The Eurocup regular season has concluded and now we await the remaining five teams from the Euroleague to join the Round of 32.
Group A
CEZ Nymburk qualified for the next round and eliminated Le Mans after they comfortably beat Artland Dragons 77-58 on the road.
Rado Rancik led the winners with 20 points as they finish with a 6-4 record. Le Mans lost away at Telenet Ostend 79-70 to finish on a 5-5 record.
Jean Salumu led Ostend with 13 points as they finished 8-2. The same record as Cantu but due to the head-to-head; will end up second in the group.
Cantu finish top with an 8-2 record after they thrashed already eliminated Cibona Zagreb 92-68 at the Mapooro Arena.
Maarten Leunen the Italian side with 18 points.
Group B
Bilbao needed a five-point win to advance and they got just that as a lay-up from Alex Mumbru with 1.6 seconds left secured a 90-84 win over EWE Oldenburg.
Mumbru had 22 points as they snap a five-game losing streak.
Oldenburg are eliminated, Julius Jenkins led them with 20.
Group C
The game that rounded off Group C saw Ratiopharm Ulm go down 86-75 to Cimberio Varese.
The dead rubber game saw the Italians restore some pride as they exit the Eurocup while Ratiopharm Ulm finish the group in second with a 7-3 record.
Group D
Group D was largely sorted before week ten. Zaragoza got the better of Gravelines at home 86-73 despite both teams already securing their spot in the Round of 32.
Alba Berlin thrashed eliminated Mons 81-46 at the O2 World as a 22-10 first quarter set the tone for a routine win for the German side.
Ledo Radosevic had 14 points for Alba.
And there was also a home win for Telekom Baskets Bonn as they romped to a 96-88 overtime win over Virtus Rome. Both sides though were already eliminated from group play.
Group E
Khimki Moscow finished the Regular Season 9-1 and top of their group after an 80-67 win over eliminated Igokea and Hapoel Jerusalem defeated Karsiyaka Izmir 79-75 in a group that was long decided.
Group F
Aykon Ankara are through to the Round of 32 after thrashing already eliminated Alba Fehervar 84-64.
A 20-2 run in the first quarter was enough to secure the win for the Turkish side. Vanja Plisnic paced the winners with 23 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 blocks.
Ankara’s win meant that PAOK have been eliminated and to make it worse for the Greek side lost to Group F winners Nizhny Novgorod 60-52.
The game played purely for pride saw Buducnost end their Eurocup adventure with a 91-87 win over Khimik Yukhne.
Nikola Ivanovic paced the winners with 14 points.
Group G
Unics Kazan finished with a perfect 10-0 record in Group G after a comfortable 88-62 win at MZT Skopje.
Andrew Goudelock finished with 19 points to lead the Russians.
Banvit won the head-to-head over VEF Riga to qualify to the next round as the side’s 83-64 win was superior to the Latvian’s final day 91-77 triumph in the Latvian capital.
And Kalev Tallinn edged Maccabi Haifa 75-70 in Israel to restore some pride as they had been eliminated.
Group H
Group H was near enough finalized as Neptunas finished their campaign with a comfortable 92-74 win over Spartak Saint Petersburg who themselves were out.
Bisons Loimaa secured a 93-89 overtime win against Panionios Athens as the Finnish champions ended their first ever Eurocup campaign on a high note despite elimination and Besiktas got the better of Radnicki 90-76 in Istanbul.
Besiktas, Panionios and Radnicki all advance.
