The Associação Bauru Basketball Team, commonly known as Bauru Basquete (Bauru Basket), is a Brazilian professional

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. The club plays Brazil's top-tier level league, the

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(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

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. Bauru was the runner-up in the 2015 FIBA Intercontinental Cup. 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 Leandrinho Barbosa.

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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Leandrinho Barbosa. 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

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. Barbosa and his teammates

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, Murilo Becker, 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 American Brazilian

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

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, the experienced Fernando Fischer, and another American, Jeff Agba, led the team to a sixth place finish in the league. Bauru won its first

championship, as they won the 2015 FIBA Americas League. The club was thus crowned the

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n champions for the first time. Because of the Americas League victory, the team would then play in the 2015 FIBA Intercontinental Cup, against the

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's 2014–15 EuroLeague, 2014–15 season champions, Real Madrid Baloncesto, Real Madrid. Bauru Basket has also won three São Paulo State Basketball Championship, 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 season, 2015–16 NBA preseason's List of games played between NBA and international teams, international versus NBA games. Bauru played against the NBA clubs, the New York Knicks and the Washington Wizards in the United States, becoming the third Brazilian team to play against NBA teams, after Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama (basketball), C.R. Vasco da Gama and Flamengo Basketball, C.R. Flamengo. In the 2016–17 NBB season, after two consecutive losses in the Novo Basquete Brasil, 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 Club Athletico Paulistano (basketball), C.A. Paulistano, in a 5 games series. Bauru's Alex Garcia (basketball), Alex Garcia, was named the NBB Finals MVP.

Honors and titles

Worldwide

*FIBA Intercontinental Cup :Runners-up (1): 2015 FIBA Intercontinental Cup, 2015

Latin America

:Champions (1):

:Runners-up (1): 2016 FIBA Americas League, 2016

Continental

*Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol, South American League :Champions (2): 2014 Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol, 2014, 2022 Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol, 2022 *South American Basketball Club Championship, South American Club Championship :Runners-up (1): 1999

National

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

Regional

* São Paulo State Basketball Championship, São Paulo State Championship :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 2022-23)

Notable players

* Leandrinho Barbosa * Murilo Becker * Valtinho da Silva * Maury de Souza (basketball), Maury de Souza * Josuel dos Santos * Alex Garcia (basketball), Alex Garcia * Rafael Hettsheimeir *

Head coaches

* Jorge "Guerrinha" Guerra * Demétrius Conrado Ferraciú * Paulo Jáu

References

External links

Official website

Latinbasket.com team Profile
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