BC Rūdupis

Rūdupis
Leagues	Lithuanian Basketball League, Baltic Basketball League, Eurocup
Founded	1994
History	Prienų bankas 1994–1999 Prienai 1994–2007 Rūdupis 2007–present
Arena	Prienai Region Municipality's Physical Education and Sports Centre's Hall (capacity: 800)
Location	Prienai, Lithuania
Team colors	Green and white
President	Naglis Jaruševičius
Head coach	Virginijus Šeškus
Championships	NKL Champions (2009)
Website	kkprienai.lt
Uniforms
Home Away

Rūdupis (or Prienai) is a professional basketball club based in Prienai, playing in the Lithuanian Basketball League, the Baltic Basketball League and the Eurocup. In the 2008/09 season, Rūdupis became the champion of the NKL and won challenge match for a slot in the LKL. In their debut LKL season Rūdupis took seventh place. 2010/11 season was the best so far for the club, having taken the third place in the LKL.

Contents 1 Players 1.1 Squad changes for the 2011/12 season 1.2 In 1.3 Out 2 Season by season 2.1 LKF 3 Club history 4 External links 5 References

Players

Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age 2.5 !G/F 20 Lithuania ! Šalenga, Dainius 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 85 kg (187 lb) &1000000000000003400000034 2.0 !SG 13 Lithuania ! Kadžiulis, Gintaras 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 87 kg (192 lb) &1000000000000003100000031 3.0 !SF 15 Lithuania ! Buterlevičius, Simas 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 94 kg (207 lb) &1000000000000002200000022 4.0 !F 15 Lithuania ! Orelik, Gediminas 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 102 kg (225 lb) &1000000000000002100000021 1.0 !PG 6 Lithuania ! Šeškus, Domantas 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 65 kg (143 lb) &1000000000000001900000019 1.5 !G 32 Lithuania ! Ivanauskas, Paulius 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 79 kg (174 lb) &1000000000000002400000024 5.5 !F/C 11 Lithuania ! Želionis, Edgaras 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 96 kg (212 lb) &1000000000000002200000022 4.0 !F 16 Lithuania ! Žioba, Tautvydas 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 92 kg (203 lb) &1000000000000001900000019 5.5 !F/C 23 Lithuania ! Urbutis, Arminas 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 100 kg (220 lb) &1000000000000002500000025 1.0 !PG 7 Lithuania ! Viskontas, Aidas 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 80 kg (176 lb) &1000000000000002500000025	Head coach Virginijus Šeškus Assistant coach(es) Mindaugas Arlauskas Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: September 2, 2011

Squad changes for the 2011/12 season

In

No. Position Player – SG Gintaras Kadžiulis (from KK Budućnost Podgorica) – PG Aidas Viskontas (from Perlas) – PF Arminas Urbutis (from Bennet Cantù) – G Vytas Šulskis (from Žalgiris (on loan)) – SF Simas Buterlevičius (from Lietuvos rytas (on loan)) – G/F Dainius Šalenga (from Žalgiris)

Out

No. Position Player 7 F Vytenis Lipkevičius (to Kaunas Triobet) 8 G Adas Juškevičius (to) 20 PG Rolandas Alijevas (to Budivelnik) 55 PG Evaldas Dainys (to Neptūnas)

Season by season

Season	League	Pos.	Significant Events	Baltic League	Pos.	LKF Cup	European competitions
2002–03	LKAL	3	Semifinalist	–	–	–	–
2003–04	LKAL	6	Quarterfinalist	–	–	–	–
2004–05	LKAL	12	–	–	–	–	–
2005–06	NKL	4	Semifinalist	–	–	–	–
2006–07	NKL	7	Quarterfinalist	–	–	–	–
2007–08	NKL	9	–	–	–	–	–
2008–09	NKL	1	Promoted	–	–	–	–
2009–10	LKL	7	Quarterfinalist	Challenge Cup	2	Second round	–
2010–11	LKL	3	Bronze medal	Elite Division	6	Third qualified	–
2011–12	LKL			Elite Division			Played Eurocup

LKF

• 2010–2011 season – 3rd (lost semi-finals against „Žalgiris“ 73:75, but won Bronze final against „Neptūnas“ 98:74)

Club history

• During 2008–2009 season, „Rūdupis“ first time in the club history became NKL champions.^[1] Because of that, BC „Rūdupis“ got his slot in the LKL.
• The 2009–2010 season was „Rūdupis“ debut LKL season. BC „Rūdupis“ took seventh place that season as they lost first round of LKL playoffs to Lithuania powerhouse „Žalgiris“.
• During the 2010–2011 season, BC „Rūdupis“ won LKF Cup Bronze medals^[2] and was only one step away from Gold or Silver medals as they lost 73:75 thriller against legendary Lithuania basketball club „Žalgiris“,^[3] but the surprises of BC „Rūdupis“ in the 2010–2011 season wasn't done as BC „Rūdupis“ defeated Lithuanian Basketball League champions „Lietuvos Rytas“ with result 96:82, during LKL match at their home arena in 29 March 2011.^[4] On 15 April 2011, BC „Rūdupis“ signed contract with Rolandas Alijevas until the end of the season.^[5] In the LKL semi finals „Rūdupis“ wasn't able to eliminate Lithuania basketball powerhouse „Lietuvos Rytas“ as they lost both matches (first match: 75:88,^[6] second match: 69:96^[7]). Because of that, „Rūdupis“ will participate in LKL Bronze final. „Rūdupis“ won first Bronze serie game at Prienai with result 79:65,^[8] the second game was successful for „Rūdupis“ once again as they won it in „Juventus“ home arena in Utena with result 98:73.^[9] The third game took place in Prienai which „Rūdupis“ won with result 84:83,^[10] because of that „Rūdupis“ won serie with result 3:0 and became Lithuanian Basketball League Bronze medalists that season.

External links

• Official website of BC Rūdupis (Lithuanian)
• BC Rūdupis LKL.lt (Lithuanian)
• BC Rūdupis BBL.lt (English)

References

Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL) Kėdainiai Triobet · Juventus · Lietuvos Rytas · Neptūnas · Naglis · Pieno Žvaigždės · Rūdupis · Sakalai · Baltai · Šiauliai · Techasas · Žalgiris