Two Wisconsin basketball alumni will play basketball tomorrow, May 23rd, in the Euro League Final Four. The games will take place in Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi and will feature the best teams in the Euro League this season: Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul, Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens, Olympiacos Piraeus, and AS Monaco.
Former Badger Vitto Brown plays for AS Monaco, which is based in Fontvieille, Monaco. Nigel Hayes-Davis plays for Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul, which is based in Istanbul, Turkey. The two former Wisconsin players won't face off against each other unless they make it to the finals, as Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul will be playing Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens, while AS Monaco will be taking on Olympiacos Piraeus.
Vitto Brown and Nigel Hayes Davis will be featured in the Euro League Final Four
The games will both take place on May 23rd. Hayes-Davis' team will go first at 10 a.m. CT and will stream on the Euro League TV streaming service. You can click here for that. The other game, which showcases Vitto Brown, will start at approximately 1 p.m. CT.
Hayes-Davis is having a great year for his international team. He finished the season as one of the top scorers in the league at 16.8 points a game. He also averaged 52 rebounds, 1.6 assists, and 1.1 steals. Brown, on the other hand, is more of a depth player for his team, averaging 4.4 points, 2.5 rebounds, 0.7 assists, and 0.4 steals.
The Euro League has been another focus for Wisconsin recently. Greg Gard went into the league to identify and recruit Aleksas Bieliauskas, who will be coming to Wisconsin in the fall. Bieliauskas's team, Zalgiris Kaunas, has been eliminated and will not be in the Final Four.
If you can get the streaming service, it will be fun to see old friends in Brown and Hayes-Davis, leaving Wisconsin fans itching for Badger hoops to return.