Het is de uur ...U .... voor de cream ... de cream ..... eehhhh ... laat maar. Waar het in de top van Womens basketball hier in Europa de noten gekraakt gaan worden.
Fiba Europe`s ... parade paardje EuroLeague Women aan de Quarter Finals aan toe zijn op een dood gewone Diensdag her en der in Europa.
De top team`s die eerste 2 plekken geeindigd zijn in de Poule`s die spelen tegen dan nummers 3 en 4 van de andere Poule`s en dat gaat in een Best Off Three wedstrijden waar de nummers 1 en 2 de thuis voordeel hebben.
Hier onder de paringen voor dat we verder gaan.
Wat het naar voren komt als we deze paringen zien is de treffen tussen van toren hoge favoooooooos en de power house UMMC Ekaterinburg tegen Galatasaray Odebank Istanbul.
Weten we het nog dat onze zuider buur geweldige 2 Belgian Cats speelsters Ann Wouters die vertrok naar Gala en in haar voetsporen tredende jonge Belgian Cat ... Emma Meesseman die ging naar
UMMC Ekat. Tjaaaaaaaaaaaa .... paar weken geleden nog was ik zelf getuige van deze 2 geweldige speelsters en The Belgian Cats waar ik geweldige intermezzzoooo ... had met beide speelsters.
Zou zeggen ..... schrooooooooool ... naar beneden en beleef het zelf.
Toen streden zij gezamelijk en maakten Polska een kopje kleiner , maar nu zijn ze twee rivalen en moeten tegen elkaar het strijd aan gaan.
Afgelopen week en de weekend er aan vast geplakt was in Turkije dames competitie .Bilyoner.com Kadinlar Basketbol Super Ligi ..... de beker Final 8 waar zij op Woensdag begonnen en Zaterdag de Finale was. Ik heb de geheel week genoten van top basketball waar Ann Wouters en Nevriye Yilmaz bij Gala ... heeeeeeeeeeerlijk en weeeeeeeeeergaloos speelden en dat op die leeftijd.
De finale ging tussen de twee aartsrivalen .. Fenerbahce Istanbul tegen Galatasaray Odebank Istanbul.
Waaaaaaaaaaat waas dat een finale zeg. 37 minuten lang was Gala heer en meester op het parket en dus ook onder de borden waar Ann Wouters en Nevriye yilmaz geweldig booost gaven , maar bij Fener heb je Coleman en Quigley en zekers de beste point guard der Europa ... Birsel Vardarli- Demirmen en zij trokken met een run van 12 - 2 in die laatste 3 min deze Finale naar hun toe.
Ik weet niet of er stiekemerts van UMMC Ekat. ergens in de hoek van de sporthal zaten , maar dat was een niveautjeee hoger als WNBA ... basketbal en ben zelf benieuwd wat er de eerste treffen gaat gebeuren en natuurlijk is UMMC Ekat. in voordeel en favoooos in deze treffen.
Natuurlijk is daar de andere treffen tussen Fenerbahce Istanbul tegen Wisla Can - Pak Krakow.
Waar Wisla een slechte start had van hun seizoen , maar met de laatste 3 wedstrijden die zij wonnen
hebben zij de derde team van Turkije en dus de team van geweldige coach Ayhan Avci ... AGU Spor - Kayseri en ook Tango Bourges uit de Quarter Finals van EuroLeague Women flikkerden en dus nu
Fener treffen. Bijzonder is dus dat Quigley en Coleman jaren lang bij Wisla hebben gespeeld en dus nu tegen hun oude club gaan spelen.
De andere paringen doe ik geen uitspraak over ... maar The Champ van afgelopen seizoen .. ZVV- USK Praha tegen Bretta Familia Schio speelt en Schio is de enige team dat thuis in Istanbul van Fenerbahce wonnen.
Een andere blik over deze paringen was op de web site van fibaeurope , wat ik graag ook met jullie wilde delen en waar voor onze dank. Deze kijk op de paringen heeft meer en andere info.
The info below is from the we site off
www.fibaeurope.com
EUROLEAGUE WOMEN: QUARTER-FINAL PLAY-OFFS PREVIEW
We take a look at the match-ups in the EuroLeague Women Quarter-Final Play-Offs as the last eight teams standing compete across a best-of-three series in a bid to qualify for the prestigious 2016 Final Four.
While the visitors have some top level talent, it looks like UMMC will be big favourites on paper. However, Galatasaray can take some solace and indeed inspiration from the fact that the last time they played UMMC outside of the Regular Season, they won at the DIVS Arena in the 2014 Semi-Finals, en-route to their memorable first title. On that night it was Alba Torrens who torched the hosts, only this time she is in UMMC colours - as is Sancho Lyttle. This game is packed with players competing against their former clubs, with Diana Taurasi having also represented Galatasaray and Ann Wauters having played in the 2014 loss for UMMC. Emma Meesseman will play her first game in the competition against her Belgian compatriot. While UMMC will be expected to win, they have had a few close shaves this season on home soil, including a loss to Nadezhda.
