Tartu Ülikool/Rock

Leagues

Korvpalli Meistriliiga
Baltic Basketball League
FIBA Europe Cup

Founded

1937

History

Tartu EASK
(1937–1940)
Tartu ÜSK
(1948–1953)
TRÜ
(1954–1989)
Tartu Ülikool
(1990–1992)
Raidor
(1992–1994)
Tartu Gaas
(1994–1995)
KK Tartu
(1995–1997)
SK Polaris
(1997–1999)
Tartu Ülikool/Delta
(1999–2001)
Tartu Ülikool/Rock
(2001–2011, 2012–present)
Tartu Ülikool
(2011–2012)

Arena

University of Tartu Sports Hall

Capacity

2,000

Location

Tartu, Estonia

Team colors

Black and white

President

Andres Liinat

Head coach

Gert Kullamäe

Championships

26 Estonian Championships
16 Estonian Cups
1 USSR Championship
1 BBL Cup

Website

basket.ut.ee

Uniforms

Home

Away

Tartu Ülikool/Rock is an Estonian professional basketball club founded in 1937. They play in the Estonian League and internationally in the FIBA Europe Cup and Baltic Basketball League.

Tartu Ülikool/Rock have won a record 26 Estonian League championships, a record 16 Estonian Cups, 1 USSR League championship and 1 Baltic Basketball League Cup.

The team plays its home games at University of Tartu Sports Hall.

History

Soviet Union era

TÜ ASK (Academic Sports Club of the University of Tartu) is the oldest basketball team still playing in Estonia. Although the origins of the team are uncertain at this moment, it is a fact that Tartu University's basketball team entered the Estonian League right after World War II in the 1947/48 season.^[1] During the late 1940s and the 1950s the university's team was one of the dominants, winning 8 domestic titles from 1948 to 1959. This period also includes the Soviet Union League title in 1949.^[1] Notable players from that era were Ilmar Kullam, Heino Kruus and Jaak Lipso who all have won an Olympic medal and EuroBasket championship with the Soviet Union national basketball team.

During the 1960s teams from Tallinn dominated Estonian basketball and the Tartu team was unable to win any titles. A new rise started in the late 1960s with players like Anatoli Krikun (Olympic bronze 1968) and Aleksei Tammiste. Led by those two men the TRÜ team was virtually indomitable during the 1970s, winning 7 domestic titles.

The 1980s were another low period for the Tartu team as there were not many good players in the team. The epicenter of Estonian basketball shifted back to Tallinn with teams like Tallinna Kalev and Harju KEK dominating the domestic league.

Independent Estonia

In the early 1990s after Estonia regained its independence Tartu struggled in the KML, but with the emerging of young talented players like Valmo Kriisa, Tarmo Kikerpill and Tanel Tein, Tartu fought its way back to the top of Estonian basketball, winning the Estonian League in 2000.^[1] It was the team's first title since 1978. In the new millennium Tartu Rock has been at the very top of domestic basketball, winning several league titles and cups. In addition to that the team has reached the Final Fours of FIBA EuroCup (in 2007–08) and Baltic Basketball League (in 2008–09). In 2010 Rock also won the Baltic Basketball League Cup becoming the first team besides BC Žalgiris and BC Lietuvos Rytas to win a Baltic League trophy.

2007–2008: EuroCup Final Four

Main article: EuroCup 2007-08

On the 4th of March in the year 2008 Tartu Ülikool/Rock made Estonian club basketball history by beating PBC Ural Great with games 2–1 in the FIBA EuroCup and advancing to the semifinals.^[2] Tartu played in the same group with CSK VSS Samara, Lappeenrannan NMKY and PAOK BC, winning five games and losing only one to Samara in Russia.^[3] After beating Ural Great, Tartu lost to Barons LMT in the semi-finals with the score 82–88.^[4] In the third-place game, Tartu was defeated by Proteas EKA AEL with the score 70–79.^[5]

2008–2009: Baltic League Final Four

Main article: Baltic Basketball League 2008–09

In the 2008–09 season Rock also became the first Estonian basketball team to reach the Baltic League Final Four. Rock defeated Estonian arch rival BC Kalev/Cramo in the quarterfinals with games 2–1. The last game went to overtime and Tartu won by a lucky three-pointer from veteran player Tanoka Beard at the last second making the final score 71–68.^[6] This victory also meant that the Final Four would be held on the Tartu team's home court.^[7] In the semifinals Rock lost to BC Žalgiris with the score 83–74. In the third place game Rock defeated ASK Riga 77–68 and won the bronze medal.^[8]^[9]

Team name history

The university's basketball team has had several names in the history. The name changes were mostly due to sponsorship reasons. Here is the complete list.

