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Cibona downs Cedevita for Krešimir Ćosić Cup
The National Cups were in full swing on Thursday as multiple countries held quarterfinal, semi-final, and even final games. In Croatia, Cibona won
Read MoreNational Cup season for European domestics
Every year the Domestic Leagues in Europe take a break from their regular league schedules to hold their National Cup games. This season they mostly fall during this week, Feb. 4 – Feb. 10, some start earlier or last longer, but the bulk are happening now. The competition for the Cups typically last a few…
Read MoreNCAA: Indiana returns to No. 1, Florida beaten
It has been quite a few days for the Indiana Hoosiers head coach Tom Crean. On Saturday, Crean’s Hoosiers, at the time the No. 3 team in the NCAA, beat No. 1 Michigan 81:73. On Sunday Crean joined his family in New Orleans to watch his wife’s brothers, Jim and John Harbaugh, lead the teams…
Read MoreGreece A1: Olympiacos downs Panathinaikos
The top two clubs in the Greece A1 League squared off on Monday with the home club Olympiacos (14-1) using a strong second quarter to earn a big win over Panathinaikos (12-3), who now share the second spot in the league with Panionios. Dating back to 1947, the basketball version of the “Derby of the…
Read MoreVTB United: Zalgiris downs CSKA at home
In a battle of the top two clubs in Group B of the VTB United League, Zalgiris Kaunas took to the road Sunday to face CSKA Moscow and came away with a 68:74 victory to move ahead of the Russian club in the standings based on winning percentage. Zalgiris is one game behind CSKA in…
Read MoreNCAA: Five Top 10 teams pick up losses
It’s been a rough week for the NCAA Top 10 clubs as five have taken hits to their records, four to unranked teams. On Saturday it was a top down affair with No. 1 Michigan falling to No. 3 Indiana, No. 2 Kansas losing to Oklahoma St., No. 6 Syracuse dropping a Big East contest…
Read MoreEuroleague: Anadolu Efes picks up fifth win
What Thursday’s Euroleague games lacked in drama was certainly made up for on Friday with three games that went down to the wire. Anadolu Efes earned their fifth Top 16 win with a 73:78 victory on the road over Unicaja Malaga. Panathinaikos Athens survived a major scare from winless Brose Baskets, who took the Greens…
Read MoreEuroleague: Real Madrid remains undefeated
It took and extra five minutes of Euroleage play, but when the dust had settled at the end of the Real Madrid – CSKA Moscow contest in Madrid on Thursday, the only remaining club with an unblemished record was standing in front of nearly 13,000 friendlies on their home court. Thursday was a day of…
Read MoreEuroCup: Lokomotiv and Spartak to advance
Lokomotiv Kuban and Spartak locked in spots in the EuroCup Quarterfinals with wins on Wednesday. Both clubs are in Group K, Kuban’s win keeps them as the only undefeated team in the Last 16 with a 4-0 mark, while Spartak has their one loss to Kuban as a blemish on their 3-1 record. A number…
Read MoreEuroChallenge: Three clubs remain undefeated
EuroChallenge week three finds three groups sporting an undefeated club and three teams with 1-2 records and one group with three clubs sitting at 2-1 and one at 0-3. Pinar Karsiyaka got their third win with an 89:70 win over Joensuun Kataja; Krasnye Krylia picked up win number three on the road against Tofas SC,…
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