Hello everyone, I'm Greg Brunner of Benetton Basket, and this is the second installment of my Eurocup Finals blog. To the 11 people who read my first one, I thank you! The excitement is building around Treviso and the fans are just as ready to get this thing started as we are. I think that many of them are more nervous than the players themselves. My morning coffee ritual has become a little more difficult with all the questions and especially with the 4-year-old girl who ran up to me, punched me in the leg and screamed "Forza Brunner!" Grazie Sabrina!!! I told you I would put your name in the blog! The relationship we have with a lot of our fans has made the experience of reaching the Eurocup Finals that much better. The Rebels have done a great job of coming to our away games this year. Even when we had been struggling with some early losses they were there to help support us. Sometimes they were experiencing the same level of frustration that we were, but they still remained loyal. We know they have our backs and that takes a lot of the pressure off of us. Enough about basketball! I should talk about the other important thing in Treviso: food!

This time of the year is great because the center of town is really booming with activity. Treviso is not a large city itself,... more

Hello everyone, it's Greg Brunner of Benetton Basket, and this is my first blog for the Eurocup season. What better timing than a week before the Eurocup Finals: better late than never, huh?

This entry will be a little different than normal because no one has written or told our story this year yet. I guess the best place to start would be to explain where our team falls into the long relationship of Benetton Basketball and the Treviso community. All across Italy, the tradition is known: neither city nor sponsor is mentioned without the acknowledgment of the other. They have built such a rich tradition, and it is exciting to be part of this next chapter after making it to the Eurocup Finals, which has helped revitalize the energy and mindset of this basketball city back to the glory days. The Benetton family has created one of the greatest basketball environments not only in Italy, but also across Europe. Over the past 30 years, there has been a distinguished pedigree of players to come through this team. Even my friends back home in the United States knew what team I had signed with and who had played on that team in previous years (definitely a first).

To wear this jersey is a great honor and brings forth a lot of pride. You want to accomplish what teams of the past have done. Even though ours may not be the most talented team ever put on... more