Just like that, we have reached the halfway point of the 2024-25 BKT EuroCup Regular Season. In this episode of the Gone Traveling podcast, we review Round 9, which was played after a two-week break for the national team window. Valencia Basket and Bahcesehir College Istanbul are running away atop their groups but things are really heating up behind them. Sergio Llebres and David Hein look in depth at Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem’s victory at Turk Telekom Ankara and ratiopharm ulm beating...

Just because the BKT EuroCup is taking a break for the FIBA national team window doesn’t mean there isn’t plenty to talk about in the Road To Greatness. We review the contenders for the Rising Star award, the Coach of the Year and the MVP. Sergio Llebres and David Hein compare notes on who we think could win the awards as we are just one round short of the halfway point of the season. In addition we also look at some of the biggest personnel moves in the past week - topped of course by...

And just like that Round 8 of the BKT EuroCup - the Road To Greatness - is complete and we saw some outstanding individual performances while Valencia Basket remain the only undefeated team. The race for the playoffs is seriously heating up after a number of teams earned crucial victories in this final week before the EuroCup takes a two week break for the FIBA national team window action. Sergio Llebres and David Hein review the eighth round of action, highlighting U-BT Cluj-Napoca...

Round 7 of the BKT EuroCup - the Road To Greatness - featured some amazing individual performances as well as the continuation of two streaks not to mention one overtime thriller and two teams starting to set themselves apart as top contenders. Sergio Llebres and David Hein review the seventh round of action, highlighting Wolves Twinsbet Vilnius winning their fourth straight game while Joventut Badalona lost their fourth game in a row. We also take a closer look at the individual performances...

Round 6 of the BKT EuroCup was overshadowed by the terrible news from Valencia and other parts of Spain about heavy rains and flooding that cost upwards of nearly 100 people their lives. Valencia Basket understandably postponed their EuroCup game against Lietkabelis Panevezys. The rest of the games provided some fantastic storylines including a couple of upsets, another overtime game and one team finally grabbing their first win of the season. Sergio Llebres and David Hein review the sixth...

What a Round 5 of the BKT EuroCup! We have only one undefeated team left - Valencia Basket - and two winless sides - Trefl Sopot and Veolia Towers Hamburg - after a week of action packed with great storylines. There were two big upsets, one overtime game, a number of surprising comebacks and many records that were broken. Sergio Llebres and David Hein review the fifth round of action, highlighting 7Bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys’s suprising home win over previously undefeated Cosea JL...

Four rounds of games in the BKT EuroCup are complete and only Valencia Basket and Cosea JL Bourg-en-Bresse remain undefeated. Seven teams in total won home games this extended week. Welcome to the TTC Gone Traveling podcast. Round 4 of the 2024-25 EuroCup season saw two teams - Dreamland Gran Canaria and ratiopharm Ulm - lose their first games and two teams - U-BT Cluj-Napoca and Wolves Twinsbet Vilnius - win their first games. Sergio Llebres and David Hein review the fourth round of action,...

After three rounds of games in the BKT EuroCup there are five undefeated teams and five clubs still looking for their first victory. Welcome to the TTC Gone Traveling podcast. Round 3 of the 2024-25 EuroCup season gave us two real thrillers - Valencia Basket coming back to beat U-BT Cluj Napoca and Dreamland Gran Canaria finishing strong to knock off Bahcesehir College Istanbul. Sergio Llebres and David Hein review the third round of action, also taking a look at the performances of Jared...

Seven teams are still undefeated after two rounds of the Road to Greatness in the BKT EuroCup with a couple of surprises in there. Welcome to the TTC Gone Traveling podcast. Round 2 of the 2024-25 EuroCup season gave us another OT game - with Dreamland Gran Canaria beating Buducnost VOLI Podgorica - while Bahcesehir College Istanbul shocked many with a blowout of city rivals Besiktas Fibabanka Istanbul, and both Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana and ratiopharm Ulm moved to 2-0. Sergio Llebres and...

Round 1 in the Road to Greatness is in the books as the BKT EuroCup 2024-25 season tipped off in style. There were some thrilling games - including an overtime game-winner for ratiopharm ulm, Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana shocking U-BT Cluj-Napoca and Valencia Basket throwing it down against Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem. The Joventut Badalona versus Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv game lived up to its star billing as well. Sergio Llebres and David Hein review the first round of action on the TTC Gone...

The 2024-25 BKT EuroCup season is about to tip off and with it marks the return of the TTC Gone Traveling podcast. David Hein is joined by Spanish basketball reporter Sergio Llebres to discuss each of the 20 teams in the field. Podcast logo created by AI. Theme music Energetic Hip-Hop by Skilsel This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit takingthecharge.substack.com/subscribe

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