FIBA 2015 Eurobasket teams decided

After a frenetic night of Basketball action around Europe, we now know the participant nations for next year’s FIBA 2015 Eurobasket tournament. There was plenty of drama along the way as teams fought it out on the court, while others cruised through to the tournament. Group A Iceland will play in a European Championships for…

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Darius Johnson-Odom joins Cantu

Former NBA guard Darius Johnson-Odom (187 cm, Marquette’12) has signed a deal to play for Acqua Vitasnella Cantu (Italy-SerieA) this 2014-15 season. The North Carolina native had a busy 2013-14 season, seeing action for three different teams. He began the season with the Sichuan Blue Whales (China-CBA) where he played four games and produced averages…

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DeQuan Jones signs with Cantu

Italian Serie A club Acqua Vitasnella Cantu has agreed to terms with American import DeQuan Jones (203 cm, Miami, Florida’12) for the 2014-15 season. Cantu will be the 24-year-old forward’s first team outside of the USA, kicking off his international career. He was a recent participant in both the Orlando and Las Vegas Summer leagues,…

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Eric Williams pens deal with Cantu

Italian Serie A team Pallacanestro Cantu is bolstering its roster this 2014-15 with the addition of veteran big man Eric Williams (206 cm, Wake Forest’06). The German-born 30-year-old Williams played the 2013-14 season for Limoges CSP Elite (France-ProA). He logged just a dozen games for the club throughout the whole season. Eric joined the club…

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Damian Hollis switches to Cantu

Damian Hollis (203 cm, George Washington’10) will remain in Italy next season but is moving up to the Serie A to play for Pallacanestro Cantu. The American/Hungarian spent this season with Angelico Biella in Italy’s DNA Gold and played 34 games for the club. Over those appearances the forward impressed with averages of 18.1 points,…

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Marcel Jones parts ways with Cantu

Marcel Jones (203 cm, Oregon State’08) has left Pallacanestro Cantu from Italy’s Serie A. The 25-year-old American player also holds a New Zealand passport. Marcel is reportedly headed back to New Zealand. Jones joined Cantu to start the 2013-14 season and he managed to play 16 games in the Eurocup for the team. He was…

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Ivan Buva added by Cantu

Pallacanestro Cantu (Italy-SerieA) has opted to strengthen their frontcourt with the addition of Croatian big man Ivan Buva (208 cm) this season. He is transferring from HKK Siroki Primorka (Bosnia-Division I) which just wrapped up a disappointing run in the Adriatic league. Buva managed to log 26 games for Siroki Primorka in the mentioned international…

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Eurocup Last 32: Nanterre drops Cantu in OT

The Last 32 of the Eurocup is underway after one game was played on Tuesday night as JSF Nanterre welcomed Foxtown Cantu to Paris and claimed a thrilling double OT victory. An exciting and nail biting game was the perfect way to kick off the next phase of the Eurocup tournament and hinted at the…

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Eurocup: Cantu and Unics progress

It was a busy evening of Eurocup action on Wednesday as Round 7 was completed and the competition began to take shape. On the night four teams booked their places in the Last 32, including Ratiopharm Ulm and Khimki who both played last night. Unics Kazan will join them in the Last 32 after seeing off…

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Italy’s SerieA: Montepaschi loses top spot

Round 7 Regular Season – The Italian SerieA has a new team atop its standings, Enel Basket Brindisi (6-1). The former holder of that spot was Montepaschi Siena, but they fell to Pallacanestro Cantu in a close game, 88:90, and have slid to second place with a 5-2 record. Enel took care of business in…

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