Basketball World Cup of Beer: Round 2 – Part 2
It’s the knockout stages of the 2014 Basketball World Cup of Beer. If you are super late to the party, each of the 24 nations in the FIBA World Cup of Basketball is represented by a beer, we round them down using a format like the big one in Spain to decide the best. We […]
Highlights: Kentucky down Chalon-Reims
Big Blue got off to a big start in pre-season beating French Pro B team Chalon-Reims 81-58 in the Bahamas. Aaron Harrison stole the show with this big dunk
A really early look at the 2015 NCAA Basketball odds
BiE’s editor used to work in betting, he still thinks about it a lot, and with one Euro potentially being a game-changer next year, he’s really interested in why Kansas are being under-valued. Rock chalk Mykhailiuk may not have a ring to it but it seems apt especially as the local press around KU are […]
EuroBasket 2015: Iceland, Switzerland, and Montenegro win
The second qualifying round for EuroBasket 2015 got under way on Sunday with Iceland and Switzerland recording important home wins. Iceland beat Great Britain 83-70 on the back of Haukur Palsson’s 24 points and 9 rebounds and Hylmur Baeringsson’s 14 points and 15 boards. In a three team group, along with Bosnia and Herzegovina, this […]
Basketball World Cup of Beer: Round 2 – Part 1
We’ve reached the knockout stages of the 2014 Basketball World Cup of Beer. The 24 nations from each of the nations in the FIBA World Cup of Basketball are each represented by a beer. Now only 16 remain. Today we’ll see 8 of those become 4 in our first set of second round match-ups. Here […]
Iceland go all out for highlights video against Great Britain
Iceland pulled off a vital EuroBasket 2015 qualifying round victory against Great Britain on Sunday night and they delivered a highlight video to back it up. The slow-motion phantom style video, which has a cracking synth score, really kicks into gear around 1.27 in with a fumbled opening tip, then at 2.34 there’s a crossover […]
Oh no you didn’t! Giannis Antetokounmpo dunks the nation of France
Charles de Gaulle, Francois Mitterand, Gerard Depardieu, you call all feel this right? This was nascent anger from the Greek Freak tonight. Giannis Antetokounmpo, of the Milwaukee Bucks, did this for the Greek national team against France tonight in a FIBA World Cup warm-up game.
What the Rockets can expect from Papanikolaou
The Houston Rockets finally secured the services of Kostas Papanikolaou on Friday night but what will the two-time Euroleague champion bring to the table? The Rockets locked down Papanikolaou on a two-year $9.4 million contract, a big step up from the $4m dollar deal over the same period he was initially offered. With a $1.5 […]
Giannis Antetokounmpo impressing in Greek NT debut
The Greek Freak didn’t beat the buzzer on this play but Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks showed a touch of brilliance with this nice move in his national team debut for Greece in a World Cup warm-up game against Serbia. h/t Eurohoops.
Basketball World Cup of Beer – Group D
We’ve reached the final day of the opening round of the 2014 Basketball World Cup of Beer. If you are somehow late to the party, you missed one mother of a battle in Group C yesterday. The rules are simple, every team in the 2014 FIBA World Cup of Basketball is represented by a beer. […]
Durant’s withdrawal a body blow for the FIBA World Cup
Kevin Durant’s withdrawal from Team USA may make the 2014 FIBA World Cup of Basketball more competitive but it’s a disaster for the tournament, writes Emmet Ryan. He was the shield. The one thing that meant no matter what else happened, this tournament was elite. Withdrawals through injury, fatigue, or lack of interest have plagued […]
Basketball World Cup of Beer – Group C
After two straight slaughters in the battle for top spot, we’ve got a real battle for first place in Group C of the 2014 Basketball World Cup of Beer. The rules are simple, every nation in the FIBA World Cup of Basketball gets a beer, most have been nominated by fans or journalists from the […]