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EuroBasket 2013: Georgia qualifies, six left
Georgia took advantage of game eight of the EuroBasket 2013 Qualification Round to punch their tickets to the Finals with a 73-70 win over Latvia. Georgia was the only team that was able to definitively qualify, leaving six openings for the rest of the teams to fight for on the last day of competition, Tuesday,…
Read MoreEuroBasket 2013: Game Eight Scenarios
Today marks game eight in the EuroBasket 2013 Qualifications and with only nine teams assured of spots in the Finals next September in Slovenia, the possible scenarios for which teams are going to grab the last seven spots are complex and many. Here are some possibilities for teams to qualify today… Group A (They play…
Read MoreEuroBasket 2013: Four more qualify, eight to go
Coming in to today’s EuroBasket 2013 Qualifiers four teams had their chance to earn spots, unfortunately, only Germany was able to take advantage, but three more, Poland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the Czech Republic, were able to pick up theirs after various losses in and out of Groups assured teams they’d finish no lower than…
Read MoreEuroBasket 2013: Four Tickets on the Table
The EuroBasket 2013 Qualifiers move to game eight with four teams already knowing that they will be playing in Slovenia next September. Montenegro, Italy, Croatia and Ukraine all locked up spots in the prestigious event with victories on Sunday. Today, four more squads have their shot at securing court time against the best National teams…
Read MoreKaimarr Price Cinderella story brings him to Croatia
Kaimarr Price (203 cm, Biola College’12) started his college career at NCAA D 1 school Western Illinois and was top-rebounder there but then transferred to D2 school Biola College so he could be closer to his family. Basketball being a buyers’ market usually makes it very difficult for D2 players to land a professional basketball…
Read MoreZadar players strike
Croatian and Adriatic team KK Zadar is is facing a difficult situation as its players have decided to go on strike. The club still owes several players salaries from last season. The board of the club is not unsympathetic to the action of the players, as many of them have not gotten paid for a…
Read MoreEuroBasket 2013: Four Down, Eight to Go…
Very seldom does it happen that when you play the “what if…” game, do all those, “what ifs…” actually happen. Today, in the EuroBasket 2013 Qualifiers there were four teams with opportunities to punch their ticket to Slovenia for next September’s EuroBasket and today all four of those teams did what they had to do.…
Read MoreEuroBasket 2013: Four could qualify today
As the EuroBasket 2013 Qualifications games continue today around Europe, the teams are mindful of the fact that the top two teams in each of the six divisions will qualify to play in Slovenia next September and the top four teams that place 3rd in their respective divisions will also qualify. There are already eight…
Read MoreOlin Edirne agree terms with Sasha Cuic
Turkish team Olin Edirne agreed terms with Sasha Cuic (208 cm, Oregon State’07) for the upcoming season. The Croatian power forward spent last season in Iran with Gorgan. He also played in Turkey before, during the 2008/2009 season when he played for Erdemirspor Belediyesi.
Read MorePoscic joins Osiguranje
Matija Poscic (2.05m, US College:DePaul) has signed a contract with KK Zagreb Croatia Osiguranje (A1). The 27 yr-old played last season with Team Torino in Italy. He averaged 12.1 points and 7.0 rebounds per game over the 11 games he played in the Slovenian A1 league with Slavonski Brod last season.
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