2010–11 Eurocup Basketball

Eurocup 2010–11
League	Eurocup
Sport	Basketball
Season MVP	Dontaye Draper (Cedevita Zagreb)
Top scorer	Jaycee Carroll (Gran Canaria)
Finals
Champions	UNICS Kazan
Runners-up	Sevilla
Finals MVP	Marko Popović (UNICS Kazan)

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 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)	Teams	Teams (rankings in 2009-10 national championships)
Germany (BBL)	2	EWE Oldenburg (QF)	BG Göttingen (QF)
Greece (ESAKE A1)	2	Panellinios BC (SF)	PAOK BC (QF)
Spain (ACB)	2	Cajasol (QF)	Asefa Estudiantes (QF)
Italy (Serie A)	1	Bennet Cantù (SF)
Latvia (LBL)	1	BK Rīga (2)
Lithuania (LKL)	1	BC Šiauliai (SF)
Poland (PLK)	1	Anwil Włocławek (1)
Russia (PBL)	1	Krasnye Krylya (8)
Losers of Euroleague 2010–11 qualifying rounds
Country (League)	Teams	Teams (rankings in 2009-10 national championships)
France (Pro A)	3	Chorale Roanne (QF)	Lyon-Villeurbanne (9)	Le Mans (2)
Czech Republic (NBL)	1	ČEZ Nymburk (1)
Germany (BBL)	1	ALBA Berlin (QF)
Israel (Ligat HaAl)	1	Gilboa Galil (1)
Italy (Serie A)	1	Pepsi Caserta (SF)
Montenegro (Opportunity Liga)	1	KK Budućnost (1)
Netherlands (FEB)	1	GasTerra Flames (1)
Russia (PBL)	1	UNICS Kazan (SF)
Serbia (KLS)	1	KK Hemofarm (2)
Turkey (TBL)	1	Banvit BK (SF)
Ukraine (SuperLeague)	1	BC Budivelnyk (2)
Qualifying round
Country (League)	Teams	Teams (rankings in 2009-10 national championships)
Turkey (TBL)	2	Beşiktaş Cola Turka (SF)	Galatasaray Café Crown (9)
Croatia (A1 Liga)	1	Cedevita Zagreb (SF)
Greece (ESAKE A1)	1	Aris BSA 2003 (QF)
Israel (Ligat HaAl)	1	Hapoel Migdal (3)
Italy (Serie A)	1	Benetton Basket Bwin (QF)
Spain (ACB)	1	Gran Canaria 2014 (QF)
Ukraine (SuperLeague)	1	BC Azovmash (1)

Qualifying Round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Beşiktaş Cola Turka	152–137	Deutsche Bank Skyliners	68–61	84–76
Hapoel Migdal Jerusalem	146–132	Belgacom Liege	62–59	84–73
Aris BSA 2003	170–167	Lukoil Academic	78–74	92–93
Gran Canaria 2014	165–131	KK Zagreb	69–71	96–60
BC Azovmash	155–145	Entente Orléanaise	76–80	79–65
BC Spartak SPB	136–139	Galatasaray Café Crown	58–69	78–70
Benetton Basket Bwin	181–118	APOEL Nicosia	97–55	84–63
Dynamo Moscow	134–169	Cedevita Zagreb	61–97	73–72

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.

Group A

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	UNICS Kazan	6	5	1	507	379	+128
2.	Le Mans	6	4	2	426	429	−3
3.	Banvit BK	6	2	4	402	474	−72
4.	EWE Oldenburg	6	1	5	435	488	−53

Group B

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	BG Göttingen	6	4	2	478	442	+36
2.	KK Hemofarm	6	3	3	496	512	−16
3.	ASVEL Basket	6	3	3	494	506	−12
4.	Beşiktaş Cola Turka	6	2	4	516	524	−8

Group C

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Gran Canaria 2014	6	5	1	463	396	+67
2.	BC Budivelnyk	6	4	2	397	391	+6
3.	KK Budućnost	6	3	3	431	418	+13
4.	BC Šiauliai	6	0	6	420	506	−86

