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Turkish Airlines EuroLeague: Three progress
In a double-round Turkish Airlines EuroLeague week, there is some moving and shaking to be done. Round 27 tipped off with five playoff places up for grabs, but by the close of Wednesday only the final 8th position remained. CSKA Moscow, Olympiacos, and Fenerbahce had already qualified and those clubs were joined by Zalgiris, Panathinaikos,…
Read MoreEuroCup: Lokomotiv and Darussafaka take semi-final leads
The semi-finals of the 2017/2018 EuroCup got underway on an exciting evening of high-class Basketball on Tuesday. We are down to the final four clubs vying to win Europe’s second largest competition and book a place in next seasons EuroLeague. After leg one of the best of three series, one club took a big enough…
Read MoreABA Playoffs: Buducnost and Crvena Zvezda Post First Wins
The tops seeds in the ABA Playoffs secured their first wins of the semifinals, which went down over the weekend. It’s not just about favorites bagging expected wins, but also about how they got them. Number two seed Buducnost narrowly edged out Cedevita 84-83 in what was a tightly contested game. In the end, the…
Read MoreNCAA Tournament Sweet 16 is Set
This is officially one of the wildest NCAA Tournaments in recent history. March Madness is almost an understatement at this point, considering how many stunning upsets we’ve already had so far. Now that we’ve concluded the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament, some of the dust has settled and we now have Sweet 16…
Read MoreNCAA Tournament: the story of UMBC and the biggest March Madness upset in history
U.S. Basketball is still buzzing after a history making weekend in the NCAA tournament… March Madness indeed. Never in the history of this illustrious competition as the 16th seed defeated the No. 1 seed, not until this week. The record books were smashed apart by University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) as it defeated Virginia…
Read MoreTurkish Airlines EuroLeague: CSKA drops Fenerbahce
Friday’s Turkish Airlines EuroLeague clash between CSKA Moscow and Fenerbahce Istanbul was arguably a dress rehearsal for the final. Certainly these two clubs will be in contention through the Final Four this season? As it was, multiple former champ and league leader CSKA Moscow edged out current EuroLeague champs Fenerbahce. If this game is to…
Read MoreTurkish Airlines EuroLeague: all eyes on 8th
Round 26 of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague continued on Thursday after Real Madrid opened the round with a win over Milan on Tuesday. During this evening of action, the games became ever more exciting as the regular season winds down and teams hunt those all-important play-off positions. Crvena Zvezda Belgrade vs. Valencia Basket, 106-90 An…
Read MoreEuroCup: semi-finals set
We now know which four clubs will take their place in the semi-final of the EuroCup. The last two quarterfinal contest played out their deciding games, with Bayern Munich and Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia celebrating progression. Bayern took out Unics Kazan while Emilia also saw off Russian opposition in Zenit St. Petersburg. Bayern Munich vs.…
Read MoreTurkish Airlines EuroLeague: Real Madrid moves fourth
Round 26 of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague got underway with an early-week game on Tuesday. Real Madrid visited Italian champs Milan with a chance to claim sole possession of fourth place, at least until the rest of the round plays out. That will happen on Thursday and Friday as the normal Turkish Airlines EuroLeague happens.…
Read MoreABA League Wraps Up 2017-18 Regular Season
The 2017-18 regular season of the ABA League is officially in the books. The playoff picture, which jumps straight into a semi-final knockout format is set. The final two games of the season were played out on March 12th and featured the top-2 finishers of the season. True to form, they won their respective matchups.…
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