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Revealed: The EuroChallenge championship curse

Winning the EuroChallenge title is a good thing, right? After all, it’s typically the first Continental trophy to display on the mantelpiece and the champions label wins the club to right to play in the more prestigious (and more big-bucks) Eurocup competition the following season. Well, Uygar Karaca may convince believers otherwise. In the first […]

10 years ago 4 More

Sergio Kerusch crushes with jam against Kyle Hines, Olympiacos

Right, so here’s a dunk of the week candidate for you. Former Western Kentucky Hilltopper and current rookie Sergio Kerusch got, like, 20 feet of air while posterizing Kyle Hines badly for his Aris Thessaloniki against Olympiacos on Sunday night. Though Kerusch’s jam gave the underdog visitors a 44-43 lead going into halftime, the Euroleague […]

11 years ago 3 More

Greece’s clubs owe players money … lots of money

While NBA franchise owners are crying poverty (reportedly, some 20 of 30 clubs are losing money), at least the players get paid. And while speculation on which NBAers will play in Europe during a 2010-11 full-season lockout continues – Whoever thought a Sonny Weems-to-Žalgiris deal would be so compelling? – we can now assume that […]

11 years ago 2 More

In wake of Maroussi problem, congratulations to PAOK BC, Galatasaray

In a classic trickle-down theory of basketball league management, the vacancy caused by Maroussi BC’s ejection from the Euroleague Qualifying Round (and thus the Eurocup) has allowed the promotion of a couple other teams into more prestigious tournament. Reads the official Euroleague/Eurocup press release, in part:

12 years ago More

Maroussi out of Euroleague, maybe Greece for 2010-11; Olympiacos appeals penalty

Yet more bad news coming out of Greek basketball … last night, Euroleague officials announced that Maroussi BC will not be allowed to play in the big league’s qualifying round games to start on Tuesday. “Euroleague Basketball has been forced to take this decision,” read the official statement from officials in part, “after not having […]

12 years ago 1 More

Brutal week for Greek basketball capped with 80-72 loss to Spain

Hell of a week for Hellas basketball on both international and national league fronts… Team Greece was bounced from the 2010 FIBA World Championship by Spain last night in an improved showing from the Russia game, which had Ioannis Bourousis and Vassilis Spanoulis calling out for a little respect from the fans in the aftermath. […]

12 years ago 20 More

Euroleague Qualifying Round brackets determined

Following up the group draw for the first 22 teams confirmed for 2010-11 Euroleague play was … another draw! These time, the pingpong balls (actually they look more like something out of Dragonball Z; poor Diego, the dude who has to manipulate these things at high speed during the draw) determined the entire bracket draw […]

12 years ago 2 More

Euroleague announces seedings for 2010-11 draw

In advance of the draws on Thursday, Euroleague basketball have announced the seeds of the 22 Euroleague teams that will be divvied into four divisions in the 2010-11 season, as well as the 16 teams competing for the remaining two EL spots in the Euroleague Qualifying Rounds. This seedings do not of course determine the […]

12 years ago More

Devotion down 3.5 percent: Final 2009-10 Euroleague attendance figures

During the 2009-10 Euroleague season, one of the most watched statistics was totally off-court; with financial stress pervasive throughout The Continent, most European basketball franchises prepared for the worst and tightened belts in expectation of lower turnouts. And once all was said and done, the results were … mixed. With last season’s biggest draw Alba […]

12 years ago 4 More

Team Greece's FIBA World Championship preliminary roster announced: No Papaloukas, still scary

The preliminary Team Greece roster of 17 players has been announced and, despite the notable exclusion of Theo Papaloukas, the 2006 FIBA World Championship silver medalists are bringing quite the squad to the 2010 edition of the competition. EΣAKE’s two most celebrated franchises are naturally well-represented, with six Panathinaikos players and five from Olympiacos making […]

12 years ago 5 More

SportingBet lines and odds for final Euroleague Top 16 games (advertorial)

Nice of the Euroleague to stack up nearly every game in the last round of the Top 16 on one night, eh? Sheesh, this is worse (or better, depending on viewpoint) than the weekend following the All-Star Game in the NBA. Of the seven games on the slate, six will still help shape the final […]

13 years ago More

Fantasy tips from the Euroleague boss: Final week

Hello everybody, greetings from the Euroleague Basketball headquarters! This is Javier Gancedo of Euroleague.net, in what possibly will be my last SportingBet Fantasy Challenge column this season. If you want to keep me on the page in the fantasy off-season, make some noise! Start a riot! Go to Budapest and demonstrate in front of Os […]

13 years ago 4 More
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