Years	Name	Full name (Estonian)	Full name (English)	Main sponsor
1947–1952	Tartu ÜSK	Tartu Ülikooli Spordiklubi	Sports Club of the University of Tartu
1952–1989	TRÜ	Tartu Riiklik Ülikool	Tartu State University
1989–1992	Tartu Ülikool	Tartu Ülikool	University of Tartu
1992–1993	Tartu KK	Tartu Korvpalliklubi	Tartu Basketball Club
1993–1994	Raidor	Raidor	Raidor	Raidor AS
1994–1995	Tartu Gaas	Tartu Gaas	Tartu Gas	Tartu Gaas
1995–1997	Tartu KK	Tartu Korvpalliklubi	Tartu Basketball Club
1997–1999	Tartu SK Polaris	Tartu Spordiklubi Polaris	Tartu Sports Club Polaris	Polaris Security
1999–2001	Tartu Ülikool/Delta	Tartu Ülikool/Delta	Tartu University/Delta	EMT
2001–2011	Tartu Ülikool/Rock	Tartu Ülikool/Rock	Tartu University/Rock	Saku Brewery
2011–2012	Tartu Ülikool	Tartu Ülikooli Korvpalliklubi	University of Tartu Basketball Club
2012–present	Tartu Ülikool/Rock	Tartu Ülikool/Rock	Tartu University/Rock

Seasons

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	Postseason	RS	PO	Estonian Cup	Regional Competitions			European Competitions
1991–92	1	Korvpalli Meistriliiga	8	–	7–22	–	N/A	–	–	–	–	–	–
1992–93	1	Korvpalli Meistriliiga	5	–	20–16	–	N/A	–	–	–	–	–	–
1993–94	1	Korvpalli Meistriliiga	4	4th place	15–13	0–4	N/A	–	–	–	–	–	–
1994–95	1	Korvpalli Meistriliiga	6	5th place	13–15	5–4	N/A	–	–	–	–	–	–
1995–96	1	Korvpalli Meistriliiga	3	Runner-up	19–17	6–3	N/A	–	–	–	–	–	–
1996–97	1	Korvpalli Meistriliiga	4	3rd place	12–13	4–3	N/A	–	–	–	–	–	–
1997–98	1	Korvpalli Meistriliiga	5	3rd place	10–15	3–6	N/A	–	–	–	–	–	–
1998–99	1	Korvpalli Meistriliiga	4	4th place	14–11	5–5	N/A	–	–	–	–	–	–
1999–00	1	Korvpalli Meistriliiga	3	Champion	20–10	9–2	Champion	–	–	–	2 FIBA Saporta Cup	GS	1–9
2000–01	1	Korvpalli Meistriliiga	1	Champion	28–7	6–0	Champion	–	–	–	–	–	–
2001–02	1	Korvpalli Meistriliiga	1	Runner-up	23–7	5–5	Runner-up	–	–	–	–	–	–
2002–03	1	Korvpalli Meistriliiga	1	3rd place	20–4	4–3	Champion	–	–	–	4 FIBA Europe Champions Cup	QR ^a	2–6
2003–04	1	Korvpalli Meistriliiga	1	Champion	18–6	6–3	Quarterfinalist	–	–	–	4 FIBA Europe Cup	QR ^b	2–4
2004–05	1	Korvpalli Meistriliiga	1	Runner-up	12–4	8–4	Champion	Baltic Basketball League	10	3–15	4 FIBA Europe Cup	QR ^c	2–6
2005–06	1	Korvpalli Meistriliiga	2	Runner-up	18–6	6–6	Runner-up	Baltic Basketball League	12	11–21	–	–	–
2006–07	1	Korvpalli Meistriliiga	1	Champion	33–3	9–3	Runner-up	Baltic Basketball League	8	14–12	4 FIBA EuroCup Challenge	GS	3–3
2007–08	1	Korvpalli Meistriliiga	1	Champion	33–3	7–0	Runner-up	Baltic Basketball League	QF	N/A	3 FIBA EuroCup	4	9–4
2008–09	1	Korvpalli Meistriliiga	1	Runner-up	26–2	5–4	Quarterfinalist	Baltic Basketball League	3	11–12	3 FIBA EuroChallenge	GS	2–4
2009–10	1	Korvpalli Meistriliiga	1	Champion	23–5	7–4	Champion	Baltic Basketball League	QF	N/A	3 FIBA EuroChallenge	GS	1–5
2010–11	1	Korvpalli Meistriliiga	2	Runner-up	28–4	3–4	Champion	Baltic Basketball League	QF	14–10	3 FIBA EuroChallenge	GS	2–4
2011–12	1	Korvpalli Meistriliiga	1	Runner-up	25–3	3–4	Champion	Baltic Basketball League	9	6–14	–	–	–
2012–13	1	Korvpalli Meistriliiga	2	Runner-up	28–4	6–4	Quarterfinalist	Baltic Basketball League	QF	14–4	3 FIBA EuroChallenge	GS	2–4
2013–14	1	Korvpalli Meistriliiga	1	Runner-up	30–2	6–4	Champion	Baltic Basketball League	3	14–6	3 FIBA EuroChallenge	QF	10–5
2014–15	1	Korvpalli Meistriliiga	1	Champion	26–6	10–3	Champion	Baltic Basketball League	4	4–1–3	3 FIBA EuroChallenge	L16	6–6
2015–16	1	Korvpalli Meistriliiga	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Runner-up	Baltic Basketball League	N/A	N/A	3 FIBA Europe Cup	L32	4–8

