European Prospects

With two Germans (Niels Giffey, Enosch Wolf) in the race to win the National Championship of NCAA Basketball tonight, I was looking backwards to see how many Europeans have so far won this trophy and what they are up to at the moment. This list is certainly not complete and it will be updated throughout the evening so if you have information on other Europeans, please email me or add them to the comments. [Read more →]

With the NCAA Tournament coming to an end, it is about time to make an update on some of the Europeans involved in College Basketball as well as on what are the latest news in Recruiting and concerning the NBA Draft.

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The French prospect Evan Fournier is currently all around the news after he got selected for the Nike Hoop Summit 2011 and was a main factor for his team PB86 Poitiers in the ProA in the recent games. We took this opportunity to go a bit through his stats and highlights as we have not seen him play during a full game this season so far.

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On last Wednesday, the first game of the Eurocup Quarterfinals has been played in the Lokhalle of Göttingen between BG74 Göttingen and Benetton Treviso. The low-budget hosts matched up with one of the most traditional names in European basketball. But Göttingen, who was a last season Euro-Challenge champion did not want to give up easy as they were the only team representing the German League still in the competition. In front of a sold-out crowd and a fantastic positive atmosphere in the 1917 built (the oldest building used for high-level basketball games in Europe?) Lokhalle, the game ended with a tie as the quarter finals are played in a simple home and away format with the points of both games being added. While the German team is mainly based on US players (the Italian rotation features only 2 Italians as well), Treviso features two of the most interesting young players in Europe with the Lithuanian Donatas Motiejunas and the Italian Alessandro Gentile.

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Today, USA Basketball announced the official roster for the World Select Team at the 2011 Nike Hoop Summit that will be held in Portland during the first week of April. We check the different European players that got selected and discuss some players that will not be present.

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The NCAA College Basketball Tournament started last Thursday with the first games of the Round of the last 64. If you have already filled your bracket or want to do some last-minute March Madness betting, it is about time. We give you the road map to follow all the Europeans that have remained in the tournament. The games continue in the night from Thursday to Friday and all European are playing that night with none being involved in the games during the night from Friday to Saturday.

Thursday 24th March 2011

• 02h15: Connecticut with Niels Giffey (GER) and Enosch Wolf (GER)
• 02h27: Florida with Will Yeguete (FRA)
• 04h45: Arizona with Kyryl Natyazhko (UKR)

All times are Central European Winter Time.

All the games can be followed LIVE on March Madness on Demand, available here.

This weekend, it was again time for a quick Scouting weekend in Germany. The plan was to check out the Crailsheim Merlins at home in the decisive game for FC Bayern München to move up to the BEKO-BBL followed by a matchup between two mid- to low-level Bundesliga teams BBC Bayreuth and TBB Trier. All four teams feature some interesting prospects for different levels and it was good to get an updates on some of them.

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With the Pac-10 Conference tournament starting tonight in Staples Center, Los Angeles, it is time to take a look at the history of Nikola Vucevic and his family that was highly successful in sports. The games of the Pac-10 tournament might be his last ones in College Basketball as the Montenegrin forward is still not decided if he stays for another year at USC or if he will declare for the 2011 NBA Draft. Find out about the great sports tradition in Nikola’s family and how he literally survived one of the biggest dramas in his country.

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Next weekend will start the Playoffs of the German U19 League NBBL. So it is about time to check who are the favorites in the bracket to reach the Top4 event on the 14th and 15th May in Ludwigsburg.

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In the third and last part of our Nike International Junior Tournament review, we will take a look at the big guys today. So check out who are the players to follow in the next years to play in the paint.

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