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France LNB: Top clubs on track for showdown
As each week of the France LNB comes and goes, it looks more and more like this seasons top clubs, BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque (16-6) and Strasbourg (16-6), are headed for a Week 30 showdown for the regular season title. In Week 13, when Strasbourg defeated Nanterre and Gravelines fell to Lyon-Villeurbanne, the two clubs drew even…
Read MoreEuroleague: Unicaja outshoots Panathinaikos
As they closed the books on the Euroleague Top 16 Week 10 contests, the playoff picture got a bit more complicated as mathematically there are six clubs in each group that have a shot at moving on to the quarterfinals. In Group E Real Madrid’s a lock at 9-1; Anadolu Efes sits at 8-2 and…
Read MoreEuroleague: Barcelona Regal clinches playoffs
Euroleague has it’s first quarterfinalist as FC Barcelona Regal outlasted 2012 Euroleague Champions Olympiacos Piraeus in Top 16 Week 10 action to clinch their seat at the table of eight. In the game of the week, Real Madrid snatched a victory from what looked like a sure thing for Zalgiris Kaunas, coming from seven down…
Read MoreEuroCup: Bryant’s 30 leads Ulm to big QF win
The EuroCup quarterfinals tipped off on Tuesday with a single contest, followed by three on Wednesday. The eight clubs will play two games, one home, one away, with the cumulative results determining which four with advance to the semifinals. In the first match, Ratiopharm Ulm
Read MoreCoupe de France: Nanterre first in semifinals
The Coupe de France headed into the quarterfinals on Tuesday with the first match-up taking place pitting Limoges (Pro A) against Nanterre (Pro A). Limoges is currently sitting in the No. 13 spot in the LNB at 8-12, while Nanterre is No. 7 sporting an 11-10 record. The other contest was the final Round of…
Read MoreNCAA: Gonzaga takes over the No. 1 poll spot
Gonzaga University isn’t the typical NCAA powerhouse basketball team that people think about when they start putting thoughts into March Madness brackets, yet anyone who’s paid attention to collegiate basketball in the US has heard of them. They don’t have multiple Final Four appearances, they don’t have National Championship banners flying in the McCarthy Athletic…
Read MoreLiga Endesa: Five of top eight teams fall
While there’s still a lot of basketball to play in Spain’s Liga Endesa, when five of the top eight teams lose in any particular week, it’s not difficult to predict that the last few weeks of the regular season are going to be interesting. With only eight of 18 teams making the playoffs, 13 teams…
Read MoreAdriatic League: Two clinch spots in semifinals
With only three weeks remaining in the 2012-13 Adriatic League, the battle for the four playoff spots is now down to just six teams and two spots, as the top two have already been booked. Radnicki’s 78:63 win over Buducnost VOLI on Saturday split the two from a tie in the No. 3 spot, keeping…
Read MoreEuroleague: Panathinaikos halts Efes streak
The excitement of close games was all spent on Day 1 of the Euroleague Week 9, as Day 2 provided three games, all with differences topping 13 or more. The game of the day, Panathinaikos Athens against Top 16 surprise club Anadolu Efes, ended with the Greens putting an end to Anadolu’s seven-game Top 16…
Read MoreEuroleague: Brose takes Madrid to the buzzer
Euroleague Week 9 got off to a dramatic start as three of five contests were decided by fewer than four points. Winless Brose led for more than half their game with Real Madrid before falling 76:73 on a Dontaye Draper triple at the buzzer. Barcelona Regal held off BC Khimki Moscow Region, 71:69, to extend…
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