2010–11 Eurocup Basketball Explained

2010–11 Eurocup
League:Eurocup
Sport:Basketball
Duration:September 29, 2010 – April 17, 2011
Mvp: Dontaye Draper
(Cedevita)
Mvp Link:EuroCup Basketball MVP
Top Scorer: Jaycee Carroll (Gran Canaria 2014)
Top Scorer Link:EuroCup Basketball Top Scorer
Finals:Finals
Finals Link:2010-11 Eurocup Basketball#Final Four
Finals Champ: UNICS (1st title)
Finals Runner-Up: Cajasol
Third Place: Cedevita
Finals Mvp: Marko Popović
(UNICS)
Finals Mvp Link:EuroCup Basketball Finals MVP
Seasonslistnames:Eurocup Basketball
Prevseason Link:2009–10 Eurocup Basketball
Prevseason Year:2009–10
Nextseason Link:2011–12 Eurocup Basketball
Nextseason Year:2011–12

2010–11 Eurocup Basketball was the ninth edition of Europe's second-tier level transnational competition for men's professional basketball clubs, the EuroCup. The EuroCup is the European-wide league level that is one tier below the EuroLeague level. It began with qualifying round matches on September 29, 2010, and ended on April 16-17, 2011, with the 2010–11 Eurocup Finals, which was played at the Arena Palaverde, in Treviso.

Teams

Group stage
Country (League) TeamsTeams (rankings in 2009–10 national championships)
bgcolor= Germany (BBL) 2
Greece (ESAKE A1) 2
bgcolor= Spain (ACB) 2
bgcolor= Italy (Serie A) 1
bgcolor= Latvia (LBL) 1
bgcolor= Lithuania (LKL) 1
bgcolor= Poland (PLK) 1
bgcolor= Russia (PBL) 1
Losers of Euroleague 2010–11 qualifying rounds
Country (League) TeamsTeams (rankings in 2009–10 national championships)
bgcolor= France (Pro A) 3
bgcolor= Czech Republic (NBL) 1
bgcolor= Germany (BBL) 1
bgcolor= Israel (Ligat HaAl) 1
bgcolor= Italy (Serie A) 1
bgcolor= Montenegro (Opportunity Liga) 1
bgcolor= Netherlands (FEB) 1
Russia (PBL) 1
Serbia (KLS) 1
bgcolor= Turkey (TBL) 1
Ukraine (SuperLeague) 1
Qualifying round
Country (League) TeamsTeams (rankings in 2009–10 national championships)
bgcolor= Turkey (TBL) 2
bgcolor= Croatia (A1 Liga) 1
Greece (ESAKE A1) 1
bgcolor= Israel (Ligat HaAl) 1
bgcolor= Italy (Serie A) 1
bgcolor= Spain (ACB) 1
Ukraine (SuperLeague) 1

Qualifying round

See main article: Eurocup Basketball 2010–11 Qualifying Round.

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Regular season

The Regular Season ran from November 16, 2010 to December 21, 2010.

If teams were level on record at the end of the Regular Season, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:

  1. Head-to-head record.
  2. Head-to-head point differential.
  3. Point differential during the Regular Season.
  4. Points scored during the regular season.
  5. Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each Regular Season match.
Key to colors
    Top two places in each group advance to Top 16
    Eliminated

Group A

See main article: Eurocup Basketball 2010–11 Regular Season Group A.

width=25width=220Teamwidth=40Pldwidth=40Wwidth=40Lwidth=40PFwidth=40PAwidth=40Diff
1. UNICS6 5 1 507 379 +128
2. Le Mans6 4 2 426 429 −3
3. Bandırma Banvit6 2 4 402 474 −72
4. EWE Baskets6 1 5 435 488 −53

Group B

See main article: Eurocup Basketball 2010–11 Regular Season Group B.

width=25width=220Teamwidth=40Pldwidth=40Wwidth=40Lwidth=40PFwidth=40PAwidth=40Diff
1. Göttingen6 4 2 478 442 +36
2. Hemofarm6 3 3 496 512 −16
3. ASVEL6 3 3 494 506 −12
4. Beşiktaş Cola Turka6 2 4 516 524 −8

Group C

See main article: Eurocup Basketball 2010–11 Regular Season Group C.

