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This article is about the team formed in 2010. For the original club established in 1918, see Estudiantes de Bahía Blanca.
Bahía Basket
Bahía Basket logo
LeaguesLNB
Founded25 May 2010; 14 years ago (2010-05-25)
ArenaDow Center
Capacity4,000
LocationBahía Blanca, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Team colors     
PresidentJuan Ignacio Sánchez
Head coachJosé L. Pisani
Websitebahiabasket.com.ar
Home jersey
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Bahía Basket is a professional Argentine basketball team based in Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires Province. The club plays in the Liga Nacional de Básquet (LNB), the top division of the Argentine league system as a successor of Estudiantes de Bahía Blanca after the club sold its vacant position in the league.[1]

Bahía Basket's first home venue was Estadio Osvaldo Casanova, rented to its owner, Estudiantes. Since 2020, Bahía Basket venue is the Dow Center, with capacity for 4,000 spectators.[2]

History

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Bahía Basket began as a personal project of former player Pepe Sánchez in an attempt to keep Bahía Blanca's place in the top division of Argentine basketball.[3][4]

Initially, the main sponsor of the project was the Weber Saint-Gobain Group, which gave assistant in administration issues,[5] as a result, the first name of the team was "Weber Bahía Estudiantes".[6]

One of the first by the committee was to refurbish the Osvaldo Casanova stadium, renovating its surface, grandstands and access. In addition, some players signed with the team, including Pepe Sánchez himself (at 34 years old) and Juan Espil. Other players that came to Bahía Basket were Lucas Faggiano, Pablo Gil, Facundo Giorgi, Ariel Eslava and Facundo Aguerre.[7]

In June 2013, the Basketball Clubs Association forced Bahía Blanca Estudiantes to change its name, therefore it renamed "Bahía Basket".[1] As the club did not have a venue to host its home games, it rented the Osvaldo Casanova Stadium, property of Estudiantes, to remain in the city. Sebastián Ginóbili was hired as head coach while a bunch of players added to the team. Some of them were Lucio Redivo, Gastón Whelan, Martín Ambrosino, Mateo Gaynor, Lisandro Rasio, Matías Nocedal, Diego Gerbaudo, Ivory Clark James and Nicolás Lauría.

Bahía Basket played a series of preseason games in China, a total of 10 matches there.[8]

In April 2021, Bahía Basket was relegated to the second division, La Liga Argentina, after losing to Atenas 70–60.[9]

Facilities

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Bahía Basket venue is the "Dow Center" (named for sponsorship reasons), a modern training center that includes 3 training courts and a stadium for 4,000 spectators. The center also has offices, gym, medical ward, videoconferencing room, and even an art center for players. Down Center was thought to become the main training center in Latin America.[2] Dow Center is a 7,500m2 sustainable building inspired on university campus and training facilities of the United States.[10]

Until the Dow Center was inaugurated, the senior team trained at "Polideportivo Norte", built on abandoned sheds. It is currently used for the youth divisions.[2]

All must be started in 1996, when I went to my first training at the University of Temple. I remember it well: I entered the stadium and didn't want to go out. I was astounded... that sense of motivation is what we aim to recreate here. This is what I would like to have experienced before departing to the United States...

— Pepe Sánchez talking about the Dow Center, January 2020 [2]

Players

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Current roster

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

Bahía Basket roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age
PG 0 Argentina Paz, Ezequiel 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 23 – (2001-07-20)20 July 2001
SG 2 Argentina Tolosa, Facundo 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 22 – (2002-04-12)12 April 2002
PF 6 Argentina Lugarini, Bautista 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 23 – (2001-01-31)31 January 2001
SG 8 Argentina Marini, Juan Cruz 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 24 – (2000-02-08)8 February 2000
PG 9 Brazil Pacheco, Caio 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 25 – (1999-02-22)22 February 1999
PF 11 Argentina Chapero, Tomás 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 23 – (2001-06-10)10 June 2001
SG 12 Argentina González, Joaquín 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 23 – (2001-01-16)16 January 2001
PF 13 Brazil Paulichi, Rafael 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 26 – (1998-05-25)25 May 1998
SG 16 Argentina Elías, Federico 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 25 – (1999-09-24)24 September 1999
PF 17 Brazil Novaes Souza, Gabriel 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 23 – (2001-02-16)16 February 2001
PF 18 Brazil Languas, Pedro 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 26 – (1998-03-16)16 March 1998
PF 20 United States Martin, Drew 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 30 – (1994-04-26)26 April 1994
SF 22 Argentina Ruesga, Fausto 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 24 – (2000-07-18)18 July 2000
PG 23 United States Weatherington, Travis 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 28 – (1995-11-13)13 November 1995
PF 24 Panama Levy, Jamaal 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 42 – (1982-01-08)8 January 1982
PG 31 United States Lynch, John 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 31 – (1992-11-15)15 November 1992
Head coach
  • Argentina José Luis Pisani
Assistant coach(es)
  • Argentina Juan Milito
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
Updated: 2020-3-14

Notable players

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

Criteria

To appear in this section a player must have either:

  • Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club
  • Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time
  • Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

Retired numbers

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As Bahía Basket is recognised as a continuity of Estudiantes in the LNB, the club retired the same numbers than its predecessor.

Bahía Basket retired numbers
N° Nat. Player Position Tenure Date of retirement
5 Argentina Hernán Jasen SF 2012–18 [note 1] 2018 [11]
10 Argentina Juan Espil SG 2010–12 [note 2] 22 February 2013 [12][13]
14 Argentina Alberto Cabrera PG 1961–1984 [note 3] 3 October 2004 [14][15]
Notes
  1. ^ It counts only the tenure in the franchise. He also played for Estudiantes in 1996–99
  2. ^ It counts only the tenure in the franchise. He also played for Estudiantes in 1988–92
  3. ^ Although Cabrera did not play for Bahía Basket (he left basketball in 1984), the number 14 is also retired in the franchise.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Bahía Blanca Basket, con identidad propia". Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d El Dow Center, el centro de entrenamiento al estilo NBA, Clarín, 20 January 2020
  3. ^ Interview to Pepe Sánchez, 9 December 2009
  4. ^ Calidad NBA, Olé
  5. ^ Pepe Sánchez nos habla del proyecto Weber Bahía Estudiantes by Alejandro Panfil, Spain Sports Network
  6. ^ El albo cambia de nombre Archived 12 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine on Pick and Roll
  7. ^ "Montecchia: "Nunca se termina de aprender"". Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  8. ^ "Bahía Basket se trae 10 victorias de su gira por China". Archived from the original on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  9. ^ Liga Nacional: Bahía Basket descendió a la Liga Argentina tras perder con Atenas on TyC Sports, 9 Apr 2021
  10. ^ El Dow Center, el revolucionario centro de formación de "Pepe" Sánchez, Ambito Financiero, 5 June 2019
  11. ^ Se suma Jasen on Bahía Plus, 2 September 2018
  12. ^ "Espil vivió su noche soñada" at CanchaLlena.com, 22 February 2013
  13. ^ "Espil tuvo su merecido homenaje en Bahía", Clarín, 23 February 2013
  14. ^ "La 14 inmortal" Pick and Roll, 4 October 2004
  15. ^ Ordenanza Nº 14604, declarando "Sitio de Interés Cultural e Histórico" al Estadio Osvaldo Casanova 8 January 2008
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