BCM U Pitești

BCM U Piteşti
Nickname	Vulturii Violeți (Violet Eeagles) Alb-Violeții (The White and Purples) Trupa din Trivale (The Team from Trivale)
Leagues	Liga Națională
Founded	2000 (2000) as CSU Universitatea Pitești
Arena	Trivale
Arena Capacity	2,000
Location	Piteşti , Romania
Team colors	White, Violet
President	Dinu Gheorghe
Head coach	Hristu Șapera
Championships	1 Romanian League 1 Romanian Cup 1 Romanian Supercup
Website	Official website
Uniforms
Home Away

Active departments of SCM Pitești
Football	Basketball (Men's)	Handball (Women's)
Voleyball (Women's)

BCM U Piteşti (until 2011 it was called CSU Pitesti) is a Romanian professional basketball club, based in Piteşti, Romania. The club competes in the Liga Națională, and has also been named in recent years CS Universitatea, BCM Piteşti and BCMUS Argeş Piteşti, CSU Piteşti and BCM U Piteşti. The team won the Romanian championship in 2000, and qualified for the finals in 2007, losing against CSU Asesoft.^[1]

History

In 2013 Pitești held the 2013 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B, Hristu Șapera, BCM U Pitești coach was also the coach of the Romanian National Team Under-20.

Season summaries

2011-2012

In the season: 2011-2012, the team finished on 9th place after the regular season end therefore the team didn't qualify for the Play-Off. In the Romanian Cup the team won the Cup after a great win with 91-78 against BC Timișoara in the final game played at Bucharest.

2012-2013

In the season: 2012-2013, BCM U Piteşti won the Romanian SuperCup after winning against CSU Asesoft. After the regular season end, the team finished on 11th^[2] place (13 wins - 17 losses) and went to play with BC Farul Constanța in Play-Out for remaining in the first national division. BCM U Pitesti win with 3-0 against BC Farul Constanta. Also the team participated in EuroChallenge, but finished in the group stage with 1 win and 5 losses.

2013-2014

In the season: 2013-2014, BCM U Pitești qualified in the Final Four of the Romanian Cup after beating U Mobitelco Cluj Napoca in the quarter finals but they lost in the Semi-Finals against CSM Oradea and against CSU Ploiești in the bronze medal game. After the regular season end, the team finished on 6th place and went to play with BC Mureș in the Play-Offs. BCM U Pitești lost the series with 3-1.

2014-2015

In the season: 2014-2015, BCM U Pitești qualified for the second consecutive year in the Final Four of the Romanian Cup and they finished 3rd after losing against future winner BC Timișoara and won against CSU Sibiu in the small final. In the regular season, the team finished in 5th place but they lost the Play-Off series in the quarter finals against CS Energia Târgu Jiu with a final score: 3-0.

2015-2016

In the season: 2015-2016, Pitești reached the quarter finals of the Romanian Cup but they lost against future winners U BT Cluj Napoca after a last-second point scored. In the regular season they finished on 9th place and didn't qualify for the Play-Offs (Pitești had a 3-point penalty due to a violation regarding the second team a year before).

2016-2017

In the season: 2016-2017, Pitești reached the quarter finals of the Play-Off but they lost against Steaua CSM Bucharest after a 3-0 series. In the Romanian Cup they lost in the first round against SCM U Craiova.^[3]

Current roster

BCM U Piteşti roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name 1.0 !PG 0 CAN ! Kabongo, Myck 7000190000000000000♠1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 5.0 !C 6 USA ! Hunter, Vincent 7000202999999999999♠2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 5.0 !C 7 SRB ! Mladenović, Aleksandar. (C) 7000206999999999999♠2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 3.0 !SF 10 BUL ! Marinov, Pavel 7000199000000000000♠1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 3.5 !F 13 ROU ! Stăncuț, Bogdan 7000196000000000000♠1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 5.0 !C 14 ROU ! Chirof, Lucian 7000202000000000000♠2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 4.0 !PF 18 UKR ! Agafonov, Andriy 7000206999999999999♠2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 3.5 !F 21 ROU ! Neguț, Alexandru 7000198000000000000♠1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 1.0 !PG 22 ROU ! Tudor, Adrian 7000184000000000000♠1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 1.0 !PG 29 ROU ! Balmuș, Gheorghe 7000185000000000000♠1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 3.5 !F 33 ROU ! Corpodean, Vlad 7000195000000000000♠1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 3.5 !F 35 ROU ! Zaharie, Ionuț 7000198000000000000♠1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 1.0 !PG 77 MKD ! Kostoski, Aleksandar 7000189000000000000♠1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 4.0 !PF 88 CRO ! Gabrić, Tomislav 7000202999999999999♠2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	Head coach Șapera Hristu Assistant coach(es) Ziguli Alexandru Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 12 February 2017

Notable former players

To appear in this section a player must have either:

• Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player.
• Played at least one official international match for his senior national team or one NBA game at any time.

Competitive record

References

External links

• Facebook presentation