Unione Cestistica Casalpusterlengo
| U.C.C. Casalpusterlengo | |||
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| Nickname | Assigeco | ||
| Leagues | Serie A2 Gold | ||
| Founded | 1977 | ||
| History |
Unione Cestistica Casalpusterlengo (1977–present) | ||
| Arena | Campus in Codogno | ||
| Location | Casalpusterlengo, Italy | ||
| Team colors |
Red and Blue | ||
| President | Franco Curioni (owner) | ||
| Head coach |
 Simone Lottici | ||
| Website | |||
| Uniforms | |||
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Unione Cestistica Casalpusterlengo, also known as U.C.C. and Assigeco Casalpusterlengo, is a basketball club from the town of Casalpusterlengo, Lombardy.
The team was founded in 1977 by Franco Curioni, who remains its president. In 2004 Casalpusterlengo reached Serie B1, the third-highest level of Italian basketball. Five years later the team was promoted to the professional Legadue ("League Two"), the second-highest Italian level, where it played for two seasons, until leaving in 2011 due to financial problems. In order to comply with the league's capacity regulations during the years it played in Legadue its home arena was PalaCastellotti in Lodi.
Notable former players
The team's most famous former player is surely Danilo Gallinari, now an NBA player, who played in Casalpusterlengo from 2003 until 2005. His father Vittorio, former professional player, ended here his career in 1996.
- Danilo Gallinari 2 seasons: 2003-05
- Vittorio Gallinari 1 season: 1995-96
- Mario Boni 2 seasons: 2006-08
- Pietro Aradori 3 seasons: 2003-06
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Marcus Hatten 1 season: 2009-10 -
Jakub Wojciechowski 1 season: 2009-10 - Ruben Boykin 1 season: 2010-11
- Paul Marigney 1 season: 2010-11
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Peter Ezugwu 1 season: 2010-11