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EuroBasket 2013: Round 2 set to tip off Wednesday
Wednesday will mark the opening contests of Round 2 of EuroBasket 2013, with the top three teams coming out of each of the four groups that competed in Round 1 coming together to form two new groups. At the end of the Round 2 the top four teams in each of the two groups will…
Read MoreEuroBasket 2013: Round 2 advancement papers given
Round 1 of EuroBasket 2013 is complete and the clubs moving on to Round 2 have been determined. Groups C and D were cut and dry with three top teams and no tiebreakers needed, but in Groups A and B the tiebreakers were complex as there were three teams tied for third place at 2-3,…
Read MoreKyle Gibson joins Giorgio Tesi PT
Kyle Gibson (196 cm, Louisiana Tech’11) will be getting his first taste of international basketball as he signs with Italian SerieA newcomer Giorgio Tesi Group Pistoia for the 2013-14 season. The 26-year-old Gibson played the first couple of years of his pro career in the NBA D-League for the Canton Charge. In 2012-13 Gibson played…
Read MoreEuroBasket 2013: OTs, Upsets, Italy stands alone
Coming into Day 4 of the EuroBasket 2013 competition, there were four undefeated teams. As the dust settled on Ljubljana, Jesenice, Celje, and Koper, Slovenia Sunday, the only club that made it out of Day 4 unblemished was Italy after their big 81:72 win over previously undefeated Greece. France knocked off unbeaten Ukraine 77:71 in…
Read MoreEuroBasket 2013: Day 3 complete, four unbeaten
With Day 3 of EuroBasket 2013, the playoff picture is starting to unfold with only four clubs now undefeated, four without wins and eight that sit with 1-2 records. As of the completion of Day 3, Ukraine, Italy, Greece, and host club Slovenia are the sole holders of 3-0 records with Greece dominating their opponents…
Read MoreDarren Moore heads to Italy
Darren Moore (190 cm, Cal-Irvine’11) has been picked up by Madogas Natural Energy BNB (Italy, Lega Due Silver) and will join the team for the 2013/2014 season. The guard finished last campaign in Georgia where he played for Superleague team Olimpi Tbilisi and averaged 13.8 points, 3.3 rebounds, 1.4 assists, and 1.0 steal per game…
Read MoreEuroBasket 2013: Day 1, Groups C and D
EuroBasket 2013 is underway in Slovenia with 24 teams battling for six spots in the 2014 FIBA World Cup to be held in Spain. Round 1 consists of four groups of six teams that will play each other once with the top three teams from each group moving on to the second round. Group C…
Read MoreEuroBasket 2013: A little bit of everything on Day 1
Day 1 one of EuroBasket 2013 finally tipped off and to reward hoops fans that have waited nearly a year since the draws were presented the competition was intense, surprising, and frustrating all rolled into one. After months of roster watching, player jockeying, and pre-tournament chatter, EuroBasket 2013 is finally underway, and if the first…
Read MoreEurobasket 2013 kicks off!
Eurobasket 2013 has kicked off in Ljubljana, Slovenia and 24 teams are set to wage war on the hard court, to determine the best in Europe. For the preliminary rounds of the competition the 24 teams are divided into four groups of six teams each. The tournament will go on from September 4-22. At the end…
Read MoreAlex Legion signs for Roseto
Mec-Energy Roseto of Italy’s Lega Due Silver has signed Alex Legion (195 cm, Florida International University’12) for the coming 2013/2014 season. The guard comes to Italy after an impressive season in Hungary where he played for PVSK Pannonpower Pecs in the A-Division. Over the course of twenty games for PVSK the American became the third…
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