Recaps
Euroleague: Real Madrid puts up 40 on Brose
Real Madrid led a series of blowout contests to open Week 2 of the 2013-14 Euroleague campaign as they pounded Brose Baskets Bamberg 98:58. In the rest of the games played Thursday, the only close game was played in Italy as EA7 Emporio Armani Milan defeated Zalgiris Kaunas 82:75. After that, the margins went into…
Read MoreEurocup: 13 teams remain unbeaten after Week 2
Week 2 of Eurocup competition is now in the books with 20 games being played Wednesday to complete this week’s schedule. With just two weeks completed, there are only 13 teams out of 48 still undefeated, with Groups A, D, E, F, and G sporting two undefeated clubs, the rest having just one. This week’s…
Read MoreEurocup: Kazan beats Banvit at the buzzer
Week 2 of Eurocup competition got underway on Tuesday with four games, while the remaining 20 will be contested on Wednesday across Europe. In Group G Unics Kazan got a buzzer-beating triple from Andrew Goudelock to defeat Banvit Bandirma 72:71. EWE Baskets Oldenburg went on the road and beat Elan Chalon 71:82 in Group B.…
Read MoreRomania – Steaua CSM suffers first loss
Romania – After four rounds in the preliminaries of the regular season at Romania’s Liga Nationala. Five teams stand tall, but none are unscathed as they have identical 3-1 records. The latest team to suffer its first loss was Steaua CSM, which now joins Oradea, Craiova, Ploiesti and CSU Sibiu in that upper pack. Expect…
Read MoreBelgium: No undefeated teams in Ethias League
Belgium – Competition is heating up in Belgium’s Ethias League as no team stands with an unblemished record. Even last season’s back-to-back Champions Base Oostende are 2-1 to start the regular season. They were downed in the third round match against the Antwerp Giants. Six teams have formed a pack with identical 2-1 records. They…
Read MoreEuroleague: Maccabi Tel Aviv falls to Laboral
On Day 2 of Week 1 in Euroleague competition it was battles to the wire across the league as five of the seven matches came down to seven or fewer points, with four of those four or few points and one ending in OT. An interesting fact from Week 1 is that six of the…
Read MoreEuroleague: 2013-14 season tips off
The 2013-14 edition of the Euroleague tipped off on Wednesday with two contests with the rest of the league hitting the hardwood on Thursday. Getting the season underway were Brose Baskets Bamberg (Germany) vs. Strasbourg (France) and Montepaschi Siena (Italy) vs. Galatasaray Liv Hospital (Turkey). Brose handed Strasbourg a substantial loss in their home opener,…
Read MoreEurocup: 2013-14 season tips off with 48 teams
The new season of Eurocup competition opened on Tuesday with major structural changes designed to get more teams involved and give those teams, and a few other friends, additional competition. With the addition of 16 teams, the Eurocup organizers also implemented geographically-based groups and then divided those groups into two ‘Conferences’. Their plan was to…
Read MoreHolon hands Maccabi first opener loss in 23 yrs
The Israel Winner League opened it’s 2013-14 season with three games on Sunday and two on Monday and for the first time in 23 years league powerhouse Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv came up on the short end of the opening day score. Hapoel Holon welcomed the 50-time Super League champions Monday night and earned a…
Read MoreItaly Serie A: New season tips off in Italy
The 2013-14 season of the Italian Serie A tipped off on Sunday with all 16 teams in action across the country. This is the first week of 15 on the first round of competition in the Serie A, with the league completing two full rounds of play Leading the scorers this week was Keith Langford…
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