By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
The year will change before the next Basketball Champions League action, but 2018 certainly belonged to AEK. The Queen captured the BCL title winning the 2017-18 Final Four in Athens and capped the first nine Gamedays of the 2018-19 season with eight consecutive victories.
AEK kept its streak alive with a tough home win over CEZ Nymburk. Iberostar Tenerife and UCAM Murcia are the other two teams with an 8-1 record after beating Nanterre 92 and Ventspils, respectively.
Here are the Day 9 results, game recaps and standings:
Group A
Nizhny Novgorod – Anwil 86-62
Le Mans – Banvit 85-71
Ventspils – UCAM Murcia 61-67
Sidigas Avellino – MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg 82-76
| Position | Team | % Victory | GP | GW | GL | PTS + | PTS – | GA |
| 1 | UCAM Murcia | 88.89 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 686 | 610 | 1.1245 |
| 2 | Sidigas Avellino | 66.67 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 773 | 769 | 1.0052 |
| 3 | Banvit | 55.56 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 734 | 680 | 1.0794 |
| 4 | Nizhny Novgorod | 55.56 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 714 | 687 | 1.0393 |
| 5 | Anwil Wloclawek | 44.44 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 734 | 744 | 0.9865 |
| 6 | Le Mans | 33.33 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 649 | 689 | 0.9419 |
| 7 | Ventspils | 33.33 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 713 | 758 | 0.9406 |
| 8 | MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg | 22.22 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 693 | 759 | 0.9130 |
Group B
Telekom Baskets Bonn – PAOK 94-77
UNET Holon – Umana Reyer Venezia 69-70
Iberostar Tenerife – Nanterre 92 79-68
Opava – Fribourg Olympic 76-77
| Position | Team | % Victory | GP | GW | GL | PTS + | PTS – | GA |
| 1 | Iberostar Tenerife | 88.89 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 744 | 607 | 1.2257 |
| 2 | Hapoel Holon | 66.67 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 749 | 708 | 1.0579 |
| 3 | Umana Reyer Venezia | 66.67 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 758 | 722 | 1.0498 |
| 4 | PAOK | 55.56 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 711 | 688 | 1.0334 |
| 5 | Nanterre | 44.44 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 731 | 688 | 1.0625 |
| 6 | Telekom Baskets Bonn | 44.44 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 766 | 783 | 0.9782 |
| 7 | Fribourg Olympic | 22.22 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 714 | 801 | 0.8913 |
| 8 | Opava | 11.11 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 653 | 829 | 0.7876 |
Group C
Lietkabelis – Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem 70-97
Telenet Giants Antwerp – Montakit Fuenlabrada 102-78
JDA Dijon – Brose Bamberg 97-101
AEK – CEZ Nymburk 80-76
| Position | Team | % Victory | GP | GW | GL | PTS + | PTS – | GA |
| 1 | AEK Athens | 88.89 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 729 | 678 | 1.0752 |
| 2 | Hapoel Jerusalem | 77.78 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 783 | 692 | 1.1315 |
| 3 | Brose Bamberg | 66.67 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 759 | 727 | 1.0440 |
| 4 | Antwerp Giants | 55.56 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 742 | 713 | 1.0406 |
| 5 | Lietkabelis | 33.33 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 677 | 701 | 0.9657 |
| 6 | Fuenlabrada | 33.33 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 699 | 767 | 0.9113 |
| 7 | Dijon | 22.22 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 684 | 736 | 0.9293 |
| 8 | CEZ Nymburk | 22.22 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 692 | 751 | 0.9214 |
Group D
Besiktas Sompo Japan – Neptunas Klaipeda 77-70
Petrol Olimpija – Promitheas Patras 76-80
medi Bayreuth – SIG Strasbourg 76-84
Filou Oostende – Segafredo Virtus Bologna 77-76
| Position | Team | % Victory | GP | GW | GL | PTS + | PTS – | GA |
| 1 | Virtus Segafredo Bologna | 77.78 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 775 | 687 | 1.1280 |
| 2 | Strasbourg | 66.67 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 699 | 675 | 1.0355 |
| 3 | Promitheas | 66.67 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 737 | 727 | 1.0137 |
| 4 | Medi Bayreuth | 44.44 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 701 | 668 | 1.0494 |
| 5 | Neptunas | 44.44 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 752 | 755 | 0.9960 |
| 6 | Besiktas S.J. | 44.44 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 692 | 710 | 0.9746 |
| 7 | BC Oostende | 44.44 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 674 | 731 | 0.9220 |
| 8 | Petrol Olimpjia | 11.11 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 676 | 753 | 0.8977 |