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Each week, Matej & Simon will be tackling down the biggest topics in sports & media - one episode at a time!
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Monday May 27, 2024
Monday May 27, 2024
It was the weekend, we've all been waiting for - the Euroleague Final Four 2024 in Berlin. And what a showing of basketball excellence it has been as Panathinaikos Athens dethroned the champions of 2023, Real Madrid, in a stunning comeback victory. We take you through all the reasons of how the new kings of European basketball got there (00:01:48).
We also discuss the latest player transfer news and also what we make out of Euroleagues rumour mill of expanding their product to the middle east (00:34:09).
Co-Host: Matej Hopp and Simon Pichler
Producer: Simon Pichler
Music: Lunatic - HLM 3 (Intro) & 113 - Outro (113 fout la merde)
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Monday May 20, 2024
Monday May 20, 2024
It's the weekend we've been waiting all season for - Euroleague Final Four with the teams from Real Madrid, Panathinaikos Athens, Fenerbahce Istanbul and Olympiacos Piraeus. We talk about key match-ups, predictions of the games, possible MVPs and everything you need to know about the Final Four in Berlin (00:08:41).
It's also awards season in European basketball and as usual, some of the choices have been highly discussed. We take a look at what they got right and what they got wrong (00:32:31).
In what has been a kind-of (un)expected move, we discuss Gordie Herberts decision to leave World Cup Winners Germany after this years Olympics (00:48:59).
Co-Host: Matej Hopp and Simon Pichler
Producer: Simon Pichler
Music: Lunatic - HLM 3 (Intro) & 113 - Outro (113 fout la merde)
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Sunday May 12, 2024
Sunday May 12, 2024
Real Madrid, Panathinaikos Athens, Fenerbahce Istanbul and Olympiacos Piraeus will be competing for Europes basketball crown (00:00:15).
After three Game 5 the Euroleague Final Four is finally complete.
We take you through the breathtaking ways each team got there and what have been the keys for them punching their ticket to Berlin.
Although AS Monaco has failed to qualify for the Final Four, Mike James is still the MVP of this years season, right? We take a look (00:23:30).
Finally, we also take some quick Champions League football bites and try to get our heads around what is going on with the great FC Bayern Munich as apparently nobody wants to coach the club for next season (00:29:50)
Co-Host: Matej Hopp and Simon Pichler
Producer: Simon Pichler
Music: Lunatic - HLM 3 (Intro) & 113 - Outro (113 fout la merde)
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Sunday May 05, 2024
Sunday May 05, 2024
It have been some awesome weeks for sports fans all over the world but especially fans of Euroleague basketball!
While Real Madrid already punched their ticket (00:03:25) to this years Euroleague Final Four in Berlin there are still 3 tickets up for grab.
Panathinaikos Athens vs. Maccabi Tel Aviv will play their deciding Game 5 on May 7th in Athens (00:06:54). While both teams have shown some stellar performances by their Guards it might come down to the big men to decide what team will be part of the F4 party in Berlin.
Another thriller is to be expected in the matchup between FC Barcelona vs. Olympiacos Piraeus (00:12:50). The Greeks have shown incredible fighting spirit in Game 4 and basically whopped the Catalans of the floor. The outcome of Game 5 will also depend on what Barca team shows up.
Lastly, we head to the series between AS Monaco vs. Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul (00:22:50) which ended up in a thrilling Game 4 victory for the team from the Côte d’Azur. Unfortunately, there were some ugly scenes after the final buzzer and it will be interesting to see how this will affect the grande finale of this series in Monaco.
After some Euro talks we take a look at this years NBA Playoffs and discuss how the change of guard is on full display. We have 90's basketball flashback and most notably Anthony Edwards taking his game as well as his team, the Minnesota Tim,berwolves, to new heights. But there are many more storylines lingering as well (00:35:56).
Co-Host: Matej Hopp and Simon Pichler
Producer: Simon Pichler
Music: Lunatic - HLM 3 (Intro) & 113 - Outro (113 fout la merde)
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Thursday Apr 25, 2024
Thursday Apr 25, 2024
It is the best time of the year!
We've been waiting all season long but finally the time has arrived - EuroLeague play-offs is about to begin.
After discussing about the newly installed play-in tournament we finally get a chance to talk about each series starting of with Real Madrid vs. Saski Baskonia (00:05:35) before moving on to the other games that have been happeing.
Co-Host: Matej Hopp and Simon Pichler
Producer: Simon Pichler
Music: Lunatic - HLM 3 (Intro) & 113 - Outro (113 fout la merde)
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Sunday Apr 14, 2024
Sunday Apr 14, 2024
It was EuroLeagues final round and some teams still had high stakes to play for.
First, we discuss the couple of regular season games and also take a look how bad we've been in our over/under predictions for each team (00:02:52). Further more, we discuss what have been our biggest surprises and disappointments of the season and take a look at the upcoming play-in games after the final playoff series will be concluded (00:40:05).
Co-Host: Matej Hopp and Simon Pichler
Producer: Simon Pichler
Music: Lunatic - HLM 3 (Intro) & 113 - Outro (113 fout la merde)
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Sunday Apr 07, 2024
Sunday Apr 07, 2024
As Simon has been able to make it to Vienna, it was finally time for our very first Podcast Episode in person.
First, Simon and Matej share some nostalgic views about the Basketball Easter Tournament which takes place annually in Vienna (00:01:00) while Simon will reveals what he's most exited about finally being back in his home town (00:05:58).
Later on, we discuss the latest and greatest news out of the EuroLeague, offer some of our personal basketball highlights along the way (00:13:05) and give away way too early EuroLeague Final Four 2024 predictions (00:37:30).
Lastly, this epsiode wouldn't be whole if not for some March Madness and our predictions who will end up winning it all (00:41:37).
Co-Host: Matej Hopp and Simon Pichler
Producer: Simon Pichler
Music: Lunatic - HLM 3 (Intro) & 113 - Outro (113 fout la merde)
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Sunday Mar 10, 2024
Sunday Mar 10, 2024
Yes, we've been silent the last couple of weeks but for all the right reasons. Why? You can find out right at the beginning of the episode.
After that it's back to sports talk as we have lots of topics to discuss.
First, we talk about Ricky Rubios basketball comeback and what his arrival means for his club, FC Barcelona(00:03:30).
After that, we take a look at the current standings plus a possible playoff picture and how the upcoming games could possibly pan out and what this means for teams such as Partizan or Fenerbahce (00:09:18)
Of course we have to talk about Mike James becoming the all-time leading Euroleague scorer and what his odds are of becoming this seasons MVP (00:17:18) and who is the next coach to be let go (00:22:38).
What is happening in F1? Well, actually quite a lot which could heavily affect the future of the most dominant team in recent years, Red Bull Racing (00:25:53).
Lastly, Austrian football is in the news - for all the wrong reasons as Rapid Viennas celebrations of their first derby win in quite some time against arch rival Austria Vienna took a very ugly turn in the aftermath (00:30:03).
Co-Host: Matej Hopp and Simon Pichler
Producer: Simon Pichler
Music: Lunatic - HLM 3 (Intro) & 113 - Outro (113 fout la merde)
You can follow the Up Hill Down Under podcast on, Facebook (@uphilldownunder) Instagram (@uphilldownunder), on Twitter/X (@uphilldownunder) and on YouTube (coming soon).
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