Glossary of Basketball Terms - U

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ULEB
A cooperative organization of professional basketball leagues in Europe, this body operates the Euroleague and Eurocup. The name is a French acronym for "Union of European Leagues of Basketball".
unsportsmanlike foul
(FIBA) an egregious foul, involving excessive physical contact, fouling with no intention to make a play on the ball, or fouling an opponent on a breakaway from behind. Roughly equivalent to the NBA's flagrant-1.
Up and down
A travelling violation when the ball carrier jump vertically into the air and does not get rid of it before landing.

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