Group D

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Aris BSA 2003	6	5	1	514	462	+50
2.	Cedevita Zagreb	6	4	2	484	479	+5
3.	BC Azovmash	6	2	4	492	504	−12
4.	Hapoel Gilboa Galil	6	1	5	492	537	−45

Group E

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Galatasaray Café Crown	6	4	2	441	374	+67
2.	Panellinios BC	6	4	2	366	375	−9
3.	NGC Bennet Cantù	6	3	3	413	398	+15
4.	GasTerra Flames	6	1	5	365	438	−73

Group F

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Benetton Basket Bwin	6	6	0	454	414	+40
2.	Asefa Estudiantes	6	3	3	483	462	+21
3.	PAOK BC	6	3	3	449	438	+11
4.	Chorale Roanne	6	0	6	423	495	−72

Group G

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	ČEZ Nymburk	6	4	2	496	473	+23
2.	Cajasol	6	3	3	494	478	+16
3.	Hapoel Jerusalem	6	3	3	466	463	+3
4.	VEF Rīga	6	2	4	472	514	−42

Group H

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	ALBA Berlin	6	6	0	496	414	+82
2.	Pepsi Caserta	6	3	3	472	463	+9
3.	Krasnye Krylya	6	2	4	478	502	−24
4.	Anwil Włocławek	6	1	5	470	537	−67

Last 16

Group I

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Tie-break
1.	UNICS Kazan	6	4	2	492	459	+33	1–1 (+14)
2.	Cedevita Zagreb	6	4	2	513	531	−18	1–1 (−14)
3.	Gran Canaria 2014	6	2	4	482	484	−2	1–1 (+5)
4.	KK Hemofarm	6	2	4	453	466	−13	1–1 (−5)

Group J

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Tie-break
1.	BC Budivelnyk	6	4	2	417	413	+4	2–0 (+17)
2.	BG Göttingen	6	4	2	433	416	+17	0–2 (-17)
3.	Le Mans	6	2	4	444	445	−1	2–0 (+20)
4.	Aris BSA 2003	6	2	4	443	463	−20	0–2 (−20)

Group K

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Tie-break
1.	Asefa Estudiantes	6	5	1	489	459	+30	1–1 (+8)
2.	Pepsi Caserta	6	5	1	474	453	+21	1–1 (−8)
3.	Galatasaray Café Crown	6	2	4	409	421	−12
4.	ČEZ Nymburk	6	0	6	451	490	−39

Group L

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Tie-break
1.	Benetton Basket Bwin	6	5	1	461	426	+35	1–1 (+5)
2.	Cajasol	6	5	1	476	440	+36	1–1 (−5)
3.	Panellinios BC	6	1	5	451	477	−26	1–1 (+10)
4.	ALBA Berlin	6	1	5	434	479	−45	1–1 (−10)

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.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
UNICS Kazan	169–161	Pepsi Caserta	90–84	79–77
BC Budivelnyk	129–144	Cajasol	49–67	80–77
Asefa Estudiantes	153–171	Cedevita Zagreb	81–90	72–81
Benetton Basket Bwin	150–128	BG Göttingen	66–66	84–62

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				Final April 17
	UNICS Kazan	87
	Cedevita Zagreb	66
					UNICS Kazan	92
					Cajasol	77
					Third place
	Cajasol	75		Cedevita Zagreb	59
	Benetton Basket Bwin	63			Benetton Basket Bwin	57

Eurocup 2011 Champions
UNICS Kazan First title

Individual statistics

Points

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Points	PPG
1.	Jaycee Carroll	Gran Canaria	12	228	19.00
2.	Bracey Wright	Cedevita Zagreb	10	167	16.70
3.	Chester Simmons	ČEZ Nymburk	12	191	15.92
4.	Devin Smith	Benetton Basket Bwin	16	252	15.75
5.	Terrell Lyday	UNICS Kazan	15	235	15.67

