BC Mures

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BC Mures

Leagues

Romanian Basketball Division A

Founded

2004

Arena

Sala Sporturilor (2000 seats/max. capacity 2800)

Location

Târgu Mureş, Romania

Team colors

Blue and white

President

Szalkay Jozsef

Head coach

Mihai Corui

Championships

None

Website

www.bcmures.ro

Uniforms



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BC Mures (Baschet Club Mures) is a professional basketball team from Târgu Mureş, Romania. The team plays in the Romanian Basketball Division A. In the 2006-2007 competition it finished on the 9th place being only one win away from the playoffs. Every home game of the team is a sell-out, with more than 2500 fans creating a loud atmosphere. The fan's favourite motto at home games is ``Welcome to the Jungle``, which symbolize the feeling given by the home court. For Bc Mures, the home field advantage is usually decisive, because of the huge support given by the fans which give the players adrenaline and a moral advantage. The team's mascot is a Tiger. The two most loved basketball teams in Romania are CSU Atlassib Sibiu and Bc Mures.

1 Update
2 Players
3 Current depth chart
4 Retired numbers
5 2007-2008 Squad Changes
6 2007-2008 Pre-season
7 2007-2008 Romanian Cup
8 2007-2008 Regular season
9 Standings
10 External links

[edit] Update

Bc Mures finished the 2007-2008 half season on the 8`th place with 7 wins and 6 losses. The team had the best offense in the Romanian first division with 1163 points (89,46 points/game) but also holds the worst defense record with 1164 (89,53 points/game). At half season Troy Selvey and Jon Clark were waived by the managament even though both players were loved by the crowd. To replace these players, the managament signed with two players from the United States: Louis Truscott 29 years old, 200 cm power-forward and Frank Edward Russell 24 years old, 211 cm center. Jay Anderson, the blonde forward who was injured in the first game will miss the entire season and will be replaced by Luke McKenna.

[edit] Players

Bc Mures 2007/2008 roster
1	Biro Ferenc	205 cm	97 kg	Center
3	JuJuan Cooley	175 cm	75 kg	Guard
4	Bogdan Cormos	177 cm	70 kg	Guard
5	Tibor Soos	183 cm	70 kg	Guard
8	Daniel Patru	192 cm	92 kg	Forward
10	Barnabas Szaszgaspar	183 cm	82 kg	Guard
12	Vlad Pora	193 cm	91 kg	Guard
14	Cristian Jakab	205 cm	92 kg	Center
15	Bryan McCullough	198 cm	95 kg	Guard
20	Bogdan Puscas	194 cm	87 kg	Forward
10	Ioan Mureşan	182 cm	85 kg	Guard
33	Luke McKenna	201 cm	100 kg	Forward
21	Louis Truscott	200 cm	106 kg	Forward
42	Frank Edward Russell	211 cm	108 kg	Center

[edit] Current depth chart

Position	Starter	Bench	Reserve
C	Frank Edward Russell	Cristian Jakab	[[]]
PF	Louis Truscott	Biro Ferenc	Bogdan Puscas
SF	Luke McKenna	Pora Vlad	Daniel Patru
SG	Bryan McCullough	Barnabas Szaszgaspar	[[]]
PG	JuJuan Cooley	Bogdan Cormos	Tibor Soos

[edit] Retired numbers

44 - Troy Selvey, C, 2006-2007

[edit] 2007-2008 Squad Changes

Jon Clark - signed from RSV Eintracht Stahnsdorf
Biro Ferenc - signed from Gaz Metan Medias
Luke Mckenna - signed for the first half of the season (extended for the season)
Louis Truscott - signed for the second half of the season from
Frank Edward Russell - signed for the second half of the season from Rutgers Scarlet Knights

Out

George Trif - signed to CSM Oradea
Troy Selvey - waived in December 2007 (half season)
Jon Clark - waived in December 2007 (half season)

[edit] 2007-2008 Pre-season

Main article: 07-08 Pre-season BCM

Bc Mures has played 4 games with romanian teams and participated at an international friendly Cup in Hungary "Gocsej Cup". For details click the main article above.

