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2017 Basketball Champions League Final Four
The 2017 Basketball Champions League Final Four was the inaugural Basketball Champions League tournament. It was the concluding phase of the 2016–17 Basketball Champions League season. Venue The Santiago Martín hosted the final tournament for the first time. Road to the Final Four ''Note: In the table, the score of the Final Four team is given first (H = home; A = away).'' Bracket Semifinals Semifinal A Semifinal B Third place game Final Iberostar Tenerife was enjoying its most successful season in the Liga ACB in club history as the club was in the first place of the regular season. Banvit were having a season in which the team won its first trophy by winning the Turkish Cup. Playing at its home court, Tenerife won the game 63–59 behind Final Four MVP Marius Grigonis, who scored 18 points on 6 out of 10 three point shooting. Davin White added 14 points and 5 assists, while also hitting the most important three pointer of the game in the final mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Cristóbal De La Laguna
San Cristóbal de La Laguna (commonly known as La Laguna, ) is a city and municipality in the northern part of the island of Tenerife in the Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, on the Canary Islands, Spain. The former capital of the Canary Islands, the city is the third-most populous city of the archipelago and the second-most populous city of the island. In 1999 the historical center of La Laguna was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, after being nominated by Spain. La Laguna is situated alongside the city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife; thus, the two cities and municipalities form a single large urban center. Its economy is business-oriented while agriculture dominates the northeastern portion of the city. The urban area dominates the central and the southern parts. La Laguna is considered to be the cultural capital of the Canary Islands. It holds the Incorruptibility, incorrupt body of Mary of Jesus de León y Delgado, Sor María de Jesús, and the Christ of La Laguna (Cri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banvit B
Banvit is a feed and poultry producer based in Bandırma, Turkey. Business and activities Starting as a feed producer in 1968, Banvit gradually moved into the production of broiler chickens. Today, Banvit has the country's largest single broiler facility, able to process 16,000 birds per hour and 75 million per year. The company also has a facility in Romania, a poultry product factory in Bandırma, and the Tadpi turkey product facility in İzmir Distribution is managed through sales offices throughout Turkey and a fleet of refrigerated trucks. In 2017, a majority in Banvit was acquired by Brazilian food processor BRF S.A.. Sponsorship Banvit sponsored the basketball club Bandırma B.İ.K. for 25 years (1994–2019), as the club was known as Banvit B.K. See also *List of companies of Turkey Location of Turkey Turkey, officially Türkiye or the Republic of Türkiye is a transcontinental presidential republic in Eurasia, mainly on the Anatolian peninsula in Western As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Abromaitis
Timothy James Abromaitis (born September 17, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for Lenovo Tenerife of the Spanish Liga ACB. He played college basketball at Notre Dame. Early life Abromaitis was born in Waterbury, Connecticut and grew up in Unionville, Connecticut. He graduated from Farmington High School. College career Abromaitis, a 6'8" forward, chose to play college basketball at Notre Dame and enrolled in 2007. He played sparingly as a freshman in 2007–08, then sat out his sophomore year to develop. In 2009–10, Abromaitis became a starter and averaged 16.1 points per game. The following season Abromaitis teamed with Ben Hansbrough to lead the Irish to a 27–7 record and a #2 seed in the 2011 NCAA Tournament. Abromaitis averaged 15.4 points and 6.1 rebounds per game on the season. After the season, he was suspended for four games for violating one of the NCAA rules back in 2009 season. Abromaitis was poised for a strong senior year, but it was cu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zack Wright
Zachary "Zach" Wright (born February 5, 1985) is an American-born naturalized Bosnian former professional basketball player. He played at both the point guard and shooting guard positions. Professional career Wright's first team was SG Braunschweig of the German ProB. As a rookie pro, he led German Pro B in scoring (24.8) and steals (3.5). This stint was followed by three seasons in the LNB Pro A in France: with Élan Chalon, Le Mans Sarthe, and Limoges CSP. Wright played at the French All-Star Game during the 2008–09 and 2010–11 seasons, and was named the slam dunk champion in the 2010–11 season. In September 2011, he signed with Rethymno of the Greek League. He left them in March 2012, and signed with Cibona Zagreb of Croatia for the rest of the season. With Cibona he won the Croatian League In July 2012, he signed a two-year deal with Spartak St. Petersburg of Russia. He left them after one season and signed with German EuroLeague team Brose Baskets. He left the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dee Bost
Demarquis "Dee" Bost (; born October 12, 1989) is an American-born naturalized Bulgarian professional basketball player for the Al-Rayyan of the Qatari Basketball League. He also represents the Bulgarian national team internationally. He played college basketball for Mississippi State University. High school career Bost attended Concord High School in Concord, North Carolina. As a senior in 2006–07, he averaged 17 points, 6.5 rebounds and five assists per game to help lead coach Andy Poplin's CHS team to the 3A state hoops crown. He was subsequently named the 2007 Male Athlete of the Year by the North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) and the Charlotte Observer newspaper. In conjunction with basketball, Bost helped the Spiders become the first 3A school in North Carolina history to claim state titles in both football and basketball during the same academic year. He passed for 2,958 yards and 25 touchdowns on 64-percent accuracy to direct coach E.Z. Smith's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamal Shuler
Jamal Shuler (born January 11, 1986) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) before playing professionally in Germany, France, Ukraine and Israel. Shuler was named EuroChallenge Final Four MVP in 2015. Early life and college career Shuler attended Jacksonville High School in Jacksonville, North Carolina. He played college basketball for Virginia Commonwealth University's Rams. In his senior year at VCU, he averaged 15.5 points, 4.6 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 1.5 steals per game, shooting 41.3 percent from 3-point range. On March 6, 2008, Shuler earned a spot in the 2008 CAA All-First Team and All-Defensive Team. Professional career TBB Trier (2008–2010) After going undrafted in the 2008 NBA draft, Shuler started his professional career with TBB Trier of the BBL. On June 2, 2009, Shuler re-signed with Trier for one more season. On January 23, 2010, Shuler won the Slam Dunk Contest during t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gašper Vidmar
