M.E.N.T. B.C., officially known as the Educational Union of Toumba Youth ( el, Μορφωτική Ένωσις Νεολαίας Τούμπας, ''Morfotiki Enosis Neoleas Toumbas'') or M.E.N.T. B.C., is a Greek professional

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club that was founded in 1926. The team is located in

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. M.E.N.T. B.C. currently competes in the third-tier level division of Greece, the Greek C League.

History

Originally, the club's parent athletic association included the sports of basketball,

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, and also a literary and entertainment section. Today, there are departments only for the basketball club and the

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club. In 2004, M.E.N.T. B.C. finished in 2nd place in the Greek 2nd Division, and thus earned a league promotion, and then competed in the top-tier level Greek Basket League, in the following 2004–05 season.

Roster

Notable players

* Costas Christou *

Georgios Dedas Georgios Dedas (alternate spellings: Giorgos, Yiorgos) (Greek: Γιώργος Δέδας; born January 2, 1980) is a retired Greek professional basketball player and professional basketball coach. During his playing career, at a height of 2.00 m ( ...

Michalis Giannakidis Michalis Giannakidis (alternate spellings: Michail, Mihalis) (Greek: Μιχάλης Γιαννακίδης; born April 6, 1988) is a Greek professional basketball player and current basketball executive. During his club playing career, at a height ...

* Giannis Giannoulis * Vangelis Karampoulas *

Sakis Karidas Athanasios "Sakis" Karidas (alternate spelling: Karydas) (Greek: Αθανάσιος "Σάκης" Καρύδας; born November 4, 1979) is a Greek former professional basketball player. At a height of 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) tall, he ;played at t ...

Vassilis Lipiridis Vassilis Lipiridis (alternate spellings: Vasilis, Lypiridis) ( el, Βασίλης Λυπηρίδης; born January 1, 1967, in Edessa, Greece) is a retired Greek professional basketball player. At 2.02 m (6 ft 7 in) tall, he played at the p ...

* Milan Sagias *

Dimitris Spanoulis Dimitrios Spanoulis (alternate spelling: Dimitris, Dimitri) (Greek language, Greek: Δημήτρης Σπανούλης; born October 11, 1979) is a former Greek professional basketball player. During his playing career, at a height of 6 ft ...

Miljan Goljović Miljan Goljović (born August 27, 1971) is a retired Slovenian professional basketball player. He was a 2.03 m tall small forward, that was a remarkable talent on offense. Club career Goljović was the Top Scorer of the EuroLeague 1999–00 se ...

Goran Kalamiza Goran Kalamiza (born February 5, 1974) is a retired Croatian professional basketball player. He played the point guard The point guard (PG), also called the one or the point, is one of the five Basketball positions, positions in a regulatio ...

Dylan Page Dylan Page (born March 28, 1982) is an American professional basketball player for Movistar Estudiantes of the Spanish Liga ACB. College career He played for the NCAA Division I Milwaukee Panthers from 2000-2004 where he, along with Clay Tucke ...

Marcus Taylor Marcus Taylor (born November 25, 1981) is a retired American professional basketball player. He was a Naismith All-American, McDonald's All-American, two-time Parade All-American and USA Today 1st-team All-American. He also went on to win Mr ...

Clay Tucker Clay Jovon Tucker (June 14, 1980) is a retired American professional player. College career Tucker played college basketball at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee from 1998 to 2003 where he and Dylan Page helped the Panthers to their first NC ...

Head coaches

Dimitrios Itoudis Dimitrios Itoudis (alternate spelling: Dimitris) ( gr, Δημήτριος Ιτούδης, born September 8, 1970) is a Greek professional basketball basketball coach, coach, who is the current head coach of Fenerbahçe S.K. (basketball), Fenerbah ...

Stefanos Dedas Stefanos Dedas (Greek: Στέφανος Δέδας; born May 10, 1982) is a Greek ''(from Vafiochori, Kilkis)'' professional basketball head coach. He is currently the assistant coach for CSKA Moscow of the VTB United League. Coaching career C ...

Sotos Nikolaidis Sotiris "Sotos" Nikolaidis ( el, Σωτήρης "Σώτος" Νικολαΐδης; (born May 25, 1974, in Thessaloniki, Greece), is a retired Greek professional basketball player and current basketball coach. During his club playing career, at a h ...

External links

M.E.N.T. B.C. - Official Website

Eurobasket.com Team Page
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