Unitri/Uberlândia

Unitri Uberlândia
Leagues	NBB
Founded	1998 (1998)
Arena	Arena Tancredo Neves (capacity: 6,000) Ginásio Homero Santos (capacity: 3,000)
Location	Uberlândia, Brazil
Team colors	White, Blue and Red
President	Wellington Salgado
Head coach	Carlos Romano
Championships	1 Brazilian Basketball League
Uniforms
Home Away

Uberlândia Tênis Clube is a Brazilian basketball team from Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil. It is also known as Unitri/Uberlândia, due to a partnership with the university Unitri, located in Uberlândia. Unitri/Uberlândia is one of the teams of Novo Basquete Brasil, the Brazilian basketball league.^[1]

History

Unitri/Uberlândia was founded in 1998 with the arrival of the coach Ary Vidal and since its foundation, the team receives financial support from the university Unitri. In 2004, the team from Minas Gerais won its first title earned his first win in Campeonato Brasileiro de Basquete, after a series against Flamengo, by 3–0. In 2005, when Uberlândia defended its national title, the team was defeated by Telemar/Rio de Janeiro, where the forward Marcelinho Machado played. Two years later, Unitri was eliminated in semifinal series by Franca. In the 2010–2011 and 2011–2012 NBB's seasons the team was defeated in quarterfinal series, by Brasília and Flamengo respectively.

Roster

Unitri Uberlândia roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. 4.5 !F/C 7000300000000000000♠3 USA ! Mims, O'Neal 7000208000000000000♠2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 1.5 !G 7000400000000000000♠4 BRA ! Silva, Rafael 7000195000000000000♠1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 1.5 !G 7000500000000000000♠5 BRA ! Lima, Hélio 7000187000000000000♠1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 1.5 !G 7000700000000000000♠7 BRA ! Parisotto, Ícaro 7000185000000000000♠1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 3.5 !F 7000800000000000000♠8 BRA ! Xavier, Luan 7000187000000000000♠1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 1.5 !G 7000900000000000000♠9 USA ! Brown, Caleb 7000185000000000000♠1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 2.5 !G/F 7001110000000000000♠11 URU ! Taboada, Emilio 7000193000000000000♠1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 5.0 !C 7001120000000000000♠12 BRA ! Miranda, Leandro 7000204999999999999♠2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 3.5 !F 7001140000000000000♠14 BRA ! Silva, Olintho 7000200999999999999♠2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 5.0 !C 7001150000000000000♠15 BRA ! dos Santos, Douglas 7000204000000000000♠2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 3.5 !F 7001200000000000000♠20 BRA ! Gruber, Luis 7000204999999999999♠2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 2.5 !G/F 7001220000000000000♠22 BRA ! Parisotto, Audrei 7000195000000000000♠1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 4.5 !F/C 7001230000000000000♠23 BRA ! Silva, Rodrigo César 7000204999999999999♠2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 3.5 !F 7001250000000000000♠25 BRA ! Teló, Vinícius 7000202000000000000♠2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 5.0 !C 7001260000000000000♠26 BRA ! Leichtweis, Renan 7000211000000000000♠2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 3.5 !F 7001320000000000000♠32 BRA ! Zanini, Ricardo 7000198000000000000♠1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	Head coach Carlos Romano Assistant coach(es) José Ricardo Lima Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 2015-02-24

Honors

Continental

• South American Basketball League:
  • Winners: 2005
  • Runners-up: 2004

National

• Brazilian National League:
  • Winners (1): 2004
  • Runner-up (1): 2005

Regional

• Minas Gerais state league:
  • Winners (13): 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013

References

External links

• Official blog