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Euroleague: Anadolu Efes picks up fifth win
What Thursday’s Euroleague games lacked in drama was certainly made up for on Friday with three games that went down to the wire. Anadolu Efes earned their fifth Top 16 win with a 73:78 victory on the road over Unicaja Malaga. Panathinaikos Athens survived a major scare from winless Brose Baskets, who took the Greens…
Read MoreEuroleague: Real Madrid remains undefeated
It took and extra five minutes of Euroleage play, but when the dust had settled at the end of the Real Madrid – CSKA Moscow contest in Madrid on Thursday, the only remaining club with an unblemished record was standing in front of nearly 13,000 friendlies on their home court. Thursday was a day of…
Read MoreEuroCup: John Bryant named Last 16 Week 4 MVP
What has already been a brilliant Eurocup rookie season for Ratiopharm Ulm center John Bryant just got better. The
Read MoreEuroCup: Lokomotiv and Spartak to advance
Lokomotiv Kuban and Spartak locked in spots in the EuroCup Quarterfinals with wins on Wednesday. Both clubs are in Group K, Kuban’s win keeps them as the only undefeated team in the Last 16 with a 4-0 mark, while Spartak has their one loss to Kuban as a blemish on their 3-1 record. A number…
Read MoreEuroChallenge: Three clubs remain undefeated
EuroChallenge week three finds three groups sporting an undefeated club and three teams with 1-2 records and one group with three clubs sitting at 2-1 and one at 0-3. Pinar Karsiyaka got their third win with an 89:70 win over Joensuun Kataja; Krasnye Krylia picked up win number three on the road against Tofas SC,…
Read MoreVTB League: Khimki drops BC Donetsk
BC Khimki Moscow Region moved into a tie for second place with Krasnye Krylia, both with 9-3 records, in the VTB League Group A with a solid road win over BC Donetsk on Monday, 84:66. The visitors used a 6:23 run in the second quarter to put the hosts on the ropes early and held on…
Read MoreGreece A1: PAOK gives Olympiacos 1st loss
Riding on a 13-0 record in the 2012-13 Greece A1 league and having not lost a league match since May 4th of 2012, Olympiacos took to the road to take on PAOK, who was in the fifth spot at 9-4. Not only had Olympiacos won their first 13 Greece A1 games, they also had an…
Read MoreFrench Pro A: Strasbourg knocks off Le Mans at home
Coming in to Week 17 of the French Pro A league there were three clubs sitting at the top of the 16 team field, Gravelines-Dunerque, Strasbourg
Read MoreEuroleague: Williams and Bogdanovic named co-MVPs
For the first time in the Top 16, the weekly bwin MVP honors will be shared by two players. Bojan Bogdanovic of Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul and Marcus Williams of Unicaja Malaga both put up a lot of points in leading their respective teams to crucial wins. In the end, their performance index ratings were the…
Read MoreNCAA: Villanova slays 2 top 5 teams in week
The Villanova Wildcats came into the week on a three-game losing streak and had an 11-7 overall record, 2-3 in the Big East. The had lost to Syracuse by 11 at Syracuse, lost by 15 at home against Pittsburg and fell to Providence on the road in an eight-day stretch. When Louisville came to town on Tues., Jan. 22, the ink was barely dry on the newly released Associated Press Top 25 Poll that was released on Monday that named the squad the No. 5 ranked team in the NCAA, down from No. 1 a week prior due to a 68:70 loss to Syracuse two days earlier. When they left town, the Cardinals had been handed their third loss of the season, a solid 73:64 defeat. On Saturday, Nova would face their second Top 5 ranked team when the same Orangemen of Syracuse that had knocked off Louisville a week earlier would travel to Philadelphia, PA and would also meet the same fate as Louisville, a 75:71 loss to the unranked Wildcats.
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