TYCO Rapla

TYCO Rapla
Nickname	Piimad
Leagues	Korvpalli Meistriliiga Baltic Basketball League
Founded	1996
History	Rapla KK/ML Viimistlus (II League) 2008–2009 Rapla KK (I League) 2009–2010 Piimameister Otto/Rapla (Korvpalli Meistriliiga) 2010–2012 TYCO Rapla (Korvpalli Meistriliiga) 2012-present
Arena	Sadolini Spordihoone (capacity: 1000)
Location	Rapla, Estonia
Team colors	Light Blue and White
Head coach	Indrek Ruut
Championships	1 Estonian II League (2008–2009)
Website	raplakk.ee
Uniforms
Home Away

TYCO Rapla is a semi-professional basketball club based in Rapla, Estonia participating in Estonian Korvpalli Meistriliiga and Baltic Basketball League. TYCO Rapla play their home games at Sadolini Spordihoone. It also has a sister club, AmEst Rapla, playing in Estonian-Latvian Women's Basketball League. The team hasn't won any major titles yet, although they did got silver medals in 2012 season Estonian Cup.

History

The team

Korvpalliklubi "Rapla" (Basketball club "Rapla") was founded in 1996. Its main purpose was to develop a women's basketball team, that would play in Estonian Women's Basketball league. e and to develop women's basketball in Rapla . This team was active between 1996 and 1999. New beginning was at 2001, when Rapla Spordikool's basketball branch was united with Korvpalliklubi "Rapla" and the team started training youngsters. Right now, about 160 young players play for Rapla KK. TYCO Rapla also has a second team playing in I League (Esiliiga) called Rapla KK/STIPEND.^[1]

Rivalry with TTÜ

Rapla and TTÜ have had many games between each other (17 in 3 seasons) in the last few seasons, with the win-loss record being pretty even and they're on course on seeing each other again in this seasons quarterfinals. Rapla and TTÜ have been drawn into the same groups in last two seasons Baltic Basketball League and the teams also saw an interesting series in 2011-2012 Korvpalli Meistriliiga's Quarter Finals with Rapla winning series 3-1.^[2] Former TTÜ player Illimar Pilk, currently plays for TYCO Rapla, although not joining straightly from TTÜ, but via unsuccessful stint with BC Rakvere Tarvas.

Seasons

Korvpalli Meistriliiga

Rapla had its debut season in Korvpalli Meistriliiga 2010/2011 season. The team's main goals were to develop young Estonian players and try to get the Playoffs spot on its debut season. Piimameister Otto/Rapla got the 6th place in Korvpalli Meistriliiga in their debut season, granting them a playoff spot. The second season saw the return of former Estonian U-20 National team leader Janar Soo. Lead by two young wings, Soo and Kaldre, Rapla got into semi-finals in their second season in the Korvpalli Meistriliiga and finished with 4th place.

Baltic Basketball League

After the first season Rapla also joined the regional Baltic Basketball League. 2011-12 season went without success, with Rapla only winning two games, both Latvian teams BA Turība and BK Valmiera and finishing last in their group. Second season, the league was restructured, losing the Elite and Challenge Divisions and Rapla was handed a tough group and young Rapla side again went without success, only tallying 1 win in 10 games, finishing last in their group again.

Players

Current roster

TYCO Rapla roster v t e
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age 1.0 !PG 4 EST ! Laane, Rait-Riivo 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 700120000000000000020 – <span="font-size:140%;">(1993-05-24)May 24, 1993 1.0 !PG 5 EST ! Ruut, Hendrik 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 700119000000000000019 – <span="font-size:140%;">(1994-06-02)June 2, 1994 1.0 !PG 10 EST ! Dorbek, Martin 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 700123000000000000023 – <span="font-size:140%;">(1991-01-21)January 21, 1991 2.0 !SG 11 EST ! Traumann, Kaarel 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 79 kg (174 lb) 700119000000000000019 – <span="font-size:140%;">(1994-04-30)April 30, 1994 4.5 !PF 12 SRB ! Šišić, Dušan 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 700123000000000000023 – <span="font-size:140%;">(1990-07-13)July 13, 1990 6.0 !C 13 SLO ! Fifolt, Žiga 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 700120000000000000020 – <span="font-size:140%;">(1993-10-09)October 9, 1993 2.0 !SG 20 EST ! Metsalu, Oliver 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 700120000000000000020 – <span="font-size:140%;">(1993-12-04)December 4, 1993 2.0 !SG 21 EST ! Kaldre, Sven 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 700122000000000000022 – <span="font-size:140%;">(1991-10-31)October 31, 1991 4.5 !PF 33 EST ! Voolaid, Kristjan 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 96 kg (212 lb) 700121000000000000021 – <span="font-size:140%;">(1992-10-29)October 29, 1992 4.5 !PF 36 EST ! Pärn, Andre 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 103 kg (227 lb) 700136000000000000036 – <span="font-size:140%;">(1977-09-21)September 21, 1977 1.0 !PG 40 EST ! Paasoja, Martin 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 700121000000000000021 – <span="font-size:140%;">(1993-01-04)January 4, 1993	Head coach Indrek Ruut Assistant coach(es) Toomas Annuk Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: January 12, 2014

Depth chart

Leagues recap

Individual awards

Notable Players

• Rannar Raap (1 season: 2010-2011)
• Rait-Riivo Laane (2010–present)
• Janar Soo (2010–present)
• Sven Kaldre (2 seasons: 2010-2012)
• Andre Pärn (2011–present)
• Sebastian Schüszler (1 season: 2011-2012)
• Martin Dorbek (2013–present)

References

External links

• Official Website (Estonian)
• TYCO Rapla @ Eurobasket.com(English)
• Official KML league Team Page (Estonian)
• Official Baltic League Team Page(English)