EuroCup
EuroCup: 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 MoreVideo: Rudy Jomby drops a 3-ball at the horn
Cholet Basket and Ratiopharm Ulm were tied in the Eurocup Group G standings at 2-2 entering Week 5 with Ratiopharm holding a 22-point advantage in a tie breaker, so a win was critical for Cholet as a loss would eliminate them. With 1 second on the clock, Ulm’s Allen Ray had dropped in two singles…
Read MoreCourtney Fells: Eurocup Week 5 MVP
A great performance in a make-or-break battle not only kept former champion Hapoel Migdal Jerusalem in the mix to reach the Last 16, but the star of the game, Courtney Fells, also reaped Eurocup Regular Season Game 5 MVP honors with a performance index ranking of 41. Fells led Hapoel to a much-needed home win…
Read MoreEurocup: 8 Tickets up for grabs in Week 6
It was just another day at the office on Wednesday as 13 Eurocup 2012-13 games were contested. OK, not so much, it was anything but normal as there were 12 spots in the Last 16 still up for grabs resulting in multiple buzzer-beaters, huge road win upsets, a losing streak continues and a winning streak…
Read MoreNymburk signs Tweety Carter
Czech team CEZ Nymburk signed Tweety Carter (180 cm, Baylor’10) for the rest of the season. The American PG was a free agent since he parted ways with Cibona Zagreb a few days ago. Carter played in Israel last season and in Latvia and the D-League before that. Tweety Carter is going to replace AJ…
Read MoreChuck Davis Named Eurocup Week 4 MVP
A great performance in a come-from-behind win has allowed Chuck Davis of Banvit BK Bandirma to become the Eurocup regular season Week 4 MVP with a performance index ranking of 36 – the highest among all winning players this week. Davis led Banvit to an 88-95 overtime road win at BC Azovmash Mariupol with 22…
Read MoreEurocup: Five Undefeated, Four Clinch Last 16
Eurocup week four is in the books, and the field of the Last 16 has started to take shape. Four clubs, BC Triumph Lyubertsy, BC Spartak SPB, Gescrap Bilbao Basket, and Crvena Zvezda Diva, have clinched spots in the next round of play, all also making it through week four with unblemished records. Joining them…
Read MoreEurocup Standings – Week 3
Standings after three weeks for Eurocup competition, including next week’s games.
Read MoreTywain McKee earns back-to-back Eurocup MVPs
For the second consecutive week, not only did Tywain Mckee lead BC Triumph Lyubertsy to a big Eurocup win, but he also managed to record the best individual performance in the competition. McKee’s superb performance in a road win at VEF Riga made him the first player to earn back-to-back Eurocup weekly MVP awards since…
Read MoreEurocup: Seven clubs remain unbeaten
Week 3 of both the Eurocup and EuroChallenge competitions is over and in the Eurocup there are still seven unbeaten clubs scattered throughout the groups, one in each group with the exception of Group A. Most of the contests in the Eurocup were won by wide margins this week with the exception of the BC…
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