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 MoreHarper Kamp signed by Malvin
Malvin Montevideo (Uruguay-LUB) is bolstering its roster this 2018 with the recent addition of Harper Kamp (203 cm, University of California’12). This will be the first stint for Kamp with a Latin American club. He recently departed BG Goettingen (Germany-BBL) this March. Kamp played 10 games for the German outfit this 2017-18 and registered averages…
Read MoreJ.R. Giddens heads to Ferrocarril
J.R. Giddens (196 cm, New Mexico’08) is taking his game to Argentina after securing a deal to play for Ferrocarril Oeste Capital Federal (Argentina-Liga A) this 2018. The 33-year-old veteran heads to the Argentinian club after spending his 2017-18 season with the Correcaminos UAT Victoria (Mexico-LNBP). He played 17 games for them before parting ways…
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 MoreJ.J. O’Brien added by Bosna-Royal
J.J. O’Brien (200 cm, San Diego State’15) has recently been picked up by KK Bosna-Royal Sarajevo (Bosnia-Division I) this March 2018. O’Brien has already made his debut for his team and scored seven points and grabbed five rebounds in 17 minutes of action. He moved to Europe after spending most of the 2017-18 season playing…
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 MoreLivio Jean-Charles inks with Unicaja Malaga
Unicaja Malaga (Spain-Liga Endesa) is making a final push for a playoff berth with the signing of Livio Jean-Charles (202 cm) this March 2018. Jean-Charles is Guyanese international basketball player who also holds a French passport. He was a recent addition to the French National Team in 2017. Jean-Charles heads to the Spanish club after…
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…
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