William Hatcher has signed for Charleroi

Spirou Charleroi of the Belgian Ethias League has announced the addition of William Hatcher (188 cm, Miami University, Ohio’06) to the team roster. The American has been brought on board to replace Zabian Dowdell, who picked up an injury recently. Hatcher played for STB Le Havre (France, ProA) last season and through thirty games he…

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Kristof Ongenaet wins award at BAT

Belgian player Kristof Ongenaet filed a claim against his former team S.S. Sutor Montegranaro (Italy) at the Basketball Arbitral Tribunal (BAT) for outstanding salaries, buyout payment, and interest. He played seven games for Montegranaro in the 2010-11 season. The player claimed that the club made only partial payments under an addendum and failed to pay…

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Belgian league tips off

The Belgium league season opened for business on Friday evening with two encounters serving as the regular season curtain raiser. Both host teams came away with victories to get their season off to a good start, while both visitors go home empty handed. The rest of the Belgium league round 1 will be completed on…

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Malick Fall pens with Verviers-Pepinster

Spanish big man Malick Fall (211 cm) will play professionally outside of Spain for the first time in his career this 2014-15. He joins the VOO Wolves Verviers-Pepinster (Belgium-Scooore League). He last played for Askatuak San Sebastian (Spain-LEB Silver) in 2013-14. In 11 games Malick managed to put together averages of 8.5 ppg and 9.3…

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2014-15 Eurocup Draw Results

Barcelona, Spain – The 36 clubs that qualified for the Eurocup have now been divided into six groups during the recent 2014-15 Eurocup Draw. The Eurocup regular season is set to begin on October 15 and will end on December 17. The top four teams from each group will then advance to the next round.…

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Oostende claims Belgian Supercup Title

Telenet BC Oostende cruised to an easy 103-62 victory over the Port of Antwerp Giants to claim their first ever Belgian Supercup title. Oostende took control of the game from the get-go, as they stormed to a 29-15 lead by the end of the first quarter. Antwerp was outclassed in this encounter and could not…

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Euroleague Qualifying, Day 2

The Euroleague Qualifying tournament entered its second day as the remaining round 1 games were dealt with. In this win or bust contest, the two losers suffer the heartbreak of elimination, while the winners progress and continue to fight for the golden price, a solitary entry in the Euroleague Regular season. Here’s how the Day…

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Andre Collins added by Spirou

Andre Collins (183 cm, Loyola College’06) will continue his professional career with Belgacom Spirou Charleroi (Belgium-Ethias League) this 2014-15 season. Collins is a 32-year-old American player who also holds a Bulgarian  passport. In 2013-14 the guard played for Sigma Barcellona from Italy’s Lega 2 Gold. He logged 34 games for them and was able to…

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Euroleague Qualifying, ASVEL and Strasbourg win

The Euroleague Qualifying tournament got underway today in Ostend, Belgium, as eight clubs from around the continent push for one place in this season’s Euroleague Regular Season. The do-or-die contests started with two French club prevailing in their respective games to progress to the next stage of the competition. VEF Riga vs. Strasbourg, 53-82 Latvian…

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Euroleague qualifying preview

Outside of competing in the Euroleague itself, one of the most important tournaments in European Basketball is set to get underway on Tuesday 23rd September. Eight teams will descend upon Oostende in Belgium to contest for just one place in this season’s Euroleague Regular Season. The importance of this competition cannot be underestimated as the…

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