Rebounds

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Rebounds	RPG
1.	Maciej Lampe	UNICS Kazan	16	129	8.06
2.	Jumaine Jones	Pepsi Caserta	13	100	7.69
3.	P. J. Tucker	Aris BSA 2003	12	86	7.17
4.	Nik Caner-Medley	Asefa Estudiantes	14	98	7.00
5.	Corsley Edwards	Cedevita Zagreb	11	77	7.00

Assists

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Points	APG
1.	Dontaye Draper	Cedevita	14	87	6.21
1.	Marko Popović	UNICS Kazan	11	64	5.82
3.	Stefan Marković	Benetton Basket Bwin	16	78	4.88
4.	Trenton Meacham	BG Göttingen	14	65	4.64
5.	Jayson Granger	Asefa Estudiantes	14	60	4.29

Awards

MVP Weekly

Regular Season

Week	Player	Team	PIR
1.	P. J. Tucker	Aris B.C.	35
2.	Christos Tapoutos	Aris B.C.	32
3.	Demetrius Alexander	BC Azovmash	36
4.	Primož Brezec	Krasnye Krylya	40
5.	Ebi Ere	Juvecaserta Basket	35
6.	Dontaye Draper	KK Cedevita	36

Top 16

Week	Player	Team	PIR
1.	Mike Scott	BG Göttingen	36
2.	Paul Davis	Cajasol	31
3.	Damjan Rudež	Cedevita	35
4.	Damjan Rudež (2) Bracey Wright	Cedevita Cedevita	28
5.	Devin Smith	Benetton Basket	47
6.	Benjamin Dewar	Le Mans	29

Quarterfinals

Game	Player	Team	PIR
1.	Vladimir Veremeenko	UNICS Kazan	40
2.	Bracey Wright (2)	Cedevita	37

Eurocup MVP

• Dontaye Draper^[2] (Cedevita Zagreb)

Eurocup Finals MVP

• Marko Popović^[3] (UNICS Kazan)

All-Eurocup Team

^[4]

Position	All-Eurocup First Team	Club Team	All-Eurocup Second Team	Club Team
G	Dontaye Draper	Cedevita Zagreb	Bracey Wright	Cedevita Zagreb
G	Terrell Lyday	UNICS Kazan	Dwayne Anderson	BG Goettingen
F	Devin Smith	Treviso	Kelly McCarty	UNICS Kazan
F	Tariq Kirksay	Sevilla	Nik Caner-Medley	Estudiantes
C	Maciej Lampe	UNICS Kazan	Paul Davis	Sevilla

Coach of the Year

• Aleksandar Petrović^[5] (Cedevita Zagreb)

Rising Star

• Donatas Motiejūnas^[6] (Benetton Treviso)

References

External links

• EuroCup Official Website
• European Basketball Website

2010–11 Eurocup Basketball Champions UNICS Kazan Runners-up Cajasol Third place Cedevita Zagreb Fourth place Benetton Basket Bwin Eliminated in Quarterfinals Pepsi Caserta BC Budivelnyk Asefa Estudiantes BG Göttingen Eliminated in Last 16 I J K L Gran Canaria 2014 KK Hemofarm Le Mans Sarthe Aris BSA 2003 Galatasaray Café Crown ČEZ Nymburk Panellinios BC ALBA Berlin Eliminated in Regular Season A B C D E F G H Banvit BK EWE Oldenburg Beşiktaş Cola Turka ASVEL Basket BC Šiauliai KK Budućnost BC Azovmash Hapoel Gilboa Galil Bennet Cantù GasTerra Flames PAOK BC Chorale Roanne Hapoel Jerusalem BK Rīga Krasnye Krylya Anwil Włocławek Eliminated in the Qualifying Round APOEL Nicosia BC Spartak SPB Belgacom Liège Deutsche Bank Skyliners Dynamo Moscow Entente Orléanaise KK Zagreb Lukoil Academic