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French Pro A: Le Mans edges Strasbourg 67-68
Le Mans Sarthe Basket handed French Pro A league leader, Strasbourg IG its fourth loss after a close 67-68 game in Round 26 of the regular season. Despite the loss, Strasbourg still has a one-game lead over JSF Nanterre for the league’s top spot. This was an important win for Le Mans as it improves…
Read MoreElite Eight produces Final Four
The Elite Eight stage of March Madness has closed for the 2014/2015 season and we now look ahead to the Final Four. There was little in the way of surprises in terms of who won, with three number one seeds from their respective groups finding their way to the Final Four. However, there were plenty…
Read MoreSweet Sixteen, Duke and Gonzaga progress
Sweet Sixteen of March Madness wrapped on Friday as the final four schools punched their tickets to the Elite Eight. The East and South regional semi-finals threw up little in the way of surprise with only one lower seed beating out a better placed rival. That honour went to Michigan State, the school stopped Oklahoma…
Read MoreNCAA Elite Eight: First Four teams are in!
Notre Dame, Kentucky, Arizona, and Wisconsin are the first four schools to book their seats to the 2015 NCAA Elite Eight. All four teams that are moving on were matched up against teams that were lower seeded in the Sweet 16. The number one seed from the Midwest Region, the University of Kentucky destroyed West…
Read MoreEurocup: Khimki Moscow Region, Unics Kazan, and Herbalife Gran Canaria in Final Four
After Banvit Bandirma became the first club to punch its ticket to the Eurocup Final Four, a further three clubs joined the Turkish outfit on Wednesday to lock the semis. The honour of a berth in the semi-finals goes to Unics Kazan, Khimki Moscow Region, and Herbalife Gran Canaria, the three clubs winning in the…
Read MoreBanvit Bandirma makes Eurocup semis
Nail biting tension would be a good way to describe the finale of the two leg series between Banvit Bandirma and Paris-Levallois in Turkey. The two clubs were clashing in the second leg of their Eurocup Quarter-Final and host club Banvit Bandirma edged the final score and the aggregate score to win the series. With…
Read MoreOlympiacos, Panathinaikos cruise in Greek A1
Round 21 in the regular season of the Greek A1 ended with a bang yesterday as the league’s top two teams took to the court to do battle with respective opponents. League powerhouse Olympiacos S.F.P. Pireus recorded their 20th win in 21 games with an easy home game against the visiting KAO Dramas team. Second-place…
Read MoreNCAA March Madness: Sweet 16 Teams Set
The NCAA March Madness is perculating to higher temperatures as the last eight teams secured their seats to the Sweet 16. There were a couple of teams that pulled off some shocking upsets as they moved on. This is the second straight year the Michigan State has dowsed the the flames of the University of…
Read MoreMarch Madness, who made Sweet 16?
March Madness continued on Saturday and threw up the typical array of interesting facts, while posing a number of questions as the tournament progresses. We saw the first Number 1 seed fall as Villanova came up short against North Carolina State, but the Kentucky Wildcats continued their unbeaten season with a win over Cincinnati. UCLA…
Read MorePanathinaikos stun Real Madrid in Euroleague action
Panathinaikos Athens took down Group E leaders Real Madrid in the Greek capital during the closing day of round 11 in the Euroleague Top 16. The victory stopped a recent surge from the Spanish club, as Panathinaikos enhanced its chances of making the Play-offs. There were also two games in Group F, where Fenerbahce continued…
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