Gašper Vidmar (born 14 September 1987) is a retired Slovenian professional basketball player. He is 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) tall and plays the center position. Professional career Vidmar played in youth categories of Geoplin Slovan in Slovenia. He made his professional debut with Jance STZ in the Slovenian minors during the 2003–04 season; in 2005, he returned to Slovan. In 2007, Vidmar signed a multi-year deal with the Turkish club Fenerbahçe. On 8 September 2009 he was loaned to Union Olimpija of his native Slovenia for the 2009–10 season; on 2 April 2010 he returned to Fenerbahçe. On 11 July 2012 he was loaned to Beşiktaş for the 2012–13 season. For the 2013–14 season he returned to Fenerbahçe, but suffered a season-ending injury in early February 2014. In October 2014, he signed with Darüşşafaka for the 2014–15 season. In July 2015, Vidmar joined the New Orleans Pelicans for the 2015 NBA Summer League. However, he didn't make the roster and signed with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damian Kulig
Damian Kulig (born June 23, 1987) is a Polish professional basketball player for Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski of the Polish Basketball League (PLK). He represents the Polish national team internationally. Standing at , he plays at the power forward and center positions. Professional career On March 22, 2012, Kulig moved from Poznań to sign with the Polish team Turów Zgorzelec until the end of the 2011–12 season. In May 2012, the club extended contract with him for one more season. In the 2014–15 season, Kulig played in the EuroLeague for the first time in his career. Over 10 games, he led his team with 15.2 points, also having 5.5 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game. However, Turów Zgorzelec was eliminated in the first phase of the competition, being last in the Group C with a 1–9 score. On April 29, 2015, Kulig won the PLK Most Valuable Player Award. Turów Zgorzelec finished the season in 2nd place of the Polish League, after a 4–2 loss to Zielona Góra in the final seri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greenwich Mean Time
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is the local mean time at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London, counted from midnight. At different times in the past, it has been calculated in different ways, including being calculated from noon; as a consequence, it cannot be used to specify a particular time unless a context is given. The term "GMT" is also used as Western European Time, one of the names for the time zone UTC+00:00 and, in UK law, is the basis for civil time in the United Kingdom. Because of Earth's uneven angular velocity in its Elliptic orbit, elliptical orbit and its axial tilt, noon (12:00:00) GMT is rarely the exact moment the Sun crosses the Prime meridian (Greenwich), Greenwich Meridian and reaches its highest point in the sky there. This event may occur up to 16 minutes before or after noon GMT, a discrepancy described by the equation of time. Noon GMT is the annual average (the arithmetic mean) moment of this event, which accounts f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iberostar Tenerife
Club Cantera Base 1939 Canarias S.A.D., commonly known as CB Canarias and known as La Laguna Tenerife for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball team that is based in La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain. Domestically, the team plays in the top-level league in Spain, the Liga ACB and in European-wide competitions, the team plays in FIBA's Champions League (BCL). Their home arena is the Santiago Martín. Canarias became a prominent club on the domestic scene during the 2010s, after securing promotion to the Liga ACB in 2014. Under the FIBA system, Canarias won two BCL championships (in 2017 and 2023) as well as three Intercontinental Cups (2017, 2020, 2023). History The team was founded in 1994, after the old CB Canarias club, that huge financial problems at that time, merged with other teams of the Spanish island of Tenerife, to create the new Tenerife Canarias club, which only played two seasons in the Liga EBA competition, at the time when that league was the second tier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Basketball Champions League Final Four
The 2017 Basketball Champions League Final Four was the inaugural Basketball Champions League tournament. It was the concluding phase of the 2016–17 Basketball Champions League season. Venue The Santiago Martín hosted the final tournament for the first time. Road to the Final Four ''Note: In the table, the score of the Final Four team is given first (H = home; A = away).'' Bracket Semifinals Semifinal A Semifinal B Third place game Final Iberostar Tenerife was enjoying its most successful season in the Liga ACB in club history as the club was in the first place of the regular season. Banvit were having a season in which the team won its first trophy by winning the Turkish Cup. Playing at its home court, Tenerife won the game 63–59 behind Final Four MVP Marius Grigonis, who scored 18 points on 6 out of 10 three point shooting. Davin White added 14 points and 5 assists, while also hitting the most important three pointer of the game in the final mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg
BG Ludwigsburg, for sponsorship reasons MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg (), is a professional basketball club that is based in Ludwigsburg, Germany. The club currently plays in the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), the first tier of basketball in Germany. Founded in 1960 as DJK Ludwigsburg, the club has been a regular in the BBL since the 1986–87 season, when the team promoted from the second division 2. Basketball Bundesliga. Between the period 1970–2012, the team was also known as SpVgg 07 Ludwigsburg and BSG Basket, before changing its name at the end of the sponsorship agreement with EnBW. History The team was founded in 1960 as the basketball section of the multi-sports club DJK Ludwigsburg. In the 1979–80 season, the team promoted for the first time to the highest tier, the Basketball Bundesliga. From 1970 until 1987, the club was known as SpVgg 07, as it was part of the multi-sports club SpVgg Ludwigsburg. In 1987, the team separated from SpVgg and was renamed BSG Basket Ludwig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
