Dinamo Basket Sassari

Dinamo Sassari
Nickname Banco, Biancoblu
Leagues Lega Basket Serie A
Eurocup
Founded 1960
History Dinamo Basket Sassari
(1960-present)
Arena Palasport Roberta Serradimigni
Arena Capacity 5,000
Location Sassari, Italy
Team colors White, Blue
         
President Stefano Sardara
Head coach Marco Calvani
Ownership Stefano Sardara
Championships 1 Serie A
2 Italian Cup
1 Italian SuperCup
Website dinamobasket.com
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Dinamo Basket Sassari, currently known as Dinamo Banco di Sardegna Sassari for sponsorship reasons, is an Italian professional basketball club based in Sassari, Sardinia. The club plays in the Italian Serie A, the highest level club competition in Italian professional basketball. It also plays internationally in the Euroleague.

Dinamo was founded in 1960 and, in the past, due to sponsorship deals, has also been known as Banco Popolare Sassari (1989–90). The club plays in the Serie A (the highest level for the men's basketball competitions in Italy) since 2010.

Dinamo Sassari is notable to be the club in the Italian professional basketball to have made the impressive 158 points scoring in a single game (no overtimes), during the 1994–95 Serie A2 regular season vs Pallacanestro Pavia (91),[1] the highest ever made by any club in Italy.

History

In 1994–95 the Dinamo team scored 158 points in a regular season game without overtimes against Pavia.

In 2010 Dinamo promoted to the Serie A, when it beat Prima Veroli in the Finals of the Playoffs.

In 2012 the club made its debut in Europe, when it played in the Eurocup regular season. The 2013–14 season was one of the most historic ever for the club. Banco di Sardegna Sassari won the Italian Cup, the team's first trophy. Dinamo's star player Travis Diener was named cup MVP. Later in the season Drake Diener – Travis' cousin – was named Italian League MVP. Dinamo also played in the Eurocup once again, and reached the eight-finals this time around.

Despite the third place and elimination in the Italian League semifinals in 2014, Dinamo was invited to play in the 2014–15 Euroleague season. After Montepaschi Siena, runner-up in the Italian league, resigned the club received a B license.

In the 2014–15 season, Dinamo won its first Lega Basket Serie A. In Game 7 of the Finals, Sassari won 73–75 on the road against Reggio Emilia.[2]

Honors

Total titles: 4

Domestic competitions

Italian League

Italian Cup

Italian Supercup

Season by season

Season Tier League Pos. Postseason Italian Cup European competitions
2001–02 3 Serie B 2 Finalist
2002–03 3 Serie B 3 Promoted
2003–04 2 Legadue 10
2004–05 2 Legadue 13
2005–06 2 Legadue 11
2006–07 2 Legadue 13
2007–08 2 Legadue 3 Quarterfinalist
2008–09 2 Legadue 5 Runner-up
2009–10 2 Legadue 3 Promoted (Champion)
2010–11 1 Serie A 6 Quarterfinalist
2011–12 1 Serie A 4 Semifinalist Quarterfinalist
2012–13 1 Serie A 2 Quarterfinalist Semifinalist 2 Eurocup RS
2013–14 1 Serie A 4 Semifinalist Winner 2 Eurocup EF
2014–15 1 Serie A 5 Winner Winner 1 Euroleague
2 Eurocup
RS
R32

Players

Current roster

Dinamo Sassari roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
PF 1 United States Petway, Brent 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 30 – (1985-05-12)12 May 1985
SF 2 United States Mitchell, Tony 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 26 – (1989-08-07)7 August 1989
G 3 Poland Logan, David 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 77 kg (170 lb) 33 – (1982-12-26)26 December 1982
G/F 5 Italy Formenti, Matteo 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 33 – (1982-04-15)15 April 1982
C 7 Italy Pellegrino, Francesco 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 116 kg (256 lb) 24 – (1991-08-06)6 August 1991
G/F 8 Italy Devecchi, Giacomo (C) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 30 – (1985-04-02)2 April 1985
F 9 United States Alexander, Joe 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 29 – (1986-12-26)26 December 1986
PG 10 Italy D'Ercole, Lorenzo 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 27 – (1988-02-11)11 February 1988
C 11 Italy Marconato, Denis 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 115 kg (254 lb) 40 – (1975-07-29)29 July 1975
F 14 Italy Sacchetti, Brian 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 29 – (1986-05-04)4 May 1986
PG 24 Croatia Stipčević, Rok 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 29 – (1986-05-20)20 May 1986
C 32 United States Varnado, Jarvis 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 27 – (1988-03-01)1 March 1988
Head coach
  • Italy Marco Calvani
Assistant coach(es)
  • Italy Paolo Citrini
  • Italy Massimo Maffezzoli

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured

Roster
Updated: July 29, 2015

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Bench 3
C Jarvis Varnado Kenny Kadji Denis Marconato Francesco Pellegrino
PF Joe Alexander Brian Sacchetti Brent Petway
SF Tony Mitchell Giacomo Devecchi
SG David Logan Matteo Formenti
PG Josh Akognon Rok Stipčević Lorenzo D'Ercole

References

  1. "Legabasket". Web.legabasket.it. Retrieved 2012-01-24.

External links


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