The Latvijas Universitāte men's basketball team represents

University of Latvia University of Latvia (, shortened ''LU'') is a public research university located in Riga, Latvia. The university was established in 1919. History The University of Latvia, initially named as the Higher School of Latvia () was founded on Se ...

Riga Riga ( ) is the capital, Primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Latvia, largest city of Latvia. Home to 591,882 inhabitants (as of 2025), the city accounts for a third of Latvia's total population. The population of Riga Planni ...

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, also known as LU. and it plays in the

Latvian Basketball League Latvian may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Latvia **Latvians, a Baltic ethnic group, native to what is modern-day Latvia and the immediate geographical region **Latvian language, also referred to as Lettish **Latvian cuisine **Latvi ...

and Latvian-Estonian Basketball League. The LU once won seven Latvian championships in the 1930s and returned to the Latvian League Division 1 before the 2010-11 season. The biggest accomplishment so far has been 4th place in the 2011-2012 season. Team is organized by

Roster

, valign="top" , ; Head coach * ; Assistant coaches * * ; Conditioning coach * ; Sports director * ; General director * ;Legend: *(C) Team captain

Depth chart

Coaches

Mārtiņš Zībarts Mārtiņš Zībarts (born 15 February 1974) is a distinguished basketball coach renowned for his contributions to both men's and women's basketball, currently head coach of TTT Rīga women's basketball team. Throughout his career, Mārtiņš Zī ...

: 2010-2011 *

Artūrs Visockis-Rubenis Artūrs Visockis-Rubenis (born August 11, 1985) is a Latvian professional basketball coach, who is currently a head coach for BK Liepāja, and an assistant for Luca Banchi in Latvian National Team. Career From 2011 till 2016 he worked as a he ...

: 2011-2016 *

Guntis Endzels Guntis Endzels (born 5 December 1967) is a Latvian professional basketball coach, who is currently a head coach for Latvijas Universitāte men's basketball, Latvijas Universitāte. Endzels has been head coach for Latvian youth national teams i ...

: 2016–2022 * Gunārs Gailītis: 2022–present

External links

Official website
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