...Juan Carlos Navarro is the only player on FCB Regal's current roster that was a member of both of the club's Euroleague title-winning squads in 2003 and 2010? Nobody else on the team has won the competition twice.
...Navarro became the Euroleague's all-time leader scorer earlier this season? He tops the charts with 2,840 points.
...Navarro belongs to an elite group of 22 players that have won the Euroleague, EuroBasket and World Championship titles? He is the only player on the list not hailing from the former Soviet Union or former Yugoslavia. The list includes all-time greats like Gennadiy Volnov, Arvydas Sabonis, Drazen Petrovic and Toni Kukoc.
...Navarro is the only Spanish player to have earned Final Four MVP honors? He was chosen as the 2010 Final Four MVP, when he led Barcelona to its second Euroleague title.
...Navarro has been chosen to the All-Euroleague teams for the sixth time in his career, which is the most in competition history? Navarro was named to the All-Euroleague first team in 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010 and 2011. Nikola Vujcic was elected to the All-Euroleague teams five times - every season from 2003 to 2007.
...Navarro is at his sixth Final Four? He reached all of them with Barcelona – in 2000, 2003, 2006, 2009 and 2010. Only one other player at this year's Final Four - Viktor Khryapa of CSKA – has made as many Final Four appearances. J.R. Holden, Theo Papaloukas, Fragiskos Alvertis and Derrick Sharp lead the all-time list with eight Final Four appearances each.
...Marcelinho Huertas can become the second Brazilian to win the Euroleague? The only Euroleague champ to date from that country was Anderson Varejao, who lifted the trophy with FC Barcelona in 2003.
...Joe Ingles can become the third Australian player to win the Euroleague? Only David Andersen (Kinder 2001; CSKA 2006 and 2008) and Aleks Maric (Panathinaikos 2011) have done so it in the past.
...Boni Ndong could be the first African player to win multiple Euroleague titles in the Final Four era? Marc M’Bahia and Richard Dacoury, born in Cote d’Ivoire, lifted the Euroleague trophy with Limoges in 1993. Romain Sato won it with Panathinaikos in 2011 - and is also present at this year's Final Four. ...FC Barcelona Regal won the Euroleague title in 2003, but lost five other finals – in 1984, 1989, 1990, 1996 and 1997? Varese, a five-time European Cup winner, also lost five Euroleague title games (1971, 1974, 1977-79). Maccabi Tel Aviv has won five titles, but also lost an unprecedented nine finals (1980, 1982, 1987, 1988, 1989, 2000, 2006, 2008, 2011). Real Madrid, the winningest team in European basketball with eight continental crowns, has lost six finals (1962, 1963, 1969, 1975, 1976 and 1985).
...FC Barcelona Regal is at its 12th Euroleague Final Four, which extends its own record for the competition? Maccabi, CSKA and Panathinaikos have been to 10 Euroleague Final Fours and also reached the 2001 SuproLeague final four.
...FC Barcelona Regal is on a record-setting defensive pace? Barcelona has the best Euroleague defense to date this century, by allowing just 61.5 points per game. CSKA Moscow set the record with 63.1 points allowed per game in 2008.
…FC Barcelona Regal has both the tallest and shortest players at the 2012 Final Four? Center Kosta Perovic stands above all the rest at 2.17 meters. Teenage reserve guard Josep Perez is the shortest at 1.83 meters.
...Fran Vazquez is the Euroleague's all-time top shot blocker? He has accumulated 180 blocks entering the Final Four. Lorbek ranks 11th with 100 blocked shots and Boni Ndong is 16th with 95 rejections.
...Chuck Eidson is the only Barcelona player who played at last year's Final Four? He made it to the final with Maccabi Electra before losing to Panathinaikos.
...Eidson has the chance to join an elite group of Euroleague and Eurocup winners? Eidson won the Eurocup with Lietuvos Rytas in 2009. Only Dejan Tomasevic, Lazaros Papadopoulos, Antonis Fotsis, Robertas Javtokas and Ricky Rubio have won both titles in the past. He would also become the first Eurocup MVP to win the Euroleague title.
...Pete Mickeal is in his third Final Four (Baskonia 2008, Barcelona 2010, 2012) and has also reached a Eurocup final (Makedonikos 2005)? He also played in the Phillippines (Talk 'N Text Phone Pals, 2002) and South Korea (Daegu Orions, 2006-07).
...Navarro and Victor Sada are the only reigning EuroBasket champions present at the Final Four? They helped Spain to win EuroBasket 2011. Navarro earned MVP honors.
...Erazem Lorbek was chosen to the All-Euroleague teams for the third time in his career? He is tied with eight other players in All-Euroleague team appearances, including Dimitris Diamantidis. Only five players - Navarro, Vujcic, Theo Papaloukas, Vassilis Spanoulis and Ramunas Siskauskas - have been chosen to the All-Euroleague teams more times than Lorbek.