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Fearless predictions for Eurobasket 2009 day seven
After the dust settled from a scintillating trio of Eurobasket 2009 games played yesterday, two questions remained: 1) Should we now pencil Turkey in for the finals or merely the final four? And 2) which is the bigger train wreck right now, Spain or Lithuania? Today’s slate of games looks to be a fairly predictable […]
Fearless predictions for Eurobasket 2009 day five
Children’s flus and other duties prevent a longer entry today, but it wouldn’t be Eurobasket 2009 without BallinEurope’s fearless predictions. Tonight’s slate of games includes: Russia v. Croatia. Team Russia has done an admirable job with limited resources, while any mojo Croatia may have worked up in summer friendlies has disappeared in two consecutive fairly […]
Betting on basketball: MVP, tops in points, rebounds, assists
Tomorrow is the day: Eurobasket 2009 finally tips off. Naturally, Euroleague/Ball in Europe sponsor SportingBet.com has a plethora of odds and lines for your amusement, including some intriguing fodder for discussion in the form of individual-awards proposition bets. So you think you know not only who’s going to stand atop the podium when it’s over, […]
Sportsbooks expecting blowout in France-Belgium AQR final
Whoa, can Team Belgium’s chances against France tonight really be as bad as the bookmakers insist? OK, so a Belgium victory tonight in Pau would indeed be considered “the shock of the summer” and perhaps the Belgians’ win over Les Bleus required a “nearly perfect game,” but come on! What does a team need to […]
Underdogs France, Bosnia & Herzegovina draw first blood (Hungary wins, too)
In last night’s EuroBasket 2009 additional qualifying round games, favorites Italy and Portugal fell victim to upsets to immediately throw a handy spanner in the AQR works. It was Bosnia & Herzegovina 62, Portugal 56 in the Group A game (told ya Portugal was ripe for an upset – call it The Curse of Cape […]
Betting on basketball: Sporting Bet handicaps Eurobasket additional qualifiers
On the eve of the EuroBasket 2009 additional qualifying round games, Euroleague/Ball in Europe partners SportingBet.com have posted their lines for wagering on the Italy-France and Portugal-Bosnia and Herzegovina games. Who are the favorites? Will the games be close? Ask an oddsmaker; his money’s riding on the outcome, after all. For Italy vs. France, Sporting […]
Betting on basketball: Early EuroBasket 2009 Group B odds
In our continuing look at the odds on EuroBasket 2009 (in this case presented by Euroleague/Ball in Europe partner SportingBet.com), BallinEurope.com presents a brief briefing on the current odds and trends in Group B. As far as the odds are concerned, this group has been, since first post, a weird one. From the go, “Any […]
Dream Team Europe: The all-time European basketball team
Involved in yet another chat with yet another basketball enthusiast yet one more time about the all-time greatest basketball team, i quickly realized that any discussion of the topic never extends beyond the borders of the United States of America. And while the list of Greatest NBA Players of All-Time basically writes itself – Jordan, […]
Noah with France for Eurobasket AQRs? Oui et non
Supporters of Team France are still holding their collective breath, as their national team yesterday officially announced that oui, Joakim Noah is still practicing with the team in preparation for EuroBasket, but non, no word had been given by Noah’s Bulls on whether the NBA team would allow Noah to play in the EuroBasket additional […]
Monday’s cigarettes
It’s playoff time throughout Europe and that’s no reason to slow down our output, but to come up with another Monday morning roundup of the most interesting stuff collected from around the web.
A legend goes down
With a 95-88 defeat this Tuesday against Cholet Basket, Elan Bearnais Pau-Lacq-Orthez has definitely been relegated to the ProB, the French second division. After 35 years of playing first-division basketball in the Bearn region, the team must now play one division lower and several levels lower than it was used to in previous years.
Larry Brown to coach the French NT?
The French NT is still looking for a National Team coach. Several European top coaches have been contacted or at least announced as contacted in the French press, and the main favorite seemed to be Vincent Collet, current ASVEL Villeurbanne coach. However, Basketnews.net announces a new name now that seems to be in the race: […]