Euroleague: Group F – five teams, three spots

Euroleague Top 16 Group F – it all comes down to Week 14… After 13 weeks three things are certain: 1). FC Barcelona Regal will win the group and advance to the next round; 2). Fenerbahce Ulker will finish out of the playoffs; 3). Besiktas JK Istanbul will finish out of the playoffs. Other than…

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Euroleague: CSKA hands Madrid third straight

As the Euroleague Top 16 round began, it was clear that Real Madrid was going to end up somewhere at the top Group E after they went 6-0 before losing their first match to Anadolu Efes. Three consecutive wins later they sported a 9-1 record and a two game lead on CSKA Moscow, who was…

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Euroleague: Besiktas upsets Montepaschi Siena

It took them 12 weeks of Euroleague Top 16 play, but Besiktas JK Istanbul have finally earned their first win, at the expense of Montepaschi Siena, 74:72. Siena’s loss and the Maccabi Electra’s win over Olympiacos puts the two clubs in a tie for the second spot in Group F with two other teams, Khimki…

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Euroleague: Madrid falls, Barcelona rolls on

The quarterfinal picture in Euroleague Group E got much clearer on Thursday as three clubs clinched spots. It was very unceremonious as three of the four teams involved lost their Week 12 matches, but the key loss was No. 5 club Unicaja Malaga falling to CSKA Moscow to give them a three-game cushion with only…

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Dirk Bauermann to coach Vilnius

Seasoned coach Dirk Bauermann has been named in the head coach position at Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius (Lithuania, LKL, VTB League, and Euroleague). Bauermann is of course a hugely experienced head coach who has helmed several top clubs in his native Germany including GHP Bamberg and Bayern Munich in the German BBL. Throughout his career 55-year…

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Euroleague: Zoric’s 21 lifts Unicaja over Madrid

Unicaja Malaga traveled to Spanish rival Real Madrid on Friday for a Euroleague Top 16 contest and spoiled the celebratory parties for both Madrid and Anadolu Efes with a huge 74:77 upset over the Group E leader on their home court. Unicaja fought back from an earlier deficit, built an 11-point lead in the fourth…

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