Pallacanestro Treviso
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| Pallacanestro Treviso | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Leagues | Lega Basket Serie A | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 1954 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| History | Associazione Pallacanestro Treviso (1954-1970s) A.P. Treviso (1970s-1991) Pallacanestro Treviso s.r.l (1991-present) |
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| Arena | Palaverde (5,134 seats) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Treviso, Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Team colors | Green and white | |||||||||||||||||||||
| President | Giorgio Buzzavo (owner) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Championships | Lega Basket (5): 1993, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2006 Saporta Cup (2): 1995, 1999 Italian Super Cup (4): 1997, 2001, 2002, 2005 |
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Pallacanestro Treviso, more often known by its sponsorship name of Benetton Basket, or Benetton Treviso, is an Italian basketball club from Treviso, the headquarters city of its longtime owner Benetton. It is currently competing in the Uleb Cup and the Italian Serie A.
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[edit] History
The club was founded in 1954 and purchased by Benetton in 1982, although it retains Pallacanestro Treviso as its legal name to this day. With the deep pockets of the Benetton family backing them, the club emerged in the 1990s as a major force in both Italy and Europe.
[edit] 2007-08 Roster
| 4 | Mario Austin | Power forward/Center | |
| 5 | Giuliano Maresca | Point guard/Shooting guard | |
| 6 | Engin Atsür | Point guard | |
| 7 | Matteo Soragna | Small forward | |
| 8 | Lionel Chalmers | Shooting guard | |
| 9 | Marco Mordente | Point guard | |
| 10 | Nicolò Martinoni | Small forward | |
| 12 | Pops Mensah-Bonsu | Power forward | |
| 14 | Tommaso Fantoni | Small forward | |
| 15 | Angelo Gigli | Power forward | |
| 17 | Rodrigo De la Fuente | Small forward/Shooting guard | |
| 19 | Andrea Renzi | Power forward/Center | |
| 20 | Andrea Saccaggi | Shooting guard |
[edit] Notable past players
Massimo Minto 8 seasons: '82-'84, '85-'90
Massimo Iacopini 10 seasons: '85-'95
Mike Davis 1 season: '87-'88
Mark Olberding 1 season: '87-'88
Kyle Macy 2 seasons: '88-'89
Dan Gay 3 seasons: '88-'90
Vinny Del Negro 2 seasons: '90-'92
Toni Kukoč 2 seasons: '91-'93
Stefano Rusconi 7 seasons: '91-'98
Denis Marconato 12 seasons: '92-'95, '96-'05
Terry Teagle 1 season: '92-'93
Riccardo Pittis 11 seasons: '93-'04
Winston Garland 1 season: '93-'94
Rafael Addison 1 season: '93-'94
Petar Naumoski 2 seasons: '94-'95, '00-'01
Orlando Woolridge 1 season: '94-'95
Henry Williams 4 seasons: '95-'99
Željko Rebrača 4 seasons: '95-'99
Davide Bonora 4 seasons: '95-'99
Marcelo Nicola 6 seasons: '98-'04
Tyus Edney 4 seasons: '99-'00, '01-'04
Jeff Sheppard 1 season: '99-'00
Marcus Brown 1 season: '00-'01
Jorge Garbajosa 4 seasons: '00-'04
Boštjan Nachbar 2 seasons: '00-'02
Alan Tomidy 2 seasons: '00-'02
Sergei Chikalkin 1 season: '01-'02
Charlie Bell 1 season: '01-'02
Nikoloz Tskitishvili 1 season: '01-'02
Andrea Bargnani 3 seasons: '03-'06
Uros Slokar 3 seasons: '03-'06
Maurice Evans 1 season: '03-'04
Jermaine Jackson 1 season: '03-'04
Marcus Goree 3 seasons: '04-'07
Ramūnas Šiškauskas 2 seasons: '04-'06
Marlon Garnett 1 season: '04-'05
David Bluthenthal 1 season: '04-'05
Nikolaos Zisis 2 seasons: '05-'07
Drew Nicholas 1 season: '05-'06
Terrell Lyday 1 season: '06-'07
Preston Shumpert 1 season: '06-'07
John Lucas III 1 season: '07-'08
[edit] Past coaches
Mario De Sisti 2 seasons: '79-'81
Piero Pasini 1 season: '81-'82
Gianmaria Conte incomplete 1 season: '82-'83
Gianfranco Lombardi incomplete 1 season: '82-'83
Mauro Di Vincenzo 1 season: '83-'84
Massimo Mangano incomplete 2 seasons: '84-'86
Lajos Toth incomplete 1 season: '85-'86
Riccardo Sales incomplete 4 seasons: '86-'90
Emanuele Molin incomplete 1 season: '89-'90
Petar Skansi 3 seasons: '90-'93
Fabrizio Frates 1 season: '93-'94
Mike D'Antoni 4 seasons: '94-'97, '01-'02
Željko Obradović 2 seasons: '97-'99
Piero Bucchi 2 seasons: '99-'01
Ettore Messina 3 seasons: '02-'05
David Blatt 2 seasons: '05-'07
[edit] External links
- (Italian) Official site
- Euroleague team profile

