Bahía Basket
Basketball team in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
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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
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
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
Current roster
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.
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Notable players
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.
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Juan Ignacio Sánchez (2010–13)- Juan Espil (2010–12)
- Víctor Baldo
- Hernán Jasen (2012–18)
- Lucio Redivo (2012–17)
- Juan Pablo Vaulet (2014)
Trevor Gaskins (2014–15)
Ed Nelson (2010–11)
Retired numbers
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 |
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| 5 |  | Hernán Jasen | SF | 2012–18 [note 1] | 2018 [11] |
| 10 | | Juan Espil | SG | 2010–12 [note 2] | 22 February 2013 [12][13] |
| 14 | | Alberto Cabrera | PG | 1961–1984 [note 3] | 3 October 2004 [14][15] |
- Notes
- ^ It counts only the tenure in the franchise. He also played for Estudiantes in 1996–99
- ^ It counts only the tenure in the franchise. He also played for Estudiantes in 1988–92
- ^ Although Cabrera did not play for Bahía Basket (he left basketball in 1984), the number 14 is also retired in the franchise.
References
- ^ a b "Bahía Blanca Basket, con identidad propia". Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ a b c d El Dow Center, el centro de entrenamiento al estilo NBA, Clarín, 20 January 2020
- ^ Interview to Pepe Sánchez, 9 December 2009
- ^ Calidad NBA, Olé
- ^ Pepe Sánchez nos habla del proyecto Weber Bahía Estudiantes by Alejandro Panfil, Spain Sports Network
- ^ El albo cambia de nombre Archived 12 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine on Pick and Roll
- ^ "Montecchia: "Nunca se termina de aprender"". Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ "Bahía Basket se trae 10 victorias de su gira por China". Archived from the original on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ Liga Nacional: Bahía Basket descendió a la Liga Argentina tras perder con Atenas on TyC Sports, 9 Apr 2021
- ^ El Dow Center, el revolucionario centro de formación de "Pepe" Sánchez, Ambito Financiero, 5 June 2019
- ^ Se suma Jasen on Bahía Plus, 2 September 2018
- ^ "Espil vivió su noche soñada" at CanchaLlena.com, 22 February 2013
- ^ "Espil tuvo su merecido homenaje en Bahía", Clarín, 23 February 2013
- ^ "La 14 inmortal" Pick and Roll, 4 October 2004
- ^ Ordenanza Nº 14604, declarando "Sitio de Interés Cultural e Histórico" al Estadio Osvaldo Casanova 8 January 2008
External links
- Official website
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