[edit] 2007-2008 Romanian Cup

Bc Mures - Rapid Bucuresti (1`st leg) 74-69 photo gallery
Rapid Bucuresti - Bc Mures (2`nd leg) 84-64 (eliminated)

[edit] 2007-2008 Regular season

Leonardo Oradea - Bc Mures 87-90 (OT) game summary (RO) box score photos
Bc Mures - Elba Timisoara 79-78 game summary (RO) box score photos
U Mobitelco Cluj - Bc Mures 106-92 game summary (RO) box score
Gaz Metan Medias - Bc Mures 101-85 game summary (RO) box score
Bc Mures - Bc Targoviste 85-76 game summary (RO) box score photos
CSU Cuadripol Brasov - Bc Mures 85-90 game summary (RO) box score
Bc Mures - Dinamo Bucuresti 100-108
CS Otopeni - Bc Mures 97-91
Bc Mures - CSU Asesoft Ploiesti 77-81
Bc Mures - BC Ramnicu Valcea 97-84
Bc Mures - BCM Arges Pitesti 113-104 (OT)
Bc Mures - Rapid Bucuresti 91-73
CSU Atlassib Sibiu - Bc Mures 84-73

2`nd half-season

Bc Mures - Leonardo Oradea 90-73 (McKenna 20pts, 9reb; Truscott 18pts, 10reb; Cooley 12pts, 12as)
Elba Timisoara - Bc Mures 72-71 (Truscott 18pts, 10reb; Mckenna 16pts, 12reb; McCullough 15pts)
Bc Mures - U Mobitelco Cluj 78-76 (Truscott 23pts, 9reb; McCullogh 21pts; Cooley 9pts, 5as)
Bc Mures - Gaz Metan Medias 105-94 (McCullogh 35pts; Cooley 22pts, 10as, 5steals; Truscott 21pts, McKenna 15pts, 11reb)
Bc Targoviste - Bc Mures 79-92(feb. 23)
Bc Mures - CSU Cuadripol Brasov 127-79 (feb. 27)
CS Dinamo - Gealan Bucureşti - BC Mureş Târgu Mureş 88-82(mar. 01)
Bc Mures - CS Otopeni 93-85(mar. 08)
CSU Asesoft Ploiesti - Bc Mures 96-69 (mar. 12)
BCM Arges Pitesti - Bc Mures 96-83 (mar. 15)
BC Ramnicu Valcea - Bc Mures 97-100(mar. 22)
Rapid Bucuresti - Bc Mures 101-83 (mar. 29)
Bc Mures - CSU Atlassib Sibiu 79-75 (apr. 05)

Playoffs* (if qualified) First Round: 2 of 3 games (apr. 17, 20, 24) Second Round: 3 of 5 games (may 02, 03, 07, 08, 11) Final: 5 of 7 games (may 16, 17, 23, 24, 29, jun. 01, 05)

[edit] Standings

(as of 2008 feb. 17)

Pos.	Team	W-L	Pm - Pr	Pts
1	CSU Asesoft Ploiesti	15 - 1	1376 - 1120	31
2	CSU Atlassib Sibiu	14 - 3	1466 - 1306	31
3	Rapid Bucuresti	12 - 5	1372 - 1291	29
4	U Mobitelco Cluj	10 - 7	1443 - 1355	27
5	Bc Mures	10 - 7	1507 - 1479	27
6	Gaz Metan Medias	10 - 7	1450 - 1417	27
7	Dinamo Bucuresti	10 - 7	1381 - 1321	27
8	Elba Timisoara	9 - 8	1372 - 1309	26
9	BCM Arges Pitesti	9 - 9	1367 - 1391	24
10	CS Otopeni	7 - 10	1420 - 1405	24
11	CSU Cuadripol Brasov	4 - 13	1272 - 1431	21
12	Gresiloft Targoviste	3 - 14	1216 - 1498	20
13	Leonardo Oradea	3 - 14	1251 - 1397	20
14	BC Ramnicu Valcea	3 - 14	1207 - 1380	20