Basket Rimini Crabs

Basket Rimini Crabs
Leagues	Serie B
Founded	1947
Arena	Palasport Flaminio
Location	Rimini, Italy
Team colors	White and Red
President	Luciano Capicchioni
Head coach	Massimo Bernardi
Website	[1]
Uniforms
Home Away

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Crabs played at 105 Stadium between 2003 and 2011.

Basket Rimini Crabs is an Italian professional basketball team based in Rimini, Emilia-Romagna.

History

The club was established in 1947 as Polisportiva Libertas, playing in the professional second division from the first time in 1978-79. The side would make its first division Serie A debut in 1984, staying in the league for the next seven seasons. Returning to the LegaDue (the renamed second division) from 2001, the side was unable to participate in the league in 2011 due to debts, moving to the fourth-division DNB instead.

Notable players

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Carlton Myers

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Germán Scarone

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Román González

Mark Crow 1 season: '78-'79 Otis Howard 2 seasons: '78-'80 Reggie Johnson 2 seasons: '84-'86 Roberto Terenzi 7 seasons: '81-'83, '88-'89, '91-'95 Olden Polynice 1 season: '86-'87 Mike Sylvester 1 season: '86-'87 Mark Smith 3 seasons: '87-'90 Andre Goode 2 seasons: '87-'89 Rajko Žižić 1 season: '87-'88 Massimo Ruggeri 8 seasons: '89-'95, '98-'99, '01-'02 Carlton Myers 6 seasons: '88-'92, '94-'95, '09-'10 Paul Fortier 1 season: '89-'90 Andrade Israel 3 seasons: '91-'94 Darnell Valentine 1 season: '91-'92 Frank Johnson 1 season: '91-'92 Larry Middleton 2 seasons: '92-'94 Alex Righetti 7 seasons: '93-'00 Emanual Davis 1 season: '94-'95 Germán Scarone 10 seasons: '95-'98, '05-'11, '13-'14 Mauro Morri 7 seasons: '95-'01, '02-'03 John Fox 1 season: '95-'96 Doug Lee 1 season: '95-'96 Joe Wylie 2 seasons: '96-'98 Boris Gorenc 2 seasons: '97-'99 Anthony Tucker 1 season: '97-'98 Marko Tušek 2 seasons: '98-'00

Massimiliano Romboli 7 seasons: '92-'98 Antonio Granger 2 seasons: '98-'00 Alan Tomidy 2 seasons: '98-'00 Chris Corchiani 1 season: '99-'00 Glenn Sekunda 2 seasons: '99-'01 Eric Washington 2 seasons: '00-'02 Rodney Buford 1 season: '00-'01 Marques Bragg 1 season: '01-'02 Federico Pieri 1 season: '01-'02 Ed Stokes 1 season: '01-'02 Marcelo Machado 1 season: '02-'03 Guilherme Giovannoni 1 season: '02-'03 Albert Miralles 1 season: '02-'03 Roberto Gabini 1 season: '03-'04 Damir Tvrdić 1 season: '03-'04 Rodney Monroe 2 seasons: '03-'05 Román González 2 seasons: '03-'05 Chandler Thompson 1 season: '04-'05 Terrence Rencher 1 season: '04-'05 Demián Filloy 4 seasons: '04-'07, '10-'11 Trent Whiting 1 season: '05-'06 Tim Pickett 2 seasons: '05-'07 Omar Thomas 2 seasons: '06-'08 Ndudi Ebi 1 season: '09-'10 Andrea Pecile 1 season: '09-'10 Dušan Vukčević 1 season: '10-'11

Sponsorship names

Throughout the years, due to sponsorship, the club has been known as :

• Sarila (1978-1980)
• Sacramora (1980-1983)
• Marr (1983-1986)
• Hamby (1986-1987)
• Biklim (1987-1988)
• Marr (1988-1993)
• Olio Monini (1993-1994)
• Teamsystem (1994-1995)
• Koncret (1995-1997)
• Pepsi (1997-2000)
• Vip (2000-2001)
• Conad (2001-2002)
• Vip (2002-2003)
• Conad (2003-2005)
• Coopsette (2005-2009)
• Riviera Solare (2009-2010)
• Edilizia Moderna (2010)
• Immobiliare Spiga (2010-2011)
• Basket Rimini Crabs (2011-2015)
• NTS Informatica (2015-present)

External links

• Official Site
• Serie A historical results (Italian) Retrieved 23 August 2015