National Leagues 372
The Ballin After – Irish Cup Final special
BiE goes deep on the big one this weekend, the Irish men’s Cup final. A new name will be on the trophy as this clash of first time finalists sees Templeogue BC take on GCD Swords Thunder. We hear from players and coaches from both sides who give their thoughts on what we can expect […]
Darius Hargrove on Romania, NBA, and his career
Darius Hargrove has been around. Having played NCAA ball for Virginia Union University, Hargrove has seen a great chunk of Europe and is now plying his trade in Romania with U-Banca Transilvania Cluj-Napoca. Andrei Britz caught up with Hargrove for a sit down interview about his career, his hopes for Cluj-Napoca, and his biggest influences. […]
The Ballin After – But what about that guy?
BiE is back with a round up and look ahead to what’s big in European basketball this week. On this week’s show We look back on the dominance of Turkish and Russian sides in Round 1 of Euroleague along with looking ahead to Pinar Karsiyaka’s trip to face Panathinaikos. We also here from Cian Nihill […]
The Ballin After – Have ball, will travel
Euroleague returns and we are hyped up but there are other matters to attend to first with some big results in the ACB in Spain and Bundesliga in Germany. This week’s HOT TAKE is Joey Dorsey, love machine
The Ballin After – Basketball is back
With the European basketball season finally, kind of, sort of, back, Emmet Ryan is back to give you BallinEurope’s regular breakdown of the big stories across Europe. This week the focus is on the giants falling across the continent, exciting news for Belgian hoops, and the return of Europe’s top leagues. A new addition for […]
National league preview: Turkish Superlig
Pinar Karsiyaka shocked the continent in last season’s BSL playoffs but with an awful lot of movement, what can we expect from the year to come? Emmet Ryan takes a look at arguably European basketball’s strongest league The run through the playoffs was silly. In May we had all been warned, or at least an […]
Demons run ends as Templeogue open Irish league with big win
It was a clash of the titans on opening night in Oblate Hall as UCC Demons fell to Templeogue while UL Eagles were the only club from outside of Dublin to record a win on the opening day of the Irish season After around 3 years of not playing any hoops at all, Paul Cummins […]
National League Preview: German Bundesliga
Brose Baskets reclaimed their throne last season but Bayern have loaded up to make a big charge to get back on top this year. Emmet Ryan says it’s going to be hard for anyone to get between the big two from Bavaria Was it just one season? Just one year with a big three? That’s […]
National League Preview: Ireland
BallinEurope is going to cast its eyes over a few of Europe’s top and not so top national league over the next week or so as we get back into the regular grind of European basketball. First up, the league in the same nation as BiE Towers, Ireland Last year was a true first for […]
Ireland to re-enter European club basketball in autumn 2015
In a stunning announcement, Basketball Ireland has announced it will re-enter European club competition this autumn in FIBA’s new European club competition. Fresh off a third place finish for its Men’s Premier Select side at the Sino-European championships, Basketball Ireland has announced that a combined team will represent Irish clubs in European competitions in the […]
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 […]
Pablo Laso’s the treble as Real sweep Barca 3-0 in ACB Finals
Pablo Laso will finally hold his head high, even if he prefers to bury it in his chest. Emmet Ryan on how Real Madrid’s 85-90 win in the Palau Blaugrana was about more than beating Barcelona Sergio Llull and Jaycee Carroll, two men who had felt every blow with him, locked up the treble for […]