Mens Sana Basket

Mens Sana Basket
Leagues	Serie A,; Euroleague
Founded	Athletic Club: 1871; Basketball Club: 1893
History	Associazione Ginnastica Senese; "Mens Sana in Corpore Sano 1871"; (1893–present)
Arena	Palasport Mens Sana; (capacity: 7,025)
Location	Siena, Italy
Team colors	Green and White;
President	Roberto Morrocchi
Head coach	Simone Pianigiani
Championships	Italian Championships (6):; 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011; Italian SuperCups (6):; 2004-05, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12; Italian Cups (4):; 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012; Saporta Cups (1):; 2002
Website	menssanabasket.it
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Mens Sana Basket, more frequently referred to as Montepaschi Siena, is an Italian League professional basketball club from Siena. More precisely, it is the now-autonomous basketball section of the comprehensive sports club Polisportiva Mens Sana. "Montepaschi" is an internationalized short form for the name of the club's principal sponsor, the Siena banking company Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena. For past club sponsorship names, see the list below.

[edit] History

The parent club, founded in 1871, claims to have been the first in Italy to play and organize basketball, asserting that it did so shortly after James Naismith invented the sport in 1891. However, despite its history, it was mostly a provincial side until 1973, when it joined Italy's top division for the first time. The club became increasingly competitive over the years, starting to play in European competitions in the 1990s.

Since the turn of the 21st century, Montepaschi has established itself as one of the strongest clubs in Europe, with a win in the Saporta Cup, six Italian League Championships, and regular Euroleague appearances, including four trips to the competition's Euroleague Final Four.

[edit] Roster

Mens Sana Basket roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Nat.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Age
5.5 !F/C	7	Australia !	Andersen, David	2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)	112 kg (247 lb)	&1000000000000003100000031
2.0 !SG	21	Italy !	Aradori, Pietro	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	106.5 kg (235 lb)	&1000000000000002300000023
2.0 !SG	9	Italy !	Carraretto, Marco	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	&1000000000000003400000034
2.0 !SG	13	Lithuania !	Kaukenas, Rimantas	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	&1000000000000003400000034
4.5 !PF	12	Lithuania !	Lavrinovič, Kšyštof	2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)	115.5 kg (255 lb)	&1000000000000003200000032
6.0 !C	18	Italy !	Lechthaler, Luca	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	105 kg (231 lb)	&1000000000000002600000026
1.0 !PG	4	Macedonia !	McCalebb, Bo	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	81.5 kg (180 lb)	&1000000000000002600000026
4.5 !PF	15	Italy !	Michelori, Andrea	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	114 kg (251 lb)	&1000000000000003400000034
3.0 !SF	34	USA !	Moss, David	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	95.4 kg (210 lb)	&1000000000000002800000028
2.0 !SG	8	Serbia !	Rakočević, Igor	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	&1000000000000003300000033
6.0 !C	14	Italy !	Ress, Tomas	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	111 kg (245 lb)	&1000000000000003100000031
4.5 !PF	20	Italy !	Stonerook, Shaun (C)	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	109 kg (240 lb)	&1000000000000003400000034
2.0 !SG	11	USA !	Thornton, Bootsy	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	&1000000000000003400000034
1.0 !PG	6	Greece !	Zisis, Nikos	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	98 kg (216 lb)	&1000000000000002800000028

Head coach

Simone Pianigiani

Assistant coach(es)

Luca Banchi
Alessandro Magro
Giulio Griccioli

Legend

(C) Team captain
(*) Playing only in Euroleague

Injured

Roster
Updated: 2011-10-20

[edit] Depth chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Bench	Reserve	Inactive
C	David Andersen	Tomas Ress		Luca Lechthaler
PF	Kšyštof Lavrinovič	Shaun Stonerook	Andrea Michelori
SF	David Moss	Bootsy Thornton	Marco Carraretto
SG	Igor Rakočević	Pietro Aradori			Rimantas Kaukėnas
PG	Bo McCalebb	Nikos Zisis