National Cup season for European domestics

Every year the Domestic Leagues in Europe take a break from their regular league schedules to hold their National Cup games. This season they mostly fall during this week, Feb. 4 – Feb. 10, some start earlier or last longer, but the bulk are happening now. The competition for the Cups typically last a few…

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NCAA: Indiana returns to No. 1, Florida beaten

It has been quite a few days for the Indiana Hoosiers head coach Tom Crean. On Saturday, Crean’s Hoosiers, at the time the No. 3 team in the NCAA, beat No. 1 Michigan 81:73. On Sunday Crean joined his family in New Orleans to watch his wife’s brothers, Jim and John Harbaugh, lead the teams…

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Greece A1: Olympiacos downs Panathinaikos

The top two clubs in the Greece A1 League squared off on Monday with the home club Olympiacos (14-1) using a strong second quarter to earn a big win over Panathinaikos (12-3), who now share the second spot in the league with Panionios. Dating back to 1947, the basketball version of the “Derby of the…

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VTB United: Zalgiris downs CSKA at home

In a battle of the top two clubs in Group B of the VTB United League, Zalgiris Kaunas took to the road Sunday to face CSKA Moscow and came away with a 68:74 victory to move ahead of the Russian club in the standings based on winning percentage. Zalgiris is one game behind CSKA in…

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Spain ACB: Madrid gets 19th win

Spain ACB leader, Real Madrid, traveled to Bilbao on Sunday and came home with a solid 74:94 victory to improve their league-best record to 19-1. The loss drops Bilbao to 12-8 and is in a three-way tie for the No. 4 spot in the competition. Madrid won all four quarters during the contest, after the first…

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NCAA: Five Top 10 teams pick up losses

It’s been a rough week for the NCAA Top 10 clubs as five have taken hits to their records, four to unranked teams. On Saturday it was a top down affair with No. 1 Michigan falling to No. 3 Indiana, No. 2 Kansas losing to Oklahoma St., No. 6 Syracuse dropping a Big East contest…

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NBA D-League: Top 10 Prospects

NBA D-League Top 10 Prospects Each week the NBA D-League ranks the top 30 current D-Leaguers that they feel are next in line for a call up to the NBA. 1 Courtney Fortson Guard | 5-11, 185 | Arkansas 2 Jerome Jordan Center | 7-0, 253 | Tulsa 3 D.J. Kennedy Guard | 6-6, 215…

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