Club Sportivo Independiente

Basketball team in General Pico, La Pampa Province

Independiente (Gral. Pico)

Nickname

Rojo de La Pampa

Leagues

Liga Pampeana de Basquet

Founded

August 20, 1920; 103 years ago (1920-08-20)

Location

General Pico, La Pampa Province

Home

Away

Club Sportivo Independiente, also known as Independiente de General Pico, is an Argentine sports club based in General Pico, La Pampa Province. Although many sports are practised at the club, Independiente was mostly known for its basketball team, which won one Liga Nacional de Básquet title and was also runner-up three times.^[1]

Apart from basketball, the club hosts other sports such as association football, team handball and volleyball.

History

Independiente (nicknamed El Rojo, like its homonym from Avellaneda, Buenos Aires) was founded on August 20, 1920, an soon began to host many sports activities, such as football, tennis, basketball, golf, among others.^[2]

Independiente's basketball team gained recognition in the 1990s, having won 1 national title (during the 1994-95 season) and reaching the finals 3 times. Some of the team's notable players of those years in the first division were a young Andrés Nocioni, along with veterans Miguel Cortijo and Hernán Montenegro. But the high costs that required a professional basketball team playing at the highest level, originated some financial problems to the club, which finally decided to disaffiliate from the Liga Nacional.^[2]

As a result, professional basketball was dissolved. Nowadays the club hosts the practise of basketball only as an amateur activity, mainly focused on children.^[2]

Honours

Liga Nacional de Básquet (1):

1994-95

Liga Sudamericana (1):

1996

The team also reached the finals in 1993-94, 1996–97, 1998-99 seasons, although was defeated by Peñarol, Boca Juniors and Atenas respectively.

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality 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.

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.

Andrés Nocioni (1997–99)^[3]
Hernán Montenegro (1997–98)^[4]
Ime Udoka (2001)^[5]

References

^ "Campeones de la Liga Nacional de Básquet". Archived from the original on 2011-12-02. Retrieved 2011-12-06.
^ ^a ^b ^c Historia del Club (official site) Archived 2012-04-26 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Cuando el seleccionado fue Independiente" Archived 2008-08-23 at the Wayback Machine; La Nación newspaper, 2008-07-30
^ "Hernán Montenegro, el Loco de la gente" - Basquet retro website
^ "Who is Ime Udoka? Four things to know about Celtics' next head coach". www.sportingnews.com. Retrieved 2021-08-31.