TTC Gone Traveling Show: BCL Gameday 8, EuroCup Round 5, EuroLeague Rounds 10/11 reviews; preview of FIBA World Cup 2023 Qualifiers
TTC Gone Traveling Show: BCL Gameday 8, EuroCup Round 5, EuroLeague Rounds 10/11 reviews; preview of FIBA World Cup 2023 Qualifiers
TTC Gone Traveling Show: BCL Gameday 7, EuroCup Round 5, EuroLeague Rounds 10/11 reviews; preview of FIBA World Cup 2023 Qualifiers
Phew … so much great basketball, not enough time to talk about it all. Taking The Charge Gone Traveling Show gives it a try. We look at U-BT Cluj Napoca’s thrilling double-OT win in the Basketball Champions League; Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar suffering their first loss as the last undefeated team to fall in the 7DAYS EuroCup; and AX Armani Exchange Milan losing two games in Russia in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague. And then we chat with FIBA veteran commentator Jeff Taylor to preview the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Qualifiers. Sorry we couldn’t find a time to chat with Enzo Flojo about the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Asian Qualifiers as discussed last week.
Basketball Champions League Gameday 7 review
The Taking The Charge Gone Traveling show looks back at Gameday 7 of the Basketball Champions League with Josh Bett of the BCL Trash Talk podcast. U-BT Cluj Napoca beat Hapoel U-NET Holon in a double-OT thriller while Rytas Vilnius grabbed the tiebreaker against Besiktas and AEK Athens finally got their first victory
Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Rounds 10/11 review
The TTC Gone Traveling show reviews Rounds 10 and 11 action of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague with Moshe Barda of the EuroLeague Sweet 16 podcast. One of the EL Sweet 16 podcast masterminds breaks down AX Armani Exchange Milan losing two games - especially giving up 97 points while being ranked tops in defense. FC Barcelona's comeback win over CSKA Moscow is also a topic - and it says more about Barcelona than CSKA. There's also talk about UNICS Kazan, AS Monaco, Zalgiris Kaunas.
7DAYS EuroCup Round 5 review
The TTC Gone Traveling show takes a look at the top action from Round 5 of the 7Days EuroCup with Antigoni Zachari of EuroHoops.net. And then there were none: Turk Telekom Ankara hands Lokomotive Kuban Krasnodar their first loss and there are no more undefeated teams in the EuroCup. Valencia Basket seem to have stabilized themselves - at least offensively - after a win over JL Bourg. And Partizan NIS Belgrade had more trouble than some expected against Lietkabelis Panevezys.
FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 European Qualifiers
The TTC Gone Traveling show previews this week's FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 European Qualifiers with FIBA veteran commentator Jeff Taylor. They break down some of the numerous coaching changes among the European teams - especially some of the surprising moves. Which of the eight groups in Europe would be considered a Group of Death? What are some of the most tantalizing match-ups in the first window. Jeff also gives a couple of things to watch about the other qualifiers in Africa, Americas and Asia.
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