The Associação Bauru Basketball Team, commonly known as Bauru Basquete (Bauru Basket), is a Brazilian professional basketball team that is based in Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil. The club plays Brazil's top-tier level league, the Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB). Founded in 1994, Bauru has won two NBB championships, in 2002 and 2016. They also won the continental championship once when they won the FIBA Americas League in

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. Bauru was the runner-up in the

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. The team plays its home games in the Ginásio Panela de Pressão, which has capacity for 2,000 people. Bauru is known for being the second club of

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Crests and colors

Bauru_basketb_logo.png, The club's official logo –2016. Bauru Basket logo.png, The club's official logo 2016–present.

History

Bauru was the second team of the Brazilian

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. Barbosa was an important player during the previous top-tier level Nacional Championship, in 2002. In that year, Bauru won the championship title, after winning a series against Araraquara. Barbosa and his teammates Marquinhos Vieira,

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, Vanderlei, and others, won the series by a 3–0 score. In the new Brazilian top-tier league, the NBB's first season ( 2008–09), Bauru signed the

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Larry Taylor. In the NBB's fourth season ( 2011–12), Taylor, helped by the young player

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, the experienced

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, and another American,

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, led the team to a sixth place finish in the league. Bauru won its first FIBA Americas League championship, as they won the

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. The club was thus crowned the Latin American champions for the first time. Because of the Americas League victory, the team would then play in the

, against the EuroLeague's 2014–15 season champions,

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. Bauru Basket has also won three São Paulo State Championships. Bauru reached even bigger heights, when it was announced that the team would be a part of the 2015–16 NBA preseason's international versus NBA games. Bauru played against the

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clubs, the

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and the Washington Wizards in the United States, becoming the third Brazilian team to play against NBA teams, after C.R. Vasco da Gama and

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. In the

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, after two consecutive losses in the NBB's finals, Bauru finally became the Brazilian League champions once again, by winning the title for the first time in 15 years. They won the title, after coming back from a 2-0 series deficit, to beat C.A. Paulistano, in a 5 games series. Bauru's Alex Garcia, was named the

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Honors and titles

Worldwide

* FIBA Intercontinental Cup :Runners-up (1):

Latin America

* FIBA Americas League :Champions (1):

:Runners-up (1):

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Continental

* South American League :Champions (2):

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* South American Club Championship :Runners-up (1): 1999

National

* Brazilian Championship :Champions (2): 2002, 2016–17 :''Runners-up (2):'' 2014–15, 2015–16

Regional

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:Champions (3): 1999, 2013, 2014"É tricampeão! Paschoalotto/Bauru conquista mais um título no Campeonato Paulista de Basquete ". Jornal da Cidade. November 14, 2014

Access in November 17, 2014. :''Runners-up (2):'' 2000, 2016

Other tournaments

* Troféu Cláudio Mortari :Winners (2): 2015, 2016 * Torneo Interligas de Básquet, Torneio Interligas: 2019 * Copa TV TEM: 2008 * Copa EPTV: 2010

Matches against NBA teams

Players

Current roster (season 2019-20)

Notable players

Valtinho da Silva Válter Apolinário da Silva (31 January 1977), commonly known as Valtinho da Silva, or simply Valtinho, is a Brazilian former professional basketball player. Born in Rio Claro, he played at the point guard position, and he is considered one o ...

* Maury de Souza *

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* Alex Garcia * Rafael Hettsheimeir * Larry Taylor * Marquinhos Vieira

Head coaches

Jorge "Guerrinha" Guerra Jorge Guerra (born 21 June 1959), also commonly known in Brazil as Jorge Guerrinha, is a Brazilian former professional basketball player and coach. Professional playing career Born in Franca, in the state of São Paulo, Guerra debuted in basketb ...

* Demétrius Conrado Ferraciú

References

External links

Official website

Latinbasket.com team Profile
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