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Full list of 2015-16 teams for Euroleague and Eurocup
Pinar Karsiyaka have made the cut and will join three other Turkish sides in Euroleague for the 2015-16 season. Emmet Ryan reacts to the full list of teams announced for Euroleague and Eurocup next season The decision has been made. Pinar Karsiyaka made the cut for Euroleague following their win in the TBL Finals. The […]
We really don’t need another civil war
The opening salvos have been fired with little dignity. It’s not going to get prettier. Everyone needs to grow up. That’s what Emmet Ryan thinks of the latest FIBA vs ULEB spat. Didn’t we already go through this around the turn of the century? ULEB and FIBA Europe fought for control of Europe’s top competition […]
The Romanian formula for a basketball derby
Pic via Virgil Stanescu BallinEurope’s Andrei Britz hit the road for the biggest rivalry in Romania as he caught the clash of Asesoft Ploeisti and Steaua Bucharest. Here’s a taste of what rivalry is like, Romanian style. On 31 January basketball lovers in Romania were treated to a clash between Asesoft Ploiesti, the perennial Romanian […]
AUDIO: Interview with DeAndre Liggins
BIE’s Andrei Britz caught up with DeAndre Liggins after his Krasny Oktyabr Volgograd team scored a big road win, 79-96, over Asesoft Ploiesti in Eurocup. Liggins a former Kentucky product, played for Oklahoma City Thunder in the NBA and their D-Leagues affiliate Tulsa 66ers. He spend last season with another D-league team, Sioux Falls Skyforce. […]
Return to Freak City
BiE’s editor returned to Bamberg for the first time since 2010 to take in the gang from Freak City hosting Reggio Emilia in Eurocup action. He got as much hops as hoops in on this trip. It was always the quietest ones. A young fan would go “Brose Baskets” and then the 999 at their […]
Talking Bamberg and Bayern on the Phil Naessens Show
Emmet joined Phil Naessens once more to discuss what’s happening in European basketball. As BiE is in Bavaria this week, Emmet talked in depth about tonight’s Eurocup game between Brose Baskets Bamberg and Reggion Emilia along with tomorrow night’s clash in Euroleague between FC Bayern and FC Barcelona. There’s also a round-up of the latest […]
CSU Asesoft Ploiesti routs Lietuvos Rytas in Eurocup
It was a memorable night in Ploiesti, the oil capital of Romania as CSU Asesoft got a convincing win at home against Lietuvos Rytas (103-83) in group E of the Eurocup. The Romanian champions had a great start, jumping into a 30-11 lead and the Baltic side could never get close the rest of the […]
Moment of silence for José Luis Abós
A moment of silence will be held before all Eurocup games this week to honour the memory of former CAI Zaragoza coach José Luis Abós. We here in BallinEurope would like to extend our sympathies to all associated with the late coach. Here is the full statement from Euroleague: Euroleague Basketball has declared that a […]
Euroleague: Preview – Lietuvos Rytas vs EWE Oldenburg and Banvit Bandirma vs Telenet BC
Things are really beginning to heat up in the Turkish Airlines Euroleague Qualifying Rounds as each team fights for a place in next season’s Euroleague. Tuesday saw Lithuanian side Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius defeat a resilient VEF Riga side 80-71 in Siemens Arena. They will be hosting German side EWE Baskets Oldenburg, who edged Cimberio Varese […]
Podcast: Interviews with Per Gunther, Sportando’s Emiliano Carchia; plus riffs on Rodman in North Korea, the Harlem Shake, Space Jam (P.S. Win a free T-shirt!)
Episode 25 in the Taking the Charge podcast series is now available online, and in general this one reflects the wackiness of the week in basketball just gone by. So Bill Simmons’ “B.S. Report” over at Grantland is described as “a free-flowing conversation”? Co-host David Hein of heinnews and yours truly sail our own stream […]
Eurocup Last 16: Ratiopharm ulm must stop Rakocevic to top Red Star
A rough week doesn’t get any easier for Ratiopharm Ulm in its inaugural Eurocup Last 16 game tonight, with the Bundesliga side playing host to Red Star Belgrade after losing an 80-78 heartbreaker to FC Bayern Munchen on the weekend. Sport Eagle TV got a few minutes with Ulm head coach Thorsten Liebenath and player […]
Podcast: Interviews Chuck Davis, Frank Robinson; also, how the Nazi Party influenced ESPN
Episode lucky number 13 in the “Taking the Charge” podcast series is now available online over at heinnews. For this week, Mr. Hein and BallinEurope were graced with the presence of a pair of American ballers set to play in the 2012-13 Eurocup Last 16 round after wins for their respective teams last night: Chuck […]