Konyaspor Basket was a Turkish professional
basketball
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team from the city of
Konya
Konya is a major city in central Turkey, on the southwestern edge of the Central Anatolian Plateau, and is the capital of Konya Province. During antiquity and into Seljuk times it was known as Iconium. In 19th-century accounts of the city in En ...
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History
The club was founded by
Selçuk University
Selçuk University () is a public university, state-owned higher educational institution which was founded 1975 in Konya, Turkey. It is one of the largest universities in Turkey with a student body of 63,000 of which 2,200 are foreign students f ...
in 1987.
In August 2014 the club changed its name to Konyaspor Basketbol in order to gain more support from the citizens of Konya and fan groups from Konyaspor. The club has no ties to the
football club of Konya but only changed it for better sponsorship and fan groups reasons.
History
* Mutlu Aku Selcuk Universitesi (–2012)
* Torku Selcuk Universitesi (2012–2014)
* Torku Konyaspor (2014–2015)
* Konyaspor Basketbol Kulubu (2015–2016)
Season by season
Players
Notable players
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Yunus Çankaya
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Ekene Ibekwe
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Kevin Braswell
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Sean Williams
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Troy DeVries
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Warren Carter
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Hakim Warrick
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Tomas Delininkaitis
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References
External links
Official WebsiteEurobasket.com pageUnofficial blogClub HistoryTBLStat.net Team Profile
Basketball teams in Turkey
Basketball teams established in 1987
1987 establishments in Turkey
Sport in Konya
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