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VTB League: Khimki drops BC Donetsk
BC Khimki Moscow Region moved into a tie for second place with Krasnye Krylia, both with 9-3 records, in the VTB League Group A with a solid road win over BC Donetsk on Monday, 84:66. The visitors used a 6:23 run in the second quarter to put the hosts on the ropes early and held on…
Read MoreGreece A1: PAOK gives Olympiacos 1st loss
Riding on a 13-0 record in the 2012-13 Greece A1 league and having not lost a league match since May 4th of 2012, Olympiacos took to the road to take on PAOK, who was in the fifth spot at 9-4. Not only had Olympiacos won their first 13 Greece A1 games, they also had an…
Read MoreNCAA: Villanova slays 2 top 5 teams in week
The Villanova Wildcats came into the week on a three-game losing streak and had an 11-7 overall record, 2-3 in the Big East. The had lost to Syracuse by 11 at Syracuse, lost by 15 at home against Pittsburg and fell to Providence on the road in an eight-day stretch. When Louisville came to town on Tues., Jan. 22, the ink was barely dry on the newly released Associated Press Top 25 Poll that was released on Monday that named the squad the No. 5 ranked team in the NCAA, down from No. 1 a week prior due to a 68:70 loss to Syracuse two days earlier. When they left town, the Cardinals had been handed their third loss of the season, a solid 73:64 defeat. On Saturday, Nova would face their second Top 5 ranked team when the same Orangemen of Syracuse that had knocked off Louisville a week earlier would travel to Philadelphia, PA and would also meet the same fate as Louisville, a 75:71 loss to the unranked Wildcats.
Read MoreEuroleague: Madrid and Siena still unbeaten
Real Madrid and Montepaschi Siena both used come-from-behind wins to remain undefeated in Euroleague Top 16 play. CSKA Moscow dropped from the ranks of the unbeaten when they fell to visiting Unicaja Malaga. Anadolu Efes improved their record to 4-1 in Top 16 play with a down-to-the-wire contest against Zalgiris Kaunas, who falls to 1-4.…
Read MoreEuroleague: Regal snaps Caja’s winning streak
Day 1 of Euroleague Week 4 of the Top 16 saw some down-to-the-wire contests with a lineup on Friday that will most likely bring more of the same. FC Barcelona Regal traveled to fellow Spanish club Caja Laboral and handed them their first loss in 18 games Thursday. In that same contest, Regal’s Juan Carlos…
Read MoreEuroCup: Lokomotiv Kuban stands alone…
Lokomotive Kuban stands alone after EuroCup Week 3 as the only undefeated club in Last 16 play. Valencia Baskets was handed their first loss by winless Bilbao, and Budivelnik was handed a huge loss at home by Buducnost VOLI. It’s still too early to start handing out invitations to the Quarterfinals, but Week 4 could…
Read MoreEuroChallenge: Thrillers are order of the day
If you like exciting basketball, Tuesday’s EuroChallenge contests were meant for you as they came down to a total margin of 22 points over five games, with two games decided in the last seconds (and had identical scores). Group I Gaz Metan Medias – Joensuun Kataja, 84:82 Just looking at the quarter scores sets you…
Read MoreNCAA: Duke back to No. 1 – Kansas at the door
The Duke Blue Devils regained the honor of being ranked as the No. 1 NCAA basketball team in the US this week after a brief (one week) time at the No. 3 spot. Duke jumped back in the top spot after last week’s No. 1 squad, Louisville, fell to No. 7 Syracuse and No. 2 Indiana dropped a Big Ten Contest to unranked Wisconsin.
Read MoreIsrael: Maccabi TA dominating Winner League
Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv (12-1) continues its dominance in the Israel Winner League, having a four-game lead on the next two teams in the standings, Hapoel Eilat (9-5) and Maccabi Haifa (9-5). Week 14 matchups saw No.2 through No. 5 in the league squaring off against each other, with Electra looking to avenge their only loss on the season to Maccabi Rishon, who beat Electra Oct. 28th on Electra’s home court. The Electra – Rishon match will be played on Monday.
Read MoreIgokea dominates Adriatic League. Next stop Euroleague?
KK Igokea Aleksandrovac from Bosnia (Serbian part) played at home tonight against KK Red Star Telekom from Serbia. It was a show-down between No. 1 and No. 2 of the Adriatic League, and also between the best defense (Igokea) and the best offense (Red Star). The game was sold out weeks in advance and the…
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