Of the three major European club tournaments, the tightest Final 16 stage in 2009-10 has been held by the Eurocup competition. With the last night of “Last 16 2010” happening tonight, only three teams (Aris BSA, Bizkaia Bilbao Basket, Panellinios) have qualified for the quarterfinals already and five (Benetton Basket Treviso, Brose Baskets Bamberg, Galatasaray Café Crown, Le Mans, Turk Telecom) squads have been altogether eliminated; additionally, the no. 1 seed has not been determined for any of the four groups.
Mar
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Hashing out Eurocup quarterfinals qualification scenarios
Feb
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(Slightly biased) highlight clip: Alba Berlin vs. Aris BSA
Just in case you missed it, following the text break is a (biased) highlight clip from last night’s Aris’ 65-61 away win at Alba Berlin in Eurocup competition. The win moved Aris BSA up to 1-2 in Eurocup Last 16 play; Alba Berlin dropped to 2-1, resulting in a wide-open Group I with groupmates DKV Joventut at 2-1 and LeMans at 1-2.
Jan
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Are you ready for some basketball? Eurosport 2 devotes Tuesday nights to Eurocup Last 16
To those living in international club basketball broadcast-unfriendly countries such as, ahem, Hungary, take heart: Eurosport 2 will be showing the entire slate of Eurocup Last 16 games, featuring back-to-back games on Tuesday evenings. So call it “Tuesday Night Basketball.”
As an added bonus, “The Euroleague Basketball Show” airs at 11a.m. CET twice a week, with news on Euroleague ball the focus on Thursday and Euroleague/Eurocup insights on Friday.
Sadly, the only matches set on Eurosport 2’s February schedule are those for February 2: It’ll be Unics Kazan vs. Valencia at 5pm CET and Bizkaia Bilbao Basket vs. Panellinios BC at 8.15pm CET.
Oct
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Live blog: Brose Baskets Bamberg vs. KK Buducnost
Just in case there’s not enough pro basketball action going on for you tonight, here’s another distraction to demand your attention. BallinEurope.com contributor David Hein will be attending the Brose Baskets-Buducnost game tonight in Bamberg and will be live blogging right here.
You can join the action by sending messages in the textbox below the break; perhaps you can help Mr. Hein keep track of all the Euroleague ball he’s missing…
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Jul
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Euroleague, Eurocup, EuroChallenge participants announced
To torment and tease those of us – and by “those of us” here, i mean “every Euroball fan” – who can’t wait for the Euroleague, Eurocup, and FIBA EuroChallenge championship draws set for Wednesday at 1pm CET, FIBA Europe and Euroleague yesterday released the names of the participating clubs in the three competitions.
Jun
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Attendance Figures for European Competitions (EuroCup)
In our second part of our report on the attendance figures of the different European competitions, we take a closer look today at the EuroCup, the second highest level of competition in Europe. You can find here the first part of our analysis which covered the FIBA EuroChallenge.
Apr
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Late Monday’s cigarettes
Here we go for the next round of the traditional Monday morning evening cigarette break.
Jan
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Eurocup LIVE: Brose Baskets – Crvena Zvedza
Tonight, David Hein from heinnews will go again for a Live Blog from the Jako arena. The game between Brose Baskets and Crvena Zvedza Belgrade will start at 7.00pm CET. At the same time, you can also follow a live stream of Lietuvos Rytas – Gran Canaria (stream from TV Canaria). Continue Reading…
Dec
3
Nenad Kristic is back in the NBA
According to ESPN’s Chad Ford and Draftexpress, Nenad Kristic is leaving Russia and Triumph Lyubertsy. And since the story even ran on ESPN last night, it seems to be more than just a rumor. Sources say that GM Sam Presti of the worst NBA team so far, the Oklahoma City Thunder, is making this move to bring Nenad back to the NBA.
Dec
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Eurocup LIVE: Brose Baskets – Spirou Charleroi
David Hein will cover the Eurocup game between Brose Baskets Bamberg and Spirou Charleroi live from the JAKO Arena in Bamberg. Other games of the evening that you can follow as Live Stream via Eurosport are at 17h00 CET Khimki Moscow vs. Besiktas Istanbul (LIVE Stream here) and at 19h00 CET Turk Telekom Ankara vs. Aris Salonica (LIVE Stream here).