devils, led by R.J. Barrett and Zio Williamson, Duke cruised to an easy 54-84 win over the Hawks. Credit goes to coach Mike Krzyzewski, who rallied his troops after a…
Read MoreDuke Basketball: Destined for Greatness
Duke basketball is one of the most successful college programs in all of college sports. Led by one of the greatest coaches of all time in Coach K, who has the most final four appearances for any coach ever. With the second longest streak of all time being in the AP Top 25 success is…
Read MoreD.J. Shelton inks with Banvit
D.J. Shelton (208 cm, Washington State’14) will continue his professional basketball career this 2018-19 as a new member of Banvit Basketbol Kulubu (Turkey-BSL). The 27-year-old Shelton transfers there after starting the season on the roster of Tsmoki-Minsk (Belarus-Premier League). Shelton played two games for them in the Basketball Champions League and averaged 10.0 ppg and…
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