2015 Italian Basketball Cup

2014 2016 Italian Basketball Cup Dinamo Banco di Sardegna Sassari (2nd title) EA7 Emporio Armani Milano Enel Brindisi Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia 8 7 20 – 22 February 2015 POL 20px David Logan The 2015 Italian Basketball Cup, known as the Beko Final Eight for sponsorship reasons, was the 47th edition of the Italian Basketball Cup, the cup competition organised by Lega Basket for Lega Basket Serie A club. The tournament was held from 20 to 22 February at the PalaDesio in Desio. Dinamo Banco di Sardegna Sassari won its second successive title by beating EA7 Emporio Armani Milano 101–94 in the final. David Logan was named the Cup final MVP. Participants Eight teams qualified for the final eight as the best ranked teams at the end of the first stage of the 2014-15 Serie A.http://www.legabasket.it/news/117205/beko_final_eight__la_sidigas_e__ottava__ecco_gli_accoppiamenti Beko Final Eight: la Sidigas e' ottava. Ecco gli accoppiamenti 11 January 2015 LegaBasket.it 30 August 2015 Italian Beko Final Eight: Sidigas is eighth. Here are the pairings 2 April 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150402194439/http://www.legabasket.it/news/117205/beko_final_eight__la_sidigas_e__ottava__ecco_gli_accoppiamenti dead 30em EA7 Emporio Armani Milano Dinamo Banco di Sardegna Sassari Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia Umana Reyer Venezia Enel Brindisi Dolomiti Energia Trento Vanoli Cremona Sidigas Avellino Road to the final In the quarterfinals, Milano earned a close 68-60 win over Avellino on the back of Samardo Samuels' 19 points and 12 rebounds, Reggio Emilia edged Dolomiti Energia Trento 80-77 with 16 points and 9 assists from Andrea Cinciarini, Brindisi downed Venezia 80-70 thanks to 27 points (on 6-of-8 three point shooting) from Jacob Pullen whilst holders Sassari bested Cremona 74-63 with contributions from Édgar Sosa (14 points and 4 assists) and Jeff Brooks (11 points and 7 rebounds).http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/5rnw8qbata3dnvaq/national-cups-roundup-friday National cups roundup: Friday - Italy: EA7 Milan, Reggio Emilia, Dinamo Sassari win quarterfinals 20 February 2015 Euroleague.net 30 August 2015 The semifinals saw Milano undo Brindisi 76-65, having led the first quarter 24-4 before a Brindisi upsurge in the next quarter conceded the lead, Milano retook it before half-time and resisted Brindisi's forays until the end, Marshon Brooks' 14 points made him one of five Milan players with 10 points or more. In the other contest, Sassari progressed past Reggio Emilia thanks to a third quarter run that took the game from a tie to a 57-46 Sassari lead, with Reggio Emilia not finding a way back into the game despite Rimantas Kaukėnas' 21 points, the winners had a number of players in double figure scoring including David Logan and Jerome Dyson (16 and 15 points respectively).https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/news/ National cups roundup: Saturday - Italy: Sassari and EA7 Milan to meet in the finals 21 February 2015 Euroleague.net 30 August 2015 1 February 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220201151646/https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/news/ dead Bracket Quarter-finals Semifinals Final 220 1 EA7 Emporio Armani Milano 60 8 Sidigas Avellino 58 4 Umana Reyer Venezia 70 5 Enel Brindisi 80 3 Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia 80 6 Dolomiti Energia Trento 77 2 Dinamo Banco di Sardegna Sassari 74 7 Vanoli Cremona 63 1 EA7 Emporio Armani Milano 76 5 Enel Brindisi 65 3 Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia 65 2 Dinamo Banco di Sardegna Sassari 77 22 February 1 EA7 Emporio Armani Milano 94 2 Dinamo Banco di Sardegna Sassari 101 Final Milano were seen as the favourites going into the final against defending champions Sassari, however it was the Sardinians that raced into a 33-15 lead after only eight minutes, league-leaders Milano fought back to reduce the lead to 49-47 before half-time but an excellent start to the third quarter enabled Sassari to accrue a determinant lead and repeat their 2014 Cup win. Game MVP Logan had 25 points as Dyson paced the winners with 27 points, Joe Ragland and Brooks contributed 21 and 18 points respectively to Milano's losing effort.http://www.fibaeurope.com/eurochallenge/compID_BYg5Rb55Jw-G5I3MZ6JB01.season_2015.roundID_10369.coid_-cCtYK1LJIwPU0jnGMKWa0.articleMode_on.html Roundup: Strasbourg end ten-year wait 23 February 2015 FIBAEurope.com 30 August 2015 22 February 2015 19:00 UTC+1 Boxscore EA7 Emporio Armani Milano 94 Dinamo Banco di Sardegna Sassari 101 21–33 26–18 19–26 28–24 Ragland 21 Kleiza, Hacket 9 Hackett 6 Dyson 27 Sanders 7 Sosa 4 PalaDesio, Desio *Luigi Lamonica Guido Federico Di Francesco Gianluca Sardella b90b0d _olimpiamilano1314h b90b0d _olimpiamilano1314h Milano 3366CC _whitecross 3366CC _whitesides Sassari MVP POL 20px David Logan Game rules Game played under FIBA rules. 2015 Italian Cup WinnersDinamo Banco di Sardegna Sassari(1st title) References 2015 Cup Category:February 2015 sports events in Italy