February 10, 2012
Fantasy Challenge, Top 16 Week 3 injury update
Fantasy Challenge The lowest-scoring week of Sportingbet Fantasy Challenge since early December brought a new prize winner in Justas Bitvinskas of Lithuania, who was the best of only four managers whose teams scored better than 200 points in Top 16 Week 2. Justas and his team "baltai_5.0" came in at 216.6 points, just 1.4 better than the second-place team, but enough that he receives the weekly prize, an official Euroleague basketball. 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 leaders are Hakan Bilgin and Mert Genc, co-managers of the team "ihanet2", which has a two-week todal of 362.6 points. That's less than 2 points more than their second-place pursuer, so that 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 2, the leadership in that ranking changed hands. The new overall leader is Vaggos Fetsis of Greece with a 12-week total of 2010.2 points. That's 7 points more than the next-best team with four 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 Last 16 Week 3 deadline, which is 17:15 on Wednesday, February 10, one hour before that week's first game, CSKA Moscow vs. Asseco Prokom Gdynia in Group G.

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.
- Both Sarunas Jasikevicius and Giorgos Bogris did not make the trip to Barcelona.
Partizan
 - Aleks Maric has begun training with the team after suffering knee ligament damage last month, but is not expected to play this week.
Maroussi BC
 - Levon Kendall has recovered after suffering ligament damage in his left ankle earlier this season. He is available to face Partizan this week.
- Fanis Koumpouras has recovered from his leg injury and could play this week.
- Giorgos Diamantopoulos remains sidelined with a back injury.
GROUP F
Real Madrid
 - Tomas Van den Spiegel will miss the rest of the season with a leg injury.
Montepaschi Siena
 - Ksistof Lavrinovic skipped Sunday's Italian League game due to back pain, but is expected to be fit 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
 - Matjaz Smodis remains sidelined with a back injury.
- Victor Keyru missed CSKAs last Russian League game with a back injury. His status for the game against Asseco Prokom has yet to be determined.
Unicaja
 - Saul Blanco remains sidelined with a leg injury.
- Joel Freeland missed two practices this week with a wrist injury, but is expected to play.
- Joseph Gomis is sidelined with an Achilles tendon injury.
Zalgiris
 - Travis Watson will travel with the club to Unicaja. He has missed the past month with a leg injury.
- 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 Unicaja.
GROUP H
Olympiacos
 - Head coach Panagiotis Giannakis has a full squad available to face Cibona.
Caja Laboral
 - Tiago Splitter will miss at least another week with an ankle injury.
- Brad Oleson is back with the squad.
- Stanko Barac is questionable this week as he makes his return from a stress fracture in his left foot.
BC Khimki Moscow Region
 - Keith Langford left the floor of Khimki's Russian League win over Dynamo on Sunday with an undisclosed injury. He is expected to be fit to face Caja Laboral.
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 Sundays Adriatic League win.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Euroleague.net
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