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When a new season starts, you hope for some action and excitement to get you into the swing of things quickly. By the end of Thursday night, there had already been some great pieces of basketball play and Round 1 wasn’t even anywhere near being over with the Euroleague 2014/15 season. Championships and Play-Off places... Continue Reading »

Fans looking to get up to speed with the 2014/15 Euroleague will be delighted to know that after the opening day fixtures on Thursday the 16th of October, there are more games taking place on Friday the 17th of October. With games coming thick and fast, the betting opportunities are coming by quickly as well... Continue Reading »

With the first game between Spanish Laboral Kutxa and Russian Neptunas Klaipeda on the 15th of October, the 2014/15 Euroleague gets underway on the 16th of October and this will be the 15th season of the modern era tournament. There has been well over 50 seasons of leading basketball competition in Europe but this campaign, which will... Continue Reading »

There were plenty of times in the final of the 2014/15 Euroleague qualifying event when it seemed as though ASVEL Lyon Villeurbanne were going to take the victory. When you hold a 19 point lead in a final, it is only natural that your fans start to dream while many of your opposition fans will... Continue Reading »

This isn’t just a game between two teams with pride at stake; the winning team will take part in the 2014/15 Euroleague. This is why there is a great deal riding on the outcome of this match, which means that tension will be high in Oostende when ASVEL Lyon Villeurbanne and UNICS Kazan clash in the final... Continue Reading »

With the 2014 FIBA World Cup a distant memory now, all thoughts are turning towards the new season and for clubs, players and fans across Europe, the 2014/15 Euroleague is high on the agenda. At the moment, the qualifying rounds are taking place and before the weekend begins, we will know who has booked their... Continue Reading »

Such is the size and scale of the Euroleague, and the fact that there are so many teams desperate to be part of the premier sporting event in European basketball, it is necessary to have qualifying draws. Euroleague has just unveiled the schedule for the new season’s qualifying round and regular season, which means that... Continue Reading »

While a great deal of focus is falling on the NBA Draft, the success or failure of a team is not solely about the players. There is a lot to be said about the impact that a coach will have on their side and you find that struggling teams will often change their coach on... Continue Reading »

When you think about the Final Four of the Euroleague 2013/14 season, it would be easy to say that three of the four teams were the expected teams. This is because CSKA Moscow, Real Madrid and FC Barcelona have the biggest budgets in European basketball. However, and as we all know, a big budget doesn’t... Continue Reading »

There is certainly money to be made from the bookies if you can find a team with a perfect will to win. Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv were rank outsiders in their semi-final match against CSKA Moscow but they delivered an almighty shock in that match. The team from Israel were even bigger outsiders when it... Continue Reading »