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The Frank Euroleague Roundup: Week four
In the afterglow of Euroleague week four, BallinEurope’s man in Italy, Francesco Cappelletti, rounds up all that was in the week that was, including the lack of upsets, a dearth of home support in Turkey, and several teams that have yet to make the leap. Easy groups At the day of the Euroleague draw, most […]
Betting on Euroleague basketball: Tonight's pointspreads, over/under lines
And so we go into Euroleague 2009-10 week one, part two (or part three if you count the Maccabi Tel Aviv-Olimpija game which took place seemingly so long ago), with five games playing out tonight. For those interested in making it more interesting, Euroleague/BallinEurope.com sponsor Sporting Bet has posted numerous odds and lines on which […]
The 10 Commandments of Fantasy Basketball
After another week of fantasy (American) football in which i could only ask, “What the hell happened (again)?” i ascended the mountains here – OK, so in Budapest that should be “gently sloping Buda hills,” but you get the idea – to seek help from a higher power. As it turns out, David Stern wasn’t […]
Betting on basketball: Sporting Bet ACB outright winner odds
As national leagues and Euroleague tip off this week, the bookmakers too are naturally gearing up for one of their busiest times. Euroleague/Ball in Europe sponsor SportingBet.com has an amazing range of bets available on league outright winners across the Continent: Covered are Adriatic, Austrian, Czech, French, German, Greek, Italian, Polish, Russian, Slovenian and Spanish […]
Wednesday transactions: Welsch stays put, Bogdanovic back in Croatia
Euroleague officials announced one re-signing and one free-agent deal on Wednesday: Former NBAer and current Team Czech Republic swingman Jiri Welsch will be staying with Unicaja for a fourth season, while Bojan Bogdanovic has hooked up with Cibona Zagreb on a four-year contract. Unicaja was certainly pleased to retain the 29-year-old Welsch, who has played […]
Tuesday transactions: Unicaja signs Rubio (no, not that one); Boumtje-Boumtje stays with EWE EWE
Two free-agent signings and one contract extension were announced by Euroleague officials on Tuesday, with Guillem Rubio forsaking Manresa for Unicaja while EWE Baskets Oldenburg signed Acha Njei, most recently of Bundesliga second division team Bremen Roosters; Oldenburg also extended the contract for one of the great names in all of basketball, Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje.
Tuesday transactions: Blanco to Unicaja, Gordon to Cibona
A pair of Euroleague signings were made official on Tuesday, with homegrown product Saul Blanco staying in Spain to sign with Unicaja Malaga and second-year pro Jamont Gordon arrives in Cibona Zagreb after the sinking of Fortitudo Bologna.
Spain backcourt for EuroBasket 2009 takes another hit
Though Spain is reckoned one of the clear favorites to win FIBA EuroBasket 2009, the team is rapidly becoming a shadow of its ideal self, as Unicaja swingman Berni Rodriguez will be sitting out the tournament alongside Toronto Raptors point guard Jose Calderon. Team Spain official stated the ankle injury suffered by Rodriguez during last […]
Caught surfing: Checking out Euroleague Group B websites
BallinEurope.com’s public service task, i.e. cataloguing the major team websites in Europe continues today with a rundown of official websites from teams confirmed for Euroleague Group B, listed in order of English-language coverage.* For those who missed it, the BallinEurope take on Euroleague Group A can be found here. To Partizan Belgrade: Wow. All Euroleague-employed […]
Catfight at Euroleague.net: Cheerleaders in video battle royale
Say what you want about Euroleague.net, but somebody over there has good ideas about filling a lull in the seasonal schedule. Currently running at the website is the “Euroleague Video Faceoff” tournament featuring video submissions from the teams’ cheerleading squads, and with winners determined by popular vote. The following are one man’s choices for the […]
CAI Zaragoza tops club ranking again
After the League Ranking published a few days ago that saw the ACB confirm its status as most popular league in terms of game attendance, the club rankings also see a repeat, with the presence of Spanish team CAI Zaragoza at the top of the table.
Attendance Figures for European Competitions (Euroleague)
Here we go for the spectator figures for the best and most popular competition in Europe, the Euroleague. After the FIBA EuroChallenge and the EuroCup, BallinEurope.com checked what are the averages of the toughest European competition.