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Welcome Max Gaspa
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houstonbrave
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Here is a video from X.
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Nice...I knew our staff would draw on their excellent international resources and find the right guy...
btw- a source tells me that Georgi Gerganov is having surgery on his knee next week and will stay in Peoria
for rehab and for the 2026-27 Bradley academic year. We should get to see him at the events like Itoo Supper and games.
btw- a source tells me that Georgi Gerganov is having surgery on his knee next week and will stay in Peoria
for rehab and for the 2026-27 Bradley academic year. We should get to see him at the events like Itoo Supper and games.
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Stats (note that in some web pages, he is listed as "Max Gaspa Ibanez")-
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Max Gaspa Ibanez, Basketball Player Stats
Max Gaspa Ibanez is a 20-year-old Spain guard. 6'3″ - 1.91m. playing for SPAIN in FIBA EUROPEAN U20. Career stats, game logs, and performance data.
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Bradley8792
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How many years do we have him for?
He turned 20 on January 3, 2006. so he should have 4 years of eligibility under the new NCAA "5 in 5" rule.
The FIBA U20 European Championships are playing now in Ljubljana, Slovenia
In three games, Max Gaspa's Spain U20 team is 3-0 in group play with wins over Belgium (81-58), Croatia (84-60) and
a win over Greece (81-67) that just ended.
In his 3 games, he is averaging 8.7 ppg, 2 apg 1 rpg in 18.6 min per game (5th most minutes) - LINK
(the team has very balanced scoring, two players are averaging 9 ppg and one is averaging 10.7 ppg)
Valparaiso's Bruno Alocen (LINK) is also on his team, averaging 7 ppg
Spain has won Group C and advances to the knockout rounds - The games continue through July 19
They next play Romania on Wednesday
Here is the schedule of their games - LINK
Perhaps he will be here in late July.
Here is Max's Instagram - give him a follow - he's already being followed by Georgi, Gus Rugaard, Malik Garner,
Kyle Grill, Mya Wardle, Josh Ibukunolawa, BobbySuarez, Race Kowalczyk, Xander Alarie & 2000 others- LINK
He has several videos on his IG - LINK
In three games, Max Gaspa's Spain U20 team is 3-0 in group play with wins over Belgium (81-58), Croatia (84-60) and
a win over Greece (81-67) that just ended.
In his 3 games, he is averaging 8.7 ppg, 2 apg 1 rpg in 18.6 min per game (5th most minutes) - LINK
(the team has very balanced scoring, two players are averaging 9 ppg and one is averaging 10.7 ppg)
Valparaiso's Bruno Alocen (LINK) is also on his team, averaging 7 ppg
Spain has won Group C and advances to the knockout rounds - The games continue through July 19
They next play Romania on Wednesday
Here is the schedule of their games - LINK
Perhaps he will be here in late July.
Here is Max's Instagram - give him a follow - he's already being followed by Georgi, Gus Rugaard, Malik Garner,
Kyle Grill, Mya Wardle, Josh Ibukunolawa, BobbySuarez, Race Kowalczyk, Xander Alarie & 2000 others- LINK
He has several videos on his IG - LINK
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BUBraves2006
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Alocen transferred from Indiana State to Valpo for the upcoming season. Indiana State turned basically their entire roster over after last season while retaining their coaching staff.
I remember noticing when they tweeted this last week, which I thought was interesting, never knowing there would be a BU connection in the end:
ummm, no... he WAS on Indiana State last year.....
He portalled to Valparaiso in April
Max Gaspa and his Spain U20 team played Romania today in the first game of their U20 European Championship knockout round of 16
It was an early game over there and it's already completed with Spain winning 77-59
Spain blew out to a 53-32 halftime lead and coasted from there with everyone getting plenty ofplaying time and nobody playing more than 20 min
Max had just 4 pts, 2 reb and 1 asst but was hampered from the start with foul trouble.
(Max got 2 quick early fouls, then a 3rd shortly into the 2nd quarter. He then got his 4th foul just one minute into the 3rd quarter)
Bruno Alocen had 12 pts
So they advance to the "Elite Eight" and their next game is tomorrow with the time to be determined. They will face the winner of
the Germany/Latvia game that is being played right now with German ahead 26-19 in the early 2nd quarter- LINK
If they get past that stage, they will play a semi-final against either the Serbia/Italy winner or the Israel/Greece winner- LINK
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*** UPDATE - Germany just beat Latvia 88-72, so Max's Spanish U20 squard will face Germany tomorrow. Time is still not set.
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The games are all being streamed but are by subscription only. - LINK
Here's the Spain/Romania game if you want to create an account and join - LINK
One other interesting note- the French U20 team has Victor Wembanyama's younger 6-7 brother Oscar Wembanyama on it.
