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After Eurobasket, the future: Part one
Ball in Europe contributor Francesco Cappelletti wraps Eurobasket 2009 with little surprise and a long view on the future of Europe’s premiere national basketball programs. Today, analysis on the tournament’s top four finishers. It was simply a result that we could take for granted: Spain at the top of Europe, with silver medalist Serbia beaten […]
Eurobasket 2009, lucky day 13
This tournament just keeps getting better and better. Whether you dig the comeback or prefer a back-and-forth tug of war, Eurobasket 2009 had basketball lovers all smiles yesterday with a pair of fantastic contests truly reflecting the excellence of this field. And today there’s *four* more games? Nice. Jumping right in, then…
Eurobasket 2009, day 12: Quickie thoughts, congratulations, predictions
Whoa, a bit too much Pau Gasol for Team France last night, eh? Now that was the Spain everybody’s been wanting to see, if only as an object to hate on. And congratulations to Serbia as well, for just playing a wonderful game in basically brushing aside Russia; i’ve not been so happy being wrong […]
Hack-an-Asik and other fearless predictions for Eurobasket 2009, day 10
How do you explain “they should swallow their whistles” to someone who knows nothing about sports? (And I mean really nothing; we’re talking live-six-years-in-Chicago-during-the-Jordan-Era-and-still-not-know-the-difference-between-Bulls-and-Bears nothing.) That was my situation during large portions of the second and third quarters of the France-Greece game last night as to the wife’s chagrin I yelled at the TV. While […]
Eurobasket 2009 fearless predictions VIII: Titanic vs. Hindenburg headline matchup
If you had told a basketball fan about today’s Spain-Lithuania Eurobasket second-round matchup two weeks, he/she might have figured it to be one of the tournament’s most interesting games. It still is, of course, but for the exact opposite reason one may have expected. In one corner is Team Spain, a bunch of household names […]
Momentum shift! (Or, fearless predictions for Eurobasket 2009 day six)
Two days may not seem like much in reality (thus the bliss of a three-day weekend); in Eurobasket 2009, the 48 hours off for Group F teams could prove to be the most crucial stretch of the tournament. Today’s thought: Beware shifts in momentum. Fearless predictions for tonight’s three matches follow. Turkey v. Spain. Turkey […]
Eurobasket 2009 preview capsules, part three
Ball in Europe wraps its capsule coverage of Eurobasket 2009 competitors today with a look at the last five teams in the bunch. You can read part one here and part two here. Russia Group: B In brief: Two years after winning gold, Team Moscow – i mean, Team Russia – brings the “new look” […]
Ouch! Slovenia's Udrih out for Eurobasket
Bad news for Team Slovenia heading into Eurobasket 2009 (and not great news for the Sacramento Kings for 2009-10, either, really): A Slovenian national press agency story of yesterday confirmed that Beno Udrih will not be able to participate in the tourney due to a knee injury. Udrih suffered a knee injury in Wednesday’s friendly […]
Best of the (basketball) net: Gripes 'n' grievances edition
Welcome to another edition of “Best of the (basketball) net,” i.e. how to kill another week’s worth of office time on the internet. Please enjoy the following stories — a real international mix this week — complements of BallinEurope.com. Israel’s Nimrod Tishman is coming to University of Florida. In another Israel basketball-related piece, the Sacramento […]
Betting on basketball: EuroBasket 2009 Group C odds
In our ongoing look at the odds on EuroBasket 2009 (herein presented by Euroleague/Ball in Europe partner SportingBet.com), BallinEurope.com takes a few notes on the current odds and trends in Group C. Group C is the pool which is getting officially overhyped in this tournament as the “Group of Death” sports journalists so often seek […]
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).