MUNICH (FIBA Europe Cup) - Extracting conclusions about the entire FIBA Europe Cup Regular Season after only one full day of action is obviously utterly illogical, but who can resist the temptation? Come and take the plunge as we look back at what happened in the opening games.

There is no place like home?
The inaugural edition of the FIBA Europe Cup started with something of a throwback to bygone eras, where home court advantage was almost a guarantee of success.

The home team won in eight of the first 10 games in the competition, making an overwhelming argument in favour of home comforts.

But then Wednesday came and a balance was struck as victory went to the visiting team in seven of the 16 games that day.

After the completion of the Thursday schedule, the overall score in the 28 games of the opening week was 19-9 for home teams.

Tsmoki-Minsk, ASVEL, Maccabi Rand Media, Rosa Radom, Elan Chalon, Falco KC, CEZ Nymburk, Telenet Oostende and Cibona Zagreb were the nine teams to win on the road in the opening week.

The first daring (reckless) prediction one can make based on the small sample of just one game day, is that all nine of those teams will be in the Round of 32 of the FIBA Europe Cup.

It is not however because they won on the road and this is a somehow mystical feat that other teams cannot emulate, but rather because all nine proved this week that they are very good sides which can deliver solid displays regardless of the surroundings.

Surprises of the week
AEK Larnaca came close to producing the surprise of the week and possibly the year as they pushed Astana to the ropes and almost rode out of Kazakhstan with a famous triumph, but in the end the hosts survived the tight encounter.

A case can be made for Falco KC's 62-54 win at Sodertalje Kings, largely because it wasn't known exactly what to expect from the Hungarian team, who are off to a 5-1 start in their domestic league but had not given a European sample of late.

But, in terms of club name and history, there is no doubt that the surprise of the week came about in the game of another Swedish team, which unlike Sodertalje were on the winning end.

Boras Basket should take pride in the fact that they defeated FoxTown Cantu and actually did so in very convincing fashion, 101-81.

Cantu might not currently be an intimidating team but are nonetheless one of the most storied clubs in Europen history, with two Euroleague, four Saporta Cup and four Korac Cup titles in their trophy case.

Stat of the week
At first glance, there is nothing remarkable about the offensive output of Kataja Basket in their 92-76 home win over Rilski Sportist in Group N action.

After all, 10 teams scored 90 points or more in the opening week, with two among them - Belfius Mons-Hainaut and Boras Basket - even hitting the century mark.

What is jaw-dropping about Kataja's offense on Wednesday is how they went about scoring those 92 points.

The Finnish side attempted no less than 48 three-point shots on the very first day, possibly establishing a FIBA Europe Cup record that will never be broken, considering that in the entire 12-year history of the EuroChallenge no team ever took more than 39 shots from beyond the arc in a single game.

Kataja hit 18 of those 48 triples on Wednesday, for a very presentable 37.5 percent three-point field goal percentage.

They even found the time to take 28 shots from inside the arc, converting 16 of them.

Performances of the week
There were several brilliant individual performances during the opening game day and Teemu Rannikko of Kataja with his 18 assists, Cevher Ozer of Turk Telekom Ankara with his 5-of-5 three-point shooting, Omar Krayem of Boras Basket with his 32 points or Andre Collins of Mons-Hainaut with his 18 points and 7 assists in 20 minutes certainly all made strong bids for best of the week.

But Jean Salumu of Oostende and Nik Caner-Medley of Astana quite literally gifted to their teams victories that would have gone the other way had those players not been in the right place at the right time in the clutch.

The Belgian winger had 21 points in his team's 83-79 win at Openjobmetis Varese while the American power forward finished with a double-double of 25 points and 11 rebounds in Astana's 78-74 win over AEK.

Click here for full coverage of the FIBA Europe Cup.

FIBA