Posts by Bryce
Euroleague: Nanterre beats Barça at home
At the end of the 2012-13 season JSF Nanterre surprised a lot of people when they defeated the No. 1, No. 2, and No. 4 ranked teams in the French ProA playoffs to be named “Champion de France 2013” and get an invite to play in the Euroleague for the 2013-14 season. At the start…
Read MoreEurocup: Four remain undefeated
Week 3 of Eurocup competition began Tuesday with eight contests across the continent. Of those eight match-ups, four ended with the winners improving their records to 3-0, Alba Berlin lost their first game. They’ll play 16 more on Wednesday with another eight clubs looking to keep their unblemished records intact. In Group A, Telenet Ostend…
Read MoreIsrael: Ness Ziona downs Maccabi Electra
Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv dropped to 1-2 in the Israel Winner League with a 72:71 loss on the road to Ness Ziona on Monday on a Preston Knowles triple at the buzzer. The win is especially significant for Ness Ziona as this was only their third game in the Winner League having been promoted this…
Read MoreSpain Liga Endesa: Four remain undefeated
They’ve finished Week 3 in Spain’s Liga Endesa and four clubs have made it through with unblemished records. Sitting on the top of the league are Real Madrid, Herbalife Gran Canaria, Canary CB, and FC Barcelona Regal with 3-0 records. On the other end of the standings are the winless clubs Rio Natura Monbus, Bilbao…
Read MoreEuroleague: Real Madrid puts up 40 on Brose
Real Madrid led a series of blowout contests to open Week 2 of the 2013-14 Euroleague campaign as they pounded Brose Baskets Bamberg 98:58. In the rest of the games played Thursday, the only close game was played in Italy as EA7 Emporio Armani Milan defeated Zalgiris Kaunas 82:75. After that, the margins went into…
Read MoreEurocup: 13 teams remain unbeaten after Week 2
Week 2 of Eurocup competition is now in the books with 20 games being played Wednesday to complete this week’s schedule. With just two weeks completed, there are only 13 teams out of 48 still undefeated, with Groups A, D, E, F, and G sporting two undefeated clubs, the rest having just one. This week’s…
Read MoreEurocup: Kazan beats Banvit at the buzzer
Week 2 of Eurocup competition got underway on Tuesday with four games, while the remaining 20 will be contested on Wednesday across Europe. In Group G Unics Kazan got a buzzer-beating triple from Andrew Goudelock to defeat Banvit Bandirma 72:71. EWE Baskets Oldenburg went on the road and beat Elan Chalon 71:82 in Group B.…
Read MoreEuroleague: Maccabi Tel Aviv falls to Laboral
On Day 2 of Week 1 in Euroleague competition it was battles to the wire across the league as five of the seven matches came down to seven or fewer points, with four of those four or few points and one ending in OT. An interesting fact from Week 1 is that six of the…
Read MoreEuroleague: 2013-14 season tips off
The 2013-14 edition of the Euroleague tipped off on Wednesday with two contests with the rest of the league hitting the hardwood on Thursday. Getting the season underway were Brose Baskets Bamberg (Germany) vs. Strasbourg (France) and Montepaschi Siena (Italy) vs. Galatasaray Liv Hospital (Turkey). Brose handed Strasbourg a substantial loss in their home opener,…
Read MoreEurocup: 2013-14 season tips off with 48 teams
The new season of Eurocup competition opened on Tuesday with major structural changes designed to get more teams involved and give those teams, and a few other friends, additional competition. With the addition of 16 teams, the Eurocup organizers also implemented geographically-based groups and then divided those groups into two ‘Conferences’. Their plan was to…
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