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BC Tbilisi State University
BC Tbilisi State University logo
NicknameStudentebi (The Students)
LeaguesGeorgian Superliga
Founded1991; 33 years ago (1991)
ArenaOlympic Palace
Capacity4,000
LocationTbilisi, Georgia
Team colors   
PresidentIrakli Kharjavanidze
Vice-president(s)Giorgi Shamatava
Team managerTornike Tsinadze
Head coachLeqso Lapanashvili
Team captainGiorgi Tsintsadze

BC TSU is a professional basketball club based in Tbilisi, Georgia. It is affiliated with the Tbilisi State University.

History

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T.S.U. was one of the 11 founding members of the Georgian basketball league in 1991. Their best seasons in the league were 2009-10 and 2010-11, when they reached the playoff finals, losing both of them 1–3 against Energy Invest Rustavi and BC Armia respectively.

From 2015 to 2018, TSU-Hyundai played in Georgian A-Liga, winning it in 2018 and receiving a direct promotion to the Georgian Superliga.

The club's greatest success was winning the Georgian Cup in 2006. They also won the Korkia/Sakandelidze Memorial tournament twice in 2011 and 2019, and the Dudu Dadiani Memorial in 2019.[1]


Team

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Current roster

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BC TSU roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
SG 0 Georgia (country) Chechelashvili, Nika 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 25 – (1999-10-09)9 October 1999
PG 1 Georgia (country) Mgeladze, Aleksandre 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 18 – (2006-08-09)9 August 2006
CG 4 United States Boykin, Tyree 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 25 – (1999-02-06)6 February 1999
G/F 6 Georgia (country) Jintcharadze, Kakhaber 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 31 – (1993-07-16)16 July 1993
PG 8 Georgia (country) Tsintsadze, Giorgi 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 38 – (1986-02-07)7 February 1986
PF/C 9 Georgia (country) Isiani, Willy 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 27 – (1997-08-11)11 August 1997
PG 14 United States Goodman, Duane 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 27 – (1997-09-01)1 September 1997
PF 15 Georgia (country) Phevadze, Aleksandre 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 26 – (1998-04-15)15 April 1998
SG 21 Georgia (country) Gogodze, Nodar 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 30 – (1994-07-12)12 July 1994
G/F 23 Georgia (country) Gugutsidze, Soso 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 18 – (2006-03-22)22 March 2006
C 28 Serbia Vujovic, Nikola 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 31 – (1993-01-21)21 January 1993
G/F 30 United States Cranston, Cameron 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 26 – (1998-07-19)19 July 1998
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Athletic trainer(s)
Doctor
  • Georgia (country) Giorgi Chikhradze
Physiotherapist(s)
  • Georgia (country) Lasha Mamrikishvili

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured

References

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  1. ^ "TSU won the Dudu Dadiani Memorial - GBF.GE".
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