- Galatasaray must pick themselves up from losing the Turkish Cup Final to Fenerbahce over the weekend.
- UMMC are the leading scorers in the competition with 75 points per game and Galatasaray have the second best defensive record, giving up only 59.2 points per game.
- Galatasaray play with incredible control and cough up fewer turnovers than any other team with just 11.8 per game.
- UMMC are the leading scorers in the competition with 75 points per game and Galatasaray have the second best defensive record, giving up only 59.2 points per game.
- Galatasaray play with incredible control and cough up fewer turnovers than any other team with just 11.8 per game.
This all-Russian affair looks to be finely balanced and much is likely to hinge on the all-important first game. Nadezhda head coach Roberto Iniguez has hailed home favourite DeWanna Bonner as the best player in the competition, although Kayla McBride, Anna Cruz and Angelica Robinson have all placed big displays and could do so again as Orenburg look to make history with a maiden Final Four appearance (they did however make a Final Eight in 2013). Dynamo Kursk reached the prestigious competition finale in their first-ever season and so are now bidding to collect back-to-back spots at the event. There is little doubt that the combination of veteran Latvian legend Anete Jekabsone and the highly productive forward skills of Nnemkadi Ogwumike will be most instrumental.
- Nadezhda have already beaten Kursk twice this season in the Russian Premier League.
- Dynamo Kursk are efficient offensively as they have the best field goal record in the competition having shot 47.2% from the field and also lead the way in assists with 18.1 per game.
- Nadezhda may have to raise their perimeter game as they have struggled hugely this season and at 27.6%, have the most blunted record from downtown of those teams remaining.
- Dynamo Kursk are efficient offensively as they have the best field goal record in the competition having shot 47.2% from the field and also lead the way in assists with 18.1 per game.
- Nadezhda may have to raise their perimeter game as they have struggled hugely this season and at 27.6%, have the most blunted record from downtown of those teams remaining.
This is the tie which seems to have got everyone talking, with Schio having posted the best Regular Season campaign in their history and now holding a home advantage against the defending champions, who are under some pressure to avoid losing their grip on their crown at this stage. In contrast, the Italians are eyeing up a historic first ever Final Four berth and in the dynamic Jolene Anderson on the wing, have a do-it-all star who can light it up. Ashley Walker has had a solid first year in the paint and the irrepressible Isabelle Yacoubou going up against Prague's 2015 Final Four MVP, Kia Vaughn will be monumental and a big factor. Prague have bulked up their options in the paint with the addition of Latvian Anete Steinberga and that could be important, while Schio must lock down the offence of Katerina Elhotova who can shoot her team to glory and change a game in the blink of an eye. Perhaps most decisive will be whether Sonja Petrovic plays any part in the series in the wake of her shoulder injury.
- Schio are the best offensive rebounders in EuroLeague Women with 14.2 per game, helped by Walker who is the best individual offensive rebounder with 3.8 per game.
- ZVVZ USK Prague are the best team left in the tournament for steals and harvest 8.6 per game.
- Prague playmaking queen Laia Palau is way out in front when it comes to handing out assists with a sensational 7.1 per game.
- ZVVZ USK Prague are the best team left in the tournament for steals and harvest 8.6 per game.
- Prague playmaking queen Laia Palau is way out in front when it comes to handing out assists with a sensational 7.1 per game.
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Universally lauded for courageously recovering from a shocking 0-4 start to the campaign, Jose Hernandez and his Wisla Can-Pack side now find themselves two wins away from the Final Four. It's a turnaround that was one of the stories of the Regular Season, but to progress past a team who finished 12-2 in Group A like Fenerbahce, they will need to write even more powerful and spectacular headlines. Fenerbahce have more than just an edge in depth, it is considerable. In Allie Quigley and Jantel Lavender, they have Wisla's two most productive players from 2014-15 who will post the biggest danger to their former club. With Anastasiya Verameyenka just about back to her best, the Belarusian will pose some match-up problems for Wisla. It would be a huge upset if Wisla get a win and to have any prospect of doing so, Spanish forward Laura Nicholls must produce and the onus will be on Yvonne Turner to continue her impressive numbers in the backcourt.
- Fenerbahce have the best home record in recent memory in the competition and their Regular Season loss to Schio last month was their first in five years; a record which summarises the scale of the task ahead for Wisla.
- Wisla will have to try and step it up on the glass as the difference is significant with Fenerbahce out-performing the visitors 40.7 to 31.6 boards per game. They are the best rebounding team in the tournament.
- Wisla are also the lowest scorers left in the competition and average just 58.9 points per game.
- Wisla will have to try and step it up on the glass as the difference is significant with Fenerbahce out-performing the visitors 40.7 to 31.6 boards per game. They are the best rebounding team in the tournament.
- Wisla are also the lowest scorers left in the competition and average just 58.9 points per game.
Op dezelfde dag is ook de Quarter Finals van EuroCup Women waar wij hier in onze kikkerlandje gezegend waren om na zo veel jaren deel te mogen nemen aan deze Cup. Die is nu toe aan Quarter Finals en hier onder de paringen.
Door LuluHoops
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