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Taylor Rochestie wins the Alphonso Ford award as Euroleague top scorer
As expected, Taylor Rochestie of Nizhny Novgorod has formally been announced as this year’s winner of the Alphonso Ford award as top scorer in Euroleague. Here’s the full release from Euroleague…read to the bottom for extra news about BiE’s coverage of the Final Four in Madrid. The first of the 2014-15 EFES Euroleague Awards, the […]
Lithuania tops Serbia, 85-67, to take U19 title; Russia finishes third
Congratulations from BallinEurope go out this morning to Team Lithuania, who took the FIBA U19 World Championship title with an 85-67 victory over Serbia last night. Jonas Valanciunas again contributed a dominant performance with 36 points, eight rebounds, three blocks and three steals; to no one’s surprise, the Lithuanian was named tournament MVP. (Excited yet, […]
Russian Revolution: Ten teams announce break with Superleague to form new basketball association
In response to a “last straw,” i.e. the Russian Basketball Federation reformatting its season-ending tournament, 10 clubs in the country have announced their withdrawal from the competition and plans to make up a new Russian league. The list includes essentially all the top names in Russian professional basketball and clubs who play Euroleague, EuroCup and […]