width=25width=220Teamwidth=40Pldwidth=40Wwidth=40Lwidth=40PFwidth=40PAwidth=40Diff
1. Gran Canaria 20146 5 1 463 396 +67
2. Budivelnyk6 4 2 397 391 +6
3. Budućnost6 3 3 431 418 +13
4. Šiauliai6 0 6 420 506 −86

Group D

See main article: Eurocup Basketball 2010–11 Regular Season Group D.

width=25width=220Teamwidth=40Pldwidth=40Wwidth=40Lwidth=40PFwidth=40PAwidth=40Diff
1. Aris6 5 1 514 462 +52
2. Cedevita6 4 2 484 479 +5
3. Azovmash6 2 4 492 504 −12
4. Hapoel Gilboa Galil6 1 5 492 537 −45

Group E

See main article: Eurocup Basketball 2010–11 Regular Season Group E.

width=25width=220Teamwidth=40Pldwidth=40Wwidth=40Lwidth=40PFwidth=40PAwidth=40Diff
1. Galatasaray Café Crown6 4 2 441 374 +67
2. Panellinios6 4 2 366 375 −9
3. Bennet Cantù6 3 3 413 398 +15
4. GasTerra Flames6 1 5 365 438 −73

Group F

See main article: Eurocup Basketball 2010–11 Regular Season Group F.

width=25width=220Teamwidth=40Pldwidth=40Wwidth=40Lwidth=40PFwidth=40PAwidth=40Diff
1. Benetton Bwin Treviso6 6 0 454 414 +40
2. Asefa Estudiantes6 3 3 483 462 +21
3. PAOK6 3 3 449 438 +11
4. Chorale Roanne6 0 6 423 495 −72

Group G

See main article: Eurocup Basketball 2010–11 Regular Season Group G.

width=25width=220Teamwidth=40Pldwidth=40Wwidth=40Lwidth=40PFwidth=40PAwidth=40Diff
1. ČEZ Nymburk6 4 2 496 473 +23
2. Cajasol6 3 3 494 478 +16
3. Hapoel Jerusalem6 3 3 466 463 +3
4. VEF Rīga6 2 4 472 514 −42

Group H

See main article: Eurocup Basketball 2010–11 Regular Season Group H.

width=25width=220Teamwidth=40Pldwidth=40Wwidth=40Lwidth=40PFwidth=40PAwidth=40Diff
1. Alba Berlin6 6 0 496 414 +82
2. Pepsi Caserta6 3 3 472 463 +9
3. Krasnye Krylia6 2 4 478 502 −24
4. Anwil Włocławek6 1 5 470 537 −67

Top 16

Key to colors
    Top two places in each group advance to Quarterfinals
    Eliminated

Group I

See main article: Eurocup Basketball 2010–11 Last 16 Group I.

width=15width=220Teamwidth=20Pldwidth=20Wwidth=20Lwidth=20PFwidth=20PAwidth=30DiffTie-break
1. UNICS6 4 2 492 459 +33 1–1 (+14)
2. Cedevita6 4 2 513 531 −18 1–1 (−14)
3. Gran Canaria 20146 2 4 482 484 −2 1–1 (+5)
4. Hemofarm6 2 4 453 466 −13 1–1 (−5)

Group J

See main article: Eurocup Basketball 2010–11 Last 16 Group J.

width=15width=220Teamwidth=20Pldwidth=20Wwidth=20Lwidth=20PFwidth=20PAwidth=30DiffTie-break
1. Budivelnyk6 4 2 417 413 +4 2–0 (+17)
2. Göttingen6 4 2 433 416 +17 0–2 (-17)
3. Le Mans6 2 4 444 445 −1 2–0 (+20)
4. Aris6 2 4 443 463 −20 0–2 (−20)

Group K

See main article: Eurocup Basketball 2010–11 Last 16 Group K.

width=15width=220Teamwidth=20Pldwidth=20Wwidth=20Lwidth=20PFwidth=20PAwidth=30DiffTie-break
1. Asefa Estudiantes6 5 1 489 459 +30 1–1 (+8)
2. Pepsi Caserta6 5 1 474 453 +21 1–1 (−8)
3. Galatasaray Café Crown6 2 4 409 421 −12
4. ČEZ Nymburk6 0 6 451 490 −39

Group L

See main article: Eurocup Basketball 2010–11 Last 16 Group L.

width=15width=220Teamwidth=20Pldwidth=20Wwidth=20Lwidth=20PFwidth=20PAwidth=30DiffTie-break
1. Benetton Bwin Treviso6 5 1 461 426 +35 1–1 (+5)
2. Cajasol6 5 1 476 440 +36 1–1 (−5)
3. Panellinios6 1 5 451 477 −26 1–1 (+10)
4. Alba Berlin6 1 5 434 479 −45 1–1 (−10)

Quarterfinals

See main article: Eurocup Basketball 2010–11 Quarterfinals.

