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Despite loss, Ventspils wins BBL trophy

Off the strength of a 69:91 road win over Rudipis Prienai in the first game of the Baltic Basketball League (BBL) championships series, Ventspils was able to capture the title…

April 7, 2013No CommentRead More

Ventspils shoots their way to BBL ‘ship lead

Anyone that’s ever played competitive basketball can tell you that there are days that you feel like you couldn’t hit the backboard from five feet and then there are days…

April 3, 2013No CommentRead More

Dwight Burke signs with Siauliai

American power forward Dwight Burke (202 cm, Marquette’09) has penned a deal to join the roster at BC Siauliai (Lithuania, LKL and Baltic League) until the end of the season.…

March 5, 2013No CommentRead More

Baltic Basketball: Top 16 Set to Tip off Jan. 7

The field is set for the next stage of action in the Baltic Basketball League, as four strongest teams from each of the regular season groups will face off in…

December 20, 2012No CommentRead More

Darrick Leonard named Baltic League Player of the Month

UTENA – Darrick Leonard (190 cm, Aurora University’07) became the first player of the new season to clinch the Baltic Basketball League (BBL) Player of the Month honors after being…

November 6, 20121 CommentRead More

BBL Groupings released for 2012-13

The Baltic Basketball League (BBL) has released the league groupings for the upcoming season. The league will consist of 23 teams, broken up into four groups. The first day of…

September 21, 20125 CommentsRead More

Shrinking Baltic League merges two divisions

The Basketball League (BBL) is changing the format for the upcoming season by merging the two divisions (Elite and Challenge Cup). It means that the total number of teams competing…

September 2, 20121 CommentRead More

Several teams leave Baltic league

Zalgiris Kaunas, Lietuvos Rytas, VEF Riga and Neptunas Kleipeda have decided to leave the Baltic league and have chosen for the VTB league instead. The Baltic league has now in…

August 28, 20121 CommentRead More

Baltic League 2011-12 Final Standings

Regular season W | L P F/A PPG/OPPG % 1. Siauliai 16 | 4 36 1762/1646 88/82 80.0 2. Triumph 16 | 4 36 1667/1457 83/73 80.0 3. Ventspils 12…

August 5, 2012No CommentRead More

Zalgiris downs Lietuvos to ‘Three-Peat’ in BBL

SIAULIAI, Lithuania – Zalgiris have become the first team in the history of the BBL to claim a three-peat, defeating old foes Lietuvos Rytas 74-70 in Sunday’s gold medal game.…

August 5, 2012No CommentRead More