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Who and what to watch for in 2010s European basketball
Welcome to the 10s, everyone! Now, enough with the pleasantries: With an entire demarcated decade stretching out before us, Ball in Europe wonders about future headlines, about who’s coming up, about “Who’s Next” in ESPNspeak. Here’s to thinking we’ll be talking about some of the following this decade… • Enes Kanter. It’s impossible to tell […]
Happy Treaty of Lisbon Day! (Now how does this affect basketball?)
December 1, 2009, will go down in history as the day the Treaty of Lisbon was put into full effect, thus “complet[ing] the process started by the Treaty of Amsterdam [1997] and by the Treaty of Nice [2001] with a view to enhancing the efficiency and democratic legitimacy of the Union and to improving the […]
Who’s next? Three national teams to watch for
As we await the two-game showdown between France and Belgium for the final spot in the FIBA Eurobasket 2009 tournament and Eurobasket Division B pool play enters the homestretch, Ball in Europe takes a speculative look at three national programs we might be hearing a lot more about in 2010 and beyond. Finland. When Finland […]
Betting on basketball: Lines, odds for tonight's Eurobasket preliminaries
Don’t know about y’all, but this punter is still reeling from Monday’s slate of upsets in the Eurobasket Additional Qualifying Round and Relegation Round games. Seriously, who had Finland over France? Anybody? Who knew Team Ukraine could win on the road, not to mention finally play up to their potential? And after all but penciling […]
Betting on basketball: Tonight’s EuroBasket lines, lessons learned
Four more games in EuroBasket land tip off tonight with two games each in the Additional Qualifying Round and Relegation Round to be played. By now, the punter should have accumulated enough short-term data to bet tonight’s games with a little wisdom and confidence. Hopefully. Below run some sample odds on tonight’s games posted by […]
Betting on Basketball: Odds, lines on four EuroBasket qualifying and relegation games
Four more games’ worth of EuroBasket 2009 preliminary action go off this evening, with two matches in the Additional Qualifying Round and two Relegation Round to be played. Euroleague/BallinEurope sponsor SportingBet.com naturally has the lines, and Ball in Europe just as naturally has some informational tidbits and opinions.
Betting on Basketball: Odds, lines on today’s EuroBasket qualifying and relegation games
Games two in both the EuroBasket Additional Qualifying Round and the EuroBasket Relegation Round tip off tonight; and though the bookmakers (in this case, our sponsors BetonBet.com and SportingBet.com) reckon on a lot of decisive wins, Ball in Europe senses an upset or two on the horizon…
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 […]