Minas Tênis Clube, commonly known simply as Minas or the Minas Storm, is a Brazilian

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club based in

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. It is part of the Minas Tênis Clube multi-sports club. The team plays in the

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(NBB) under the

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name Decisão Engenharia/Minas. It also plays in the

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as of the 2021–22 season. The team has won one continental title, winning the South American Champions Cup in 2007.

History

Minas was one of the top teams in the first years of

, reaching the semifinal series two straight years. In both semifinals, the team, led by the center Murilo Becker and the

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Facundo Sucatzky, was defeated by

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. In the 2009–10 NBB season, Minas showed off point guard Raul Togni Neto, better known as Raulzinho. Neto was chosen as the NBB Revelation Player and then moved to the Spanish team Lagun Aro. In the 2011–12 NBB season, Minas had a very bad campaign, finishing in thirteenth place and getting out of the playoffs. For the following season the managers made a great renovation of the cast, hiring young players.

Titles and honors

* Copa Super 8 (1): 2021–22 * Campeonato Sudamericano de Clubes (1): 2007 * Amsterdam International Tournament (1): 2007 * Campeonato Metropolitano (5): 1985, 1986, 1988, 1991, 1994 * Campeonato Interestadual (1): 1986 * Torneio Internacional Mercosul (1): 1993 * Torneio José Bento (1): 1993

Players

Current roster

Notable players

* Leandrinho Barbosa * Murilo Becker * Bruno Carneiro * Raulzinho Neto * Milton Setrini * Facundo Sucatzky * Jermaine Beal

Players at the
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Head coaches

* Che García

References

{{Reflist Basketball teams in Brazil Basketball teams established in 1937 Sport in Belo Horizonte