Sutor Basket Montegranaro

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Sutor Basket Montegranaro
Founded 1955
Arena PalaSavelli
Team History Sutor Basket Montegranaro (1955-current)
Team Colors Yellow and Blue
Owner Tiziano Basso
Head Coach Flag of Italy Alessandro Finelli

Sutor Basket Montegranaro, also known for sponsorship reasons as Premiata Montegranaro, is an Italian basketball club from the town of Montegranaro, Marche.

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[edit] History

The basketball club was founded in 1955 by local parish priest Don Gaetano Campanelli from Porto San Giorgio as Società Sportiva Sutor, where sutor is a Latin word for shoemaker, the main local working activity at the time.

Sutor played mostly in lower basketball divisions in its early times, and promoted to LegADue (second division) in 2001 for its first time in history. Immediately relegated to Serie B in its first LegADue appearance, Sutor returned to second division in 2004 and surprisingly promoted to Serie A in 2006, allowing the small community of Montegranaro to take part to the top basketball division in the country.

[edit] Arena

Today, the team plays its home games at the PalaSavelli arena in Porto San Giorgio, with a capacity of 3,800.

[edit] 2007-2008 Roster

Flag of Italy Nicola Temperini Point guard
Flag of Italy Flag of Brazil Ramon Gouveia Lima Small forward
Flag of Italy Mirco Romani Center
Flag of Italy Giorgio Piunti Small forward
4 Flag of the United States Ricky Minard Shooting guard
5 Flag of the United States Sharrod Ford Power forward/Center
6 Flag of the United States Kiwane Garris Point guard
8 Flag of Italy Andrea Cinciarini Shooting guard
9 Flag of Italy Mirko De Luca Shooting guard
10 Flag of Italy Luca Vitali Shooting guard
11 Flag of the United States Jobey Thomas Shooting guard
12 Flag of Italy Flag of Argentina Demian Filloy Small forward
13 Flag of Italy Valerio Amoroso Center
15 Flag of the Czech Republic David Steffel Center
18 Flag of Italy Luca Lechthaler Center
19 Flag of Italy Matteo Canavesi Center

[edit] Notable Past Players

  • Flag of Senegal Cheikh Ya Ya Dia 1 season: '01-'02
  • Flag of the United States Flag of Puerto Rico Elias Ayuso 1 season: '01-'02
  • Flag of the United States Kevin Freeman 1 season: '01-'02
  • Flag of the United States Randolph Childress 3 seasons: '04-'07
  • Flag of the United States Elton Tyler 1 season: '04-'05
  • Flag of Brazil Marcus Vinicius (Maquinhos) 1 season: '04-'05
  • Flag of Italy Flag of Argentina Oscar Chiaramello 2 seasons: '04-'06
  • Flag of Germany Eyinmisan Nikagbatse 2 season: '05-'07
  • Flag of the United States Leroy Hurd 1 season: '05-'06
  • Flag of Italy Valerio Amoroso 1 season: '05-'06
  • Flag of the United States Ronald Slay 1 season: '06-'07


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