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Final Four In The Lokhalle

...in case you didn't see it on FibaEurope yesterday...

FIBA Europe announced on Wednesday that the 2010 EuroChallenge Final Four will be staged in Göttingen, Germany between April 30 and May 2.

Hosts BG Göttingen will take on Roanne Basket from France and Russian outfit Krasnye Krylia play against Scavolini Pesaro from Italy in the two semi-finals.

"We are happy to come to Germany for one of our events for the first time in many years," commented FIBA Europe President George Vassilakopoulos.

"I am sure that Göttingen will be a formidable host and their Lokhalle will provide a special atmosphere, suitable for a European Final Four."

"Göttingen have a strong tradition in Germany and have proven throughout the year that they are a very professional organisation that will put a lot of effort into their EuroChallenge campaign" added FIBA Europe Secretary General Nar Zanolin.

"I am looking forward to seeing four determined teams meeting in the heart of Europe to become the EuroChallenge champion."

The city of Göttingen in the German state of Lower Saxony is famous for its Georg August University that has seen a total of 44 nobel price winners.

It is also a traditional basketball stronghold in Germany and Göttingen fans are said to be among the most enthusiastic in Europe.

The exact times and order of the games will be announced later as the television agreements are currently being finalized.

Find out more about the EuroChallenge Final Four on www.fibaeurope.com.

...and No this is not an April Fool's Day joke...at least I hope it's not...

Do What You Do      Hallelujah Hollaback       ...blackhercules21...

MEG Gottingen vs. Brose Baskets Bamberg 78 - 69

After sending Gottingen home early in last years playoffs, Bamberg was back in G-town for their first regular season matchup. Chris Oliver posted 17 points as Goettingen cruised past Brose Baskets 78:69 for 6-3 record. Taylor Rochestie netted 15 points while Jacobson and Boone both finished with 12 a piece. Predrag Suput delivered 25 points in the losing case.

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BROSE BASKETS BAMBERG (Coach: Fleming, Chris)

			Field Goals			Rebounds
#	Name	min	2pm-a	3pm-a	ftm-a	off	def	tot	ast	pf	st	bs	pts
23	Jacobsen, Casey	33	1-2	2-3	4-6	2	6	8	1	3	0	0	12
8	Suput, Predrag	32	6-8	4-6	1-1	1	1	2	3	2	0	1	25
25	Gavel, Anton	28	5-7	1-5	0-0	0	3	3	0	1	0	0	13
24	Brown, Elton	21	2-5	0-0	0-0	2	3	5	1	4	0	0	4
9	Tadda, Karsten	33	1-1	0-7	0-0	0	2	2	3	3	0	0	2
12	Garrett, Robert	25	2-3	0-4	2-3	1	4	5	1	4	2	0	6
21	Pleiss, Tibor	12	2-3	0-0	0-0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	4
42	Wyrick, Beckham	8	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
44	Taylor, Eric	2	0-0	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3
13	Stuckey, Maurice	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	Land, Eric	DNP - Coach's Decision
11	Schmidt, Daniel	DNP - Coach's Decision
Total			19-29	8-26	7-10	6	22	28	9	20	2	1	69

MEG GOETTINGEN (Coach: Patrick, John)

			Field Goals			Rebounds
#	Name	min	2pm-a	3pm-a	ftm-a	off	def	tot	ast	pf	st	bs	pts
11	Little, John	33	2-3	1-5	1-2	1	1	2	3	3	1	0	8
12	Jacobson, Ben	32	4-10	1-3	1-2	0	4	4	4	0	1	1	12
23	Oliver, Chris	31	7-14	0-1	3-6	2	5	7	3	2	2	0	17
21	Boone, Jason	26	5-7	0-0	2-4	5	1	6	1	3	0	2	12
10	Rochestie, Taylor	30	1-3	3-5	4-6	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	15
13	Frazier, Chester	15	0-0	0-1	0-0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
7	McNaughton, Christopher	12	1-2	0-0	2-2	0	4	4	0	4	0	0	4
5	Kulawick, Robert	9	1-1	0-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2
22	Anderson, Dwayne	7	2-3	1-1	1-1	2	1	3	0	5	0	0	8
33	Toppert, Cody	DNP - Coach's Decision
8	Welzel, Tobias	DNP - Coach's Decision
15	Meeks, Michael	DNP - Coach's Decision
Total			23-43	6-18	14-23	10	20	30	13	18	5	3	78

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