Niigata Albirex BB
Professional basketball team in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, Japan
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| Leagues | B.League | ||
| Founded | 1954; 70 years ago (1954) | ||
| Arena | City Hall Plaza Aore Nagaoka | ||
| Location | Nagaoka, Niigata | ||
| Team colors | Orange and Blue | ||
| Main sponsor | Sanko Seika | ||
| Championships | 2 | ||
| Website | www | ||
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The Niigata Albirex BB (新潟アルビレックスBB (Nīgata Aubirekkusu BB)) are a professional basketball team based in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, Japan that compete in the first division of the Japanese B.League.[1]
Outline
The club was founded in 1954 as the company team of Daiwa Securities, a Tokyo-based securities brokerage. In 1991, it joined the Japan Basketball League. In 2000, the company club was dissolved after NSG purchased it, and the club was moved before the 2000–2001 season to Niigata and renamed Albirex.
In 2004, it joined the bj league along with five other clubs.
Team name transition
- 1954: The Daiwa Securities basketball club
- 1994: The Daiwa Securities Hotblizzards
- 2000: Niigata Albirex
- 2006: Niigata Albirex basketball
Roster
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Casey Owens
Takamitsu Fujiwara
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Notable players
- Dokun Akingbade
- Zach Andrews
- Wayne Arnold
- David Benoit
- Jared Berggren
- Suleiman Braimoh
- Paul Butorac
- Russell Carter
- Clint Chapman
- Kofi Cockburn
- Bennet Davis
- Mark Davis
- Nick Davis
- Nick DeWitz
- Ronald Draper
- Austin Dufault
- Davante Gardner
- Lamont Hamilton
- Reggie Hamilton
- Makoto Hasegawa
- Ben Handlogten
- Charles Hinkle
- Chris Holm
- Kei Igarashi
- Issa Konare
- George Leach
- Tyrone Levett
- Erron Maxey
- Eric McArthur
- Ryosuke Mizumachi
- Tod Murphy
- Chris Oliver
- Ryan Reid
- Kazuhiro Shoji
- Andre Smith
- Greg Stolt
- Patrick Sullivan
- Michael Takahashi
- Akitomo Takeno
- Antoni Wyche
Coaches
- Osamu Kuraishi
- Matt Garrison
- Fujitaka Hiraoka
- Kazuo Nakamura
- Kazuhiro Shoji
- Shogo Fukuda
Honors
- Japan Basketball League Div.2
- Champions (2) : 2000/2001, 2001/2002
- bj league
- Runners-up (1) : 2005/2006
- Asia Professional Basketball Invitation Tournament
- 4th Place (1) : 2006
Season-by-season records
| Year | League | Division | Regular Season | Semifinal | Final | Finish | ||||
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| Win | Lose | Place | Win | Lose | Win | Lose | ||||
| 2000 | JBL | 2 | 12 | 2 | 2nd | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Champions |
| 2001/2002 | JBL | 14 | 0 | 1st | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | Champions | |
| 2002/2003 | JBL Super League | 2 | 9 | 6th | --- | 6th | ||||
| 2003/2004 | 9 | 19 | 8th | --- | 8th | |||||
| 2004/2005 | 8 | 20 | 7th | --- | 7th | |||||
| Season | League | Regular Season | Finish | Average Crowd | ||||||
| Win | Lose | Win% | GB | Place | ||||||
| 2005/2006 | bj league | 29 | 11 | .725 | 2.0 | 2nd | Runners-up | - | ||
| 2006/2007 | 25 | 15 | .625 | 4.0 | 2nd | 4th | 3,008 | |||
| 2007/2008 | 26 | 18 | .591 | 3.0 | East 3rd | 6th | 3,259 | |||
| 2008/2009 | 24 | 28 | .462 | 12.0 | East 4th | - | ||||
Key:
- Win%: Winning percentage
- GB: Games behind
Arenas
Practice facilities
- Nakanoshima Gymnasium
References
- ^ "チームプロフィール". 新潟アルビレックスBB (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-04-02.
External links
- Official web site (in Japanese)
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Albirex Group
- Basketball
- Niigata Albirex BB
- Niigata Albirex BB Rabbits
- Cheerleading
- Albirex Cheerleaders
- Skiing & Snowboarding
- Team Albirex Niigata
- Track & Field
- Niigata Albirex Running Club
- Baseball
- Niigata Albirex
- Motorsport
- Albirex Racing Team
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