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NBA and FIBA to launch Basketball Africa League
The NBA and the FIBA announced on Saturday their plan to launch the Basketball Africa League (BAL), a new professional league featuring 12 club teams from across Africa. The BAL will be built on the foundation of current club competitions FIBA is organizing in Africa. Scheduled to begin play in January 2020. The Basketball Africa…
Read MoreOlympiacos Walks Out in Greek Club Semis
Trouble is afoot in Greek basketball right now. Two Titans of the sport, Olympiacos Piraeus and Panathinaikos Athens faced off in the semi-finals of the ongoing Greek Cup on Thursday. However, much to the chagrin of fans in attendance at the Olympic stadium in Athens, the game ended abruptly with Olympiacos leaving the court and…
Read MoreALBA Berlin Beats Braunschweig at BBL
ALBA Berlin recorded a key win in front of almost 8,000 fans at the German BBL on Tuesday as they downed Braunschweig 82-74 at home. The win takes them to a 14-4 record and remain in fourth place in the league standings. Braunschweig falls to 10th place with their 10-11 record. The win was of…
Read MoreNCAA: Tennessee Stays at No.1 in Latest AP Poll
The Tennessee Volunteers remain the No. 1 team in NCAA Men’s Basketball according to the latest AP Poll. They received 40 of 64 first-place votes and Duke University taking the remaining 24. Tennessee is 22-1 and 10-0 in the SEC. They unseated Duke, (21-2), who lost to Syracuse on January 14 and are now 9-1…
Read MoreCrvena Zvezda secures 1st place in ABA regular season
Crvena Zvezda crushed Mornar Bar on the road on Saturday (57-90) and thereby secured the top spot in the ABA League regular season standings. With three rounds to go in the regular season, no other team will be able to surpass the Serbians in the standings. They have four victories more than second-placed Buducnost (last…
Read MoreFenerbahce earns Euroleague playoff spot
Fenerbahce dominated Panathinaikos on Friday night (85-66) and became the first team that officially qualified to the EuroLeague playoffs (19-3). The Turks took control of the game from the opening tip and never looked back. They were in front by 19 at halftime (48-29) and led by as many as 26 points (72-46). Consequently, they…
Read MoreNBA Trade Deadline: Gasol, Mirotic Start Fresh
It was a wild 48 hours leading up to the NBA trade deadline on February 7th with a flurry of trades blazing through the league like a whirlwind. At the center of it all was the New Orleans Pelicans big man Anthony Davis, who informed his team weeks ago, through his agent Rich Paul, that…
Read MoreRytas Secures Last Spot in 7Days EuroCup Q-Finals
It’s a done deal. Rytas Vilnius will take last remaining spot in the 7Days EuroCup. They crushed AS Monaco with extreme prejudice 90-68 to secure the berth. BC Partizan was unable to find a win of their own, falling to Group E leaders, ALBA Berlin 97-74. Rytas makes it through having the second-best record in…
Read MoreAX Armani Milano Soaring Above Serie A
Round 18 of the 2018-19 regular season in the Italian Serie A closed out with one game on February 4th. League leaders AX Armani Exchange Milano continued to assert their dominance over the domestic Italian League. At 16-2, Armani has a comfortable three-game lead over their closest challenger, Umana Venezia (13-5). Assuming they can keep…
Read MoreOlympiacos Rolls Over Ifestos in Greek A1
There was only one game on tap in Round 16 of the Greek A1 League on February 3, but it was a big one. One of the biggest organizations in Greece (and Europe), Olympiacos blasted past Ifestos on the road, 53-73, to surge temporarily to the top of the league standings with a 15-1 record.…
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