Movistar Estudiantes closes this Friday against Unicaja Oviedo at the Movistar Academy Magariños (9:00 p.m., LaLigaSportsTV and Movistar+) the regular phase of the LEB Oro with nothing at stake. Mathematically second in the standings after Covirán Granada, champion and new Endesa League team, awaits a rival for the playoff, which will give the last place for promotion to the ACB, with home court factor assured.
The schoolboys will be measured in quarters with the ninth, a position that can still be occupied by four teams: TAU Castelló, Acunsa Gipuzkoa, UEMC Valladolid and Cáceres World Heritage Sites. Two of them will stay out of the final rounds. The tie will be the best of five games: the first and second at the WiZink Center will be on Friday 27 (8:00 p.m.) and Sunday 29 (12:30 p.m.), respectively. The third and fourth (if necessary), at home, will be on Friday June 3 and Sunday 5. The fifth duel, if necessary, on Friday June 10 (8:00 p.m.). The winner will advance to the Final Four on June 18 and 19 with a venue yet to be determined.
Student Rivals
The Castello It will be Estu’s rival as long as it beats Gipuzkoa and Cáceres does the same against Granada.
Gipuzkoameanwhile, will face the schoolboys if they beat TAU and relegated Palmer Alma Mediterrànea Palma beat Valladolid at home.
The Caceres It will face the Ramirians if it falls against Covirán and Castelló and Palma win. Also if they lose against the Andalusians and Gipuzkoa and Valladolid they carry out their duels.
By last, Valladolid: Movistar will meet the Castilians if they beat Palma and Cáceres and Acunsa do not fail in their matches. Also if he wins and TAU and Granada beat their rivals
Head of series
The rival of the Students is not the only mystery that the end of the regular phase will unravel. With the schoolboys themselves, Lleida and Girona occupying three of the four places with court factor, the last one will be occupied by Palencia, Oviedo or Coruña. Marc Gasol’s Girona also plays to be fourth and face Estu only in a hypothetical final; or fifth and be able to meet the people of Madrid in the semifinal of the Final Four.
Decline
The third place for relegation to the LEB Plata will also be announced this Friday. Almansa, Juaristi or Prat will accompany Levitec Huesca and Palma to the third division of Spanish basketball. Almansa is the one who has it better: only if they lose against Coruña at home and their two direct rivals win, will they fall. Juaristi will only go down in two of the eight possible combinations: they must lose against Palencia and El Prat beat Huesca, regardless of Almansa’s result.