Notes: ^a 2002–03 FIBA Europe Champions Cup Regional Qualifying Round Group B.; ^b 2003–04 FIBA Europe Cup Conference North Group C.; ^c 2004–05 FIBA Europe Cup Conference North Play-Offs.

Trophies and awards

Trophies

Estonian League: 26
- 1938, 1939, 1940, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2015
Estonian Cup: 16
- 1950, 1952, 1956, 1958, 1974, 1976, 1979, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014
Baltic League Cup: 1
- 2010
Soviet Union League: 1
- 1949

Individual awards

KML Most Valuable Player

Tanel Tein – 2001, 2006
Augenijus Vaškys – 2004
Brian Cusworth – 2008
Giorgi Tsintsadze – 2009

KML Finals MVP

Tanel Tein – 2000, 2001, 2007
Brian Cusworth – 2008
Janar Talts – 2010
Tanel Kurbas – 2015

KML Best Defensive Player

Martin Viiask – 2006
Janar Talts – 2008, 2015
Callistus Eziukwu – 2011

KML Young Player of the Year

Tanel Tein – 1998
Veljo Vares – 2001
Rain Veideman – 2011

KML Coach of the Year

Jüri Neissaar – 2001
Tõnu Lust – 2004
Üllar Kerde – 2008
Gert Kullamäe – 2015

Baltic League MVP of the Month

Scott Morrison – November 2009
Callistus Eziukwu - November 2010

All-KML First Team

Tanel Tein – 2001, 2006, 2007, 2008
Janar Talts – 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2015
Tarmo Kikerpill – 2001, 2004, 2005
Vallo Allingu – 2004, 2006
Giorgi Tsintsadze – 2008, 2009
Toomas Liivak – 2001
Augenijus Vaškys – 2004
Marek Doronin – 2005
Gert Kullamäe – 2007
Brian Cusworth – 2008
Scott Morrison – 2010
Sten-Timmu Sokk – 2011
Bill Amis – 2012
Augustas Pečiukevičius – 2014
Tanel Kurbas – 2014

All-KML Defensive Team

Janar Talts – 2009, 2010
Tanel Tein – 2006
Martin Viiask – 2006
Vallo Allingu – 2006
Martin Müürsepp – 2007
Callistus Eziukwu – 2011
Silver Leppik – 2012

