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Eurobasket 2013 qualification round bullets – plus Official Fearless Predictions™
With 13 games to play tonight in the EuroBasket 2013 qualifying round, BallinEurope takes a quick look around the blogosphere regarding a few subplots, storylines and players to watch. We’ll do this in the time-honored tradition of the ESPN TrueHoop Network, i.e. bullet-style. ● Some in the Spurs Nation were enthused with Davis Bertans’ play […]
FIBA EuroBasket qualifiers: Will Jonas Jerebko play against Team Bulgaria?
Jonas Jerebko has been the key player for Team Sweden in the FIBA EuroBasket qualifying round thus far, with an average line of 20.0 points, 5.5 rebounds, 4.25 assists and 1.75 steals per game – so you can imagine his side may be entering tomorrow’s match with Bulgaria with some trepidation, as Jerebko’s status for […]
Gershon: “Jasikevicius is key for Panathinaikos”; “Who can stop McCalebb?”
Over at Greece-based Eurohoops.net, yesterday was posted a nice interview with already-legendary former head coach Pini Gershon. Gershon in Europe is mostly known for his establishment of Maccabi Tel Aviv as a European basketball powerhouse, with Continental titles taken in 2001*, 2004, and 2005 (*actually a FIBA SuproLeague title in that strange season of two […]
Jaycee Carroll, Nik Caner-Medley: Proud to be Azerbaijani?
One hot-button topic in the European basketball world got a bit more heated yesterday: Word has it that The Azerbaijan Basketball Federation has opened talks that would install American-born players Jaycee Carroll and Nik Caner-Medley on the men’s national team in preparation for Eurobasket qualifiers. Twitter tremors on the acquisitions – and let’s just call […]
EuroBasket power rankings, post round one edition
The 2011 FIBA EuroBasket tournament gets things started again today, after the 12 advancing teams get in a couple days’ worth of hard-earned rest. With the dust now settled, BallinEurope takes a look at how the dozen sides look going into the second round of play (numbers in parentheses represent each team’s win-loss record brought […]
Eurobasket 2011: A brief roundup
On the eve of Eurobasket 2011 (finally), BallinEurope’s man in the U.K., Sam Chadwick, makes his own version of BiE’s patented Fearless Predictions™ with his own brief take on the tournament contender’s chances. And if you don’t think these prognostications are indeed fearless, just scroll down to the bottom to see who he’s got taking […]
Fratello named Team Ukraine coach for Eurobasket 2011
Former Atlanta Hawks coach/Marv Albert’s right-hand man Mike “The Czar” Fratello has been named coach of Team Ukraine in advance of Eurobasket 2011. According to press releases and Associated Press reportage, Ukrainian Basketball Federation president Olexandr Volkov stated that “We have a verbal agreement and will sign an official contract any day now. This will […]
Türk Telekom tournament tips off in Turkey
Tipping off yesterday in Turkey with a full slate of games was the U16 Türk Telekom tournament. The 12-team competition is stacked with European sides, including the hosts, Bulgaria, France, Georgia, Germany, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, and Ukraine; China, Iran and Puerto Rico fill out the field. Defending champions Serbia are not participating. The always-excellent European […]
Eurobasket 2009 preview capsules, part one
While counting down the days ’til Eurobasket 2009 tips off, BallinEurope.com will take a brief look at the field of 16 teams in brief. Enough said — onto today’s capsules! Bulgaria Group: D In brief: The word is “plucky.” With Team Bulgaria’s one bonafide superstar, Ibrahim Jaaber, out, all the pluck in the world won’t […]
Betting on basketball: BetOnBet odds, lines for under-18 semifinals
The FIBA U18 European Championship Men is into the semifinal round, and Ball in Europe sponsor BetonBet.com has released a number of odds, lines and proposition bets on today’s elimination games and qualifiers; the following are a few of the odds currently available at the sportsbook website. Other betting options are available for some games […]
Betting on basketball: Sporting Bet odds, lines for U18s quarterfinals
The FIBA U18 European Championship Men has entered the quarterfinal round, with Euroleague/Ball in Europe sponsor SportingBet.com releasing a number of odds and lines on today’s games; the following are the odds and the match handicap (or the good old-fashioned pointspread as they call it in America).
FIBA European Championship Women, c'est fini, proclaim the French
The 2009 edition of the FIBA European Championship Women is in the books, punctuated emphatically with the French ladies’ 74-52 destruction of Spain for the gold medal finish. However, it seems the real winners were those who managed to catch the Latvia-Russia game for third place, with center Liga Surkusa’s clutch play the difference maker […]