Belgium: 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…

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Euroleague QR: Lietuvos Rytas fills out Group D

Euroleague Qualifier Round host Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius earned the final spot in the 2013-14 Euroleague with a 75:66 win over Belgian league champions Telenet Ostend on Friday. The win sends Rytas to Group D of the Euroleague where they’ll join Panathinaikos, Maccabi Electra, Laboral Kutxa, Lokomotiv Kuban, and Crvena Zvezda. Lietuvos Rytas – Telenet Ostend,…

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Euroleague QR: Lietuvos Rytas to face Ostend

Euroleague Group D is one step closer to having it’s sixth member as host club Lietuvos Rytas beat EWE Oldenburg 99:87, and Telenet Ostend defeated Banvit Bandirma 82:80 on Thursday setting up Friday’s final between Lietuvos and Ostend. Lietuvos Rytas – EWE Oldenburg, 99:87 On the strength of an 8 for 10 performance behind the…

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Eurobasket 2013: Ukrainians grab final QF spot

It’s been a roller coaster ride for the Ukrainians at EuroBasket 2013. They opened Round 1 with three straight wins, lost a tough contest to France and closed the preliminary round with a big win over Great Britain. Their first game in the second round was a 34-point beating at the hands of Latvia, they…

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EuroBasket 2013: Three from Group E qualify for QFs

EuroBasket 2013 Group E got Day 2 of Round 2 in the books on Friday and as a result France was the first team to qualify for the quarterfinals with a 102:91 win over Latvia. Lithuania got a big win over Belgium, but needed the French club’s win to pick up their tickets to the…

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EuroBasket 2013: Day 1 of Round 2 full of upsets

EuroBasket 2013 has put it’s first full day of the Round 2 in the books and to say it was an interesting day would be a gross understatement. With the quality of competition that the remaining 12 teams are capable of bringing on any given day it’s no surprise that there were surprises, but the…

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EuroBasket 2013: Round 2 set to tip off Wednesday

Wednesday will mark the opening contests of Round 2 of EuroBasket 2013, with the top three teams coming out of each of the four groups that competed in Round 1 coming together to form two new groups. At the end of the Round 2 the top four teams in each of the two groups will…

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EuroBasket 2013: Round 2 advancement papers given

Round 1 of EuroBasket 2013 is complete and the clubs moving on to Round 2 have been determined. Groups C and D were cut and dry with three top teams and no tiebreakers needed, but in Groups A and B the tiebreakers were complex as there were three teams tied for third place at 2-3,…

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EuroBasket 2013: OTs, Upsets, Italy stands alone

Coming into Day 4 of the EuroBasket 2013 competition, there were four undefeated teams. As the dust settled on Ljubljana, Jesenice, Celje, and Koper, Slovenia Sunday, the only club that made it out of Day 4 unblemished was Italy after their big 81:72 win over previously undefeated Greece. France knocked off unbeaten Ukraine 77:71 in…

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EuroBasket 2013: Ukraine stops Germany to go 3-0

Day 3 of EuroBasket 2013 was split into two days with Groups A and B playing Friday and Groups C and D to play on Saturday. Coming into Friday’s competition, there were three clubs, Ukraine, Serbia, and Latvia, that were undefeated. By the end of the day, the sole holder of a 3-0 record was…

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