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Euroleague Playoff Preview
The playoffs are here and Euroleague has put together a couple of familiar pairings, one way too familiar, as 8 teams battle it out for a trip to the Final Four. Emmet Ryan breaks down the pairings For any of you who somehow have come across this piece and don’t know who is playing who […]
The 60 must watch Euroleague games of 2018-19
There are 30 rounds of games in the Euroleague regular season. They take place across 60 nights. Emmet Ryan has put together a viewing schedule to give you the best way through the season ahead With 16 teams playing 30 rounds of basketball there are 240 games in the Euroleague season. We’re distilling this […]
Baskonia still under the radar
Considering the strength of their comeback and their roar down the stretch, the consensus is still cool on Baskonia’s chances of pulling an upset in the playoffs. Emmet Ryan on why Zeljko Obradovic and Fenerbahce will be taking nothing for granted when they face off in the Euroleague post-season. The road for Baskonia to the […]
McRae going down a well-trodden path
With the new Euroleague season nearing, BallinEurope is once more break down each of the teams individually on 16 consecutive days in the run up to tip off. As with last season, we’re going in reverse order from the opening round of games. We continue our rapid catch-up process, because we are so behind schedule, […]
That was the season that was
The first season of the new 16 team format of Euroleague is in the books. Over 30 rounds of the regular season, the playoffs, and the final four in Istanbul, an awful lot happened. Emmet Ryan looks back at the stories that made the season from the opening rounds to the climax in May It […]
Fearless predictions: CSKA Moscow vs Baskonia
As is tradition on this site, we’re taking the playoffs in reverse order. Emmet Ryan is going to take on each series over the next four days to give his take on who makes it to Istanbul. Last but not least it’s the clash of CSKA Moscow and Baskonia It’s a battle of two Final […]
The 61 must-watch games on every night of the 2016/17 Euroleague season
The games for the first season of the new 16 team 30 game Euroleague format have been announced. With 61 game nights in total, BiE’s Emmet Ryan has picked the game to watch on every night of the campaign We knew it was going to be big but wow that is a crowded calendar. While […]
VIDEOS: Vesely on how Fenerbahce’s fans give him energy
BallinEurope’s Emmet Ryan caught up with Jan Vesely, Pero Antic, Bobby Dixon, and Bogdan Bogdanovic after Fenerbahce’s epic overtime win over Laboral Kutxa Baskonia in the Euroleague Final Four Jan Vesely talked to BallinEurope about how he drew energy from the Fenerbahce crowd in Friday’s Euroleague Final Four victory over Laboral Kutxa Baskonia. Vesely also […]
Fenerbahce win an OT classic over Baskonia to make the Euroleague title game
It was an instant classic as Fenerbahce and Baskonia served up an extraordinary 45 minutes of basketball in the Euroleague Final Four. In the end it was Fener that was left standing to book a spot in Sunday’s final, writes Emmet Ryan Baskonia got the living hell beaten out of them in the game’s opening […]
Euroleague Final Four preview
The drinking and thinkpieces are why you come here but it would just be weird if we didn’t have a straight up preview of the Final Four. Here’s how Emmet Ryan sees it going down Nobody comes to Berlin without flaws but the team with the few holes looks pretty obvious. Fenerbahce don’t have a […]
VIDEOS: Adams and Bertans on Baskonia’s Final Four prep
BallinEurope’s Emmet Ryan caught up with Darius Adams and Davis Bertans of Laboral Kutxa Baskonia on the eve of the Euroleague Final Four Darius Adams talked to the media ahead of Laboral Kutxa Baskonia’s Euroleague Final Four clash with Fenerbahce. Adams shared his thoughts on the mental side of the game and what his team […]
Euroleague thrillers see wins for Lietuvos Rytas and Lokomotiv Kuban
There was high drama in Group D on Thursday night while Anadolu Efes continued a fine start for the Turkish contingent in Euroleague. A dramatic finish saw Lietuvos Rytas scrape past Panathinaikos 84 – 83 thanks to Renaldas Seibutis sinking a jumper with 5.5 seconds remaining in overtime in the Eurolague Game of the Week. […]