BC TSU Tbilisi

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 captainMikheil Berishvili

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

History

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

Current roster

BC TSU roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
CG 0 United States Cabbil, Lovell 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 26 – (1997-01-13)13 January 1997
PG 2 United States Hayes, Juvaris 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 25 – (1998-02-08)8 February 1998
G/F 3 United States Owens, Ryle 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 26 – (1997-06-04)4 June 1997
PF/C 5 Georgia (country) Megeneishvili, Ivane 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 24 – (1999-01-22)22 January 1999
PG 6 Georgia (country) Makhniashvili, Giorgi 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 20 – (2003-05-06)6 May 2003
CG 7 Georgia (country) Qvartskhava, Levan 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 21 – (2002-05-26)26 May 2002
PG 8 Georgia (country) Tsintsadze, Giorgi (VC) 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 37 – (1986-02-07)7 February 1986
PF/C 9 Georgia (country) Revazashvili, Maizer 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 27 – (1996-10-19)19 October 1996
CG 11 Georgia (country) Egorishvili, Otar 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 18 – (2005-09-09)9 September 2005
PF/C 13 Senegal Diop, Pape 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 27 – (1996-01-19)19 January 1996
F 15 Georgia (country) Darbaidze, Nika 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 25 – (1998-03-03)3 March 1998
F 17 Georgia (country) Berishvili, Mikheil (C) 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 36 – (1987-04-12)12 April 1987
G/F 23 Georgia (country) Khitarishvili, Temur 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 21 – (2002-08-15)15 August 2002
G/F 24 Georgia (country) Khvedelidze, Guja 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 20 – (2003-06-14)14 June 2003
F 77 Georgia (country) Mamlikidze, Luka 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 20 – (2003-08-10)10 August 2003
Head coach
  • Georgia (country) Leqso Lapanashvili
Assistant coach(es)
  • Georgia (country) Nugzar Cheishvili
  • Georgia (country) Dimitri Chelidze
Athletic trainer(s)
  • Georgia (country) Iviko Ergemlidze
Doctor
  • Georgia (country) Giorgi Chikhradze
Physiotherapist(s)
  • Georgia (country) Lasha Mamrikishvili
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured

References

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

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