2010–11 Eurocup Basketball

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 European-wide league 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.

2010–11 Eurocup
League	Eurocup
Sport	Basketball
Duration	September 29, 2010 – April 17, 2011
Third place	Cedevita
Season MVP	Dontaye Draper (Cedevita)
Top scorer	Jaycee Carroll (Gran Canaria 2014)
Finals
Champions	UNICS (1st title)
Runners-up	Cajasol
Finals MVP	Marko Popović (UNICS)

Teams

Group stage
Country (League)	Teams	Teams (rankings in 2009–10 national championships)
Germany (BBL)	2	EWE Baskets (5th)	Göttingen (7th)
Greece (ESAKE A1)	2	Panellinios (4th)	PAOK (5th)
Spain (ACB)	2	Cajasol (6th)	Asefa Estudiantes (7th)
Italy (Serie A)	1	Bennet Cantù (4th)
Latvia (LBL)	1	VEF Rīga (2nd)
Lithuania (LKL)	1	Šiauliai (3rd)
Poland (PLK)	1	Anwil Włocławek (2nd)
Russia (PBL)	1	Krasnye Krylia (8th)
Losers of Euroleague 2010–11 qualifying rounds
Country (League)	Teams	Teams (rankings in 2009–10 national championships)
France (Pro A)	3	Chorale Roanne (3rd)	ASVEL (4th)	Le Mans (2nd)
Czech Republic (NBL)	1	ČEZ Nymburk (1st)
Germany (BBL)	1	Alba Berlin (6th)
Israel (Ligat HaAl)	1	Hapoel Gilboa Galil (1st)
Italy (Serie A)	1	Pepsi Caserta (3rd)
Montenegro (Opportunity Liga)	1	Budućnost (1st)
Netherlands (FEB)	1	GasTerra Flames (1st)
Russia (PBL)	1	UNICS (3rd)
Serbia (KLS)	1	Hemofarm (2nd)
Turkey (TBL)	1	Bandırma Banvit (3rd)
Ukraine (SuperLeague)	1	Budivelnyk (2nd)
Qualifying round
Country (League)	Teams	Teams (rankings in 2009–10 national championships)
Turkey (TBL)	2	Beşiktaş Cola Turka (4th)	Galatasaray Café Crown (9th)
Croatia (A1 Liga)	1	Cedevita (3rd)
Greece (ESAKE A1)	1	Aris (7th)
Israel (Ligat HaAl)	1	Hapoel Jerusalem (3rd)
Italy (Serie A)	1	Benetton Bwin Treviso (8th)
Spain (ACB)	1	Gran Canaria 2014 (8th)
Ukraine (SuperLeague)	1	Azovmash (1st)

Qualifying round

Main article: Eurocup Basketball 2010–11 Qualifying Round

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

Key to colors

	Top two places in each group advance to Top 16
	Eliminated

Group A Main article: Eurocup Basketball 2010–11 Regular Season Group A Team Pld W L PF PA Diff 1. UNICS 6 5 1 507 379 +128 2. Le Mans 6 4 2 426 429 −3 3. Bandırma Banvit 6 2 4 402 474 −72 4. EWE Baskets 6 1 5 435 488 −53

Group B Main article: Eurocup Basketball 2010–11 Regular Season Group B Team Pld W L PF PA Diff 1. Göttingen 6 4 2 478 442 +36 2. Hemofarm 6 3 3 496 512 −16 3. ASVEL 6 3 3 494 506 −12 4. Beşiktaş Cola Turka 6 2 4 516 524 −8

Group C Main article: Eurocup Basketball 2010–11 Regular Season Group C Team Pld W L PF PA Diff 1. Gran Canaria 2014 6 5 1 463 396 +67 2. Budivelnyk 6 4 2 397 391 +6 3. Budućnost 6 3 3 431 418 +13 4. Šiauliai 6 0 6 420 506 −86

Group D Main article: Eurocup Basketball 2010–11 Regular Season Group D Team Pld W L PF PA Diff 1. Aris 6 5 1 514 462 +52 2. Cedevita 6 4 2 484 479 +5 3. Azovmash 6 2 4 492 504 −12 4. Hapoel Gilboa Galil 6 1 5 492 537 −45

Group E Main article: Eurocup Basketball 2010–11 Regular Season Group E Team Pld W L PF PA Diff 1. Galatasaray Café Crown 6 4 2 441 374 +67 2. Panellinios 6 4 2 366 375 −9 3. Bennet Cantù 6 3 3 413 398 +15 4. GasTerra Flames 6 1 5 365 438 −73

Group F Main article: Eurocup Basketball 2010–11 Regular Season Group F Team Pld W L PF PA Diff 1. Benetton Bwin Treviso 6 6 0 454 414 +40 2. Asefa Estudiantes 6 3 3 483 462 +21 3. PAOK 6 3 3 449 438 +11 4. Chorale Roanne 6 0 6 423 495 −72

Group G Main article: Eurocup Basketball 2010–11 Regular Season 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 Main article: Eurocup Basketball 2010–11 Regular Season 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 Krylia 6 2 4 478 502 −24 4. Anwil Włocławek 6 1 5 470 537 −67