Players

Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

TÜ/Rock roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Nat.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Age
1.0 !PG	4	EST !	Sokk, Tanel	7000188000000000000♠1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	7001840000000000000♠84 kg (185 lb)	7001310000000000000♠31 – (1985-01-20)20 January 1985
3.0 !SF	5	EST !	Vene, Kent-Kaarel	7000197000000000000♠1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	7001920000000000000♠92 kg (203 lb)	7001220000000000000♠22 – (1994-02-21)21 February 1994
2.0 !SG	6	EST !	Dorbek, Gert	7000193000000000000♠1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	7001930000000000000♠93 kg (205 lb)	7001300000000000000♠30 – (1985-06-10)10 June 1985
4.0 !PF	8	EST !	Talts, Janar	7000204999999999999♠2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	7002102000000000000♠102 kg (225 lb)	7001320000000000000♠32 – (1983-04-07)7 April 1983
4.0 !PF	9	EST !	Eichfuss, Timo	7000200000000000000♠2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	7002105000000000000♠105 kg (231 lb)	7001270000000000000♠27 – (1988-11-19)19 November 1988
3.0 !SF	10	EST !	Sutt, Saimon	7000200000000000000♠2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	7001850000000000000♠85 kg (187 lb)	7001200000000000000♠20 – (1995-04-12)12 April 1995
3.0 !SF	11	EST !	Doronin, Marek (C)	7000200000000000000♠2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	7001950000000000000♠95 kg (209 lb)	7001330000000000000♠33 – (1983-01-09)9 January 1983
2.0 !SG	13	EST !	Meister, Kristen	7000193000000000000♠1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	7001850000000000000♠85 kg (187 lb)	7001220000000000000♠22 – (1993-09-09)9 September 1993
5.0 !C	15	LTU !	Petrukonis, Karolis	7000212000000000000♠2.12 m (6 ft 11 in)	7002115000000000000♠115 kg (254 lb)	7001280000000000000♠28 – (1987-05-18)18 May 1987
4.0 !PF	21	USA !	Harper, Brian	7000206000000000000♠2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)		7001300000000000000♠30 – (1985-06-21)21 June 1985
3.0 !SF	22	EST !	Kurbas, Tanel	7000197000000000000♠1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	7001900000000000000♠90 kg (198 lb)	7001270000000000000♠27 – (1988-05-08)8 May 1988
1.0 !PG	24	LTU !	Žabas, Evaldas	7000188000000000000♠1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	7001920000000000000♠92 kg (203 lb)	7001270000000000000♠27 – (1988-04-21)21 April 1988
2.0 !SG	30	EST !	Kivi, Robin	7000191000000000000♠1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)		7001160000000000000♠16 – (1999-03-17)17 March 1999
1.0 !PG	31	EST !	Rosenthal, Märt	7000191000000000000♠1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)		7001160000000000000♠16 – (1999-03-15)15 March 1999
4.0 !PF		EST !	Peiponen, Ander	7000194000000000000♠1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)		7001170000000000000♠17 – (1999-02-24)24 February 1999
3.0 !SF		EST !	Siimon, Riivo	7000199000000000000♠1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)		7001180000000000000♠18 – (1998-02-20)20 February 1998

Head coach

Gert Kullamäe

Assistant coach(es)

Toomas Kandimaa

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster
Updated: 13 February 2016

Depth Chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Janar Talts	Karolis Petrukonis
PF	Timo Eichfuss	Joosep Toome
SF	Tanel Kurbas	Marek Doronin	Kent-Kaarel Vene
SG	Gert Dorbek	Valmo Kriisa	Saimon Sutt
PG	Tanel Sokk	Augustas Pečiukevičius	Kristen Meister

In

Evaldas Žabas (from BC Lietkabelis)
Brian Jeremy Harper (from AEK Larnaca B.C.)

Out

Augustas Pečiukevičius (to San Pablo Inmobiliaria Burgos)
Joosep Toome (Retired)
Valmo Kriisa (to BC Valga/Valka Maks&Moorits)

Notable players

For a listing of past rosters, see Tartu Ülikool/Rock past rosters.

For a listing of past players, see Category:Tartu Ülikool/Rock players.

Gert Dorbek (2013–present)
Marek Doronin (1998–present)
Valmo Kriisa 10 seasons: 1990–1997, 2012–2015)
Tanel Sokk (2014–present)
Janar Talts (2007–2010, 2013–present)
Vallo Allingu (11 seasons: 2002–2013)
Tarmo Kikerpill (13 seasons: 1994–2007)
Gert Kullamäe (3 seasons: 2006–2009)
Martin Müürsepp (1 season: 2006–2007)
Tanel Tein (13 seasons: 1994–1998, 1999–2003, 2005–2010)
Rain Veideman (3 seasons: 2010–2013)
/ Mart Laga (8 seasons: 1952–1955, 1957–1962)
/ Jaak Lipso (4 seasons: 1956–1960)
/ Anatoli Krikun (6 seasons: 1967–1971, 1972–1974)
/ Heino Kruus (1 season: 1948–1949)
/ Ilmar Kullam (6 seasons: 1944–1946, 1947–1948, 1953–1956)
/ Aleksei Tammiste (8 seasons: 1968–1973, 1974–1977)