The quarterfinals were two-legged ties determined on aggregate score. The first legs was played on March 23. All return legs were played on March 30. The group winner in each tie, listed as "Team #1", hosted the second leg.

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Final four

See main article: Eurocup Basketball 2010–11 Final four.

Euroleague Basketball Company announced that the 2010-11 Eurocup season would culminate with the Eurocup Finals in Treviso, Italy, on April 16 and 17.[1]

Semifinals

April 16, Palaverde, Treviso|}

3rd place game

April 17, Palaverde, Treviso|}

Final

April 17, Palaverde, Treviso|}

Final standings

width=25width=220Team
UNICS
Cajasol
Cedevita
Benetton Bwin Treviso

Individual statistics

Points

Rankwidth=200Namewidth=200TeamGameswidth=75Pointswidth=40PPG
1. Jaycee Carroll Gran Canaria 20141222819.00
2. Bracey Wright Cedevita1016716.70
3. Chester Simmons ČEZ Nymburk1219115.92
4. Devin Smith Benetton Bwin Treviso1625215.75
5. UNICS1523515.67

Rebounds

Rankwidth=200Namewidth=200TeamGameswidth=75Reboundswidth=40RPG
1. UNICS161298.06
2. Pepsi Caserta131007.69
3. Aris12867.17
4. Asefa Estudiantes14987.00
5. Cedevita11777.00

Assists

Rankwidth=200Namewidth=200TeamGameswidth=75Pointswidth=40APG
1. Cedevita14876.21
1. UNICS11645.82
3. Benetton Bwin Treviso16784.88
4. Trenton Meacham Göttingen14654.64
5. Asefa Estudiantes14604.29

Awards

MVP Weekly

Regular season

WeekPlayerTeam
1. P. J. Tucker35
2. Christos Tapoutos32
3. Demetrius Alexander36
4. Primož Brezec40
5. Ebi Ere35
6. Dontaye Draper36

Top 16

WeekPlayerTeam
1. Mike Scott36
2. Paul Davis31
3. Damjan Rudež35
4. Damjan Rudež (2)
Bracey Wright
28
5. Devin Smith47
6. Benjamin Dewar29

Quarterfinals

GamePlayerTeam
1.40
2. Bracey Wright (2)37

Eurocup MVP

Eurocup Finals MVP

All-Eurocup Team

[4]

class="wikitable sortable"
Position All-Eurocup First TeamClub Team All-Eurocup Second Team Club Team
Dontaye Draper Cedevita Bracey Wright Cedevita
UNICS Dwayne Anderson Göttingen
Devin Smith Benetton Bwin Treviso Kelly McCarty UNICS
Tariq Kirksay Cajasol Nik Caner-Medley Asefa Estudiantes
Maciej Lampe UNICS Paul Davis Cajasol

Coach of the Year

Rising Star

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://archive.today/20120730160547/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/ulebcup/home/news/i/81972/3735/treviso-italy-to-host-eurocup-finals Treviso, Italy to host Eurocup Finals!
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20110412031157/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/ulebcup/home/news/i/84396/3735 2010-11 Eurocup MVP: Dontaye Draper, Cedevita Zagreb.
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20110420104852/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/ulebcup/home/eurocup-finals/treviso-2011/main-page/i/84856/5470/item 2010-11 Eurocup Finals MVP: Marko Popović of Unics.
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20110409182222/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/ulebcup/home/news/i/84312/3735 2010-11 All-Eurocup first, second teams announced.
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20120215060034/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/home/news/i/84271/448/item 2010-11 Eurocup Coach of the Year: Aleksandar Petrovic, Cedevita Zagreb.
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20110408161025/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/ulebcup/home/news/i/84189/3735 2010-11 2010-11 Eurocup Rising Star Trophy winner: Donatas Motiejunas, Benetton Bwin.