The Slovenian U20 squad has Murray State newcomer Mark Padjen who is averaging 13 ppg in his first 3 games
*** update, Serbia and Greece advance to the Elite Eight
It was an early game over there and it's already completed with Spain winning 77-59
Spain blew out to a 53-32 halftime lead and coasted from there with everyone getting plenty ofplaying time and nobody playing more than 20 min
Max had just 4 pts, 2 reb and 1 asst but was hampered from the start with foul trouble.
(Max got 2 quick early fouls, then a 3rd shortly into the 2nd quarter. He then got his 4th foul just one minute into the 3rd quarter)
Bruno Alocen had 12 pts
So they advance to the "Elite Eight" and their next game is tomorrow with the time to be determined. They will face the winner of
the Germany/Latvia game that is being played right now with German ahead 26-19 in the early 2nd quarter- LINK
If they get past that stage, they will play a semi-final against either the Serbia/Italy winner or the Israel/Greece winner- LINK
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*** UPDATE - Germany just beat Latvia 88-72, so Max's Spanish U20 squard will face Germany tomorrow. Time is still not set.
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The games are all being streamed but are by subscription only. - LINK
Here's the Spain/Romania game if you want to create an account and join - LINK
One other interesting note- the French U20 team has Victor Wembanyama's younger 6-7 brother Oscar Wembanyama on it.
The Slovenian U20 squad has Murray State newcomer Mark Padjen who is averaging 13 ppg in his first 3 games
*** update, Serbia and Greece advance to the Elite Eight
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*** UPDATE - Germany just beat Latvia 88-72, so Max's Spanish U20 squard will face Germany tomorrow......
Game is set to tip at 9am Central time in Ljubliana, Slovenia....
FWIW Spain U20 is 8-1 vs Germany over the past 6 years in head-to-head competition.
Doesn't appear to be any free streaming options available. The subscription streaming is on YouTube - LINK
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End of 1st quarter-
Tied....Germany 22 - Spain 22
Max Gaspa played about 1/2 of the first quarter - missed his only shot but went 1-2 at the FT line
and had a steal, staying out of foul trouble.
Live stats, play-by-play and box score right here -- LINK
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Here's an interesting rule difference in FIBA basketball -- Did you know??
A player is awarded an assist if his pass leads to a shooter being fouled and then making at least one FT!
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Update at halftime....
in the final 1 1/2 minutes of the half, Spain drained two quick 3-pointers
Halftime score Spain 43 - Germany 37
Max Gaspa has played 11 min, 3 pts, 1 steal, has not attempted a 3-pointer. Valpo's Alocen has 6 pts
Two other Spanish players Jorge Carot and Raul Villar each have 8 pts each.
Update-
Now in the 4th quarter - Spain 65 - Germany 52.
With a win, they are in the Final Four along with-
France (beat Croatia 76-66 in quarterfinals)
winner between Turkey/Slovenia (yet to be played at 11:30am Central)
winner between Serbia/Greece ( " " " " at 2pm Central)
They would face the Serbia/Greece winner on Saturday July 18- time to be determined
in the final 1 1/2 minutes of the half, Spain drained two quick 3-pointers
Halftime score Spain 43 - Germany 37
Max Gaspa has played 11 min, 3 pts, 1 steal, has not attempted a 3-pointer. Valpo's Alocen has 6 pts
Two other Spanish players Jorge Carot and Raul Villar each have 8 pts each.
Update-
Now in the 4th quarter - Spain 65 - Germany 52.
With a win, they are in the Final Four along with-
France (beat Croatia 76-66 in quarterfinals)
winner between Turkey/Slovenia (yet to be played at 11:30am Central)
winner between Serbia/Greece ( " " " " at 2pm Central)
They would face the Serbia/Greece winner on Saturday July 18- time to be determined
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bradleyfan124
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I like that assist rule..it still leads to points
See above....
Final score, Spain ends up winning easily, 88-69
Max doesnt put up awesome offensive numbers but apparently the coach likes his defense and trusts him on the court.
Even tho playing time was broadly divided among all the players, Max still is among the top 3-4 in minutes on the court.
He scored just 3 pts, also had 2 reb, 1 asst, 2 steals- and his +/- statistic was +19, way beter than everyone else except
the two teammates with the most playing time and top two scorers Villar and Carot. Valpo's Alocen had 15.
Here's a couple photos of Max from today's game
Final score, Spain ends up winning easily, 88-69
Max doesnt put up awesome offensive numbers but apparently the coach likes his defense and trusts him on the court.
Even tho playing time was broadly divided among all the players, Max still is among the top 3-4 in minutes on the court.
He scored just 3 pts, also had 2 reb, 1 asst, 2 steals- and his +/- statistic was +19, way beter than everyone else except
the two teammates with the most playing time and top two scorers Villar and Carot. Valpo's Alocen had 15.
Here's a couple photos of Max from today's game
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