The Bench Units Podcast

<p>In Italy and Germany, we have our champions!</p><p>In Spain and France, our final four is set!</p> <br/><br/>Get full access to Bench Units at benchunits.substack.com/subscribe

<p>Death, taxes, and Albacete winning the Champions Cup.</p><p>We're pleased to be joined by a long-time friend of the show, as Ben Fox stops by to discuss the most recent (and maybe unlikeliest) continental cup win of...

<p>54 games, 24 teams, 3 levels of competition.</p><p>We tear our eyes away from game footage long enough to digest the key takeaways from probably the single most important big-picture-painting weekend in European...

<p>The season’s annual spring clean of the continental standings is here.</p><p>We work our way up from a top-heavy EuroCup 3, through an incredibly condensed EuroCup 2, to the impending massacre that is EuroCup...

<p>I Germany, Turkiye and Italy, we get five teams go up 1-0 in their respective playoff series and five opponents looking for a chance to even things up this coming weekend.</p><p>In Spain, we get a step closer to...

<p>This week:</p><p>Italy Final Four is set!</p><p>German Pokal Champions crowned!</p><p>Turkish Finals matchup decided!</p><p>Spanish 4th place is a Royal Rumble!</p><p>France is heating up!</p><p></p><p>Available now...

<p>A statement win punctuates the end of the German regular season, as the standings fall into their final state.</p><p>One team punches their ticket to the Turkish Superleague Finals, while we go to overtime to force a...

<p>Today's core question:</p><p>Why does nothing that happens at EuroCup have any bearing on the immediate results once all those same teams get back to their domestic competitions?</p><p>We tour this question around...

<p>Well, that was eventful.</p><p>In an absolute sizzler of a weekend, we saw the final fields set for all four levels of the EuroCup Finals.</p><p>There we too many moments to even begin to list here, so saddle up and...

<p>In the last week of action before teams head to their respective EuroCup rounds, we try and use the results to predict some almost-totally-unrelated outcomes in a different competition.</p><p>Turkish playoffs...

<p>We've got some mid-season champions!</p><p>In Spain, Ilunion reclaimed the Copa del Rey throne after several years. The field was as strong as it's ever been during their march to the Gold, as Albacete and Murcia...

<p>As domestic leagues resume, we deploy the age-old rest vs rust battle in the aftermath of EuroCup.</p><p>Spain saw a pair of one possession wins further middle the middle of the pack, and a reminder of who resides in...

<p>Well, that was eventful.</p><p>With 3 qualifying groups for Champions Cup and 2 more for EuroCup 1 having taken place, concurrently, across 2 days, we have a lot to go through.</p><p>We break down all 5 group stages...

<p>Tough week to be favoured.</p><p>Bilbao take down Albacete</p><p>Mideba hang 96 on Gran Canaria</p><p>Vigo take down red-hot Malaga</p><p>Köln with the first win over Lahn-Dill in the club's history</p><p>EuroCup...

<p>No, you disappeared for over a month during the season.</p><p>We get back into the swing by looking at some recent bodies of work and teams that have been noticeably trending up or down lately.</p><p>We talk Hyeres...