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FIBA Men U19: USA slips past Serbia, QFs set
The contingent from the United States playing in the FIBA Men U19 World Championships entered Game 6 of the qualifying rounds with a perfect 5-0 record along with their opponent on the day, Serbia, and the Spanish club that squared off against Lithuania. By the end of the day, the US was the only undefeated…
Read MoreFIBA Men U19: Six clubs grab spots in QFs
Day 6 of the FIBA Men U19 World Championships resulted in six teams clinching spots in the quarterfinals, with three teams still undefeated after Croatia took a 91:90 barnburner from previously unbeaten Lithuania. At the end of the day’s competition, the following six teams were assured of their spots in the next round of the…
Read MoreFIBA Men U19: Four remain unblemished
After four games in the FIBA Men U19 World Championships, four clubs remain unbeaten, as Lithuania, Serbia, Spain and the United States have set aside all challengers thus far. The four set up a possible final day on Wednesday where Lithuania will take on Spain in Group E and the US will square off against…
Read MoreMichael Roll gets extension from Zaragoza
Michael Roll (196 cm, UCLA’10) has received a contract extension from CAI Zaragoza from Spain’s ACB and will be joining them in 2013-14. The 26-year-old was productive for Zaragoza in 2012-13. He logged averages of 11.8 ppg and 3.1 rpg in 40 games in the Spanish ACB. Zaragoza reached the semifinals in both the ACB…
Read MoreFIBA Men’s U19 Worlds advance to next round
The FIBA Men’s U19 World Championships finished the Preliminary Round on Saturday in Prague, Czech Republic, setting up the 12 clubs that will move on to the Eight-Final Round. In the Preliminary Rounds, the 16 teams were divided into four groups of four teams and played each other once. With those results the 12 that…
Read MoreJoe Ingles leaves Barcelona
Joe Ingles (203 cm) will not be returning to Regal FC Barcelona (Spanish, ACB and Euroleague) next season after leaving the Spanish giants. The small forward departed Barcelona after capping off the season with a fine personal performance in Barcelona’s loss to Real Madrid in the last game of the ABC Finals Series. The Australian…
Read MoreAndy Panko parts ways with Unicaja Malaga
Andy Panko (205 cm, Lebanon Valley’99) is now a free agent as he parts ways with Unicaja Malaga from Spain’s ACB. Panko was traded to Unicaja by Panathinaikos Athens (Greece-A1) for James Gist (205 cm, Maryland’08) in December 2012. In 2012-13 Panko was able to play 10 games for Panathinaikos before being traded. He averaged…
Read MoreDamjan Rudez remains with Zaragoza
Damjan Rudez (203 cm) is getting a contract extension for two seasons from CAI Zaragoza from Spain’s ACB. The Croatian will be entering his second season with the team. He helped them reach as far as the semifinals in the Spanish ACB in 2013. In 2012-13 he averaged 10.7 ppg and 1.8 rpg in 39…
Read MoreLamont Hamilton joins Laboral Kutxa
Lamont Hamilton (208 cm, St. Johns’07) is staying in Spain, but is transferring to Laboral Kutxa (ACB). Hamilton is signing a two-year deal to play for them, making the move from Gescrap Bizkaia Bilbao Basket, also from ACB. In 2012-13 he averaged 13.1 ppg and 5.6 rpg in 36 games in the Spanish ACB. He…
Read MoreMarcus Slaughter stays with Real Madrid
Marcus Slaughter (204 cm, San Diego State’06) will continue his run with Real Madrid from Spain’s ACB for one more season. The winners of the Spanish ACB Championship have decided to keep some of their winning roster intact for the 2013-14 season. While Slaughter was not an integral cog, but he did what he could…
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