Last season's EuroCup finalists Frutti Extra Bursaspor announced the signing of former Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana center Zach Auguste.

Frutti Extra Bursa announced that they have signed a center Ahmet Duverioglu, who previously played for Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul.

Frutti Extra Bursaspor keeps shaping the roster for the upcoming season. Although some important names from last year's campaign, like Onuralp Bitim and Dave Dudzinski, renewed contracts, there will be some remarkable changes from the team that reached the EuroCup final and pushed the BSL champions Fenerbahce Beko to the decisive game in the playoffs. 

In the Game 3 of the Turkish League quarterfinals series Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul eased past Frutti Extra Bursaspor 93-81 (21-24, 29-22, 20-15, 23-20) and advanced to semifinals.

Jan Vesely was the top performer for the winners, accumulating 16 points (6/10 2PT, 1/1 3PT, 1/2 FT), 8 rebounds, 3 assists and 25 PIR.

On the opposing side, Onuralp Bitim was the high-scorer for Bursaspor, ending with 20 points (4/9 2PT, 2/4 3PT, 6/7 FT), and 6 rebounds.

Fenerbahce: Jan Vesely 16 (8 REB), Tarik Biberovic 13, Metecan Birsen 11 (4 REB), Marko Guduric 11.

Bursaspor: Onuralp Bitim 20 (6 REB),  Derek Needham 12 (7 AST), John Holland 12.

Frutti Extra Bursaspor eased past Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul 97-77 (21-15, 19-17, 28-29, 29-16) and tied the Turkish League quarterfinals series at one win apiece.

The decisive Game 3 is set to take place in Istanbul.

Even though Bursa had plus 14 (67-53) in the third tally, Fenerbahce came within 7 points before the decisive 10 minutes of the match (61-68).

Nevertheless, the hosts arranged a game-deciding 10-0 spurt at the start of the fourth and gained a 15-point advantage (78-63), which was too much to handle for Fener.

Andrew Andrews and Onuralp Bitim were outstanding for the winners.

Andrews finished the duel with 23 points (0/5 2PT, 7/9 3PT, 2/2 FT), 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals, 1 turnover, and 28 PIR, while Bitim had 22 points (2/3 2PT, 6/9 3PT), 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals, 1 turnover, and 31 PIR.

In Game 1 of the Turkish Basketball League playoffs series, Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul got a home win and defeated Frutti Extra Bursaspor 100-87 (26-21, 24-26, 23-22, 27-18), and took a 1-0 series lead.

Nando De Colo was the top performer for the winners, accumulating 27 points (9/11 2PT, 1/3 3PT, 6/6 FT), 5 assists and 29 PIR.

On the opposing side, Onuralp Bitim was the high-scorer for Bursaspor, ending with 18 points (6/7 2PT, 1/4 3PT, 3/4 FT), 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 17 PIR.

It would've made the headlines all day long, and it would have been the biggest underdog story of EuroCup ever.

But yet, it was an objective that could not even be imagined at the beginning of the season. Frutti Extra Bursaspor's cinderella story finished at the hands of the mighty Virtus Bologna, led by the final MVP Milos Teodosic and co.

The power of the opponent was self-evident, and playing against so much talent and experience, it was almost mission impossible from the very beginning. But yet, Bursaspor fought bravely by repeatedly making runs to cut the double-digit leads.

"I would like to make one point very clear," said Dusan Alimpijevic, the coach of Frutti Extra Bursaspor.  

"I am not disappointed at all," said Alimpijevic. "I am very proud, and I am very happy. There is no need for sadness. I am glad to work with players like this. We played well. We fought well, not only today but through the entire season. Not only with players but also the president, the sponsors like every single person in the organization."

The coach is right by all means. But still, one cannot help thinking about "What ifs" in so many instances during the game, when a legendary road for the European title seemed not that far away. 

What Ifs 

What if John "The Pitbull" Holland and Andrew Andrews-the nightmare of Virtus Bologna with 37 points in their matchup in the regular season- made some more shots to get better than 3/14 FG combined?

"Once again, it is a good indication of the importance of Andrews for us," Alimpijevic commented.

"He had an injury picked up from the Andorra game, and he did not practice until the last day before the final. That was a factor as well. He was guarded well. All eyes were on him."