Four-digit growth for Basketball Champions League's digital presence in first Regular Season

The Basketball Champions League has been a huge hit in its inaugural campaign thanks to a lot of late-game drama and jaw-dropping plays each and every week.

The league's various digital platforms have also made sure the fans do not miss a beat.

Halfway through the season and there are already more than 449,000 followers of the Basketball Champions League on social media, which represents a 2179 percent growth from the beginning of the season in October.

Patrick Comninos, CEO of the Basketball Champions League, said: "We are both impressed and satisfied with these indicators as they validate the tremendous reach of #BasketballCL and motivates us to continue in the same direction."

"All the players probably follow @BasketballCL on Social Media." - Le Mans forward Ryan Pearson

Those making the spectacular shots and coming up with the game-changing plays are also contributing to the 13 million video views with the Basketball Champions League sending highlights to players and teams after each Gameday.

"Sending us the Highlights is very cool." - Umana Reyer Venezia guard MarQuez Haynes

BasketballCL.com has also drawn a lot of views with fans eager to read features and interviews about star players, to check out the live feed each Gameday and also the analytical "Tough Calls" videos.

Finally, the draws have generated a ton of excitement with multiple participating clubs streaming them at the same time on social media, with the first draw being multi-cast by more than 15 teams simultaneously.