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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 […]
The Euroleague Boss on fantasy: Final 16, week one
Due to an unfortunate series of tragic events, the deadline for this week’s fantasy tips column was missed. However, in the interests of satisfying The Euroleague Boss’ fans, were running this column with half the Final 16 week one games in the books; it’s valuable to see what Meet The Boss did, even if you […]
Eurobasket qualifiers, game two: Preview capsules and fearless predictions
Euroleague may not have officially started, but Tuesday night’s games sure felt like top-level Continental basketball. After a heckuva lot of edge-of-your-seat action in the first games of the Euroleague Qualifying Round, game twos start tonight at 6pm CET. A brief look at each matchup follows, along with the return of the ever-popular BallinEurope fearless […]
Tipping it off in Euroleague qualifiers
Even though the official website proclaims the Euroleague season tipoff to start in 16 days, 8 hours, 53 minutes and some seconds, Ball in Europe considers the real beginning to 2009-10 Euroleague action to be going tonight with the four qualifying round games going on. The slate of games and team rosters are as follows.
So how do you like SLUC Nancy's chances?
We’re not exactly sure why Euroleague/BallinEurope.com sponsor Sporting Bet is disproportionately interested in SLUC Nancy’s chances in France this season, but with the online sportsbook’s posting of Nancy-related prop bets, we figured it’d be worth a look. Last season ended disappointingly for the Euroleague’s Cinderella team. In SLUC Nancy’s first appearance in the big league […]
Le Mans signs Zach Wright, completes roster
Le Mans wins in the Euroleague qualifying rounds! Well, it’s a sort of victory, at least. The French club today signed Zach Wright, most recently of Chalon-Sur-Saone, thus becoming the first Euroleague qualifying team to complete their roster. Wright played college ball at University of Arkansas Little Rock, wherein, notes Euroleague PR with irony, he […]
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.