February 10, 2012
Fantasy Challenge, Top 16 Week 4 injury update
Fantasy Challenge The highest-scoring week of Sportingbet Fantasy Challenge so far this season brought a new prize winner in Arale Weisberg of Israel, who was the best of only four managers whose teams scored better than 250 points in Top 16 Week 3. Arale, a well-known basketball writer in Israel, and his team "Eiderson" came in at 263 points, just 7.5 better than the second-place team, but enough that he receives the weekly prize, an official Euroleague basketball. He broke the single-week season record, that previously belonged to Reynald Martin of France with 261.2 points in regular season Week 7. Along with a new prize winner, there were dramatic first-place changes in both the Top 16 and overall full-season standings this week. The new Top 16 leader is Xabier Aramendi Alberdi of Spain, which has a three-week todal of 570.4 points. That's more than 30 points more than their second-place pursuer, so Xabier is the top contender in what should be great race the rest of the way. When the Top 16's six games are finished, this round's winner will receive a couple special prizes, a signed jersey of his or her choice of Euroleague player and Sportingbet Free Bets worth €100! Of course, after this round is when the grand prize will be awarded to the full-season overall champion, too, and in Last 16 Week 3, the leadership in that ranking did not change hands. Vaggos Fetsis of Greece stays as the overall leader with a 13-week total of 2196.4 points. He scored 186.2 points in Top 16 Week 3 to stay atop the standings. That's 21.4 points more than the next-best team with three weeks left. The amazing grand prize - a VIP trip for two to the 2010 Final Four in Paris and €500 worth of Sportingbet Free Bets - awaits the champion at the end of the contest! Get your teams ready before the Top 16 Week 4 deadline, which is 17:30 CET on Wednesday, February 24, one hour before that week's first game, Cibona vs. Olympiacos in Group H.

FANTASY CHALLENGE RUNDOWN
GROUP E
Regal FC Barcelona
 - Head coach Xavi Pascual has a full squad of 13 players available to face Panathinaikos.
Panathinaikos
 - Kostas Tsartsaris has a broken bone in his left hand that will cause him to miss the Top 16.
Partizan
 - Aleks Maric returned to action over the break and is available to face Maroussi on Thursday.
Maroussi BC
 - Levon Kendall and Fanis Koumpouras have recovered after their respective injuries and are available to face Partizan this week.
- Dimitris Mavroeidis will be a gameday decision after suffering a foot injury in the Greek League last week.
GROUP F
Real Madrid
 - Tomas Van den Spiegel will miss the rest of the season with a leg injury.
- Louis Bullock and Ante Tomic saw limited action in three Spanish King’s Cup games over the weekend. Their status for the game against Montepaschi is unclear.
Montepaschi Siena
 - Head coach Simone Pianigiani has a full squad available to face Real Madrid.
Maccabi Electra
 - Head coach Pini Gershon has a full squad available for the game against Efes Pilsen.
Efes Pilsen
 - Head coach Ergin Ataman has a full squad available to face Maccabi Electra this week.
GROUP G
CSKA Moscow
 - - Trajan Langdon is expected to play after missing a Russian Cup game on Saturday to rest.
- Matjaz Smodis remains sidelined with a back injury.
Unicaja
 - Saul Blanco and Joseph Gomis have returned to practice and could see game action against Zalgiris.
- Joel Freeland practiced with the team this week after missing time with a wrist injury and is expected to play against Zalgiris.
- Juan Dixon has been deactivated from the roster.
Zalgiris
 - Povilas Cukinas will miss the rest of the season due injuries to his knee ligaments and meniscus.
Asseco Prokom
 - Head coach Tomas Pacesas has a full squad available to face CSKA.
GROUP H
Olympiacos
 - Head coach Panagiotis Giannakis has a full squad available to face Cibona after Ioannis Bourousis returned in the Greek Cup final.
Caja Laboral
 - Tiago Splitter is expected to miss the next two weeks with an ankle injury.
- Lior Eliyahu has not practiced this week due to a groin injury, so is questionable to face Khimkio n Thursday.
- Stanko Barac is back in the rotation after recovering from a stress fracture in his left foot.
BC Khimki Moscow Region
 - Paulius Jankunas sat out Khimki’s Russian Cup win on Saturday to rest a minor injury. His availability against Caja Laboral is unknown.
Cibona
 - Marin Rozic will be sidelined for several months with an Achilles injury.
- Vedran Vukusic is questionable due to a back injury that caused him to miss the Croatian Cup final four.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Euroleague.net
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