Euroleague: Last 16 is set

It has been another Regular Season of fantastic Euroleague action and with Week 10 now underway there is only Friday left until we turn our attention to the Last 16. There were eight games on Thursday with plenty of business to be taken care of as the final five positions for the Last 16 of…

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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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Euroleague: FCB and CSKA win in Group A

Round 6 of the 2013/2014 Euroleague is underway after six games were held in the competition with the remaining six to be played on Friday. The big news came from Group A, where FC Barcelona and CSKA Moscow continue to put pressure on form team Fenerbahce at the top of the table. Barcelona is now…

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Euroleague: Round 4, Friday recap

Round 4 of the 2013/2014 Euroleague was completed on Friday night as teams from Group A and Group C took to the court. There were few surprises on the night as in form team Fenerbahce continued to lay down a claim on the Euroleague title with a tricky road win over Partizan NIS Belgrade. Elsewhere…

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Italian SerieA: EA7 Armani and Montepaschi win

Two games capped off Round 4 of the Italian SerieA regular season. Both EA7 Armani and Montepaschi were able to down their opponents and are now comfortably part of the league’s top six teams with identical 3-1 records. There no undefeated teams left and some wonder which club will be able to set themselves apart…

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Euroleague: Home comforts on Friday night

It was a case of home comforts in the Euroleague on Friday as only Anadolu Efes collected a win on the road with a 66-76 victory over Strasbourg. The rest of the round 2 games proved one sided for the home teams, with the close 72-67 win for CSKA Moscow over Budivelnyk Kiev being the…

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Kim English to Montepaschi

Kim English (198 cm, Missouri’12) has signed for Italian Serie A champions Montepaschi Siena next season it is being reported tonight. The forward was in his native USA last season playing in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the Detroit Pistons. He took to the court plenty of times with the franchise but from limited…

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Othello Hunter signs with Montepaschi

Othello Hunter (203 cm, Ohio State’08) will be playing for Italy’s Montepaschi Siena this 2013-14 season. He initially signed with Sidigas Avellino (Italy-SerieA) for the season, then later signed with Siena. Hunter began the 2012-13 season playing in Spain’s Liga Endesa for Blancos de Rueda Valladolid. He played in 19 games for them and averaged…

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Josh Carter inks with Montepaschi

Reigning Italian Serie A champions Montepaschi Siena have named their second American newcomer in as many days by revealing Josh Carter (200 cm, Texas A&M’09). The forward saw plenty of action last season with Spartak SPB (Russia) in the PBL, VTB United League, and the Eurocup. In the VTB league the American secured averages of…

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Erick Green agrees deal with Siena

Erick Green (190 cm, Virginia Tech’13) has agreed to play for Montepaschi Siena (Italy, Serie A) for the upcoming 2013/2014 season. The point guard will be playing in his first professional season after leaving Virginia Tech this summer. In his final year in college the American played 31 NCAA games and finished with the best…

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