Posts by Bryce
Euroleague: CSKA Drops Regal, 1 Ticket Left
With Thursday’s Euroleague contests completed, the Top 16 clubs from three of four groups are set and 15 of the 16 teams have been determined. Friday’s games will decide the final team as Group C still needs to determine it’s fourth qualifier. Thursday’s competition couldn’t have been more thrilling as six of nine games were…
Read MoreEuroCup: Last 16 Groups set
The EuroCup Last 16 have been set and the teams have been placed in their new groups for the next round of competition, which will begin January 9, 2013. As it was in the regular season, the Last 16 round will consist of each team playing the other three in their group in a home…
Read MoreEuroCup: Last 16 set, play begins Jan. 9
Heading into Week 6 of the 2012-13 EuroCup competition half of the Last 16 were yet to be determined, setting up a wild finish to the regular season with head-to-head games that would determine advancement, teams needing to beat point spreads and teams needing help from others. After it was all said and done, eight…
Read MoreEurochallenge: Last 16 Groups Set
The Eurochallenge Last 16 have been set and the teams have been placed in their new groups for the next round of competition, which will begin January 15, 2013. As it was in the regular season, the Last 16 round will consist of each team playing the other three in their group in a home…
Read MoreLithuania, Russia claim Champions Cups
From 3 December until 8 December, U14 boys and girls basketball teams from 13 participating nations arrived in Moscow, Russia for the Sixth Champions Cups. The club teams, coming from Serbia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Slovenia, Poland France Russia Spain, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovak Republic and Ukraine, qualified to travel to Moscow on account of winning…
Read MoreSiutat Re-elected as FFBB President
On Saturday, the general assembly of the French Basketball Federation (FFBB) re-elected FIBA Europe board member Jean-Pierre Siutat as President. The 53-year old will now lead one of the biggest European Federations for a four-year cycle until 2016. 184 delegates, representing the 4,456 registered clubs as well as all licence holders voted in a secret…
Read MoreEurochallenge: Last 16 set to tip-off January 15
The Eurochallenge regular season is in the books and the field for the Last 16 is finally set. In some groups the decision wasn’t made until the last seconds of the Week 6 games, in some, the decision was done long before today. Bottom line though, the Last 16 brackets are set with the first…
Read MoreNCAA Top 25: Illinois jumps into the top 10
At first glance at the new Associated Press and USA Today/Coaches NCAA Top 25 Men’s Basketball polls, you think you’re looking at last week’s list. Then you look closely and realize that there are in fact a couple of changes. The top nine on the USA Today poll is exactly the same as a week…
Read MoreQuinnel Brown named NBL Player of the Week
(TORONTO, ON) The National Basketball League of Canada is pleased to announce that Quinnel Brown of the Halifax Rainmen has been named the Recharge with Milk Player of the Week for the week ending December 9, 2012. This is the first time this season that a Halifax Rainmen player has earned this honour. While Brown,…
Read MorePedro Martinez picks up 300th win
Pedro Martinez started coaching in the Spain ACB in at the beginning of the 1989-90 season and has seen the sidelines of numerous clubs since then. Only one other coach, Aito Garcia Reneses, has won more games in the ACB. With his current club, Herbalife Gran Canaria, winning over Lagun Aro GBC Sunday, Martinez earned…
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