Top 16

Key to colors

	Top two places in each group advance to Quarterfinals
	Eliminated

Group I Main article: Eurocup Basketball 2010–11 Last 16 Group I Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Tie-break 1. UNICS 6 4 2 492 459 +33 1–1 (+14) 2. Cedevita 6 4 2 513 531 −18 1–1 (−14) 3. Gran Canaria 2014 6 2 4 482 484 −2 1–1 (+5) 4. Hemofarm 6 2 4 453 466 −13 1–1 (−5)

Group J Main article: Eurocup Basketball 2010–11 Last 16 Group J Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Tie-break 1. Budivelnyk 6 4 2 417 413 +4 2–0 (+17) 2. Göttingen 6 4 2 433 416 +17 0–2 (-17) 3. Le Mans 6 2 4 444 445 −1 2–0 (+20) 4. Aris 6 2 4 443 463 −20 0–2 (−20)

Group K Main article: Eurocup Basketball 2010–11 Last 16 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 Main article: Eurocup Basketball 2010–11 Last 16 Group L Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Tie-break 1. Benetton Bwin Treviso 6 5 1 461 426 +35 1–1 (+5) 2. Cajasol 6 5 1 476 440 +36 1–1 (−5) 3. Panellinios 6 1 5 451 477 −26 1–1 (+10) 4. Alba Berlin 6 1 5 434 479 −45 1–1 (−10)

Quarterfinals

Main article: Eurocup Basketball 2010–11 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.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
UNICS	169–161	Pepsi Caserta	90–84	79–77
Budivelnyk	129–144	Cajasol	49–67	80–77
Asefa Estudiantes	153–171	Cedevita	81–90	72–81
Benetton Bwin Treviso	150–128	Göttingen	66–66	84–62

Final four

Main article: Eurocup Basketball 2010–11 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, Palaverde, Treviso

Team 1	Score	Team 2
UNICS	87–66	Cedevita
Cajasol	75–63	Benetton Bwin Treviso

3rd place game

April 17, Palaverde, Treviso

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Cedevita	59–57	Benetton Bwin Treviso

Final

April 17, Palaverde, Treviso

Team 1	Score	Team 2
UNICS	92–77	Cajasol

2010–11 Eurocup Champions
UNICS 1st title

Final standings

	Team
	UNICS
	Cajasol
	Cedevita
	Benetton Bwin Treviso

Individual statistics

Points

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Points	PPG
1.	Jaycee Carroll	Gran Canaria 2014	12	228	19.00
2.	Bracey Wright	Cedevita	10	167	16.70
3.	Chester Simmons	ČEZ Nymburk	12	191	15.92
4.	Devin Smith	Benetton Bwin Treviso	16	252	15.75
5.	Terrell Lyday	UNICS	15	235	15.67

Rebounds

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

Assists

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Points	APG
1.	Dontaye Draper	Cedevita	14	87	6.21
1.	Marko Popović	UNICS	11	64	5.82
3.	Stefan Marković	Benetton Bwin Treviso	16	78	4.88
4.	Trenton Meacham	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	35
2.	Christos Tapoutos	Aris	32
3.	Demetrius Alexander	Azovmash	36
4.	Primož Brezec	Krasnye Krylia	40
5.	Ebi Ere	Pepsi Caserta	35
6.	Dontaye Draper	Cedevita	36

Top 16

Week	Player	Team	PIR
1.	Mike Scott	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 Bwin Treviso	47
6.	Benjamin Dewar	Le Mans	29

Quarterfinals

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

Eurocup MVP

• Dontaye Draper^[2] (Cedevita)

Eurocup Finals MVP

• Marko Popović^[3] (UNICS)

All-Eurocup Team

^[4]

Position	All-Eurocup First Team	Club Team	All-Eurocup Second Team	Club Team
G	Dontaye Draper	Cedevita	Bracey Wright	Cedevita
G	Terrell Lyday	UNICS	Dwayne Anderson	Göttingen
F	Devin Smith	Benetton Bwin Treviso	Kelly McCarty	UNICS
F	Tariq Kirksay	Cajasol	Nik Caner-Medley	Asefa Estudiantes
C	Maciej Lampe	UNICS	Paul Davis	Cajasol

Coach of the Year

• Aleksandar Petrović^[5] (Cedevita)

Rising Star

• Donatas Motiejūnas^[6] (Benetton Bwin Treviso)

References

1. Treviso, Italy to host Eurocup Finals!
2. 2010-11 Eurocup MVP: Dontaye Draper, Cedevita Zagreb.
3. 2010-11 Eurocup Finals MVP: Marko Popović of Unics.
4. 2010-11 All-Eurocup first, second teams announced.
5. 2010-11 Eurocup Coach of the Year: Aleksandar Petrovic, Cedevita Zagreb.
6. 2010-11 2010-11 Eurocup Rising Star Trophy winner: Donatas Motiejunas, Benetton Bwin.

External links

• EuroCup Official Website
• European Basketball Website