Augustas Pečiukevičius (2 seasons: 2013–2015)
Vilmantas Dilys (1 season: 2013–2014)
Kęstutis Šeštokas (1 season: 2007–2008)
Augenijus Vaškys (2 seasons: 2003–2005)
Viktor Sanikidze (1 season: 2008–2009)
Giorgi Tsintsadze (4 seasons: 2006–2009, 2010–2011)
Bill Amis (1 season: 2011–2012)
Justin Ingram (1 season: 2012–2013)
Tanoka Beard (1 season: 2008–2009)
Brian Cusworth (1 season: 2007–2008)

Head coaches

Name	Period	Trophies
Edgar Naarits	1946–1956	Estonian League 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952; Estonian Cup 1950, 1952; Soviet Union League 1948–49
Ernst Ehaveer	1956–1983	Estonian League 1956, 1958, 1959, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1977–78; Estonian Cup 1956, 1958, 1974, 1976, 1979
Arne Laos	1983–1992	–
Jüri Neissaar	1992–1997	–
Teet Laur	1997–2000	Estonian League 1999–00; Estonian Cup 2000
Jüri Neissaar	2000–2003	Estonian League 2000–01; Estonian Cup 2001, 2002
Tõnu Lust	2003–2005	Estonian League 2003–04; Estonian Cup 2004
Paavo Russak	2005–2006	–
Algirdas Brazys	2006–2007	Estonian League 2006–07
Üllar Kerde	2007–2008	Estonian League 2007–08
Indrek Visnapuu	2008–2012	Estonian League 2009–10; Estonian Cup 2009, 2010, 2011; BBL Cup 2010
Gert Kullamäe	2012–	Estonian League 2014–15; Estonian Cup 2013, 2014

References

1 2 3 "Eesti Korvpalliliit". basket.ee. Retrieved on 22.01.2009 (Estonian)
↑ "Tartu keep on rocking, reach Final Four". FIBA Europe (04.03.2008). Retrieved on 22.01.2009
↑ "Team home on fibaeurope.com". FIBA Europe. Retrieved on 24.02.2011
↑ "Barons fight back to book place in final". FIBA Europe (18.04.2008). Retrieved on 24.02.2011
↑ "Proteas hold off Tartu for third place". FIBA Europe (20.04.2008). Retrieved on 24.02.2011
↑ "Beard leads Rock to Final Four". SEB BBL Homepage (01.04.2009). Retrieved on 25.04.2009
↑ "SEB BBL Final Four tournament will be hosted by Tartu". SEB BBL Homepage (02.04.2009). Retrieved on 25.04.2009
↑ "It's Rytas against Zalgiris, as always". SEB BBL Homepage (24.04.2009). Retrieved on 25.04.2009
↑ "Third place belongs to TÜ/Rock". SEB BBL Homepage (25.04.2009). Retrieved on 25.04.2009

External links

Alexela Korvpalli Meistriliiga

2014–15 teams	TÜ/Rock Kalev/Cramo TYCO Rapla Rakvere Tarvas Pärnu Valga/Maks & Moorits TTÜ TLÜ/Kalev Audentes/Noortekoondis

Seasons	1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

EuroCup 2007–08

Champions	Barons LMT

Runners-up	Dexia Mons-Hainaut

Third place	Proteas EKA AEL

Four place	Tartu Ülikool/Rock

Eliminated in quarter-finals	CSK VSS Samara Khimik KK Zagreb Ural Great

Eliminated in Group Stage	Banvit BC Cherkasky Cholet Basket Lappeenrannan Lokomotiv Rostov Olympia Larissa PAOK BC Spartak Saint Petersburg

Eliminated in Round 2	AEK Athens APOEL BC Dnipro BC Strumica BCM Gravelines BK Prostejov Iscar Nahariya K.R. Basket Keravnos KK Igokea Partizan Maroussi My Guide Amsterdam Olympiada Patras Plannja Basket U Mobitelco Cluj Zlatorog Lasko

Eliminated in Round 1	Bakken Bears BC Odessa Cedevita Zagreb Elba Timisoara Energy Invest Rustavi Spartak-Pleven

Group A Group B Group C Group D

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