Pallacanestro Treviso

Benetton Basket
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)
Arena	Palaverde; (5,134 seats)
Location	Treviso, Italy
Team colors	Green and White;
President	Giorgio Buzzavo (owner)
Head coach	Saša Đorđević
Championships	Italian Championships (5):; 1992, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2006; Italian Cups (8):; 1993, 1994, 1995, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007; Italian Super Cups (4):; 1997, 2001, 2002, 2006; Saporta Cups (2):; 1995, 1999
Website	benettonbasket.it
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Pallacanestro Treviso, more often known by its sponsorship name of Benetton Basket, or Benetton Treviso, is an Italian Serie A League professional basketball club from Treviso, the headquarters city of its longtime owner Benetton Group. For past club sponsorship names, see the list below.

[edit] History

The club was founded in 1954 and was purchased by Benetton Group 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. The club's first Italian League title came in 1992 with the legendary Toni Kukoč on the team.

Kukoc helped Benetton to reach the Euroleague final in 1993, while also helping them win three consecutive Italian Cup crowns. The team won the Saporta Cup title in 1995 with players like Orlando Woolridge and Petar Naumoski. Benetton added another Italian League domestic title in 1997, another Euroleague Final Four appearance in 1998, a Saporta Cup title in 1999, and the Italian Cup title in 2000.

Benetton won the Italian League championship and reached the Euroleague Final Four in both 2002 and 2003. Benetton won its fifth Italian League championship in 2006. In 2007, the team won its eighth Italian Cup title.

[edit] Roster

[edit] Current roster

Benetton Treviso roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Nat.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Age
4.0 !F	4	USA !	Adrien, Jeff	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	111 kg (245 lb)	&1000000000000002500000025
2.0 !SG	5	USA !	Moore, E'Twaun	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	&1000000000000002200000022
1.0 !PG	6	ISR !	Mekel, Gal	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)		&1000000000000002300000023
2.0 !SG	7	SLO !	Bečirović, Sani	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	&1000000000000003000000030
1.0 !PG	9	ITA !	Bulleri, Massimo	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	&1000000000000003400000034
1.0 !PG	10	ITA !	De Nicolao, Andrea	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)		&1000000000000002000000020
3.0 !SF	12	ITA !	Sandri, Daniele	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)		&1000000000000002100000021
6.0 !C	14	ITA !	Cuccarolo, Gino	2.21 m (7 ft 3 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	&1000000000000002400000024
2.0 !SG	?	ITA !	Viggiano, Jeff	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	&1000000000000002700000027
4.5 !PF	17	ROM !	Moldoveanu, Vlad	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	98 kg (216 lb)	&1000000000000002300000023
4.5 !PF	18	POL !	Wojciechowski, Jakub	2.14 m (7 ft 0 in)	104 kg (229 lb)	&1000000000000002200000022

Head coach

Aleksandar Đorđević

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(*) Playing only in Eurocup
Injured

Roster • updated 26 September 2011

[edit] Depth Chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Reserve
C	Benjamin Ortner	Gino Cuccarolo
PF	Marcus Goree	Vlad Moldoveanu	Jakub Wojciechowski
SF	Jeff Viggiano	Daniele Sandri
SG	Jobey Thomas	Sani Bečirovič
PG	Gal Mekel	Massimo Bulleri	Andrea De Nicolao